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I want to say first off that I guess LJ accounts have a limit of 600 friends? I've added everyone I possibly can, and some of you have been asking me to add your LJ, and as much as I would like to, I mean... adding people means deleting people, and I can't in good conscience just delete people randomly. That would make me feel bad. It's sort of a conundrum, really. Please know I'm not trying to be a jerk about things, I'm just "maxed out".
So lots is happening.
Opera House Show - Saturday, July 8, 2006
I'm sure all of you know about this show, and I hope to see as many of you guys come out as possible. It's a show for our hometown before we had back to Europe for two months, and we're playing with Lye and Obsidian. It's going to be a good show, we're all really excited to get started on playing a bunch more shows and heading back out on tour.
Tour in Europe
This is going to be fun, last year was awesome. We'll be visiting more countries this time, like the UK and France and Spain... it's going to be something else. Check the Birthday Massacre website to see if we're playing near you!
So I've taken some time in the last few weeks to myself, because when you're on tour, you are NEVER alone, and I am definitely the sort of person who enjoys quiet time and appreciates being left to my own devices. Tour forces you to be social, to try and be positive even if you're having the worst day in the world, it forces you to be far away from people (and cats) that you love and care about, and can even limit your ability to communicate with these essential people through phonecalls and internet.
Tour really is like pressing the "pause" button on your day-to-day life. You're suddenly thrust into circumstances that can range from mind-blowingly amazing and fun to absurd, tiring, and stressful. You go from being a reasonable, clean, somewhat tidy person to a sweat-stained, exhausted maniac who eventually stops trying to figure out which pair of socks are the LEAST filthy and just grabs whatever's handy. Then, of course, you "adapt": a feeling of calm comes across you, you adapt to the sleeping schedules and the lack of hygiene, you learn to make the best of each situation. You learn that "horrible" can quickly translate into "funny as hell" if you want to stay sane. You figure out how to knit in the van without making mistakes. You're actually okay and content on tour. And then, of course, the next day the tour is over and you're back home facing dirty litterboxes and a heap of laundry and you don't even remember how to function in your "normal" routine. And then, a few days later, it's like there was no tour at all and you dreamed up the whole thing.
Touring extensively, for months, is relatively new to me. A year ago, the band went on its longest tour to that date: two weeks in Europe. Since then we've done much more, the longest one being two months in North America, which was definitely a learning experience for us all, and has armed us to undertake another two month tour with more experience and, for me, a bit more confidence in knowing what to expect, both from myself, from the people I'm traveling with and the many ridiculous circumstances one can suddenly end up in.
I learned that all I really want to be surrounded with is books, yarn, my beautiful cat, and the people I love. I can take some of these with me on tour, and I have to leave some of them at home, so I guess it is all about balance.
Oh yeah, and I knit two sweaters and a Princess Leia pillow.
That is all. I will see you all soon.
So lots is happening.
Opera House Show - Saturday, July 8, 2006
I'm sure all of you know about this show, and I hope to see as many of you guys come out as possible. It's a show for our hometown before we had back to Europe for two months, and we're playing with Lye and Obsidian. It's going to be a good show, we're all really excited to get started on playing a bunch more shows and heading back out on tour.
Tour in Europe
This is going to be fun, last year was awesome. We'll be visiting more countries this time, like the UK and France and Spain... it's going to be something else. Check the Birthday Massacre website to see if we're playing near you!
So I've taken some time in the last few weeks to myself, because when you're on tour, you are NEVER alone, and I am definitely the sort of person who enjoys quiet time and appreciates being left to my own devices. Tour forces you to be social, to try and be positive even if you're having the worst day in the world, it forces you to be far away from people (and cats) that you love and care about, and can even limit your ability to communicate with these essential people through phonecalls and internet.
Tour really is like pressing the "pause" button on your day-to-day life. You're suddenly thrust into circumstances that can range from mind-blowingly amazing and fun to absurd, tiring, and stressful. You go from being a reasonable, clean, somewhat tidy person to a sweat-stained, exhausted maniac who eventually stops trying to figure out which pair of socks are the LEAST filthy and just grabs whatever's handy. Then, of course, you "adapt": a feeling of calm comes across you, you adapt to the sleeping schedules and the lack of hygiene, you learn to make the best of each situation. You learn that "horrible" can quickly translate into "funny as hell" if you want to stay sane. You figure out how to knit in the van without making mistakes. You're actually okay and content on tour. And then, of course, the next day the tour is over and you're back home facing dirty litterboxes and a heap of laundry and you don't even remember how to function in your "normal" routine. And then, a few days later, it's like there was no tour at all and you dreamed up the whole thing.
Touring extensively, for months, is relatively new to me. A year ago, the band went on its longest tour to that date: two weeks in Europe. Since then we've done much more, the longest one being two months in North America, which was definitely a learning experience for us all, and has armed us to undertake another two month tour with more experience and, for me, a bit more confidence in knowing what to expect, both from myself, from the people I'm traveling with and the many ridiculous circumstances one can suddenly end up in.
I learned that all I really want to be surrounded with is books, yarn, my beautiful cat, and the people I love. I can take some of these with me on tour, and I have to leave some of them at home, so I guess it is all about balance.
Oh yeah, and I knit two sweaters and a Princess Leia pillow.
That is all. I will see you all soon.