Welcome To The Good Life...

This post is a few days late. Well, close to a week. I'll keep it to a short re-cap of the party and the last few days.

We partied in Canada. It was awesome. Everyone raged. We rolled deep. It was a great time. I love learning more and more about the people that surround me every day.

The last few days were good. Ohio is a worthless state. Learn how to plow your roads. Use your tax dollars.

The only good thing about Ohio is Andrew's house. (Well, and the random girl I kissed...what?) The movie theater in the basement was nothing short of killer. I caught bits and pieces of Michael Clayton while doing laundry. I ripped it to my computer and will watch it later. More comments to follow at a later date.

Joe left. That was sad. But I'm thankful for the experience of working with him and he taught me alot. I'll definitely go out of my way to keep in touch with him and maintain a friendship there. Rad dude. He'll be missed.

Joe's replacement, Ron, also rules hard. Solid dude. I'm very stoked to be finishing out the tour with him. He is yet another person who's experience I can learn greatly from. And it will be fun to hang with him.

Ok. It's 4:08 AM and I need rest. Van call at 9:30. The next post will deal with more serious matters. Read if you dare.

Stay classy.

If this is only a test, I hope that I'm passing...

Today we had a show in Montreal. We crossed a bridge to enter the city. I believe we drove across Lake Champlain. It was beautiful. The water was half frozen with chunks of ice floating through it. The sun gleamed off of the water, and the city stood above the coast just ahead of us. It was a breathtaking sight. It was a pleasant break in mood.

Montreal seems interesting. I would like to explore it more if given the time and opportunity. I got to eat Vietnamese food for dinner. It was delicious.

I think everyone is partying at the bar next door after the show. That could be a post in and of itself.

On a worse note, we talked about some virtual world called Second Life the other day. It angered me. A lot. Apparently it is a virtual world that operates on real currency. People sit on their computers all day and run fake virtual businesses and make real money. They do fake things on the internet and go to virtual replications of places, instead of leaving their house and seeing the real world. Excuse my vernacular when I say FUCK THAT. Anyone who takes part in that is a moron and deserves to get beat the fuck up. You are stupid. I could go on and on about this, but then I would ruin my night. I'm already in a weird mood as it its.

Also, women are terrible. 3 and a half years and my hope is still lost somewhere at sea. I'm glad that men older than me like Joe and Chris feel the same. Let's get off these terrible topics.

Re-cap of things we've learned/re-learned/acknowledged today:

- I've made awesome friends on this tour.
- I will miss Joe when he leaves after Chicago.
- Montreal is pretty.
- Tom DeLonge is hilarious.
- I need to make music again.
- Women are awful.
- Second Life must be destroyed.

Onward towards the party. Hopefully it will give me something fun to write about.

Keep it sleezy.

It's all happening...

So this is where it begins. Laying in a hotel bed in Plattsburgh, NY. Tomorrow we cross the border and drive to Montreal. We are 3 weeks into tour, and it feels like it's just beginning. We still have a month of touring left. I'm still excited every morning when I wake up.

Let me back up and re-cap the events until this point: Fly to LA, Prep, Drive to Arizona, 4 shows in Texas, Eat Texas BBQ for free, make an obnoxiously long haul to Ft. Lauderdale, 2 shows in Florida, Hang in Charlotte and meet Will's friends, Shows in the Northeast, Onwards towards Canada. That about brings us up to date.

Everyone in every band is amazing. I thoroughly enjoy the company of the friends that I share a van with every day. It's a great feeling to pull up to the venue and get hugs and high-5's from the same people you see every day, and for everyone to be excited to see each other. This next month will provide us with some serious hangs. I am stoked.

Changes: I've cut my hair and trimmed my beard. No more mountain man. I was sad to see it all go, but it was time for a change.

Ok, it's time to sign off. Early wake-up tomorrow. I need to make these posts more interesting.

Goodnight USA. Good Morning Canada.

My cold, cold sailor heart says get on your way...

In an attempt to document my first tour, clear my head, and stay sane on the road, I've finally decided to start this blog. It was a long internal debate. At first I thought the idea of a tour blog would be interesting. Then I thought, "Who gives a shit about what I have to say while I'm on tour, or in general about anything?" And then I said, 1-2-3-fuck it.

So, for those of you who care to read, I will try to update this as much as possible, and I apologize in advance for any nonsensical ramblings on the topics of life and what it all means. Hopefully we won't get in to that. I can't guarantee anything prolific, or anything close to "hip" for that matter. This may be more for me than for you. But hey, it's the internet. Do what you will.

I'll make my first official post in the next few days and update on the shenanigans of road-life. It truly is a wonderful thing. Until then...don't front.