Jul 19, 2005 20:48
once again its been awhile.. havent had much time to write in here or send emails,,, got internet back a couple of days ago after 2months without, so its good to chat with people on msn again.. the rest of the roadtrip was alot of fun.. went too quickly though.. spend alot of money..
san diego is a cool city,, bigger than i thought.. went for a surf there and swimming most days.. la was fun.. stayied with a friend in santa monica.. went to universal stusios and hollywood, drove up really close to the hollywood sign.. drove along the coast to san fran stopped in santa barbara for a night,, the californian coast is soo beutiful.. millencolin was a fun show., thought slept in the car afterwards after being in it all day wasnt fun.. was cool going back to tahoe snowboarding again and seeing everyone who was still there.. arrived in yosemite on 23rd may.. went to training and started the end of the week.. housekeeping at the ahwahnee,, the most expensive hotel in the park.. its a heritage building built in 1927.. lots of rich people stay there 400+ a night.. housekkeping kinda suxs,, tips are good though.. i am now a houseperson now which is alot better.. stocking linen closets,, making sure housekeepers have everything,, walk around with a radio doing random jobs,, taking towels,, ice, extra beds etc..
Yosemite is such a beutiful national park,, lots to see and do.. one of the busiest in the us..
my last two days off gavin and i drove up north in the park then hiked about 4km to may lake,, its about 9000 feet or more.. water was nice and refreshing, jumping off some rocks.. there was still alot of snow around.,,, made our beers nice and cool..
my boss is super cool.. have requested lots of days off in the last week for shows etc.. going to san fran on friday to see alkaline trio, rise against and death by stereo.. then on saturday sounds of the underground tour.. poision the well, from autumn to ashes, unearth, lamb of god, every time i die, throwndown, terror, gwar and many more metal bands..should be fun.
went to warped tour on the 2nd in san fran via reno and tahoe the day/night before. got like 1hour sleep as had to drive alot.. we got tickets for warped tour in reno,, though found out san fran was sold out.. the venue was soo small its on two of the piers downtown..
gavin met this guy who worked for epitaph hitchiking inthe winter in tahoe, he saw him outside and we walked in with them like over an hour before doors and chilled with them..they just told secruity we were with them.. the epitaph tent was near some stages so got to see some bands while working.. people would write down their email address and we would give them a grab bag(, with stickers,cd,poster etc,, ) sell punk o ramo cd,, strung out, thrice, mxpx,no use fora name, dropkick murphys, offspring, hopesfall, boysnightout, strikeanywhere, the bled, underoath and many more.. afterwards we went backstage , saw fat mike and some other band people.. ate some food and chilled for a bit,,, got home at like 4am..
thursday the 7th drove to warped tour in marysville about 1 hour north of sacremento..lefted kinda late,, went a long way , got stuck in traffic,, didnt get inside till 3, heard thelast couple of songs of mxpx,thrice was sick again, day of contempt played but i missed them ,, got there cd though which rules.. atreyu, the bled, silverstein, boynight out, lots of other bands all were good.. though missed alot which suxed.. billy idol and reggie and the full effect playied but didnt play san fran.. got get up kids live and face to face live for$5 and new alkaline trio for $7 soo cheap. stayied in tahoe for the night,, went swimming in lake tahoe was soo nice.. some friends came with us,..,, got burnt badly . it getting really hot here. around 85/90 so i think thats about 30-35.. went for a skate in reno, then got back at like 3am.. missing home and friends alot.. email me...
Peace out..