End of tour thoughts
After a few days on tour with them, Delaney, Tami, Marlon, Dave, myself (and a few others who stuck around over night) were sitting at breakfast at Leigh Sawmill.
It's always a bit sad when a tour comes to an end, and we had such a good time, so many bad puns, so many silly jokes, and just overall good times were had.
I've known Delaney for a few years now, and always thought of him as a nice guy, good looking, too. We were talking about dogs this morning, him and I and he said "That's where the scar here comes from - an Alsatian (sp?) bit me in the head!" - and it was really weird because as he said it, it was as if his scars magically appeared all over his face. I had honestly never noticed them before! I spent the rest of the morning thinking to myself, wow, how could I not see them? Probably because I like him heaps - I look out for other things than scars in faces and other little (or big) flaws.
We had many a good moment, especially in Raglan, such good times. It's always a bit sad when you hang out heaps with people for a few days, sleep in the same room, (panicking you snore hard out, as I might when I have a sniffy nose, which I do right now, plus I had carbs which makes me bloaty... you get the drift), drive around in cars, talk about life and dig up shallow and deep little stories from you past etc. I feel close to them and yet it'll be months or longer until we're all in the same room again.
Touring makes me very self-conscious, about my accent, about my past - I pull up walls hard out so I don't start talking about the sad things in my life. It's a tour, it's supposed to be fun, so even if it would seem appropriate and one of the others might talk about a painful thing from their past, I just can't bring myself to open up. I think that might make me come across as very quiet sometimes. Well. I am an introvert, really, no matter what people sometimes think - I think in touring situations, people do notice...
Anyways, it was great fun, I live for this kind of long weekend with music.
It's always a bit sad when a tour comes to an end, and we had such a good time, so many bad puns, so many silly jokes, and just overall good times were had.
I've known Delaney for a few years now, and always thought of him as a nice guy, good looking, too. We were talking about dogs this morning, him and I and he said "That's where the scar here comes from - an Alsatian (sp?) bit me in the head!" - and it was really weird because as he said it, it was as if his scars magically appeared all over his face. I had honestly never noticed them before! I spent the rest of the morning thinking to myself, wow, how could I not see them? Probably because I like him heaps - I look out for other things than scars in faces and other little (or big) flaws.
We had many a good moment, especially in Raglan, such good times. It's always a bit sad when you hang out heaps with people for a few days, sleep in the same room, (panicking you snore hard out, as I might when I have a sniffy nose, which I do right now, plus I had carbs which makes me bloaty... you get the drift), drive around in cars, talk about life and dig up shallow and deep little stories from you past etc. I feel close to them and yet it'll be months or longer until we're all in the same room again.
Touring makes me very self-conscious, about my accent, about my past - I pull up walls hard out so I don't start talking about the sad things in my life. It's a tour, it's supposed to be fun, so even if it would seem appropriate and one of the others might talk about a painful thing from their past, I just can't bring myself to open up. I think that might make me come across as very quiet sometimes. Well. I am an introvert, really, no matter what people sometimes think - I think in touring situations, people do notice...
Anyways, it was great fun, I live for this kind of long weekend with music.
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