This past weekend was the highly anticipated event of my summer! Outside Lands at the Golden Gate Park in SF. It was so colorful and FUN! Music, food, friends, trees, tiny bottles of alcohol, hippies, beer, spreadsheets, and more trees! Really couldn't have asked for a better weekend.Honorable mentions: The Strokes! People Under the Stairs, Wolfmother, Pretty Lights, Tokyo Police Club, Temper Trap! Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Al Green, Nas and Damian Marley, Phoenix! and Kings of Leon! But of course, the grand prize goes to... us!! Look at those million dollar smiles. You can't even tell we were freezing to death.
But alas, two days go by very quickly when you are having fun. Then it's back to the real world with real decisions and real consequences. Real story.First day back to reality and I am at a crossroad: Happiness vs. Security. This weekend was a quick glimpse of how wonderful things could be if I were to move back to Southern California-- back to my friends and family. Yet, today at work I was reminded of my dreaded responsibilities and debt as well as my innate drive to finish what I start. Although I suppose there are the few instances where unfortunate events lead to more fortunate opportunities, like Marisa's story. But that's just hopeful thinking.
