i\'ve been working on this for a couple months now. i\'d emailed the band and asked them to bust out this tune, specifically for me to get up and ask her during. the ring was an ordeal, though. jill had posted a pic of her ideal ring way back in march or something, and that\'s when i started looking around. my goal had been to find something even better, but that thing was a one of a kind reproduction of a custom made antique ring. eventually, i broke down and decided to just get the one she\'d shown me. a few days later, i got an email telling me that it was now back-ordered and considered a custom piece. that meant a minimum of three months until i got it. however, by this point the band had already agreed, so i had a deadline. i spent the last month and a half freaking out, visiting every jewelery store around, checking the internet everyday, pawn shops, you name it, i was looking there. eventually i found a jeweler who was really helpful. he found a ring that looked pretty damn close and ordered it so i could see it, saying that he would just sell it to someone else if it wasn\'t right. the first time i saw it, i didn\'t think it was riht. so, being down to exactly one week before the day, i had no option but to take jill bythe store "to get some more ideas". i led her to the counter and she picked out the ring immediately. then the guy started showing her other rings, but i just hurried her out. no time for second guessing! two days later i went in and gave him the diamond and told him to do his best work. i think he did!
oh, and the diamond? well, jill\'s mom and i had had a phone conversation in april, where she offered her engagement diamond to me to give to jill. i couldn\'t say no. as far as i\'m concerned, that just makes it all the more special.
as to the other bands, burnin smyrnans were real good thursday late night, the grove was unexpectedly good to open the music friday morning. they\'re young (but their lead guiatrist had a killer clean tone) i definitely filed them under \'check out in a year or two\'. cosmic charlie was pretty good, but honestly i wasn\'t paying much attention. we were back up at camp, so could hear them, but i was coming down from an endorphin and adreneline overload, sooo... moonshine still was pretty good, had some great grooves and were much better than when i last saw them in 99 or 00. still didn\'t really grab me, but pretty good. barefoot started off really hot, but eventually the energy dropped. overall, they were great background bands for having yourself a great time to. the scene was completely chill and had a very phamily feel, so you be hanging out then hear the newest band do something cool, mosey down for a few songs then head back up to camp, getting in to conversations along the way. i defintely thought the breakfast was the top band there, but i\'m biased, so....
oh, and y\'all should check out this almost nws thread of pics from friday night (post breakfast). lets just say a grand time was had by all!!!
http://www.phishhook.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=5812768#5812768
