THE BEGINING TO DAY ONE
where do i begin...i guess it started when i was 13 with woodstock �94...i had my face glued to the TV the entire weekend...i watched the whole damn thing on pay-per-view. i remember hearing that it was the 25th anniversary of the original woodstock and there would be a 30th anniversary one...i did the math and figured out i would be 18 by then. i remember telling my parents that i was gonna go and i told all my friends �we are so there!�

back in february/march of this year, i started hearing talk of woodstock �99. i had a countdown going until tickets went on sale...i had it all planned out...it would be awesome...we had a whole group of people who were going to go...then by may/june we still had no tickets and people were starting to back out...�i�m not allowed,� �i�ll be away,� �i just can�t afford it,� all good reasons but each one made it less likely to happen...

well next thing i know its july 19...the Monday before the festival. i had been working on the set for the play and shawna and kelly were helping mee. after we finished working we went to the diner. our stupid waitress wouldn�t give us food...tara was there and she came over to say hi...somehow woodstock came up...i was all pissy cause i wanted to go so she invited mee along...i was really excited but i wasn�t friends with anyone she was going with...so shawna and kelly said that they would go and shawna�s boyfriend mike would take us....sweet!! so now i am happy again...until kelly is not allowed and mike doesn�t wanna go...so it was back to mee and shawna...which meant i would have to drive...for those of you who have been in the car with mee before, you know i am way paranoid and i hate to go on the highway...so knowing the only way i could go is if i drove, i chickened out quite a few times...i realized that i would regret it for the rest of my life if i didn�t go, so i finally decided that i couldn�t pass this chance up...

i again informed my parental units that i was going and thats just the way it is....they have no say. my dad wasn�t thrilled but i don�t think he wanted mee to miss out on this opportunity...mi madre on the other hand, threatened to ground mee for the rest of my life, take away my car or report it stolen if i left! i sat down and rationally discussed the situation with her...(we screamed at each other for about 2 hours until i told her it was just tough shit and she would have to deal)...

by this time its Wednesday, i still haven�t finished the set, and we have no tickets or directions. BUT WE WERE GOING TO WOODSTOCK!!! shawna had got off work already and i had talked to my boss...before i went to work on Wednesday, instead of getting our tickets, i had to argue with my mother again. she just wanted to bitch at mee about why i shouldn�t go, and i don�t know what i�m getting myself into...blah, blah, blah...but she knew i had my mind set and she wasn�t going to talk mee out of it...

i finally tracked down a ticketmaster charge by phone number and $337 later we had TICKETS!!! but we also had less than 12 hours before we had to leave and i needed sleep for that nice long drive...mee and shawna went on the net and called some friends and pieced together directions. we found the list of Do�s and Don�ts as well as maps and schedules. we cleaned out my car, went to the A&P for food and all that fun stuff, and went to shawna�s house and packed her sleeping bag and shit in my car...it was about 12 by then so i went home and went to sleep not having packed any clothes, food, tent, or anything else.

my dad woke mee up at like 5:30 to say goodbye...i dumped some clothes in a bag and stuffed my car full of shit....then i took my last shower before i left...my mom helped mee pack some food and water in a cooler and i was off...i picked up shawna at about 7:30. we swung by the A&P again and we were on the highway by 8:00

we were both half asleep until we got on the thruway...i got my car upto about 95...we had the radio blasting and we were singing at the top of our lungs....we screamed and beeped at people and shawna flashed every guy in sight especially the truck drivers. we got followed for like 15 by one truckdriver and a solid half hour by some guy in a blue car....he would look down at his wang and up at shawna and back to his wang again and make noises...�twas funny but it got annoying after a while....a bit later, we passed some kids who looked like they might be going to woodstock too..shawna flashed them and we got mooned....then we asked them if they were going (we made a sign that said �woodstock???�) they all started screaming and shit so i guess they went but they sped up and i couldn�t keep up anymore...

we did the same kinda shit the whole way to 365...we got a bit confused there and went the wrong way...see, we didn�t actually have tickets yet, just a number and directions to go pick them up but of course the directions didn�t say 365e or 365w so stoopit mee follows the crowd...of course they have tickets and we don�t...so we got stuck in the traffic trying to get in the gates...we had to go the opposite direction. we had until 1 pm to pick up our tickets but it was noon and we were PARKED on 365w...oh fun...no tickets obviously no entrance, which meant no camping which meant we would have to sleep in my car....which would suck...so its 12 o�clock i have been up since 5:30 i am tired and cranky and i haven�t eaten...needless to say i don�t feel all too great...i have this thing with my stomach....if i dont eat for a while and its hot out, i get really dizzy and black out and sometimes i pass out...but if i eat, i get nauseous-what can i say...i am a mess... so anyway i am driving...well inching actually...i was all whining and shit so shawna is like �i have my permit let me drive!� so i let her and i layed down for a few...she was like �yo, we are never going to make it by 1 if we stay here.� so with a bit of convincing, i let her do a u-turn over the divider and she drove down 365e for a bit till i felt better...

we switched back and i drove really fast to get there on time. by now its 12:45 and we are still really out of the way...traffic westbound is so backed up, people are parked and walking up and down the highway, playing football...�tis funny...we finally find the road and get to the turning stone casino...its now 12:58...we run in find the room where the tickets are and the line is out the door...so we wait and finally get our tickets...we hung out in the A/C for a while, called shawna�s mom and then we headed down to the festival.

we got into the lot at about 3-3:30, but i still wasn�t feeling too great...we sit in the A/C in the car for a while and i force myself to eat some foods. some guy comes over and sells us some indian books...�tis sweet...we pack up all our shit and head out to the gate about 2 miles away...on the way some guy hands mee a balloon of laughing gas...i take it but tie it and carry it around until he�s gone...i wanna deflate it and keep it but i can�t untie it so i drop it by the gate where some chick pops it...

so of course i have to pee (again) and the port-o-potties are already almost full...its 437.2 degrees out and we are lugging shit to the gate. we kept dropping stuff and had to reposition everything. we finally get in and get our wristbands...now to find a home for the next four days....

we wander as far as we can make it, but everywhere seems to already be packed tight. we wander down the first side path we come to, buff path, and try to find a spot...again its is packed so we keep looking...after a while we just give up and wedge ourselves in between 2 tents a tree and the road on top of a shitload of rocks...so we set up camp and chill (in the sweltering heat) and people watch and nap for most of the afternoon...

we get some antisocial neighbors on the left and old, drunk, but willing to share neighbors on the right. they were nice but they wouldn�t talk about much besides booze...and that they were �canadian, eh?� �we got some vodka if oyu guys want some...� oh no thanks �some gin?? we got gin...� no thats ok...�how bout rum??� really thanks but no thanks, its a tad bit hot out and all...we didn�t talk to them much more than that...we watched and busted on all of the weird people who walked by our tent...until we got new neighbors, not nextdoor-neighbors, front door-neighbors...there were 3 of them in 3 separate tents (a chick and 2 guys) rite in front of our doorway...kool huh?? we couldn�t see anything anymore so we went to sleep....after a while i woke up and shawna wanted to walk around...and we had forgotten the spikes for the tent in the car and we wanted to go back and get them before it got dark. we went to the car (like 3 miles away) and ate some mushy sandwiches which were soaked from the cooler...we watched some fireworks go off in the distance and we hung out for a bit. we grabbed some more food and stuff and brought it back to the tent...we drop off our stuff and walk around for a bit...

shawna wants to go meet people...i want to sleep... we walk around but no one really talks to us. shawna stops to light a cigarette and says �we are staying right here until someone talks to us.� i just whined that i was tired and i wanted to go to sleep... some guy said hey or something and i was being all bitchy...i was like �there ya go...now can we please go to sleep??� so we head back to the tent...so far the night has been uneventful and i can tell shawna is a bit upset...but i am a pain so we head back to the tent.

we get like 20 ft away and this kid like grabs us and is like freaking out. at first he is like �do you know me?� we said no and he was like �can you help me?� we are like ok...whats going on...he is all upset and he says that he doesn�t speak good english but some one stole his bag...he askes us if we can help him find it...he is by himself wandering around...then he starts asking if we are �medical people� he wants us to bring him to a security guard or something cause he�s bugging out so bad, but we convinced him to just walk around with us....he tells us eventually that his name is mark isenburg from r-r-ridge in jersey...he did like 6 hits of liquid acid...for the first time. his friends were playing mind games so he had to leave...

he kept saying that we had to keep him in this world...he would just jump into another world, where he was in a hospital trying to find his mother who was dying, but he was being chased by cops...so he would just get all paranoid and start running and think that we were cops when we ran after him...everyone was laughing at him and he was convinced he was dying...he would be ok walking around...then he would just take off. we caught up and reassured him everything was ok and we reminded him where he was...he was like �i am at woodstock? is it over yet? are we going home?� no mark it starts tomorrow...he was ok for a while...then he would just get up in our faces, scream �FUCK YOU!� and run away...one time he fell on his face...another he thought the lights near the port-o-potties was the cops...another time he just sat down in some guys chair...

this guy is like �get the fuck outta here man...� he was all drunk and pissy...we left but some chick invited us to come back...we all sit down with them...the girl, i think her name was lauren or something is freaking out mark with glowsticks... he just randomly jumps up to run away...the guy who had yelled at him is polish and had a really strong accent....mark says he�s bugging out cause this guy sounds like his father....we leave for a while and come back like 10 minutes later...and there is another polish guy there...the first guy�s cousin, victor...he is flirting with mee like crazy...he�s old though...he says he�s 29 but there is no was he is less than 35....he has a really thick accent and speaks four languages (interchangebly because he is so drunk) he just rambles on and on about how its hard to speak so many languages...mark seems to think he can speak polish but he just makes some weird noises....victor kinda forces mee to sit on his lap and he keeps putting my arm around him and keeps trying to put his hand up my shirt...i kept trying to get up but he was getting pissed so i kinda gave up...he kept singing to mee and whining about how woodstock is run by the man and it doesn�t mean anything cause it has no purpose because its not rebelling against a war or anything...blah blah blah...

we tried to leave but he followed...he kept trying to hold my hand and pull mee away from shawna...he kept trying to get mee to go down some dark path with him saying. �oh lets just go for a little walk.� i�m like �i have to go make sure mark�s ok...i can�t� or �i can�t leave my friend i can�t lose her.� after a while i guess he finally took a hint and left us alone...

we walked around with mark for another hour until he remembered where his tent was...we walked him back to his friends...it was about 2 o�clock so we headed back to our tent and got some sleep...well we tried anyway...between my stupid stomach, the heat, the waves of screaming, the rocks in my back and the people kicking mee in the head trying to sneak past our tent and of course cramps...it just wasn�t happening...so i got up at about 4 am to go to the bathroom and discover that in two hours the road has completely disappeared...the entire road is paved in tents that you have to jump over to get through, which would explain the people kicking my head and such....i get back from the bathroom and talk to my newest neighbor and whine a bit about the road and my head and all, eat some cereal and get a little bit of sleep...

COMING SOON: DAY 2-4
highlights yet to come: KORN, ICP, fraggles, the rave, RAGE, naked mud hippies, EVERCLEAR, neighbors, new friends, harassing random people, LIMP BIZKIT, port-o-potties...and lots more....

PART 2: FRIDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
by about 8am i am up again, sick as fuck and whining like a baby...i wake up shawna so i can whine to her cause i am just a bitch like that...she gets mee to eat a bit and i feel a little better...its hot as hell already...my hands are tingly and i fell like i am going to puke, and i�m like shivering or something...i force myself to eat a bit, whine some more and get nauseous as hell, but i am so exhausted i kinda just doze off

it was almost noon by the time we got up...i remember hearing an intro speech kinda thing in the distance, although honestly i don�t even know who it was...but we soon found out that it was coming from the west stage...the first band we wanted to see was sugar ray. we had heard that they mite not show but we figured it was worth a shot...they were at the east stage which we hadn�t found yet...so we asked around and went in a gate only to find that we were at the west stage...we asked around some more, walked in a complete circle and wound up at the west stage again! we wised up this time and asked a guy at the info tent and finally found the east stage about 3 miles away!! (it was 2.5 miles from the west stage so we probably walked about 5 miles to get there!)

we get to the gates and keep walking and walking and walking...the stage has gotta be like another mile past the gates...we finally get a bit closer and sit in the crowd...g love and special sauce is on then jamiroqui...after them live went on

shawna wanted to take pics so we went up a little bit...the week before i went to the warped tour and passed out in the pit so i was kinda scared to go up there in the heat and all...so we go up just a bit and i am like...fuck it lets go....so we push all the way to the front, in the middle like 3 or 4 people back...it was crazy...they were trying to make a pit for live...for LIVE!! NO COMPRENDE!!! anyways we got mad pix and we got pulled out the front by the security guards...we sat down in the back for the rest of the show...they were really good...it was over at about 5...

at 7:15 on the other stage we saw insane clown posse, we missed offspring for them but it was worth it...they were so great! they went on really late and the crowd was going nuts! the security guys were spraying everyone with hoses and trying to get chicks to take off their clothes....then all the photographers would run over to take pictures. after like a half hour the show finally started and we ran way up front again!

we got our asses kicked but we got sprayed with FAYGO!! there were monsters and naked clowns dancing around the stage with flags and shit....then shaggy came out in a superman costume. they did southwest voodoo and hocus pokus...they were so awesome. they had a fake rome cop come out to stop the show but they kicked his ass!! the guards started pulling chicks up on stage to flash everyone...one girl started stripping for J and he just hit her over the head with a bottle of faygo...he picked up another chick and started spinning around...hehehe...we got people dropped on our heads and shawna got her eyes clawed as some guy fell on her...i got squirted in the eyes but �twas sweet!

we left before it was over cause it was getting late and we didn�t want to miss korn...they were 2 and a half miles away on the east stage...we watched the end of ICP while running backwards towards the east stage...we booked it over to korn just in time to catch the beginning of �blind� we ran up as far as we could get running and weaving and pushing our way through the crowd, screaming the words to blind and twist....we finally got up as far as we could...everyone was so smashed in we couldn�t even squeeze through...

we got up pretty far and pretty fast too but not as far as we had hoped...�twas awesome anyway...but there were people laying down next to us in a clearing practically fucking...if it wasn�t korn that would have bothered mee but i was quite distracted...i love korn!! they played my favorite...FAGET!! and we screamed the lyrics at the top of our lungs...they also played some new stuff thats gonna be on the new record...i cant wait for that!! jon was wearing a kilt and he came out with his bagpipes and they did shoots and ladders...YAY!! they didn�t get limp bizkit on and do all in the family or ice cube to do wicked even though they were both there...oh well it was great anyway!!

after korn bush went on...we took some pics of gavin because he is beautiful and went in the back to watch the rest...i fell asleep cause i was tired and i didn�t like bush so good anyway...we decided against going to the rave cause we were both tired as hell so we went to the tent to get some sleep...i slept much better than the first night!

Saturday again i was up at the butt crack of dawn...and i was wide awake again at 8...it was so hot in the tent, it was hard to sleep...i talked to our neighbor a while...he was working at the amp3.com tent....i waited for shawna to get up and we headed out to the bathrooms by the west stage cause they were cleaner...ours were overflowing with shit and were quite vile and repulsive to say the least...

on the way we ran into bryan rabin, the first person we saw from j-town...he said that him and brandon slept outside under a vendor tent cause they couldn�t find jackie and justin and the rest of their friends that they planned to meet up with and share a tent with...they had left on friday cause brandon had something for college...i dunno...that must have sucked though....

we walked around for a bit and later went to see kid rock.. �twas sweet...he came out in a fur coat with a cane looking like a pimp...he had joe c. on stage wearing a t shirt that said �i am not a fucking midget!� i was quite amused...then he came out wearing an american flag and an afro wig...kid rock was all dancing around and got everyone to throw bottles up in the air...i took a picture cause it looked so kool...

i also saw carson daly interviewing adam duritz at the mtv news stage thing...i of course had to take a picture even though it was mad far away...but it was still kool as fuck!!

we headed over to the wet stage to see EVERCLEAR!!! i love everclear so much!! before it started we ran into chris barry, mike delpolito, and melissa walsh...they were working there...they stayed in the back and we went up front...well anyway everclear was awesome as was expected... art and craig kept coming down from the stage and they were like right in front of us!! did i mention how much i love everclear?? even though they are so popular now...people are always like oh you just started listening to them...you just jumped on the bandwagon...FUCK YOU!!! i�ve listened to them for at like 5 years now...back when no one new who they were and heroin girl was their biggest hit...so there...sorry...that just gets to mee...anyway...we missed counting crows to see them but...it was everclear!!

after everclear we had about 4 hours to kill before limp bizkit so we went back to the tent to get some sleep...we slept a while until our neighbor came back...we talked to him for a while and finally introduced ourselves...his name was steve and he worked at the computer tent near the east stage...he said he got sent home early cause the tent was shut down...turns out that some people at the rave the night before pissed all over the tent and it got shut down...

we all talked for like 2 hours about everything until we realized we were gonna be late for limp bizkit!! we ran off to the east stage but missed the beginning...we got there just in time for stuck...�you�re stuck on yourself you whore...� so i was happy...we were pretty far back but we worked our way up...i just pushed through everyone and pulled shawna along...

they started doing break stuff and people went crazy...when the sound went out we were next to the speaker tower i think...people were going crazy and chanting �bullshit!� i remember someone being like �charge the tower!!� it was the same one that got knocked over the next day...they finally fixed the sound and the screens went out! this was getting annoying...we only got to enjoy like 3-4 songs...most of which were from the new CD which neither one of us had yet...i remember when they did faith though...it was family values flashback.. �twas sweet...fred was trying to crowd surf on some wood and the guards kept taking it away...he was like yo man i was gonna use that!!

there was a delay between limp and rage cause they had to get people out of the pit...i guess they were hurt pretty bad...they were like � please make way for emergency personnel� we moved up a bit to another clearing...it was around this crazy naked mud hippie...no one wanted to be near him...some girl tried to take a picture with him but he started licking her face and trying to take off her shirt...everyone backed up some more...we met 3 guys from canada...ontario i think....they seemed to love rage but had never seen them before...i think they were more scared of the naked guy than we were...we were all trying to get away from him but there was really no where to go...shawna was talking to some guy about tool...and all the canadian guys heard was prison sex and they freaked out about how this guy was gonna butt rape them...shawna was harassing the naked guy and shit...

then rage went on...we were pretty close but...shawna was like lets go up further...i kept putting it off...i was tired...i could see ok...i didn�t wanna...finally i was like fuck it.. lets go...so we invited the guys to come with us...i led the way through the crowd and found more people going to the front....so we jumped on the train and made our way up really close...2 of the 3 guys stayed back but the one came with us...he was kool...we weren�t in the main pit, but the left sub-pit i guess you could say...�twas quite sweetass!

they were so awesome...shawna actually went into the pit (i have a pic of her)...i stayed on the outside and pushed people in...it was soo kool...they would turn around all macho like who pushed mee and i just kinda nod like that would be mee...hehehe...i love that!! i got 2 people dropped on my head...woo-hoo! they did the ghost of tom joad and killing in the name...and ended the show by burning the flag... everyone went completely crazy...it was great...but i think that canadian kid with us didn�t get it...it bothered him so much...he was like they can�t get away with that...thats against the law! i�m like so is smoking weed but that hasn�t stopped anyone!...

after rage we went up further for metallica...shawna wanted pictures...i was like i guess so...i don�t really like metallica all that much so i was kinda like...eh...whatever...we waited like 10-15 minutes and the show hadn�t even started and i was already getting my ass kicked...it was hot and sweaty and i couldn�t breathe so i left and waited for shawna at the end of the security gate...

they made an announcement that it was going to rain and then metallica finally went on...i was quite glad i wasn�t in the pit...�twas crazy...i was out for like 2 minutes and some guy came out the gate cause he crowd surfed to the front i guess...he wanted a cigarette cause his got crushed...i said i didn�t have any cause i dont smoke...so he went away...then he turns around and comes back and he was like...hey...do you wanna go somewhere and smoke a joint with mee... i was like no thanks and he was shocked...then he said oh come on...i got kinda pissy and i was like sorry i dont smoke...anything...i am one of the 3 people here who doesn�t sorry....he asked what i do if i dont smoke weed...he�s like you like e?? or acid?? i�m like no i dont do anything...i think i offended him but i didn�t care cause he left mee alone...

after that i moved to where i could see the screen...i sat behind two guys who stared talking to mee...after a while i moved up more so i could see...i saw enter sandman... one of the few metallica songs i know and like...some other guy started bothering mee but i just ignored him...he pulled mee up to him cause he said i was getting pushed back...he�s like stay by mee you�ll be ok...i was trying to avoid him...thats why i kept moving so i just walked away...then another guy came up to mee... he was at least nice...his name was derek...and he was dancing around like an idiot...he asked mee my name and where my friends were so i told him...he was like so are you going to the rave tonite...i was like maybe if my friends want to....shawna showed up just as he was trying to get mee to leave with him (perfect timing chica thanks again!!) he�s like you know she�s not coming and i turned around and there she was!! he wanted us to meet him at the rave after 3 by the speakers near the left side of the stage...needless to say there was no chance of finding him which wasn�t all that bad...we were supposed to meet those guys from ontario there but we never did...oh well

we left and went back to the tent...steve was there and we hung out for a while... we harassed everyone who came near us...we guarded our garbage like treasure and screamed at anyone who went near it. �DONT STEP ON THE GARBAGE!!� then we started telling people it was our dinner...�NO NO NOT THE BREAD...THATS MY DINNER!!!� i though a few people were gonna cry! (that would be the full loaf of bread that we sat on cause we are idiots)....hehehe....our neighbors thought we were completely insane but it was fun...

steve told us about some poor unconscious guy that they found in the road...they named him bill and had people sin his face and clothes....we got talking about drugs and we were all shocked that we were all completely sober...we talked about how shawna used to do weed and one time she told mee i looked like red fraggle...so then we started asking people fraggle trivia...some guy named scott came over to hang out with us...he smoked so much weed he could barely stand up but he was a riot...he joined in with the garbage stuff and asking about fraggles...

people kept jumping over steve�s tent to avoid walking between us...so we started yelling about them stepping on his house...we weren�t going to actually go to the rave but steve didn�t want to go alone so we went too...we didn�t stay too long though...i got my head molested by like 3 guys on e and we just kinda danced our way through to the back...steve had a backstage pass to that stage cause of his job...so he snuck us in to the back to try to find fatboy slim but we didn�t see him...but we got pictures of his limo....yay!!

we walked around and just started yelling in people�s faces...�yeah WOOD!!! ...stock...� WOOOOOOOO!! and we found lots of passed out people so we poured water on them and screamed �ARE YOU DEAD?!?!� until they moved or answered us...some people took a while...we had to poke them to see if they were alive...one old guy just started talking to us...we were like so who did you come to see...expecting him to say like willie nelson or something he just yells �metallica!!�

we walked around some more and met a guy who knew way too much about the fraggles...he knew (or at least thought he knew) all of our fraggle trivia...he was on like 5 different drugs and he was so gone....we tried to give him a chair we found but he wouldn�t take it...we were like �were you born in a barn?? you cant just leave your stuff lying around!!� he told us he left it for the next guy....so the next guy that walked by, we told him the chair was a present but he didn�t want it...i saw some other guy walking by like eyeing the chair so i called him over and we gave him the chair...and he was like thrilled and he carried it away with him...

then we met two guys just kinda chillin...they smoked a bit of weed and stuff so they were all sorts of mellow but i think we kinda pissed them off especially when we told them we weren�t on drugs...they were like...dude..you are fucked up!! the fraggle guy finally left and these guys did too...we yelled at more people and wound up making some new friends...we started talking to this girl andrea and her boyfriend jimmy...they were both on e and jimmy couldnt stop touching everyone...andrea was like hold mee jimmy i�m so cold...they were really cute...they were really sweet too...

we talked to them for a while and kept harassing everyone that walked by...and they helped us too...alcoholic tony i think his name was, came over with his buddy brian...he was like hi i am tony and i love alcohol...to every one of us...jimmy couldn�t remember steve�s name nor could he remember if he had asked him yet....shawna gave them her aol name but there was no way in hell they could have remembered it...oh well...some like 12 year old chick just plopped her ass down with us but no one really payed attention to her...it was getting late...or early rather... it was like 5:30 and the sun was coming up and steve had to work at like 9 so we went back to the tents to get some sleep...

COMING SOON: DAY 4 AND THE RIDE HOME...
Highlights: OLP, harassing more truck drivers, naked beer guy, rain, finding the car, washing at the rest stop, and getting home to hear we missed a riot