715.2 wisconsin miles

by the numbers times:

Thursday
c. 8:30 PM. Drew, Ben and I leave for wisconsin. i drive

Friday
12:00 AM. we get gas and snacks. the gas costs $25.50. drew switches into the driver's seat. i go to sleep in the backseat of my own car.

c. 3:00 AM. we arrive at Drew's debate partner, Marcus's house. drew calls Marcus's cellphone 5000 times and knocks on the door until he comes to the door. UPDATE: at this time, i call Teresa because it is only 1:00 AM in Los Angeles. she begins to tell me a story, but Marcus comes out, and we go into his house.

c. 3:04 AM. we fall asleep, exhausted.

c. 10:00 AM. we wake up to find that Marcus's mother is making us a breakfast of eggs, sausage and biscuits. showering occurs for drew, and myself, but not at the same time :(

c. 11:30 AM. we leave for Milwaukee

12:00 PM. the Summerfest grounds open.

12:10 PM. we arrive at the Summerfest grounds to find that the first two rows of the Piggly Wiggly Music Market with Leinenkugel's have already been taken. we settle in at the 3rd row.

12:30 PM. a local high school "show band" (read: pep band) plays such favorites as "Rock and Roll Part 2 (the Hey Song)," "Gimme Some Lovin'" and a medley of Jackson 5 hits. we ask to be killed. Ben takes picture of a sad girl playing xylophone.

1:00 PM. the same local high school's "rock band" plays such favorites as "When I Come Around," "Foxy Lady," and "Hands Down." the lead singer sings an imperfect 5th below what the melody should be. we all kill ourselves.

c. 1:30. a girl with a grotesque amount of butt-cleavage entertains/disgusts many.

c. 2:00 PM. said girl puts a sweatshirt around her waist, to the delight/chagrin of many; "show band" takes the stage once more, playing such favorites as "Sell Out," "What Is Hip," and "25 or 6 to 4." we would ask to be killed, but we are already dead, remember?
c. 2:30. a slightly altered form of the "rock band" comes out and introduces themselves as The Flying Penguins. they play punk-rock "originals." drew, ben, and i ressurect ourselves only to kill ourselves once more.

3:30 PM. comedy/irish drinking song artist Pat McCurdy takes the Piggly Wiggly Music Market with Leinenkugel's to play his brand of humorous-campy-music. it is bizarrely entertaining.

5:30 PM. Rock/Country artist Michael McDermott takes the Piggly Wiggly Music Market with Leinenkugel's to play his brand of formulaic-too-many-high-guitar-solos-whatever-he-does-music. it was meh at best.

8:00 PM. Rufus Rufuth Wainwright takes the Piggly Wiggly Music Market with Leinenkugel's to play his brand of contemporary-and-at-times-beatlesesque music. i enjoyed it, and would've enjoyed it more had i known some of the songs better. Rufuth makes anti-government statement. Young, drunk crowd cheers.

c. 9:41 PM. Ben and I amuse ourselves playing "guess what time it is" and by repeatedly doing "the Sorbo" (read: Hercules Handshake).

BROTHER!

c. 9:50. Ben Folds takes the aforementioned Piggly Wiggly Music Market with Leinenkugel's and rocks out with his cock out (figuratively). the show is excellent due to the fact that he doesn't play "The Luckiest," that he does play "Short Bus Benny," and that he does not one, but two encores.
c. 10:00 -11:59 PM. legs die.

Saturday

c. 12:30 AM. Ben, Drew and I sleep at Marcus's House.

6:30 AM. Ben, Drew and I awaken and eat cereal, not waking up any members of Marcus's family.

7:00 AM. stealthily, we away.

10:00 AM. we fill up on gas. the price for gas this time is $25.51. we have shakes at a Culver's in Tomah, Wisconsin. i proceed to make Ho-Chunk jokes. Drew drives the rest of the way.

c. 1:15 PM. all parties arrive home safely.