Prep for Cornerstone
I started going to Cornerstone Music Festival in the year 2000. I went every single year with different people and family for 5 years until last year when I skipped it because I was so concerned with making money for school that I couldn't take one single week out of my life to rock out.
how depressing.
I decided after that summer of not going that I would never do that again. "That" not necessarily being "missing cornerstone" but, instead, dipping out on adventure and rockin out because I'm worried about money. What a monster Money is. I had been really consumed and worried about money to the point of serious depression for the last two years. Honestly, I am still learning to overcome this issue. I rebelled a few months ago and quit all of my jobs in order to focus just on school. Is it selfish to just be like heck i'm just gonna do this and hope people can support me and I can support myself SOMEHOW? Nah.
Off to Cornerstone tomorrow. This year is a bit deferent from so many years past. All of the years that I have went, except for the first one with KATE MAHER (awesome) I have brought different friends in order to share the experience and give others the opportunity to enjoy Cornerstone and get out of it what I had so many times in the past. This year I had planned on bringing my bother and my sister FINALLY because I have wanted to bring them for YEARS but alas, neither of them can fit it into their schedules so I am left to go alone. Well, not REALLY alone but I won't be sharing the experience with newbies this year which is strange for me. I'm riding up with a kid named Gabe that I met through one of my BEST friends Lauren Weeks. He's a cool guy who is bringing some of his family with him so we are all splitting gas and driving from Savannah. My original plan was to fly to Detroit, pick up the sibs, and then drive to Bushnell but now MY family isn't going I'm just gonna drive from here with Gabe.
I'm excited because I get to take a week off of school (dangerous) and because I will be able to finally sit down and hang out with a few friends that I never get to see because we live in separate parts of the USA. I'll also be able to build upon some of the new relationships I have made over the past few months with kids in bands traveling through Savvy. I've met some extraordinary men and women and I really hope I'll be able to get to know them much better next week at the fest. It's so laid back, I can't wait to see what unfolds.
I'm upset because I am going to Cornerstone but not bringing anyone new to pass the experience onto. I feel slightly empty about it and I've been feeling down as it iis so hopefully my expectations of good conversations and building better friendships with my kids going won't prove futile and leave me lower than I started. I have to focus on God. He's really the only constant in my life... him and my little sister when she's not deciding to skip Cornerstone haha.
Well, I have to work on a movie set in about a half hour and then clean, do wash, plan out what to bring, pack, and get everything else all ready to skip school and working on stuff for over a week. What am I doing?
*sigh*
Sometimes being in a crowd of 30,000 people is the most exhilarating experience, sometimes it's just plain lonely.
Why am I nervous to go to cornerstone?
I have so many reasons.
how depressing.
I decided after that summer of not going that I would never do that again. "That" not necessarily being "missing cornerstone" but, instead, dipping out on adventure and rockin out because I'm worried about money. What a monster Money is. I had been really consumed and worried about money to the point of serious depression for the last two years. Honestly, I am still learning to overcome this issue. I rebelled a few months ago and quit all of my jobs in order to focus just on school. Is it selfish to just be like heck i'm just gonna do this and hope people can support me and I can support myself SOMEHOW? Nah.
Off to Cornerstone tomorrow. This year is a bit deferent from so many years past. All of the years that I have went, except for the first one with KATE MAHER (awesome) I have brought different friends in order to share the experience and give others the opportunity to enjoy Cornerstone and get out of it what I had so many times in the past. This year I had planned on bringing my bother and my sister FINALLY because I have wanted to bring them for YEARS but alas, neither of them can fit it into their schedules so I am left to go alone. Well, not REALLY alone but I won't be sharing the experience with newbies this year which is strange for me. I'm riding up with a kid named Gabe that I met through one of my BEST friends Lauren Weeks. He's a cool guy who is bringing some of his family with him so we are all splitting gas and driving from Savannah. My original plan was to fly to Detroit, pick up the sibs, and then drive to Bushnell but now MY family isn't going I'm just gonna drive from here with Gabe.
I'm excited because I get to take a week off of school (dangerous) and because I will be able to finally sit down and hang out with a few friends that I never get to see because we live in separate parts of the USA. I'll also be able to build upon some of the new relationships I have made over the past few months with kids in bands traveling through Savvy. I've met some extraordinary men and women and I really hope I'll be able to get to know them much better next week at the fest. It's so laid back, I can't wait to see what unfolds.
I'm upset because I am going to Cornerstone but not bringing anyone new to pass the experience onto. I feel slightly empty about it and I've been feeling down as it iis so hopefully my expectations of good conversations and building better friendships with my kids going won't prove futile and leave me lower than I started. I have to focus on God. He's really the only constant in my life... him and my little sister when she's not deciding to skip Cornerstone haha.
Well, I have to work on a movie set in about a half hour and then clean, do wash, plan out what to bring, pack, and get everything else all ready to skip school and working on stuff for over a week. What am I doing?
*sigh*
Sometimes being in a crowd of 30,000 people is the most exhilarating experience, sometimes it's just plain lonely.
Why am I nervous to go to cornerstone?
I have so many reasons.
posted by Chelsea at 9:18 AM
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