despite being 'well educated' at a 'smarty-pants school' resulting in my 'well-rounded-ness', i don't feel that i am usually (and especially right now) very 'eloquent'. that's too bad because i want to talk about what an incredible experience the second anual ripe festival was. i won't try. i'll try to wake up a little first. or maybe i'll just wait for matt to describe the event and add pithy comments. that's how i faked my way through the afformentioned school, anyway.