we made it--wretched laundry and so much more!

today, i'm picking up the nitwit, doing laundry, developing film. i'm saving details for myself, but here's some semi-detailed bullet points. some photos should be forthcoming.

saturday:

• arose at 5:57 to retrieve ross for the rental car pick-up shenanigans 6:15.
  very blurry because of the awesome tavern show;
• drove and drove and drove;
• arrived at american fork, utah, only to find out that the show has been moved (again) to provo;
• played a pretty damn good set (the best pa of the tour, easily), and turned on some hardcore kids to other music;
• turns out that promoters in utah will fuck you harder than the lion's lair--a cup was passed around for gas money.

sunday:

• drove and drove and drove through the night;
• still pissed about the lack of payment in utah;
• attempted to exit the vehicle at 70 mph;
• during the gas stop in reno, the tire chain fiasco unfolds;
• the caravan gets split up on donner pass because i refuse to believe the 'chains required when flashing signs,' while the GB van follows the signs;
• in and out burger (my only fast food stop--pork rinds don't count--that's snack food);
• arrive in SF with only time for a shower and a quick chit chat with our hosts;
• mark allen rodgers informs us that the pa has been flooded, thus, the show must go on at his practice space around the corner;
• much drinking/smoking ensues--the cloud gets shut down;
• saw lots of friends in SF--chatted with heather briefly, and i was loose enough to actually speak to her.

monday

• leave the practice space, chasing down a very drunk mark allen rodgers and erin;
• it takes 20 minutes for mark to unlock his door;
• journey dancing;
• breasts;
• peeing out the window;
• pass out;
• awake in bed with jason heller (who arrived later);
• there's a cat named thug in the sleeping bag with me;
• my incredible hangover is cured by a brew of ibuprophen and bacon and egg breakfast with 3/4 of the cloud, mark, and erin;
• attempt to drive to los angeles--the interstate is closed, so after a twisty 'short-cut' to the 101, it is decided to abort the LA show, and hang in ventura for an extra night;
• drinks, pool, pinball at the only smoking double-wide bar in california;
• sleep.

tuesday

• arise, go to breakfast and meet an amazing girl named Heather;
• the beach, the pier, salad bar, pizza;
• great rock show--bought Heather a drink;
• back to the hosts' apartment;
• tequila drinking;
• long chit chat with Heather;
  
• jailhouse tattoo, courtesy of the mighty JC--kids hosting are starting to freak out a little;
• pass out on floor after mas tequila.

wednesday

• realize that i need to settle down a bit, or i'll do something entirely stupid, although the trip is much less interesting from here out;
• drive--a very uneventful drive to san diego;
• cullen and the jasons are great hosts;
• good mexican food at pokeys;
• pretty damn good set;
• sleep at jason richard's house.

thursday

• drive to phoenix, and take a long-cut;
• dead cows;
• leave the house of matt's sister to find a restaurant--phoenix is creepy and deserted
• play a decent set, with some fuck ups--jason breaks a monitor, ross' tooth, and sends a beer bottle at me;
• everyone besides neil and myself is too drunk to drive, so we drive back to stacy's--going 55 in a 25 mph work zone has never been so much fun, and freaked JC out;
• smoking.

friday

• stacy makes breakfast--super cool;
• we take the scenic route to new mexico--i would've been thrilled on the interstate, but at least it was scenic;
• snow on i-40;
• the atomic cafe has a weird pa--and we play horribly--too much booze?
• anxiety freak out about getting the car back as scheduled--death threats;
• drive throughout NM alone--sleep isn't an option;
• no one at the c-store speaks english at 4 am.

saturday

• return to their motel;
• tense conversation about me being unstable;
• asian man elected the most stable among us;
• 95 mph is right where the car feels best;
• pueblo is weird;
• back to denver;
• back home to switch cars;
• back to denver to pick up equipment;
• hug session with JC;
• the end.