A Little Time Off

Oh man, how to start how to start? Well this is obviously the first of many of these and it may be a little long to get you guys and gals up to speed. I have been home from tour now for about a month. I really am starting to miss the guys and the horrible smell of piss and trash from inside our tour machine/van. ha. If you haven't heard any of the stories or anything from the past 6 months or so of touring, here is a quick overview of it:

It started back in May at the Recher theatre in Baltimore where I was selling merch for the guys and that was awesome. That was the first show I did with the guys and as soon as it was over I knew I would be stuck with the dudes for a while if they wanted me to be. So we toured all over the rest of that month and up till june 19th, from the northeast to midwest to southeast and all along the south of the US of A until we hit Cali and played our last show in L.A.. The next day we started out on our journey back and forth across the US on what is known as Warped Tour. We ended up doing the entire Warped Tour and played a handfull of dates and did some one offs with our friends All Time Low at Rams Head Live in Baltimore which was by far the craziest show ever. After that show we did the rest of Warped Tour where it ended up in L.A.. and before you go any farther I want to give you a quick run through of what a day in the American Diary life was everyday on Warped Tour.... we get to the venue after driving all night at about 5 or 6 in the morning, we wake up at around 8 or 9 to walk and see if we were playing that day, if not we tried to sleep in 100 degree weather for a little longer, then brandon and reeded were off to catering to start making lunches for all the big name bands, while me and mikey and ben walked to scoppe out our cd selling grounds for the day, then we gathered up our crap (boxes of cds, ipods, headphones and splitters) and started selling cds. we would sell non stop in the heat of the day with out many breaks till we had to go help with catering. then usually after a fast dinner and helping clean up and other crap we went and sold more, then we all get in the van and drive all night to the next stop... and thats our days.

it was deff a journey, I personally ended up leaving at the chicago date of warped cause I had a house that was bought for me to move in to and I needed a break before i went crazy. ha. The guys dominated the rest of tour and then toured back to the east coast. They made a stop at my new place in south carolina where i live when im not on tour (i dont actually live in baltimore with the guys) and we somehow thought it was smart to buy like 50 hot dogs and 108 beers and try to eat and drink it all in one night. needless to say, it did not happen. Highlight of the night was when reeder was in the middle of saying something when we were all sitting outside and right as he was about to finish his sentence, puke just came pouring out, and then he just finished his sentence when it was done. hah.

So I had a nice little month break after that before I headed back to Baltimore where our first show of the fall tour was with our good friends from Warped Tour, Angels and Airwaves, and it was an awesome show. we then toured the northeast and southeast, unfotunately we had to cancel our midwest shows cause of the shitty economy. The tour ended a couple days before halloween and i was finally back home.

So now i have been home for sometime. the guys are busy writing some music and doing some creative and awesome things and im here at home trying to keep busy till im out on the road again. Im really missing being out there but at the same time I am loving spending time with my girlfriend and having a nice big bed to sleep in every night.

I feel good about how things are right now and im not sure what the future holds but i think everything is gonna turn out right and the hardwork will pay off.

until then im gonna keep giving the things i pursue in life everything ive got. cause i think thats what you got to do if you ever want to get anywhere.... for now though, im gonna hit the sack cause its 1 am and im pretty tired.

keep it real cuties and duders!