I H ate Planes

9/24/10

So I'm sitting on the plane... and of course my stupid netbook can't figure out how to connect to the wireless on board. I havn't showered in 3 days, am on my period and I am also unforgivably hungover....sweet. With that out of the way though, I must say I have been having an incredible time. The Microtia dudes have been very very fun, I love them. I got to see a good friend of mine last night named Travis Shotwell... those of you who know him, well, know him. He's well. Skinny and cute as usual. I just heard the captain say that we will be experiencing some turbulence. .. also sweet. I hate planes. I hate flying. and I especially hate turbulence. .. hopefully I don't start clawing at the unsuspecting victim sitting next to me... I feel terrible for him... I can only imagine what it must be like sitting next to me right now. My glasses are scratched and all my nails are broken.. and it's only week one of my trip. I am so very ...oop.. turbulence.. uggggghhhh.. anywho.. I am so very excited to see Miss Alex Moyer and my sister Noel Strong... apparently she just gave Rachel Zoe an ultra sound... no big deal. I love bragging about her... She'll deliver my babies some day. Alex is throwing me a birthday party tomorrow on some rooftop in Brooklyn. That should be interesting... god.... what I would give to brush my teeth right now.... did I mention that I really need a shower? More turbulence. Great. The guy sitting next to me is sleeping with his head down on the food try... how is this possible? I don't think a business man could possibly look more uncomfortable. List of People I miss: Mom, Dad, basically family in general, Paul, Oliver, Megan, Ian. Oh, that reminds me... my retard of a friend, Ian, some how just could not find his way to the club last night. He just gave up! I'd be pissed if I didn't already get to see him while I was in SF for work just a week ago. What a dummy... I hope you enjoyed your tacos you chose to get instead of finding the totally easy to locate club I was at butthead. Wow, this plane is really shaking... I think I have to keep typing in order to not just totally freak out right now... Looks like it's muscle relaxer time! xox miss all of you guys, don't worry, planes only crash in movies.....

Checking in again.. I think we are flying above lake michigan right now... each of our seat have these little screens you can watch tv on and a map. .. I love the map, except I keep checking it to see how much farther we have to go. A god damn pot never god damn boils. Turbulence on and off... I'm coping well. To those of you that I went to New Zealand with (jud, cody, thor, rachel....) I am much better on planes than I used to be.. no screaming and crying this trip, I promise. The guy sitting next to me is drawing now... I hope he doesn't see me peeking. .. He's drawing something really disturbing, this like woman creature beast crawling on all fours... hopefully this doesn't turn out like that Canadian incident on the greyhound bus.... He has a nintendo DS too, I should be fine. I love the unspoken and spoken connection between two people who have nintendo DS's. Love. It's Love you know.... I wish I could get online damn it, what the hell netbook!?!?! Oh well, I'll figure this out before London. Not looking forward to the cab ride to Alex's with my 4873987654328975729879 bags.

One of my stupid pictures made it on NBC

LOTR Risk

I am watching the boys play Lord Of The Rings Risk... I am a little jealous I said I didn't want to play.. I had played once at Badass Magic's house.. we played teams and mine lost pretty bad.. I guess I'm just bitter ha. Tomorrow we head to Monterrey.

Internet At Last

We are at Olivers parents house right now... his nephew Troy is running around in a spiderman suit with built in muscles... Ayla has one of those... due to know internet connection I've written my last two blogs in a text files... here they are:

Day 3.... Last night the band played a house show... which basically turned out to be a private showing for me and, like, 4 other people. Sounds lame but it was actually a good time. Everyone was in a pretty good mood and very loose... I herd some cow bell thrown in the mix. Again, I was coned into being the token tambourine girl... It's fun, although I am very well aware that it is the least necessary person in any band haha (no offense to fellow tambo romancers) ... I fell asleep on the floor of the practice space until i realized there was a perfectly good couch in the other room... I woke up covered in animals... two cats and a dog to be precise... I don't mind really.. minus the fact I am completely covered in loose fur and there is a light aroma of kah kah on the air...

til next time...

xoxo

Oh one more thing! I was just reminded by Tim that I learned my first drum beat last night... How could I forget?? I want a drum set sooo bad... Tim is going to let me practice on them for the rest of the tour... whether he likes it or not... but he will ... because I'm sure I look simply adorable on drums ;)

9/20/10

I am sitting in the back of the van right now... we just gorged ourselves on in & out... everyone thats not from southern california always freaks out about it because they don't exist up north. All I have to say is that the animal fries are over priced. Anywho... the LA show was a bit weird.. it was at this venue/speakeasy/ not really anything warehouse... they charged an 8 dollar cover, wouldn't let you bring in your own drinks AND didn't even give some of the cover money to the band... LA can be retarded like that.. anyway, silver factory studios, yeah they suck. With the said and done, AFTER the show in LA was a totally different story... we were invited iver to this amazing pretty ladies loft in the garment district for drinks and snacks... I made the mistake of drinking a four loko in the van outside the venue before hand... that stuff is hellacious, it turned me into an animal... anyway though we all had a really really good time, drank fancy booze, and woke up to anya brewing us the most delicious coffee... very hospitable, refreshing. I can't wait to entertain like that in my future place... where ever that may be. Oh, and Dan was filmed violently puking... he won't let me post the video... but heres a picture:

Oh Dan......

Ha! whoops (don't worry mom and dad... these guys aren't scumbags... we just had a little too much fun)

It Starts

So I finally stepped out my front door and into a smelly van. It was a huge sigh of relief knowing there is nothing I can do about anything I may have forgotten.... much better then the continuous pacing and checking of bags I had been doing the hour prior. I felt like a dog wait for it's master, tail wagging furiously. Whelp.. nothing exciting has happened since leaving.. I am currently in Huntington beach waiting for all the musician to finish showering... too bad they can't shower the van...


felling good.

Leaving On A Jet Plane

Hello Everybody,

So I haven't left yet

I will be leaving on Tour with Microtia starting Sept 16... we will be hitting up different cities up CA until we reach our final destination of San Fransisco. I actually just got back from SF the other day.. I went there for work with Prosites. I really love that company.. I hope to work in the LA office when I get back... they truly are great there...

Any who.. after SF I will be flying in JFK international airport, arriving at 11:59pm on the 24th... I'll probably pass out face down into my sisters bed... unless Alex Moyer nabs me first.

My trip is finally starting to sink in... I had to explain to my niece last night that I might not be able to go to her birthday party because I am taking a very long trip.... this kind of threw a bunch of emotions I wasn't expecting at me... I know I'm only leaving for a few months, but still... it's the end of an era... A very intense experience for me. I don't know exactly where I'll be living or who I will be when I get back...I mean.. I know I am going to still be me... just a better version... I have been working towards this for a year now.. finally the fruits of all my efforts are paying off. I did it. It feels great. There is just a lot going on. Love you guys.

I am going to be using this blog to keep everyone updated on my travels due to the overwhelming amount of requests.... so check in now and again!

xoxoxoxoxo

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