ACL is great... I imagine

For the last two years I've followed a simple set of steps regarding the Austin City Limits Festival:

Step 1- Tickets become available and I tell myself I'll wait to see who signs on to the lineup.

Step 2- Tickets start to rise in price and/or run out and I convince myself that there won't be enough bands of interest to me to justify the cost.

Step 3- The full lineup is announced and I stick my head in the sand so that I won't be tempted to pay the now highest price for tickets.

Step 4- ACL weekend arrives (last weekend to be exact) and I hear about the ridiculous number of bands I would LOVE to see and I proceed to kick myself for not buying tickets in the first place.

I'm going next year... seriously.