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seaside was soo much fun. it was the best four days i've had in a long time, probably a year or two. lauren and her friends were all really nice and fun, and we all got sunburned even though we put on a lot of sunscreen. most of the time we were at the beach. the water was cold so i only went swimming a little and spent most of my time laying on the beach with broccoli. they brought lots of food and the freezer was full of liquor and we had a blast. it was so hard to have to go back to belmay and blockbuster on thursday that i almost cried twice hah. that day, i got home at 1 and showered and did a few things i had to get done, then left at 2 to go to belmay. when i turned on my laptop there, there was a message saying a file was corrupted and i needed the windows setup disk or windows wouldn't start. they didn't give me one with my computer so there wasn't really anything i could do, so i went home. then i worked at blockbuster 5-12:15. the next day i got up early in the morning so i could hang out with lauren before she had to go to work. she's a waitress and was working at wedding that started at 5, but her boss called and said she had to be there at 1, so i didn't see her much but it was still nice. when i got home, i watched a movie i got from blockbuster, and then spent the rest of the day and night, until about 11:30 or so, in my room taking down posters and throwing out / boxing up shit in my room because my dad has been repainting the walls and redoing the floors in all the upstairs bedrooms, and mine is next. it's kind of sad/weird to find stuff from my past that i haven't seen in years, and have to throw some of it out. and to see how much i've grown and realize how old i am now. but oh well, c'est la vie. yesterday i got up early again (about 8) because lauren was coming to church with us, and her car was broken so i had to go pick her up. after church we sat around at my house, then ate lunch, then she kicked my ass in rummy 500, and then i had to drive her back. on the way, we stopped by john hilley's house because he burned me a copy of the windows xp professional cd. lauren and i used it to try to fix my laptop when we got back to her house, but we ran out of time because i had to be at work at 4. she gave me directions of how to get to monroe through the backroads, and i wasn't sure if i was going to make it in time (or at all : P), but i did. so i busted blocks 4-12:30, then came home and tried to fix my computer again. i ended up reinstalling windows, which took like 45 minutes. when it was all ready, i went into 'my documents', and none of my stuff was there, and i got really worried that everything was gone. i was especially sad about losing all the pictures i've taken on my digital camera since i got it for Christmas. but then i found everything so i was happy. i just have to figure out how to get all my programs and preferences and setting back from before. i'll probably wait and ask the help desk at rpi about that. so last night i got to bed a little before 3, and got up at 7 to come to belmay. i was able to get my old files from my laptop that i was working on onto the computer at work, so i've been working on a spreadsheet all morning. and i drank some coffee because i couldn't even keep my head up. so that's my story. it kind of sucks because a week or two ago, i was pretty excited for tour, but now i'm really starting to like lauren a lot and i want to spend more time with her, but i'm going to be away for a month. but i guess that's just the way it is. she's coming over this evening to have dinner with my family and help me finish packing up my room. and tomorrow after belmay, i'm going to finish some stuff up, eat dinner with my family, and then go to lauren's to watch memento, because she told me to rent it so we could watch it because it's a good movie. then wednesday i go to belmay for the last time, and afterwards ITT is playing a radio show in new haven, connecticut. if you want to hear our performance, you can go to the website www.ultraradio.com - we're playing 9-9:40 wednesday night. then thursday we're leaving on tour. here's the current itinerary::

Jul 20 2005 - Ultra Radio (live studio performance) - New Haven, CT
Jul 21 2005 - Backyard Show - Gordon, PA
Jul 22 2005 - Alvins - Detroit, MI
Jul 23 2005 - Cup-A Joe Coffee House - Auburn, IN
Jul 24 2005 - (no show) - IL
Jul 25 2005 - Roadhouse 69 - Ankeny, IA
Jul 26 2005 - The EP Club - Watertown, SD
Jul 27 2005 - The Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS
Jul 28 2005 - The Oriental Theatre - Denver, CO
Jul 29 2005 - Starry Night - Provo, UT
Jul 30 2005 - Jake's Venue - Meridian, ID
Jul 31 2005 - (no show) - [eastern area] WA
Aug 01 2005 - The Funhouse - Seattle, WA
Aug 02 2005 - (no show) - OR
Aug 03 2005 - (no show) - Reno, NV or the Bay Area, CA
Aug 04 2005 - The Alano Club - Stockton, CA
Aug 05 2005 - The Grind Cafe - Roseville, CA
Aug 06 2005 - Santa Fe Express Cafe - Fullerton, CA
Aug 07 2005 - Tithemi Church - Redlands, CA
Aug 08 2005 - The Phix - Phoenix, AZ
Aug 09 2005 - (no show) - AZ
Aug 10 2005 - (no show) - NM
Aug 11 2005 - The Pod - Amarillo, TX
Aug 12 2005 - The Inferno - Denton, TX
Aug 13 2005 - TBA - New Orleans, LA
Aug 14 2005 - (no show) - AL/FL
Aug 15 2005 - Lenny's - Atlanta, GA
Aug 16 2005 - (no show) - SC
Aug 17 2005 - (no show) - NC
Aug 18 2005 - (no show) - TN
Aug 19 2005 - (no show) - WV
Aug 20 2005 - The Firehouse - Fairfax, VA
Sep 02 2005 - The Chance Theater - Poughkeepsie, NY

so, as you can see, the last week still could use a few more shows, and i think brianlee is working on that right now. so it should end up being a pretty sweet tour. i just hope there's at least a decent crowd at every show. and it would be nice if we could visit bill in kentucky. if not, i might drive down with ethan and/or lauren after we get home. but i don't know if i'll want to spend any more time driving at that point. and if i don't end up visiting bill, then i'll probably spend my last week at home hanging out with lauren. i move back to rpi on august 27th, and classes start the 29th. so i pretty much have the rest of my summer planned out. i think this is all i have to say to my livejournal. have a nice dayyy.
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