Touring and Toys
Been on the road non-stop with Static-X over the last few months. We did a 10 week tour of the US with Otep, Invitro, and 2 Cents which was a lot of fun. On the last night of the tour we were at the House of Blues in Vegas. After the show, Mikey from Invitro and I hit the BlackJack tables. On my last hand I won $600. Needless to say I put the money towards some new toys:
Desert Eagle .50:
Sig 556:
I also picked up some new ink after the run. I added a tattoo of Michael Myers to my left arm adding to my sleeve. Unfortunately I have no pix of it at the moment because my camera was in my luggage which got lost on our flight to Hamburg for our European leg. We were supposed to do 3 weeks in Europe/UK, but we ran into nothing but problems. Our bus broke down and with all the touring going on over there at the moment, there were no spare buses available so we had to cancel the run. We did manage to play Graspop though, which was awesome. We played with Type-0, Papa Roach, Joe Satrianni, Chris Cornell, and Aerosmith. I ran into a ton of old friends including all my boys in Stone Sour. This at least improved my mood. Pretty tough to do considering I went over 10 days without clothes over there. We're now home with a week off before heading off for Ozzfest. Not sure what Ozzfest is going to be like this year, but I'm sure we'll have some fun.
While I was home I got to play some paintball with my paintball team, Tri-State Spec Ops. We had a blast and I got to try out my new guns.
We're currently sponsored by Tippmann, so I got to try my new X7. The thing is sweet as hell!! So sweet that I'm selling my old A5 and replacing it with another X7. Right now I have the thing pimped out to look like an AK47 thanks to my Apex AK47 foregrip/barrel.
I also put 1/2 down on my Flyers season tickets for this upcoming year. The Flyers made some MAJOR moves over the past two weeks to totally transform the team. They dealt they're 1st Round pick they got from Nashville in the Forsberg trade back to them in exchange for the rights to Kimmo Timmonen and Scott Hartnell. Nashville knew they were losing both players to Free Agency and wanted to get something in return for them. The Flyers in return got the jump on signing them, signing lucrative new contracts with both players before the draft. Then yesterday the Flyers opened up the 1st day of Free Agency by landing the most highly sought player in Daniel Briere. They signed him to an 8 yr $52 mill contract which included a new movement clause. Briere opted for Philly over Montreal due to a longer contract, more lucrative first year bonus, and playing with his buddies Martin Biron, Denis Gauthier, and Simon Gagne. Then just when you think the waters were calm, they traded Joni Shitkanen along with Geoff Sanderson and a 3rd round pick to Edmonton for team captain Jason Smith and Joffery Lupul. This deal made me SOOO happy considering how much I despise Pitkanen. The guy has a ton of ability, but no heart or desire to raise his game. We prolly could have gotten more for him, but I'll gladly take a strong defensive minded captain and one of their top fwd prospects with a scoring touch. You gotta love it when your team steals away 3 NHL captains from their former teams in a matter of weeks. haha
Desert Eagle .50:
Sig 556:
I also picked up some new ink after the run. I added a tattoo of Michael Myers to my left arm adding to my sleeve. Unfortunately I have no pix of it at the moment because my camera was in my luggage which got lost on our flight to Hamburg for our European leg. We were supposed to do 3 weeks in Europe/UK, but we ran into nothing but problems. Our bus broke down and with all the touring going on over there at the moment, there were no spare buses available so we had to cancel the run. We did manage to play Graspop though, which was awesome. We played with Type-0, Papa Roach, Joe Satrianni, Chris Cornell, and Aerosmith. I ran into a ton of old friends including all my boys in Stone Sour. This at least improved my mood. Pretty tough to do considering I went over 10 days without clothes over there. We're now home with a week off before heading off for Ozzfest. Not sure what Ozzfest is going to be like this year, but I'm sure we'll have some fun.
While I was home I got to play some paintball with my paintball team, Tri-State Spec Ops. We had a blast and I got to try out my new guns.
We're currently sponsored by Tippmann, so I got to try my new X7. The thing is sweet as hell!! So sweet that I'm selling my old A5 and replacing it with another X7. Right now I have the thing pimped out to look like an AK47 thanks to my Apex AK47 foregrip/barrel.
I also put 1/2 down on my Flyers season tickets for this upcoming year. The Flyers made some MAJOR moves over the past two weeks to totally transform the team. They dealt they're 1st Round pick they got from Nashville in the Forsberg trade back to them in exchange for the rights to Kimmo Timmonen and Scott Hartnell. Nashville knew they were losing both players to Free Agency and wanted to get something in return for them. The Flyers in return got the jump on signing them, signing lucrative new contracts with both players before the draft. Then yesterday the Flyers opened up the 1st day of Free Agency by landing the most highly sought player in Daniel Briere. They signed him to an 8 yr $52 mill contract which included a new movement clause. Briere opted for Philly over Montreal due to a longer contract, more lucrative first year bonus, and playing with his buddies Martin Biron, Denis Gauthier, and Simon Gagne. Then just when you think the waters were calm, they traded Joni Shitkanen along with Geoff Sanderson and a 3rd round pick to Edmonton for team captain Jason Smith and Joffery Lupul. This deal made me SOOO happy considering how much I despise Pitkanen. The guy has a ton of ability, but no heart or desire to raise his game. We prolly could have gotten more for him, but I'll gladly take a strong defensive minded captain and one of their top fwd prospects with a scoring touch. You gotta love it when your team steals away 3 NHL captains from their former teams in a matter of weeks. haha