Listening to Pretty Lights right now. Saw him at Hard Summer last weekend, while hiiiii in the sky and it was amazing. Amazing set and the drums and beat killed it.
Let me rant a little bit about Hard Summer. This is a positive rant. The first day at Hard Summer I was a little intimidated... it was very very hot, some very sketchy people were all over, not to mention I saw a fight break out right next to me at Travis Scott's set and a guy lost a chunk of his lip then proceeded to plug it up with a $20 bill and take pics smiling. Seemed like pure stupidity to me, but I suppose thats just how some people go about things in their life. Seeing Ice Cube perform with two members from N.W.A. and Snoop Dogg was pretty dope. Hydrating at this event was of the utmost importance, two people died in the early hours of Sunday and one Monday morning most likely from drug complications, but it has yet to be announced. My friends and I saw the girl who died monday morning collapsed on the asphalt Sunday night after the last performance Porter Robinson gave. As we were exiting a ambulance golf cart was trying to get through and people were yelling for people to get out of the way. We were right next to the path and when it went by, we saw her completely slumped over in the passenger side of the cart. She did not look dead, she still had the color in her face. We all honestly thought she was going to make it. When the news came online that she had died it was very surreal. We saw her when she was still alive. Death in general is very sad, and especially when it happens to young people going to an event like this to have fun and enjoy the music. However, anyone who consumes drugs with uncertain ingredients or doesn't know where it came from, consciously puts their own life in danger. They made a choice to take drugs with the risk of them being deadly. Did they think they would die? No, most likely not. But everyone has heard stories of people overdosing and knows that drugs like Ecstasy, Acid, PCP, "Molly," and all MDMAs/stimulants are illegal for a reason. It is very sad that people died at an event that was meant only for recreational fun, but you are putting yourself at risk of death when you take drugs.
Now Sunday, the second day of the Hard Summer Music Festival is what really made my experience. Saturday night was a disaster trying to get home, we were stuck in the uber waiting area for nearly 3 hours and couldn't even get an uber and would have been forced to pay 6x the normal rates. So my two friends and I had to walk probably 2-3 miles out of the Auto Club Speedway and down three stoplights to get out of the police blockades, and were lucky enough to catch a taxi in the area. I came home with blisters on my feet, completely chaffed thighs, sticky dirt-caked skin, and limped to the pad on the floor we all were sleeping on at a friends house. I woke up in the morning thinking "How am I going to do Day 2????!" But I got up showered, and got ready to go. Sunday was hot, ever hotter than Saturday because we didn't visit the tent that day, and were stuck in the sun for hours until it started to dim behind the stages. The artists on Sunday were what really made my experience as amazing as it was.
Dillon Francis blew my mind and I got to sit on Cole's shoulder's for the ultimate view. When the drop in Get Low hit, I thought "Holy sh*t this is the song I came to see." Porter Robinson also was one who stood out and gave a solid performance and had awesome visuals along with Dillon.
This was my first music festival/ sort of rave and it definitely changed my perspective. I have been going through a rough time trying to figure out who I want to be and how to move on from someone that isn't helping me grow, and going to Hard Summer showed me just how much is really out there. Over 147,000 people or somewhere around that number showed up to the festival between the two days. So many interesting people to meet, all these people here for the vibes and the music. It was amazing. I will definitely be going to another rave/ music festival. This was an overall positive experience and I'm thinking Mad Decent or Nocturnal will be next xD.
Still clinging on to the past. Still wanting him to be something he cannot be. Trying to figure out how to make myself let go because he is sabotaging me. So egotistical and manipulative. We both aren't bad people, but we do not go well together. Why should I have to conform to what he wants? Double standards and tears. Hoping someone else better comes along. I know I can find the strength. Question is when and how?
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