Fun Fun Fun Fest Volunteer Diary

Todays volunteer duties were twofold.

1) approximately seven hours at the will call and wristband tent

2) the rest of the evening patrolling the park's fence to make sure kids didn't jump over and sneak into the festival

The will call table was fast paced, we had a strong and steady crowd for at least five hours straight, but there were no major blunders and we were within earshot of one of the stages.

The territory for my second duty was a long expanse of fence in the far corner of Waterloo park, an area isolated behind a lengthy expanse of porta-potties. My only companions during this time, besides the little punks jumping the fence, were the homeless men on the other side, the occasional loners seeking quiet space to chat on their cellphones and the numerous impatient and conspicuous men who thought it was a good idea to just whip it out and pee behind the porta-potties rather than inside of them.

Perhaps my presence is not as imposing as the festival coordinators would have hoped because at least three lil' juvenile delinquents jumped over and took off running like ninjas in the night less than 100 yards from me.

Bands overheard: YACHT, Dean Deacon, Z-Trip, Dead Milkmen, Octopus Project, ALL, The National, Deerhoof, Atmosphere & the Adolescents.

bands watched: zero.