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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
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12:46 am - Jersey Giant
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Time is getting tight here in Grand Ledge. Took a trip to my dentist. He did some x-rays to my face but didn't call to say anything was wrong. Last time he filled a cavity half my face was numb and I had to play a show in Kalamazoo. It was the kind of thing that might happen in a bad dream or a really bad teen comedy. Instead it happened inside my cheek and gums and tongue. This time I paid him with Merch. The new t-shirt design is a hit with dental assistants. Not my target market, or so I thought!
I'm trying to stay away from caffeine. In theory my anxiety is way lower when I am off the soda. Seems to be working. Feeling pretty chill tonight. So, much to get done though. It is really hard to decide what to take on a trip that will last a few months and go through so many different climates. Going from Redwood forest to the It Saguaro.
Right now I am mostly just waiting for my dad to go to bed so I can take over the living room. Might eat a few late night bowls of cereal. The next few months are going to be pretty busy. It is nice to just take in these few nights of aloneness and chill out. I should be packing, writing e-mails, writing songs, booking shows, updating myspace, cleaning my car, doing laundry, buying new socks, doing push-ups, drawing pictures, getting rid of old stuff, or even sleeping. Chilling out is taking top priority. Watching bad movies and eating junk food has got to be my favorite activity.
Thought I might come up with something to write about when I started this.
current mood:  baked lemon
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| Saturday, April 19th, 2008
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10:55 pm - Subway
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These are the tour dates I came up with. This whole thing doesn't make much sense.
2 - Chicago, IL
Toby Foster’s House.
3 - Chicago, IL
3503 W Fullerton Ave above Marcela's.
4 - Appleton, WI
5 - Minneapolis, MN With Best Friends forever
6 - Minneapolis,MN
Arise bookstore infoshop
7- Minot, ND
Why Not?
8 - Pierre, SD
@ The Jam Spot
407 S. Pierre Street
7:00 PM
$5 Admission
All Ages
9 - Yellowstone National Park
10 - Yellowstone National Park
11 - Yellowstone National Park
12 - Missoula, MT
13 - Spokane
14 - maybe a day off or somewhere by seattle
15 - Seattle, WA
Dearborn house
16 - Anacortez, Department of Safety
17 - Bellingham. Whaam
18 - Port Townsend Boiler Room
19 - Camping or my aunts hous in Gig Harbor day off
20 - Seattle, record release party at Scribble Squat
21 - day off
22 - Tacoma info shop
621 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Tacoma, WA 98405
Here is mine:
2715 s 7th St.
Tacoma, WA 98405
23 - Gig Harbor
24 - Vashon Island
25 - Olympia, WA
26 - Olympia, WA
27 - Portland, OR
28 - Portland, OR
29 - Portland, OR
30 - Arcata, CA
31 - Arcata, CA
JUNE
1 - Arcata, CA
2 - Arcata, CA
3 - Sacramento, CA
4 - San Fran
5 - San Fran
6-9 - Yosemite National Park
10 - San Fran
11 - San Fran
12 - San Fran
at the Gilman
13 - Santa Cruz
Need some help with this one.
14 - day off on the 1
15 - day off on the 1
unless you have a better idea
16 - San Louis Obispo, CA
17 - Santa Barbara, CA
18 - LA
19 - LA
20 - San Diego, CA
21 - Tucson
and then on from there into history.
Did anyone see this? I have a mohawk. Sort of.
Ginger, how come you never write anymore?
current mood:  hover lemon
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| Monday, April 14th, 2008
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7:51 pm - Taco Bell
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I just got back from Taco Bell. Two soft tacos with beans instead of meat, a few too many refills of pop and thirty odd pages of To The Lighthouse later I am home. There is a cool breeze going through Gainesville tonight. Huge purple-grey clouds cruising overhead. Feeling all out of sorts lately. In about a week I will be leaving town. Heading north and then west. Stopping in Yellowstone for a few nights. The last time I was in Yellowstone was Matt Elliott and his Dad. In my memory we stayed about 15 minutes. This may be false but probably not too far from the truth. There was golf to be golfed.
Gainesville is the first place I have been in a while that I didn't want to leave. Can't really tell you how nice it is to be warm all winter. So, I think I'll be doing it again next year. Right now that seems like the best idea.
I will be in Michigan for a few days. Hope to see some of you livejournalers up there. Can't make too many stops along the way. Hate to disappoint people.
Oh, I was thinking that I will be using this more often. It is nice to have a sort of record of things. Timeline.
In a few weeks there will be a split 7" record with one song by me and one song by Your Heart Breaks. I'm very happy about this. I worked really hard on my song. Sometimes I worry that it shows through when I put too much effort into it. This time though I think it works. Your Heart Breaks has a great song though. Hard to explain how happy it makes me to be sharing a record with that band. When I think about it I take a deep breath and smile. Mostly I am just happy that I got the song done. There is this crazy feeling that I get sometimes when I start writing. It all comes out crazy and then for the next few weeks I have to sort it out. This one started with a line I wrote 6 years ago. From there it went somewhere totally unexpected. But there were days when it just sat. There were no words that rhymed. And then, with no effort, a line goes down on paper and the rest falls into place.
current mood:  choir class
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| Thursday, April 10th, 2008
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2:48 pm - Livejournal
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It has been so long since I really wrote a livejournal entry. I'm at Jimmy John's in Gainesville, Fl. I was so happy to see that they had one of these. The #6 Vegetarian is just as good as ever and really does help when I'm feeling homesick or nostalgic for East Lansing.
The other night Diablo Cody, wrote wrote Juno, spoke on campus. She talked about how important her online blogs were to her writing. Kimya and I also talked about this. When I wrote my first solo album I was livejournalling all the time. I feel like it just keeps the mind thinking about words and language. When something happens in real life the mind thinks "how will I journal this?" Which may seem stupid, but really you are just thinking about writing. Nothing to be embarrassed about.
For one thing Diablo is very beautiful. She is one of my few famous crushes. Her and Pam from the Office. I stoof in line for about an hour just to say hello. All these kids wanted autographs. I told her that I was the Paul Baribeau on the soundtrack and she remembered when we met in California. So, after she was done with autographs and pictures my gang (eric ayotte, Matty D., Izzy, Kyle) got into her limo with these super UF dudes that worked the show. Limo I tell you. Miami Vice style with blue lights under the crystal and everything. Mirrored ceiling. Real gross. We rode downtown to The Top and hung out. It keeps coming up that I have to tell people that I don't drink and they feel weird or maybe I just think they feel weird and it makes me feel weird. Anyway, this happened and I thought I would livejournal it. That girl is really smart. I don't think she is punk at all. I had a misconception that she was. She seemed to think it was crazy that I steal toilet paper. I think it is crazy to buy toilet paper. That stuff is everywhere. Put it in your bag for christ's sake. I mean don't take it form mom and pop or whatever. Go to Lowe's, get the big rolls. Lasts so long.
If you write keep writing.
This felt kind of good
current mood:  tomato hat
current music: CCR - born on the bayou, specifically the solo
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| Monday, March 31st, 2008
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11:46 am - Grand Canyon
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| Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
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10:20 am - At Home and Away
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| Thursday, February 21st, 2008
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11:59 pm - reggae fest
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| Sunday, December 30th, 2007
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12:08 am - able 3 cane
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| Friday, December 28th, 2007
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5:46 pm - Able 2 Cane
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Happy winter you guys, gals, babies, babyfaces and buttheads. Life is good in gainesville. Just got back from a big bike ride out to the Art Museum and came home all sweaty and hot.
Yesterday Matty D and I went to the ocean and swam for a half hour. It was cold but not cold enough to stop us.
Does anyone know what a scuppernong is? We don't.
Made these buttons from Sculpey.
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| Thursday, December 6th, 2007
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10:14 pm - Art Benefit for Wayward
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Hey Everyone,
I've been living down in Gainesville, FL for a few weeks now. There is an all volunteer run Music Store/Space called the Wayward Council that I have been helping out at with a bunch of other kids. It has been around for almost ten years. This is one of the events coming up that I thought some of you might be interested in donating something to. Not sure why it has two different deadlines. I would say have it there by the 13th though, just to be nice.
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| Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
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1:19 am - Me and Dex
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Dex and I left Detroit to wax up our skis and found an adventurous new life on the slopes of Aspen. We became instructors and took up residence in a mobile home, at first fulfilling our ultimate bachelor fantasy. But I soon became torn between two women: a sugar mama who appeals to my materialistic side and a local disc jockey closer to my own age. Meanwhile, Dex's writing was not taking off like he'd hoped, and he became jealous of my luck with women and effortless entrance into the glittery Aspen social network. Dex lost his job and tried to sell drugs to help make ends meet. We sorted out our various problems and fractious relationship against the backdrop of preparing for the big race.
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| Saturday, December 1st, 2007
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11:57 pm - scand
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| Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
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11:50 am - watta trip
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| Monday, October 22nd, 2007
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8:19 pm - Gainesville, FL
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I have now lived in Gainesville, Fl for two days. So far I have...
Found a nice house to live in.
Taken steps to start volunteering at the Wayward Council all-volunteer run record store.
Eaten lots of good food.
Bought a new shirt.
Stole some milk crates to make a bed out of.
Ate some free Krishna lunch at the university.
Got a free pop from Izzy at Leo's pizza.
Learned who to buy tempeh from and who to NOT EVER buy tempeh from.
oh yeah and...
started setting up a Puerto Rico tour.
for real
I think things will be good here.
Need some friends to visit.
I have my own room. Just me. It feels so nice.
Love you.
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| Thursday, October 18th, 2007
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11:38 pm - My last night in the Ledge
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| Monday, October 15th, 2007
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10:34 pm - CHI-CONGO
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| Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
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11:01 am - Paper
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O.K. I have a frend who just started college and wants some help revising her paper that she wrote.
If you have some time to kill and want to help out here it is:
( THE PAPER )
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| Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
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11:47 am - Middwesst
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Lots going on in Columbus, OH. There is a healthfood store with a coupon for five dollars off a five dollar purchase. Free food. Free.
Cool, beautiful, amazing, funny, sassy, kids from Boston showed up.
Went to see my friend's band play with The Blow. It was a big show at the Wexner Center at OSU. It reminded me very much of the Wharton Center. Made me feel weird that kids I know could potentially be playing the Wharton Center. It has been my dream for a long time to do that show. Maybe someday.
Oct. 4th - Buffalo, NY
99 Custer St., Buffalo, New York 14222
Cost : $3-5
Eric Ayotte, Micah Winship
Oct. 5th - Fredonia, NY
6 forest place (rear apartment) in fredonia ny 14063
with rebecca ryskalczyk and erik holden and possibly Eric Ayotte.
Oct. 7th - Berea, OH
At the Coe Lake Gazebo
There is a meeting at 3:00 the discuss the Berea Community Center and then at 4:30 I’ll play a show.
Oct. 12th - Milwaukee, WI
at the Cream City Collectives at 732 E. Clarke Street. AID, Emily Jane Powers, and Expatriate. 5pm with a $5 donation. There will also be a vegan bake sale. So, be excited about that.
Oct. 13th - Chicago, IL
at The Foster Home (w/ Doby Watson/Boo Hiss, Parsen, Rubber Dharma, and Victor V-B)
4136 Lawn Ave., Western Springs, Illinois 60558
Cost : $Donations!
Oct. 14th - Madison, WI
current mood:  naked
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| Monday, September 24th, 2007
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9:49 pm - MIGICHAN
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Dear Cruisers and Bruisers,
Back in the mitten! Got me a new phone but I don't got me no mumbers. Call me if you want back in the phonebook. If I like you maybe I'll give you a cool nickname.
Today I had the good fortune of working on a roof in my suburb. Man, who knew that ol' Mich could get so hot in late September. 90 plus, with some sweat dripping off my already sniffly-dripping nose to prove it. Sore all over and a few days work left to go. This is good, however, on account of me not having the best luck with moneys.
Spent a few weird and good days in Baltimore. Lots of nice kids in that town.
Soon I'm back on the road.
I hear there are some new babies that need a visit from jolly Saint Paul.
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| Saturday, September 15th, 2007
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12:30 pm - amazing
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Events that have taken place:
About a week ago my backpack was stolen.
From that moment on everything was amazing.
As though a weight were lifted off my back!
They took the wallet that Mike Lovato gave me in 9th grade.
I loved that wallet so much, but not as much as I love Mike Lovato.
Went to Maine for the first time with a car full of new friends.
Laughed, sang, screamed, ran, kissed, cuddled, slept.
I have no identification.
Unidentifiable.
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