Entrance
- Coachella – Parks car in parking lot and walks a mile to find the entrance. Prays that the machine will recognize the wristband.
- Spring Weekend – Struggles to find the ticket email and freaks out over whether or not they were supposed to print it beforehand.
Outfits
- Coachella – Goes shopping in January and spends hundreds of dollars at Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, and H&M.
- Spring Weekend – Rifles through closet half an hour before your pregame, finds something clean, wears it.
Flower Crowns
- Coachella – “If you’re wearing one, you’re a poser. If you’re not wearing one, you’re a loser.”
- Spring Weekend – “Just make sure to keep one hand free to hang onto your crown before the wind carries it off into the void!!!”
Crop Tops
- Coachella – “How is it possible to still look unique while wearing so little fabric and clothing on your upper half?”
- Spring Weekend – Wears huge puffer coat over crop top. Is still cold.
Hair Braids
- Coachella – Watches endless YouTube tutorials and pins hundreds of Pinterest photos of intricate hair braids. Hires professional hair artist to do hair.
- Spring Weekend – Braids hair in line to keep it out of face. Wind blows it out of the braids anyway.
Sunglasses
- Coachella – Hides eyes and blocks out sunlight at all times.
- Spring Weekend – Feels obnoxious for wearing them, but does it anyway.
Navigation
- Coachella – Wanders around aimlessly amidst celebrities and elitists and tries not to look too clueless.
- Spring Weekend – Clings to upperclassmen who know (or, at least, appear to know) what they’re doing.
Instagram Pictures
- Coachella – Spends a whole day looking for a great picture spot, spends an hour waiting for the lighting to be perfect, has friend take one thousand photos on iPhone, decides between fifty different photo filters, runs twenty different caption ideas among friends. Posts one photo.
- Spring Weekend – Takes a selfie while waiting in line. Posts it.
Stamina
- Coachella – “You’re trapped in here for twelve hours! Hope you got enough power bars in your fanny pack!”
- Spring Weekend – Asks guard if they can run back to Keeney to grab a jacket and still come back in. Guard shrugs and says, “Sure.”
Image via.