Listening to Lifetime and traveling down the interstate on the internet. Life on the road continues at an alarming pace as the days seem to fly by. I had just written an entire blog on it and the computer froze and I lost it so let’s try this one more time and hope for the best.
Florida is a bit of a rainy,stormy blur. I am glad to be heading out of here en route to North Carolina. The bright spot of the humidity, sweltering heat and tornado watch weather was above all the people we met. The kids in Florida were amazing (lots of straight edge kids! our friend ‘elton’ who came to all the dates, and dozens of other great kids.) Plus, I got to see New Found Glory play pretty close to their hometown which was especially impressive. I also saw Grant who I met who on the tour in 2005 and his new band Ambush played the Jacksonville date so all in all it was a good time. I am pretty tired but we are trekking through this long stretch and looking forward to our next (distant) day off. My friend Will’s band Straylight Run just joined up with the tour and he came by and played some games at the zone today.
Yesterday we all went to an after party though I was a bit under dressed in my Throwdown t-shirt but I had a good time hanging out with some of the Gallows boys and the Fuse ladies. We also managed to squeeze in dinner in Miami outside of warped tour at “the moon under the water”. It was a short enough distance that Jess,j9,Justin and myself trekked over.
It was nice to be off-site indeed. Speaking of food,catering has been making lots of bean dishes lately but there was vegan pizza today so I was in good spirits.
I am going to listen to Lifetime and go to bed.
Locals Only,
TaRa
We have finally crossed into somewhat familiar territory … the east coast. I thought that a drive across the country would be exciting. Unfortunately, I managed to sleep through the entire ride. Along the way (I hope someone catches that Bad Religion reference) we stopped in Mobile, Alabama. You would think that a band of multi-colored haired, pierced, and tattooed Warped Tour veterans would have intimidated the natives. However, as the majority of the population was dressed in what I always believed was Sunday, not Tuesday, best and draped in pearls, it was me shaking in my boots.
Let me just say that it feels good to be back on the east coast! Eastern time zone! Humidity! Bugs! mmm I love it! Yesterday we were in the ATL and today we finally made it all the way to the east coast in Jacksonville, FL. It’s been such an awesome lifestyle out here on the road. Like last night we had an 11pm bus call so we booted up the xbox 360 and started playing some Guitar Hero 2 as the bus rolled out towards Florida. After schooling Trife in the ways of Guitar Hero I went to sleep and when I woke up this morning I looked out the front of the bus to discover that we’re parked on a beach overlooking a river. Most of the venues so far have been the parking lots of stadiums or at amphitheaters, not at a yacht club. Another awesome thing about the show in Jacksonville is that I got to see a friend from back up in the DC area that I haven’t seen in forever. She’s out on the tour promoting for one of the bands over the next 3 weeks, so i’ll get to see her a lot for the next few weeks. Alright well all the drummers on the tour are about to participate in “drumwars” so I’ve gotta go check it out. Till next time.
These last few days being in “the south” has definitely been a totally new experience. The sights, the people, the stores, the accents…all new to me. Especially today in Atlanta. The first time in the tour where almost EVERYONE had an accent which was totally awesome because it officially marked that I was in a different world other than CA.
Greetings from Mobile, Alabama. We’re here for a few hours, about to embark upon the second leg of our trek back to the East coast…oh how I’ve missed it…Atlanta is our final destination, where we have a show tomorrow, and then 11 straight days of shows to follow along the coast. It is going to be insane. Although normally I might dread the stress to come (lack of showers, lack of #2 bathroom usage, lack of all strength and energy at the end of the day, etc.), I love my job, and look forward to the physical and emotional challenge that awaits. But I’m not exactly normal. In case you haven’t realized that by now.
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