Not Sure What To Think

Friday night I get a call from a like named individual that doubles as a great friend about some recent tickets to see Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds play acoustically at Assembly Hall on IU's campus on behalf of Barak Obama's campaign. It was a rally to get young college kids to at least register to vote as today is the last day to register in the state if Indiana.

I said it sounds amazing. Dave & Tim acoustic, and part of a political campaign at a major US college campus. I think I'd like to see something like that and just take in the event. Well, the tickets were free to most, but it took some cash to get ours, no biggy, kinda expected. It's a general admission show, which means getting in line way too many hours early just to get a couple of good seats. A free general admission show that includes Dave Matthews and a college campus recently rated to the top party college in the US just means another reason to camp out the night before in line and party nonstop until the show begins. You see a little bit of everything, including a table and chairs in the middle of the line hosting some cards.

Needless to say, most students were way past normal and in full "good times" mode. To say students were there because of their political interest in support of Obama would just not be true except for a small percentage, and those were the student volunteers. As my friend Andrew mentioned, the students of IU are NOT in support of Obama's environmental policy as they leave their trash strewn throughout the place.

In my most optimistic state I believe the youth of this country are the future and the change makers, but my hope took a major blow yesterday. To see the lawlessness and blatant lack of respect for each other and themselves was sad to see. So, the concert and event's purpose was amazing, but not sure if it was worth 4.5hrs of waiting including 5hrs of round trip travel. I'm glad it was the nicest day of the year!