It was my first time going to this fest, but if felt like I'd been every time since I started, thanks to all the good friends there I knew from multiple other fests. I kind of love my little corner of Western New York. (So long as I don't have to live there during the winter.)

The Beer Knights Would Like To Thank :

• Hypnotic Clambake for puttin' the thing on. Great job!
• Michael, Becca, Davey, and Koley (I guess) for letting me crash at their campsite. Sorry I left without saying goodbye but you were way passed out.
• Michael for the tail (again) and for the help putting up that piece of crap tent. It's back at WalMart now.
• Koley, for taking it all in stride. I still think you should be Shelley.
• Becca, for being good with me. We're good...right?
• Davey, for the canteen of death. It felled many a good fester.
• Dustin and Erica for being the same great people I remember from two years ago.
• Lauren and Angel for being awesome new friends. If I'd known you'd go so crazy about coffee and a doughnut, I'd have brought a dozen back! Hope to see you two at many a festival in the future!
• Will for getting smashed in the face by an 80-pound girl's staff. What was her name again? Until I know for sure, I'm calling her Zoe.
• Zoe, for smashing Will in the face with her enormous stick. I'm going to make T-shirts that say, "I'm with shaky." and an arrow pointing to the floor, just for you.
• The Frenchman, Bree, Amber, Courtney, Penny, Riggy, and all the rest of that camp for being loud, annoying, and one of the best camps around.
• Anybody who carried firewood all weekend...I realized after I left that I hadn't done it once.
• TJ for being out of it the entire weekend. Ease up, man.
• Buddhahood for the amazing show! Go Gabe!
• Architect Shwarzenheimer (or whatever you said your name was) for suggesting Jade.
• Tina at the front desk for the sassy mouth.
• Jeff and Melissa from the front desk and the stage, just for being mellow and still easily a couple of the coolest people I've ever met. Melissa, I hope your leg gets better, but crawling around like a squirrel may not help. (Thanks, Jeff! Now I still feel like a butthole, but a butthole who knows your names! Huzzah!)
• Gabe and Alicia for being the perfect couple. Congrats on the new addition!
• Theresa and Todd for being such a great match. You guys need to buy Carol's and run it yourselves.
• Sara and her whole family for being so happy with everything you've gotten in life.
• Sparky for the business card.
• The food vendor for keeping me alive all weekend. Saturday was a little touch and go.
• The gate guard guy that looked like Rupert from Survivor...Goodman? Something-man? Whatever...just for looking like Rupert.
• Everyone who held the new sword all weekend and plan on making armor. It looks like a race to see who gets Natty Bo first!