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[chrise146]

soo i haven't posted in about 10 months, and even that post wasn't much to write home about. the past.. i guess 18 months have been crazy insane intense exciting sad happy ups downs lefts rights and many more. i moved to brooklyn from manhattan earlier this year. its a great apartment but in a not so fun area. there is absolutely nothing to do in this spot. it was nice to be able to sit on the steps of my old apartment and play guitar, or walk to a nearby bar, or anything, but i find myself keeping myself trapped inside these walls. it has been one big roller coaster ride though. initially, one of my best friends moved back to kentucky. everyday i want him to come back to complete this little rock group i front. (those who know me know I say that very tongue-in-cheek). summer of 06 was spent being 21 in NYC. not alot of music was happening to be honest. we were writing with our newest bass player (who is no longer in the band now though) and when we did write, it turned out great. Summer came to an end and I got to experience the NY i knew i would love. cool air, jackets, scarfs, gloves, coffee, wine at the local bar with my sister and friends. I was spending my days with my head full of thoughts and my physical self with a very special girl who I love. We broke up in December. Prior to that, we re-met JC, whom we met a year before at a party after our CMJ show in ny. the line-up was complete, finally. we wrote and wrote and wrote and finally returned to kentucky for a show in december and it was great. the new year rolled around and my mom was becoming increasingly ill. I also enrolled in college and took some rad classes. I found myself going to kentucky often to be with mom. the band slowed down with our schedules and me being gone. my spring break was coming in the beginning of april and mom was not doing well at all so I skipped the last week of class before spring break and went to ky. the doctors had been saying she only had a few days and my spring break went till around the 10th of april. she surprised everyone and hung in there. I ended up coming back to NY so not miss too much class and on april 14th I went out for dinner with sugar cube and at midnight it was my 22nd birthday. I woke up in the morning and had a missed call from dad. I called him and he wished me a happy birthday and said I should start driving in, that mom was only breathing every 10-15 seconds or so and they knew it would be today. I went back to my apartment, got up devin, and packed a quick bag and we left the city. as we left the lincoln tunnel dad called me and when I looked at my phone and saw it was him, i inhaled and answered. she had passed. so I drove for what seemed like forever and got to my house in new castle around 3 or 4 am I think. the air was cold that night because I could see my breath when I stepped out of my car. I looked up and the sky was full of stars. I made my way inside and it was quiet, everyone was asleep. I couldn't sleep very well and the last I remembered looking at the clock was around 6 am. My nephew jackson came and jumped on me at about 9 am to wake me up. I got up and showered and got dressed and went to the funeral home for visition. the funeral service was the next day. after it was all said and done I came back to NY, finished my semester, and summer started. summer mostly included recording and being in kentucky. I came back, got a job, and now here I am. we are going to record all of our new material and I am uber excited. and then... we'll see.

the end. it'll probably be a good year again before i update this thing.