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Week 3
Thursday, May 13:
We left Chicago, a bit jaded by the whole shittiness of the show and just not having a few good days. Most of us were asleep for the ride, and we ended up in Indianopolis, as a surprise side trip since we had time to kill. What a beautiful city! There's this roundabout in the middle of downtown, with these huge statues in the middle and a free civil war museum. We walked around a bit, and then had lunch at the mall.
We got to Dayton and made our way to Beavercreek. We stopped at the Cannon Art Space, and no one was there. Some weird guy pulled up and was like "Oh is that place open? I've passed by a few times and didn't know." He talked to us a bit, then ended up being some evangelist guy and gave us pamphlets. Then he was weird again, and asked us if we had equiptment in our trailer. Soon after, kids started arriving. Met Caitlyn and Stacie. Had a really good show, which was sorely needed. All the kids were great, and really got into it. The end of "8 Day Forcast" (which was by now featuring Jorge on vocals) was crazy.
After the show, we drove to Columbus to stay with Ashleah's friend, Kat. She was very nice about us coming there. I was expecting just them two, and maybe a few more. We get there though, and theres a ton of people, and a ton of skinheads outside the house. Ashleah helped us park, and the band reluctantly got out. The skinheads turned out to be real nice, but the guys were not wanting to stay there. We decided to go sleep at a Walmart, but then Kat was feeling bad so she made everyone leave and fixed up the house for us, which was nice.
Friday, May 14:
Woke up, and had Kat ignore me all morning, which was lame. We drove to Elyria, which was a very weird town. Just once of those places that gives you a really off, weird vibe. The venue was this place called "The Spot," which was a venue some guy own. It wa a club before but he wasn't selling alcohol, because that helps remove a lot of insurance and other financial liabilities. Whatever, it was ok. The place seemed like an indie rock convention, because there were like 8 bands and they all had merch set up and everyone was socializing in a convention-like way.
We had dinner at this really nice diner by the venue. It was super home-y, and very cheap. Good food too, I had a ranch melt chicken sandwich. Met a few people: 2 Ambers (one of which refused to hug me =P), one of their 14 year old cousins (who insisted on letting every boy she talked to, that she was 14), and the kids from Coulier and We Vs. The Shark. They are Athens bands and were there when we played, but I didn't really meet them. All very nice kids, and good bands. Seeing We Vs. The Shark was great, I really liked them when I downloaded their stuff a couple of months ago, and it was great being able to see them. One of my favorite bands from tour.
Lasso performance was alright, same with Pygmy's. We weren't much in the mood to play, as the show was being run very poorly (8 bands, originally pygmy was on first and we weren't even on, etc).
After the show, we drove to Ackron to stay with the kid that booked the show, and the Athens bands. We were all gonna party and whatnot, but when we got there, EVERYONE was sleeping. Fucking lame asses...hehe. They also took up ALL of the space, so we ended up having to sleep in the hallway and the kitchen.
Saturday, May 15:
We were hoping to go to the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, because Sam from WVTS told us it was free for touring bands. Unforunately, everyone woke up too late. We got some Wendys and went on our way to PA. It was raining most of the drive, and by this point I had started feeling a bit sick. We got to Johnstown, and everything was great.
Definately my favorite show/day/etc of the tour. Getting to see and play with Elementary Thought Process was incredible. It was the best lassothemoon! performance of the entire tour. I got so into it, that I fucked up my heels big time (playing with no shoes + tile floor + stomping a lot= bad idea).
After we played, I got to talking to this girl Tara, that was next to us on the merch table. The last band came on, and they started with a cover of "Champange Supernova." Tara got excited because it was her favorite song, and was like "let's go dance!" Of course, I was all "umm...no." After a minute of pulling on me, I gave in. I felt like an ass the entire time. Twas worth it though, because we kissed near the end of the song. Just your typical movie-moment-kiss-while-dancing bit i suppose, but I've never had any of those, so it was lovely. After that though, I started feeling REALLY tired, from wasting all my energy during our performance.
We went to Denny's, and Tara stopped by. I was feeling pretty crappy, but I figured when I ate I'd be better. Before our food came, Tara left, so I walked her to her car. As I started walking back from the car, I realized it was really cold out, and I had left my jacket in our van. A HUGE wind gust came, and I got a few chills. I got my food, and right after, started feeling really bad again. I decided to go to the van and sleep, since the guys were going to be a while. In the 5 minutes between finishing dinner and walking out the door, I got REALLY weak. On the way to the van (which was REALLY far away), the wind gusts picked up, and I started having REALLY bad fever chills. One after another. I've never really had fever chills, and especially ones this bad, so it was scary. At some point in the middle, I didn't even think I was going to make it to the van. But I made it, and sat there, with 50 layers on, having more chills. It was really bad. We went to Jacob's, and I went to bed, and slept off most of the fever.
Sunday, May 16:
I woke up feeling a bit sick still, but MUCH better. The fever was pretty much gone (for the time being). Since our two next shows got cancelled, we decided to spend the day in Johnstown. Jacob dropped me off at BiLo and I met up with Tara. She was taking care of her son Curtis and nephew. They were both adorable. The nephew (Johnny) was like in love with me after an hour...hehe. We went to goodwill. Then I got picked up by the guys, cuz we were going to go to Pittsburg with Jacob and spend the night at his place. On the way there, I started feeling a bit sick again. The elevation pressure change was REALLY fucking with me. My left ear would NOT come unstuffed, and stayed like that for a few days. I thought I might have an ear infection or something, but it ended up going away.
We walked around Pittsburg a bit, and got Ice Cream. The chills came back a bit, but went away again.
Monday, May 17:
We woke up and got some $4.50 Pizza for breakfast. Then we made our way back to Johnstown. We managed to jump on a show there. We picked up the trailer (left it at Jacob's J-town place so we woldn't have to drive it to Pittsburg), and went to the plaza to kill time. I walked over to Tara's (she lives behind it) and stopped by to visit again. Then we went to the Monoher Firehall. Aside from me still being worn out and a bit sick, twas a good show. Supposedly a lot of kids got excited when they heard us and Pygmy got added onto the show, and they showed up. Some girl had made a ltm! shirt from one of our patches, which was great. Met this beautiful girl Bianca there. She was from Hialeah! haha. Tara stopped by for a sec. After the show we drove in the rain through scary dark desolate PA highways and roads til 3-4am.
Tuesday, May 18:
Woke up, and drove to Scranton. It was really nice, the town is kinda built around trains and trolleys. We made it to NY state, and then into Mass. Worcester is an ugly as fuck city. The venue, Tammany Hall, was some bar. It wasn't really a show, but the guy that booked us said we could play the open mic night. We decided that would be more of a pain in the ass than it was worth, so Tom just did his solo stuff. Este came by, and we crashed at his place. The drive to Boston took FOREVER. Este made us some French Fries...hehe.
Wednesday, May 19:
We drove out to some Taco Place in Boston, then hung out at Guitar Center for a while. Then a long drive. In Mass, you can drive on the shoulder of the road during rushhour. Weird as fuck. I slept through RI, which is fine, nothing to see there. We got to NY, and found Jorge's brother's place in Brooklyn. We met up with this girl Alaina, and had some pizza. We went back to her place. At some point, for some reason, me, her, max, kris, jorge, and jarrett were all in her tiny bathroom. Jarrett had been in the shower, and asked if we minded if he showered. Since the situation was odd as it was, we agreed. So, we saw Jarrett shower. Haha.
We were supposed to crash at Raul's (Jorge's brother), but most of us stayed at Alaina's. She had a nice clean place, which was very welcoming since most of the people we stayed with were fucking slobs...lol.
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Third week. Probably the best week. Met some awesome people, had some awesome shows.
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