Yesterday day off in saint louis was sweeeeeet. The Honda civic crew had an extra ticket to the cardinals game and invited me. Its was one of the best baseball stadium experienced ive ever been too. We were in a private suite where they fed us free food and booze. It was spectacular. I got to see Pujoles hit a home run and there were fireworks. Pujoles has definitely become my new favorite baseball player, coco crisp has lost his rank. I mean come on, he's an awesome player and his name is pronounced "poo holes." I love it. Paula and I went on a hunt for Pujoles tank tops, but ended up with some tees that we will make into tanks. Maybe tomorrow we can get that done.
Today we played at the pagaent again. I kinda love playing there. There are a lot of great shops and stuff in that area. I bought the cutest red skirt with embroidered guns on it, also some great alternative apparel scores. I'm so happy they moved the merch area to where it is now. And its totally overseen by a super cute dude named nick. Yeah if you know nick, you can tell him i think hes cute. Big deal, wanna fight about it? I woulda totally hit on him at the bar tonight, but couldnt get anyone to go out there with me. All being lame heads and in bed by the time I finished working. No one ever waits for the merchie for hangs.
Man, I hit my ankle on a pallet today and kinda messed it up. It didn't help that I decided to wear wedges after the fact. Now my foot/ankle is swollen and killing me. I hope I dont have gangrene. I need this foot!
I feel like there's never any time to accomplish little tasks lately. Probably because we are in the Midwest, which in themselves are already busy,and I've been far more "social" lately.
Milwaukee was fun because cara came out and helped sell merch with me and Glenn. It definitely helped us a lot and anytime cara is around, laughs and fun are guaranteed. Too bad we didn't get to party afterwards. Flipping thunderstorms ruined those plans, it stopped raining though and I was hanging with a Crew of folks outside the civic bus. Somehow later in the night I ended up wrestling Adam, hush/phantom merch guy, in the parking lot. It was a pretty even fight, but since it was on blacktop, we didn't take eachother down too hard. That was fun.
Day off in minneapolis Basically spent the entire day at the mall of America. Such as I do every time I have a day off there. I went shopping with andy from the civic crew. He's one of my new partners in crime.
Minneapolis show. Pretty insane. Almost as insane as the last time I was there, but the venue made a nice queue for merch and had security, so It was pretty much a breeze. Almost all the busses have wii's now. Its pretty spectacular.
Today was Des moines. Dump! Peener and I had a lunch date at wendys today and we had some of our girl talk. I made the mistake of telling him that I made out with someone and he ended up telling the entire crowd at the show tonight that I love to French out and touch butts. So embarrassing.
For done reason today the panic dudes had sidewalk chalk, so there were drawings all over the place. And then a jump line. I wish I wouldve taken a picture of it. There was a line made and you had to see how far you could jump from standing at that line. Its actually surprising how far some people jumped. Me on the other hand, I sucked and jumped the shortest distance.
Tomorrow is a day off in st louis. I'm sending soundscans, working on Tonys toy and later on the Honda civic crew invited me to the cardinals game with them. Somehow within the last week, they've been my new hangout buddies, I back em. Apparently we are going to watch from some suite or something. I'm stoked! 2 baseball games in one tour is a lot for me.
Maybe I'll finally load my holga too. I need to take some sweet piccies.
I have been neglecting you. I've actually been neglecting many things because these Midwest shows are killer busy.
Grand rapids was sweet, because I bought wii fit and its the best purchase I've made in a long time. I'm currently the reigning champion of the hoolahoop exercise. I back the wii fit. Nuthin funnier than watching tony and Jesse play it also.
Day off in Detroit was fun, went to the magic stick and bowled with lisp and had some drinks. First game was a little rusty, I bowled a measly 53, but then I picked it up like a rude boy.
Chicago. Two days of merch hell. Its amazing sometimes how annoying some people can be. Especially at a panic show.
Agh I just got way tired. I'll update more when I wake up.
Well seeing as its 730am and I'm still unable to sleep, I may as well catch up on my kenny bloggins.
The last day off we just had on the 19th marked justins one year mark of being totally sober. I'm very proud of my little peenytees, hes come a long way and is a joy to have around in his weird little ways and even annoyances. Keep it up my brutha!
Today we played in Detroit. Probably my least favorite city ever. I became a hippy today also. I joined a hacky sack game today with members of panic, hush and phantom and some of the crew. Its very nerve wracking. At least for me it is. I get scared of the sack when it comes flying at me and the others like to laugh at the look of terror I get on my face. Brendan had my back tho, he rooted me on and kept my enthusiasm up. I also was a part of a successful ten person "hack." if you're like me and don't know what a "hack" is, apparently it is when every person in the circle hits the sack at least once. Its exciting in a weird way. Man I'm totally a hippy now.
Lisp was the runner today, so I got to hang with him and I went along went he had to go get bus stock, that's when I aquired the sparks that has now made me an insomniac. On a sweeter note, he brought me a PUSA tshirt! One of my top five bands ever. So stoked, im totes wearing that like 8 billion times.
Oh yesterday I also got my hair dyed and cut, and she gave me the best haircut ever! Maybe if I remember I will post pictures tomorrow.
Ive been slacking on getting my picture taken with the civic, I got a little scolding from jim today. I need to step up my game. Ive been horrible and getting up at like 130pm every day. Its that frigging mario kart wii. Seriousy. Speaking of wii, wii fit comes out tomorrow and I really want it. I def need to work out, I miss it and get jealous because the dudes just started back up with a trainer and go work out everyday. I wish I had the time to do that.... Maybe I should stop slackin and start getting up early.
Seriously, mario kart wii is going to be the end all of me. I spend too many nights up late playing. Yup, that's what I was doing tonight all until 4am. Jesse and I always have an intense battle out on the peach gardens level. We are always ok eachothers tails in first and second place and its a vicious battle to the finish. So we did 4 roundsof peach gardens to see who would come out on top. Ended up that we both won 2 rounds to tie it up. We are good.
This is hindering my productivity however, today I woke up at 130pm. Totally unlike me. A definite slackin day If I ever did have one.
Day off on troy, mi tomorrow. Maybe after I finally take a shower I will write a better blog. Time to hit the hay.
Cleveland. Today I stole alex from phantom planets ray bans for the day. Gave them back tho, no worries. I think I may have also gotten a little sunburn today whilst waiting for my merch shipment, my face feels warm.
My cough is almost gone. Its just barely hanging on. My neck lymph nodes are still sore though. I still think its from my wisdom tooth, but it may also be allergies. I'm way into playing the guessing game, rather than getting any actual confirmation.
Man I was gunna blog more about unimportant stuff, but I just got extremely tired therefore I am going to sleep. Good night.
Well, we saw the DR today. David's blood work pleased the DR, everything is heading up and down in the right direction.YEA! He will get a "port", which is an under-the-skin" catheter placed by a surgeon for blood draws and medication so they won't have to ruin the few good veins he has ,every time they need blood or for IV's etc. This will be done on the 30th. This past week he had to go in for 2 liters of IV fluids on Thurs, Fri and Mon because his calcium was elevated. He started his chemo this past Monday, and has been feeling quite fatigued , a little nauseated and dizzy. All to be expected, hopefully his body will become accustomed to them soon. Dan is coming home this Mon, to rent a u-haul and move all his stuff and Katie's to Wash, It will be good to see him. love to you all, Kathy
yup. I definitely suck at the whole updating everyday thing, especially the photo of the day. I just dont find anything THAT interesting.
let's see, what's been happening...
did I talk about my day off in montreal and how i basically slept all day? that was boring.
hmmm, I couldve sworn I blogged about montreal. sometimes I think my phone emails get lost in some space/time continuum.
anyways. montreal is weird. I get pleased with myself that I can basically understand what they are saying, but when it comes to replying in french, im too scared to do it, so i reply in english, which usually totally confuses them. some of them dont even know a lick of english and that blows my mind.
toronto yesterday. I usually enjoy toronto, but not when its cold, rainy and gloomy. the show was good, except i ran out of a lot of merch and that sucked. no worries, i get a full restock tomorrow. still cant get rid of those freakin leaves hoodies. i cant get a new hoodie until theyre all gone. its a slow process. it also sucked restocking yesterday, because i had to push thru the croud and walk through the barricade in front of the stage to get out to my trailor, and the same on the way back. That is until I found a much easier way to do it through the smoking porch area. Also yesterday was one of the few days where the dudes didnt come out for a signing, because there wasnt really any room for it, they get pretty intense. i felt bad, because there were kids hanging out by merch waiting for them even though i told them they werent coming out. so since it was really slow at merch when panic was playing, I went out to the bus to see if I could get any of them to come out for a few minutes. all of em except for jesse were on the bus, i think jesse was in the dressing room, and agreed to come out. Justin was even already in his pajamas and got redressed to come out. Just one of those things that shows you, these guys are good dudes.
after the show, the plan was to stay up and play mario kart to the border, but I started to crash and opted to internerd it up in my bunk for a bit. internet on the bus is a magical gem.
today we had a day off in Sandusky, OH. and you know what's great about Sandusky? CEDAR POINT! yup, totally rode rollercoasters today. and it was AWESOME! it was kinda cold but tolerable. we thought we were lucky going preseason and during the week so maybe no one would be there and lines would be short, but today was definitely "Physics Day."
(hey Cara, remember in high school when we didn't get to go to "physics day" at 6 flags, because if we missed soccer practice we couldn't play in the game. no fair.)
The rides at Cedar Point are the best. I have a new favorite roller coaster. It's called the Maverick. it's hard to explain how awesome it is without experiencing it yourself. There is a part mid way in the ride when you go in a dark tunnel to an almost stop and then all a sudden it takes off at like 100mph, it's awesome. here's a POV video of its awesomeness.
now I'm back on the bus and totally beat.
a word I've been using a lot lately: Golly, pronoucedGAHHH-lee
things I need to do:
get my hair bleached
do laundry
work out
Post script: I was actually asked out on a date. can you believe it? I can't. I wont say with who or where though, because as of now, it's nothing serious and I don't feel like getting the big brother heckling. I actually think I have two different guy dates coming up. the second hasnt been confirmed yet.
post post script: I'm bummed cuzPJ is unable to be my asst on warped tour this summer. booooo! he and I are a dream team. I asked cara, cuz that would be awesome too (im hoping you can cara!) otherwise I have to hunt for someone awesome to fill those shoes. dangit.
NYC. Night one: ended up going to the Hawaiian tropic zone where girls serve you in bikinis. We got leied and had fun. I broke my lei in the bathroom so there were flowers all over the floor. Night two: my sore throat was the worst and wasn't really planning on going out but ended up going out to the barcelona bar. I was only going to have one shot of whiskey to help my throat, but the bartender seemed to like me so I recall not paying for many drinks. I don't remember too much. I remember that I bought tony a darth vader shot and they played darths theme music. Bruce took Many pictures of me that night that he happily made a myspace album for and called "beths drunkest night ever" Or something like that. I posted some of those pics only myspace. Im on my phone, so I can't post them here. That night was bad news. I puked a lot. twice out the car window as we were driving down the freeway. Sorry anyone behind us! Bad news. No whiskey for me again.
Philly: got to eat my fave Jims cheesesteaks. Sooooo good. It was cold and rainy. Played some mario kart.
Wallingford, ct: Joyce and I wore matching tanks and took pics with the civic. Unlocked 4 more characters on mario kart. Claudio did one and I did three. And one that I unlocked is that your moi character can drive the car. So awesome. The Honda staff bought me some SARS masks too. So nice of them. I had concluded that Adam and I both have SARS and It came from the hoodies shipped from china.
Boston: Hugest merch night for me on this tour so far. Running out of tons of stuff. Got to see sean p rogan and his girlfriend emily. Cutest/nicest girl ever. Today I think ive decided my SARS cough and jaw pain may be from my infected tooth. Which is really sucking and a little frightening, because tooth infections canoe deadly. I may have to call my dentist tomorrow.
Tomorrow day off Montreal. I can't believe I left all my Canadian money at home. I guess I'll just have to try and not forget it on the canadian tour.
"why are you so rad?" Oddly this is a question that I get asked a lot from dudes. I bring this up because it just happened again. Its a hard question to answer so I always say something cocky like "I was just born that way" or something of the likes. Lately boys have been loving to chat me up. New ones and old ones popping out of the woodwork. I guess I'm just one of those girls that get better looking as she gets older. Haha there I go being cocky again. Anyways, its fun, but I have yet to go on an actual date with someone. I'm far too picky I suppose.
My cough I think was worse today. It freaking blows.
The next two days are in new York city, with venue sellers, hooray! Its going to be tough to not go shopping. Tomorrow morn I'm going with tony and Joyce to Jesse and jessicas apartment. Fun!
I've been thinking more about the store I want to open, I just need to find the perfect city.
yesterday was bamboozle and for the first time, I actually had a great time! I got to see the bosstones and they were soooooooooo good. I got to see so many friends and the weather was awesome. so all in all I lucked out.
today is a day off in secaucus. matt, pavan and I started it off by going to Cheesburger in Paradise. my margarita had a gummy oyster on the bottom of it. and my strawberry daquiri had a "berry beth." a stawberry with sunglasses...
we snuck into sams club without a membership and bought some liquor. i got some rum and gin. party time!
I have a nasty cough, its causing some greif when i try to sleep, gall dang it. it better be gone tomorrow.
yesterday I got asked to work for a different band starting in october. A band I'm already friends with and I would make a heck of a lot more money, which I need, cuz it seems like I'm making less and less each year. It's a tough decision.
the last day off we had, we spent in Boston. it was pretty spectacular. I texted sean p rogan to see if he was gunna be in town. I got lucky and Big D was having band practice that morn so he was in town! he and Dave came over and played a few rounds of mario kart, then Jesse and I went with Sean to drop off Dave and then we spent a few hours down on newberry street.
after that, sean, me, my bus driver bobby and ryan's gf Carmen, went to the Red Sox game. it was my first time at Fenway. It was pretty good except for the fact that they lost and it was pretty freakin cold. luckily sean and I signed up for credit cards down in the lobby and got free red sox fleece blankets outta that. life savers!
yesterday we were in Maine. nothing exciting at all. pretty dull actually, except I really enjoyed the catering, the food was awesome. However tony was all puking last night and hes still feeling sick, and we are thinking maybe he got food poisoning? I dunno.
today we are in Troy, ny playing some college hockey rink, kinda like yesterday, but bigger.
tomorrow is crap-boozle. not looking forward to it, except for the mighty mighty bosstones. yay!
I got to see Matt and Tony's families today! Including matt's niece Stella, who is the cutest little girl ever! I cant believe I didnt take any pictures of her.
My evil tooth is acting up again. it's a total bummer. Things were going so well.
my mission to take a picture with the honda civic tour car everyday is going great. If you haven't noticed, I made a photo album on myspace for it, that I am updating daily. It's hard thinking of new ideas for pictures with the car though.
Tomorrow day off in Boston = sweet hangs with fellew "i rule"er Sean P Rogan. STOKED!!
Post Script: I'm sitting alone in the front lounge listening to my busdriver sing to his radio. its awesome.
Post post script: speaking of my busdriver, whose name is Bobby, I got kinda drunk the other night and we were hanging out in front of the bus and bobby just got back for buscall and i yelled very excited "BILLY!" so embarassing. Tony will never let me live it down.
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