“…Hold on Darlin, I ain’t finished yet!”
The fall and the spring are the best seasons in Gainesville, that is for sure. This weekend in particular was a gorgeous spring weekend. I had so much fun, got so inspired, and now I’ve got Spring Fever bad and am trying with all my might to keep my focus on school. 
I began my weekend with a poetry reading on campus called Exhale. Wow! Some of the young poet’s intensity and depth nearly brought me to tears. This one poet in particular caught my attention. She was a black girl with a beautiful afro who read her words from an old, plain journal. She read about having a thick skin and how she didn’t wish it on anyone. I so wish I had a copy of her words; they were truly amazing….
Saturday morning, I went to the local coffee shop and spent some time with Cindy and Valerie who were selling their beads and jewelry. Gotta love those bead artists!! Made me feel guilty for not creating more… 
The most exciting part of my weekend came during late Saturday afternoon. Slightly Stoopid and G. Love were practically playing in my backyard for free!!! I walked to campus way too early so I could get a good seat. An unexpected 12,000 people ended up showing up, and guess who got front row, center stage!!! Yeah!! G. Love and Special sauce= phenemonal! I so love him and he totally looked at me a couple times while he was singing! I am pretty sure he was singing just for me!! 
Slightly Stoopid came up much later, played 5 songs, then had to leave early. The police shut the concert down because the concert had too many people, and people were getting hurt from crowd surfing. So lame! Oh, and there was a beer fest all day before the concert, so everyone was showing up drunk. The worst part is that some of the kids were trying to mosh….at a reggae concert. I was just happy I got my G. Love and I got to hear my favorite Slightly Stoopid song, Collie Man.
Now I am aching to go to more concerts. Live music is a delicious experience!!
And some man live his life
For profits alone
That very same man
He lives his life all alone
And the road to life
Yes it goes up and down
Doesn’t really matter
As long as the music goes on
Hey mister collie man
Why don’t you come round no more
Hey mister collie collie man
Don’t you hear me troubled call
Hey mister collie man
Look i didn’t come to disturb
You best not be come ’round here
Unless you’ve got me sensi herb
I never needed any
Reason for me to say
Through all them troubled times
Yes me love you any way
And the roughest path
You know the rocky rocky road
You know that
Life and love is a
Heavy heavy load
Hey mister collie man
Why don’t you come ’round no more
Hey mister collie collie man
Dont you hear me troubled call
Hey mister collie man
Look i didn’t come to disturb
You best not be come round here
Unless you’ve got me sensi herb
You best not be come round here
Unless you’ve got me sensi herb
3 Comments
Ya this was just a joke that the Florida papers said the police planned for 500 people, what were they doing, too busy eatting donuts to notice that the last time Slightly Stoopid played for 500 people at a college with G Love was uh Never! Both are huge stadium touring bands how could you anticipate 500 haha and 10k show up! You guys rock Florida!
Remember seeing a Panda crowd surfing? That was me! lol if you have any pictures or videos I would super greatly appreciate it if you could send them to me! Thanks Teddy
OMG!! LOL. Yes, I did see you! You are famous! I am honored that you read my blog….lol. But noooo I don’t have any pictures. I just had my cell phone and it doesnt take very good pics; I was surprised the one of G. Love came out so well.
I did see a pic of you somewhere on the net though…but I’m sure you saw that already. You are hilarious 
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