Attack of the Awkward Teenagers!

It's June, and that could only mean one thing: Thespian Camp! That's right, Lincolnites. Grab your lawn chair, a cold six-pack and your lanyards, head on over to downtown Lincoln and watch the magic unfold.

For those unfamiliar with this yearly occurrence, allow me to explain: the University of Nebraska holds this International Thespian Festival every year. Teenage drama students gather in Lincoln. It is their Mecca. They even pray five times a day facing the Lied Center. Okay, that last part was a lie. But they do meander around downtown, ducking in and out of our various shops and generally just trying to out-weird each other with outbursts of singing, "improvisational" monologues and strange stupid human tricks. All of it entertaining, all of it reminiscient of our teenage awkwardness.

Because here's the thing: everyone's awkward in high school. But theater kids choose to be awkward on stage, in front of everyone. And every June, Lincoln becomes the ultimate stage for fumbling pubescence and adolescent upstaging.



Glorious.

P.S. That kid in the first picture? Yes, that is an actual picture from the festival in Lincoln. No, it is not of me.