Journal

Tomorrow, There is always Tomorrow? - Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Today we learned that a friend, the guy who was working on our new website was killed in a motorcycle crash. what i read was that he was driving late at night, pretty fast, and lost control of the bike heading into a truck. no helmet, not that it sounds like that would have helped.

life is THAT fucking fragile. tomorrow you are dead. stop complaining about what you don't have or where you are if it isn't where you want to be. stop petty arguments with people. practice peace. practice forgiveness. respect that you will NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO LIVE THIS LIFE and live it. for you, for your parents who gave birth to you, for duke grey, who doesn't get a choice anymore for a second chance.

"just for the record, the weather today is..." - Sunday, April 22, 2007

pretty damn cloudy actually. it's sunday and i've been thinking it was saturday. oh well, a day slipped by me somehow.

let's see....i just watched the DVD from the cafe du nord show and it was a fun show. there are some camera and sound glitches and i completely trainwreck "to be alone" but i think we'll spruce it up a bit and release it as a live DVD. any takers? what should we name it? tell me.

there have been a bunch of emails about the new pictures at myspace.com. it's funny because to me it's just the same old same old but i like hearing from you so thanks. last night we took some others as a band and those will begin appearing places soon.

the new website launches on or about May 10th so look for that and commment, of course.

the touring has been going well. where have we been lately again? hold on, i'll go look at the schedule.

ok, arizona was fun. really fun. people are all so cool there. i think i already told the border patrol pull over story so i won't waste your time again here. we were at a venue in newport beach the other night and some kid was doing backflips in front of the stage. full on. it was funny as hell and i wanted to put the guitar down and break off a little flip my own self. course, i'd probably slip and land square on my back but i still had INTENT.

we played the skate rink in san jose last night. it's weird doing that but it's cool cause then younger kids can see us and we like playing for them, too. my mic was all static-y for the first 2 songs and then just went out so i was running over to michaels mic to sing and then back to mine to see if it was on. finally got all sorted out and we didn't get rattled, so i consider it a success.

has anyone been watching this season of south park!?!?!?!? my GOD is that funny stuff. i bought the first 9 seasons and have been going through it but michael gets the latest on his iPod so last night Aron and I snuggled in the van and watched while mike drove. it was nice. and the show was good too...

i also watched rocky balboa and still love that series. go rocky.

there are too many books to get into here and i feel like it's all i've been talking anbout lately but i will say that this week i go visit corona del mar school and we're going to talk about the fountainhead and atlas shrugged. they've been reading them after we spoke recently so i want to go listen in and get into the debates....freaking cool.

i've had blue october on my iPod for a while now and barely checked it out but yesterday gave it a good listen. it's really goood. i wish he'd not always double his voice and i'd love to hear the rock ROCK more (people can say this about us, too!) but it's strong stuff. "hate me" is a powerful song.

and that led me to put the killers sam's town back on and that is a strong ass album. it's not as immediate as their first, hot fuss, but it is just better all around. some points in the lyrics really grab me, the melodies are damn goood and the drumming and guitar playing are so inspired.

ok, sopranos tonight. no shows until friday and some catch up time.........