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Post by Britney's_Fears on Jun 18, 2008 11:59:19 GMT -5
I attended Roo this year with an old friend. I loved seeing him, but there were drawbacks. Every time I turned around he had to either pee, get food, or get a beer. And he has this habit of leaving sets early to get a better spot at the next one or some other reason. I got separated from him a couple of times and spent most of the day "by myself". IT ROCKED!!! I went when I wanted, I actually held my pee so much that my body began "reabsorbing it", I didn't eat and boycotted $6.00 beer. As a result I didn't miss a lick of the shows I saw. Also every one I stood next to at a show became my friend.
I am doing Roo alone every year if I can.
SOLO ROO RULES!!! (cause your never alone there anyway)
so true, so true, whats also very good is to have friends going but dont go down with them. so then its like you came by yourself and while ur friends are there you are not socially obligated to be with them all the time or any time.
so true, so true, whats also very good is to have friends going but dont go down with them. so then its like you came by yourself and while ur friends are there you are not socially obligated to be with them all the time or any time.
Yeah it's great to have friends at the campsite but it sucks going to shows with them. It's like they are just one more piece of baggage I have to drag around Centeroo with me. I know that sounds dickish but it's the way I feel.
so true, so true, whats also very good is to have friends going but dont go down with them. so then its like you came by yourself and while ur friends are there you are not socially obligated to be with them all the time or any time.
Yeah it's great to have friends at the campsite but it sucks going to shows with them. It's like they are just one more piece of baggage I have to drag around Centeroo with me. I know that sounds dickish but it's the way I feel.
I def feel you on that man, luckily my friends that go to a lot of shows, like me enjoy wandering and we always know we will find each other again so its not a big deal to any of us if someone just leaves without saying anything during a show. but i also have some friends who will fucking follow me around non stop like even just to the bathroom and shit "so we dont get seperated" I mean I understand it but it gets annoying sometimes.
Yeah it's great to have friends at the campsite but it sucks going to shows with them. It's like they are just one more piece of baggage I have to drag around Centeroo with me. I know that sounds dickish but it's the way I feel.
I def feel you on that man, luckily my friends that go to a lot of shows, like me enjoy wandering and we always know we will find each other again so its not a big deal to any of us if someone just leaves without saying anything during a show. but i also have some friends who will quacking follow me around non stop like even just to the bathroom and poop "so we dont get seperated" I mean I understand it but it gets annoying sometimes.
It's amusing to me to see people working their way through the crowd practically holding hands with this mortified expression on their faces saying "Dude! Wait up!" Some people are so codependent that their worst nightmare is to get separated from their friends. I have compassion for those people but I sure am glad I'm not one of them.
Post by slorchiepoo on Jun 18, 2008 12:29:07 GMT -5
i think i'll go solo next year. i went solo to the phish deer creek run in summer 2000 and that was quite possibly the most amazing experience of my life.
My Roo buddy refused to do anything alone, so she tagged along with me to shows she didn't necessarily want to see. I would say "I'm going to ____" and she would say "BUt i want to go to ____" I'd tell her to go then, and I'd meet up with her late. But she wouldn't go by herself. I did late night on Saturday all by myself because she wimped out. But I saw everything I wanted to see and didn't let her drag me down when she started to wimp out. I would definitely go solo, even as a girl. Not once did I feel threatened or in danger while I was at Roo wandering by myself.
My Roo buddy refused to do anything alone, so she tagged along with me to shows she didn't necessarily want to see. I would say "I'm going to ____" and she would say "BUt i want to go to ____" I'd tell her to go then, and I'd meet up with her late. But she wouldn't go by herself. I did late night on Saturday all by myself because she wimped out. But I saw everything I wanted to see and didn't let her drag me down when she started to wimp out. I would definitely go solo, even as a girl. Not once did I feel threatened or in danger while I was at Roo wandering by myself.
I know that a lot of girls, especially high school, early college age are afraid to walk around Roo by themselves. I don't blame them. I know it's Bonnaroo and all, but anything can happen.
My Roo buddy refused to do anything alone, so she tagged along with me to shows she didn't necessarily want to see. I would say "I'm going to ____" and she would say "BUt i want to go to ____" I'd tell her to go then, and I'd meet up with her late. But she wouldn't go by herself. I did late night on Saturday all by myself because she wimped out. But I saw everything I wanted to see and didn't let her drag me down when she started to wimp out. I would definitely go solo, even as a girl. Not once did I feel threatened or in danger while I was at Roo wandering by myself.
I know that a lot of girls, especially high school, early college age are afraid to walk around Roo by themselves. I don't blame them. I know it's Bonnaroo and all, but anything can happen.
lol this reminded me of this random 16 year old girl we found sleeping outside our tent in 06 because she couldnt find hers. we told her to come inside but she said no she didnt feel safe, so we gave her a blanket and just passed out. it was pretty funny tho but I can understand not wanting to get into a tent with 3 random dudes.
i went with a group of people both last year and this year... but i essentially went with myself. i really only hung out with them at the beginning and end of my days both years.
this lead to some interesting wandering every night. i met some really nice folks during jack johnson/pearl jam. me and the one guy shared some favors... but after a while, i felt like an intruder and broke off from them on a trip to the bathroom. The guys name was Brandon & his wifes name was Melissa... If i was intruding, sorry... if i wasn't, welp sorry i dipped out. hope you guys had a pleasant saturday night/sunday.
This was my first year, and I went solo (although I did meet up with one of my college buddies when I was down there, but most of the time I was by myself). I thought being by myself was going to suck, but man, was I wrong. No cell phone to keep track of, no sacrificing shows you want to see to accommodate your friends, no drama - just a ton of fun. All the friends I hung out with (besides that friend from college), I met for the first time down there. I really should've gotten more e-mail addresses, etc.
I know that a lot of girls, especially high school, early college age are afraid to walk around Roo by themselves. I don't blame them. I know it's Bonnaroo and all, but anything can happen.
Yeah, a lot of girls are raised to be scared, which makes them an easy target. Bad folk can tell who's scared and who's not. I have several friends that won't even stay at home alone at night... that's a bit much if you ask me.
I'm really not scared of being by myself anywhere really, Roo especially. I wasn't raised that way. I'm in no way cute and I have nothing valuable anyone would want to take anyway
Post by Ian'sGotAFeeling on Jun 18, 2008 16:24:27 GMT -5
I 100% agree with you. Last year was my first year this my second and both years I felt held back by the person I was with.
This year I took a rookie to the roo. She never wanted to walk and never seemed up for anything. When the opportunity arose I separated from her and went my own way. Its so much better at roo when yo ucan do your own thing. I tried to explain that to her, but she didn't understand.
I met lots of cool people and played alot by ear. I love it all!!
I did Roo solo and it was awesome. It makes you talk to the people around you which is something I may not have done if I was with other people. I met cool people at every show I went to especcially at MMJ and Levon Helm. Plus I didnt have to worry about others priorities. Solo Roo Rules!!!
i drove up there with three other people (no one had ever met any of the others), and it worked up lovely...we all shared a massive tent, but other than that i was hanging out with the neighbors at the campsite...in centeroo i was by myself almost 100% of the time, and it was the most wonderful time of my life!!!
I spent some time alone. Someone on here gave first timer advice of do what you want even if your friends don't and I followed it really hard. If I hadn't I would have missed the Colonel's amazing set!
Post by weekapaug74 on Jun 18, 2008 20:41:18 GMT -5
I went to the roo solo this year and had a blast. I've also done Phish festivals solo.
Even when I go to festies with friends, they all know that I go off on my own and I rarely stick with anyone unless we're all checking out a headliner.
Yes indeed I also attended my first Bonnaroo solo this year. I've been doing festivals for like 20 years now and have been to probably 30 or 40 different ones some multiple times and while for the most part I DID go with someone or a group I have done a bunch solo and going solo rocks! I had given out some advice to people on the 'roo site and here I think about doing it....someone was worried about being thought of as a loser with no friends, someone else thought that going solo means you have noone to hang with etc... As stated above and as I told people Solo means you do what you want to do when you want to do it. I want to see this show, you go, your not into it you leave go somewhere else..its awesome no conferring with anyone just go. I ended up meeting 7 people in line (2 separate groups) and making a big camp site with all of them. So we would hang at camp a bit, like the morning, smoke and whatnot and aside from Sun. I did the whole rest of the weekend solo. I love the freedom!!!! Did Sun. with one of the guys in the group (closest to my age-41 he was 37 the rest of the group were early 20's). It was cool we were mostly on the same wavelength but not totally we both wanted a bit of Randolph but also wanted to see Yonder's set so we did an hour of RRR and then Yondered over to What--sorry bad pun couldn't help myself. Then we went to Phil after Yonders set was over and although I have been a deadhead for 20+ years I just wasn't feeling it and told him I was going to split and catch some of OAR ( a band a friend told me to check out). He ended up coming with me although I think he would have remained at Phil if not for me. But it was cool we then did Plant, Trucks and Panic together (sort of- we were both so spent by this time-plus I am not a Panic fan-He was though- we ended up going back to camp grabbing blankets to chill on, back to What stage, chilling, smoking for about an hour before both of us falling asleep and me waking him up sometime around midnight. Overall great day with a festy buddy...but solo still has more advantages... Probably the best advice is camp with friends do shows alone or with 1 or 2 others. The big group thing for me is too much drama unless it is really tight friends (even then not always the best scenario) or just down to earth low maintenence, fun loving, experienced festy goers because sometimes it is nice to share things at shows with people you know and love.
I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right---P.T. Barnum "As I was walking up the stairs I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish to God he'd go away."
Solo rocked for me too! When I was pinging on Saturday night it was great not having to say 'let's go over there.... no wait.... over there..... no wait.... look! something sparkly! oooohhhh aaaahhhhh. I just did whatever I wanted and ended up wherever my ears/eyes/feet took me.
I do have to say that on Friday night as I was hoofing it around in the rain, I was a bit lonely. I called my wife and got the best pep-talk ever and from that moment on.... Solo was my frame of mind.
I had a great group with me, but it seemed that whenever we wanted we went where ever we wanted whenever, so it worked out great. I wandered more than them and found some great shows! I loved wandering in centeroo, you find so many interesting things. Everytime I came back to the group I had stories.
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
Post by popsicle sarah on Jun 19, 2008 9:32:56 GMT -5
i spent a lot of time alone this year. i was with a group of guys i didn't know before roo and we all had different shows we wanted to go too. never thought i could enjoy going to shows by myself as much as i did. next year i will wander away on purpose more.
Went to Lolla with my bf last year. I had to watch all of the shows he wanted and practically missed everything I wanted to see. I learned my lesson, at Roo when he wanted me to join him for Les Claypool and I wanted to see !!!, we separated and both had a blast!
Post by trippindaisy on Jun 19, 2008 18:59:46 GMT -5
I like to do stuff alone at Roo but I also really feel the need to share my joy with someone....... So I am torn. I also liked being able to walk away from my seat and stuff with someone to watch it and go to the potty without having to take all my stuff with me
My husband only really goes because he knows I want company so I have told him he doesn't have to come next year because I do like to wander around and be spontaneous, but then again I think I may get lonely.
My Roo buddy refused to do anything alone, so she tagged along with me to shows she didn't necessarily want to see. I would say "I'm going to ____" and she would say "BUt i want to go to ____" I'd tell her to go then, and I'd meet up with her late. But she wouldn't go by herself. I did late night on Saturday all by myself because she wimped out. But I saw everything I wanted to see and didn't let her drag me down when she started to wimp out. I would definitely go solo, even as a girl. Not once did I feel threatened or in danger while I was at Roo wandering by myself.
Sadly... I was one of those who didn't want to be alone most of the time... even though I initiated going by myself a few times. I didn't communicate with my friends well and didn't want them to feel like I was a snob or something so I would try to keep up with them.
However... I didn't get seperated one time and they had my wallet and phone and I needed that. I felt naked and was seperated for hours. So I was like... if I could just find them and get my stuff back then whatever I'll go off by myself again.
I think another problem I have is talking to strangers... or people I don't know. I feel alone amongst all the strangers... I feel like a statue... and most people won't initiate conversation with me and I have a hard time doing the same.
So if I am not with a friend... its a very lonely time and I'm left to my thoughts. If I were drunk or high... then it probably wouldn't matter. But I experienced my first Bonnaroo clean and clear headed and wanted to feel there in the moment.
I just wish I could be more free spirited and that different groups of people had no trouble excepting me if I wondered in. But I'm such a weirdo... its hard to be a loner when you have the choice to be with your friends. I have a hard enough time as it is at home being alone all the time... and then you have the chance to spend time with someone at an event... its hard to imagine ditching them and being all alone again when that's all you do all the damn time anyway.
So going solo isn't for everyone... or isn't as easy for others.
I wish I was solo this year. My friend kept me from going to a lot of shows I really wanted to go to. On saturday I took my chance when he was sleeping and did the latenight by myself. It turned out to be great and I never felt alone. I just talked to people around me and went to the shows that I wanted to. Because of my friend, I missed Metallica and Pearl Jam. argh.
