time for another much needed picture update.
summer's come and gone... and as usual, i've been absent.. and for that i apologize.
i wish i had the patience to sit and write long wonderful blogs..
when i do get to the internet, i don't stay long.. especially in the summer, when i'm off traveling, or just outside living life... trying to take advantage of every experience, and squeeze everything i can out of this life.

i'm every bit the eccentric, elusive, mysterious aquarian.. even i think i'm an oddball, and not many people are on my level. i'm not much of a talker usually.. i'm a thinker and a dreamer.. my head's always in the clouds..
i'm not much of a blogger either...
anything i do find worthy of writing down, is written in personal journals, not to be shared with the world.
i'm a very personal person..
and maybe i like having that mysterious air about me that forces people to talk to me to get to know me.
pictures are worth a thousand words, so instead of words, i will give you tons of pictures.

we took a party bus to see bassnectar:











(thats about half our crew)
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went to colorado to visit my friend i'm (not so)secretly head over heels for:



not a very good picture, but i got to see shpongle for the first time!
and i visited the garden of the gods

























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went to various shows and festivals:
my boys of EP3:


one of the best bands hailing from ohio, The Werks:


my phamily, Boogie Matrix Mechanism:





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Spring Hookahville:







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saw Phish, 30 minutes from my hometown!





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went to my first ALL GOOD music fest!

furthur coming on at sunset


sunrise over the mountain, as the mist rises up the mountain to engulf us!


my fave artist, pretty lights, performing way too far away from me. =[


he broke out this awesome song, just for all good, held in west virginia:

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my favorite fest of the year, where most of my phamily was in attendence, SHAMYBASH:
late night, the first night, with some rumpke mountain boys. good ol' bluegrass!




the werks!


representing the werks! werk it!



hoopin to the macpodz.


emily and the lost cat ramblers

owners of the amazing 8 legged cat!



my best friend got engaged! her fiance, the artist smilin' joe, pulled her onstage and did it in front of everyone!





i made that teet my bitch.


best campsite at shamybash!
with the best late night camp fire jams:


got to see buckethead




and my best friend kara made her debut fire fan performance!

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made it to atlantic city a couple times:

























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went to atlanta to hang out with my boys from ep3, and caught a few shows down there
IDentity Fest

boom shocka locka

got right up front for rusko











me and my boy chuck, of Bitch Please! and ep3 right up front


from behind the stage, look for me in the front right.. turquoise hat.

got caught by Atlanta NightLife!




dj shadows amazing light show i couldn't even capture




and some random pics of me to end out this way too long blog.
i chopped off all my hair again:




rocking some crazy color every now and then (i <3 turquoise)


now... GET OUTTA MY BUBBLE!


peace and love always,
-nik