Too much has happened these last couple days.
Its going to be hard to keep this up to date but I have a while right now to write so I'll try and start off where I left off.
So to put you into my mind frame during the drive to Austin just understand that I was very scared. So the guys in the band are a bunch of hippies which is cool cause I happen to like hippies. But I forgot that even though hippies are all about positivity they are also all about drugs. On the way to Austin they talked about all the psychedilic they enjoy and that whole time I was thinking to my self "what did I get myself into?" but I new to try and stay optimistic. I'm glad I did too. At least right now I'm glad. The drive was very long because we had to drive 25 miles an hour through quite a few blizzards. But I managed to get some sleep in.
So we got to Austin and they brought me to the four houses I will be staying at. Which tonight is actually the first night where I am sleeping at the same place for a second time. Its been really interesting sleeping in a new bed everynight. I started meeting tons of people and ended up staying at the house in South Austin where I met Jesse (the bass player) and Pickles (the fiddle player's) roomates who were smoking pot when I showed up. I'm now very used to people smoking pot around me. They all respect that I don't drink and smoke too which is definatly a plus. Anyway they live with Elliot (a drumer who attened Berklee. He's ridiculously good) and Michael (a bad ass guitar player and acid head. But also just really nice guy.) We jammed with Pickles and his twin brother D Mo who is an awesome cello player and wants to make music with me which I'm totally stoked on. One thing I learned is that everyone in this family (cause this band of friends all consider eachother family) is a musician, and alot of them are very good. But yeah that was my first jam with them and they dug it.
The next day we kind of chilled for the most part, we went to lunch at a bad ass Italian place where I got the only thing on the menu that wasn't Italian. It was a Chapotle dish that had sweet corn and black beans it was awesome. We went and saw this guy Eric Hopenin who is a ridiculous fiddle/mandolin/guitar player that plays swing/ bebop/ surf rock basically anything. His band was awesome too. And the venue was awesome it was a free show at this really small cafe called Flipnotics. Awesome show. After that I came over to 409 house in North Austin and crashed there after jamming with the other guys in the band who I had yet to jam with. One of the bummers is that the band hasn't really had any sucessful practices yet, but I guess thats how it is when a band comes back to town and has to run all the arrends they haven't been able to do for the last month. So hopefully tomorrow we'll have a good practice. Anyway during this whole time I have been feeling kind of out of place because I'm younger and don't party and stuff. And this is just a very different group of poeple than I'm used to acociating myself with. Slowly I've been starting to settle down, I think the more I feel like I'm going to move here the more comfortable I get. Last night definatly helped alot though. I ended up staying at Amy's house (Jesse's girlfriend) where we were just hanging out when Turtle (the bands guitar player) and some of the crew from the hippie mansion showed up. And Amy's roomate Brintey who is also 18. I was just hanging out playing guitar and singing when Britney came up and gave me this deep long look in the eyes. One thing you have to understand is that this girl is overwhelmingly beautiful and know is too. She gave me this look though that was so familiar and comforting that it seemed to last forever and made me feel very vulnerable which I'm sure she saw. After I stoped playing she left the room and I talked to Turtle for a little while and after about a half hour they all decided to go back to the mansion. (The hippie mansion isn't really a mansion but a really hold house that is ridiculously big with something like 17 people living in it. I went there on my first night and the place has so much character is very overwhelming. Also the women who runs the house and is pretty much looked up to by everone as sort of the mother figure of the family might be the bands bus driver when they get a bus which is supposed to be soon.) Things got very intense and Britiney offered to make me a cup of tea. Of corse I could not refuse and also did not object when she chose to drink the tea on her bed instead of the living room. Don't worry this story isn't going where you think it is. The fact is I am a virgin and could never lose my virginity to a girl who I just met, though I felt a very intense strong connection to. We sat and talked and I realized right away that she is actually a deeper person than me and very open. Now thanks to Amy and Jesse they warned me that she is kind of a wild child so I new to be cautious, but thankfully she wanted the same from me as I wanted from her. I ended up sleeping with her, not having sex with her, but it was very comforting thing. I really feel a conection to her and honestly don't want anything to happen with her and would rather just have a cuddle buddy and a shoulder to cry on if the time comes. I don't need to be dealing with relationships but I would love to have someone to go to for comfort here when I need it. Though I have more than enough support from all my friends and I'm going to need at least one good one here. But yeah after last night I have felt so much happier and alive I'm really starting to think that this trip was a very good thing. I'm definatly glad I came here, its totally been worth it. However I do miss Tucson but not nearly as much as I miss all my friends. You guys mean the world to me and I love you so much. I'll have to write about today's events tomorrow or the next day. I wish everyone the best!!
So to put you into my mind frame during the drive to Austin just understand that I was very scared. So the guys in the band are a bunch of hippies which is cool cause I happen to like hippies. But I forgot that even though hippies are all about positivity they are also all about drugs. On the way to Austin they talked about all the psychedilic they enjoy and that whole time I was thinking to my self "what did I get myself into?" but I new to try and stay optimistic. I'm glad I did too. At least right now I'm glad. The drive was very long because we had to drive 25 miles an hour through quite a few blizzards. But I managed to get some sleep in.
So we got to Austin and they brought me to the four houses I will be staying at. Which tonight is actually the first night where I am sleeping at the same place for a second time. Its been really interesting sleeping in a new bed everynight. I started meeting tons of people and ended up staying at the house in South Austin where I met Jesse (the bass player) and Pickles (the fiddle player's) roomates who were smoking pot when I showed up. I'm now very used to people smoking pot around me. They all respect that I don't drink and smoke too which is definatly a plus. Anyway they live with Elliot (a drumer who attened Berklee. He's ridiculously good) and Michael (a bad ass guitar player and acid head. But also just really nice guy.) We jammed with Pickles and his twin brother D Mo who is an awesome cello player and wants to make music with me which I'm totally stoked on. One thing I learned is that everyone in this family (cause this band of friends all consider eachother family) is a musician, and alot of them are very good. But yeah that was my first jam with them and they dug it.
The next day we kind of chilled for the most part, we went to lunch at a bad ass Italian place where I got the only thing on the menu that wasn't Italian. It was a Chapotle dish that had sweet corn and black beans it was awesome. We went and saw this guy Eric Hopenin who is a ridiculous fiddle/mandolin/guitar player that plays swing/ bebop/ surf rock basically anything. His band was awesome too. And the venue was awesome it was a free show at this really small cafe called Flipnotics. Awesome show. After that I came over to 409 house in North Austin and crashed there after jamming with the other guys in the band who I had yet to jam with. One of the bummers is that the band hasn't really had any sucessful practices yet, but I guess thats how it is when a band comes back to town and has to run all the arrends they haven't been able to do for the last month. So hopefully tomorrow we'll have a good practice. Anyway during this whole time I have been feeling kind of out of place because I'm younger and don't party and stuff. And this is just a very different group of poeple than I'm used to acociating myself with. Slowly I've been starting to settle down, I think the more I feel like I'm going to move here the more comfortable I get. Last night definatly helped alot though. I ended up staying at Amy's house (Jesse's girlfriend) where we were just hanging out when Turtle (the bands guitar player) and some of the crew from the hippie mansion showed up. And Amy's roomate Brintey who is also 18. I was just hanging out playing guitar and singing when Britney came up and gave me this deep long look in the eyes. One thing you have to understand is that this girl is overwhelmingly beautiful and know is too. She gave me this look though that was so familiar and comforting that it seemed to last forever and made me feel very vulnerable which I'm sure she saw. After I stoped playing she left the room and I talked to Turtle for a little while and after about a half hour they all decided to go back to the mansion. (The hippie mansion isn't really a mansion but a really hold house that is ridiculously big with something like 17 people living in it. I went there on my first night and the place has so much character is very overwhelming. Also the women who runs the house and is pretty much looked up to by everone as sort of the mother figure of the family might be the bands bus driver when they get a bus which is supposed to be soon.) Things got very intense and Britiney offered to make me a cup of tea. Of corse I could not refuse and also did not object when she chose to drink the tea on her bed instead of the living room. Don't worry this story isn't going where you think it is. The fact is I am a virgin and could never lose my virginity to a girl who I just met, though I felt a very intense strong connection to. We sat and talked and I realized right away that she is actually a deeper person than me and very open. Now thanks to Amy and Jesse they warned me that she is kind of a wild child so I new to be cautious, but thankfully she wanted the same from me as I wanted from her. I ended up sleeping with her, not having sex with her, but it was very comforting thing. I really feel a conection to her and honestly don't want anything to happen with her and would rather just have a cuddle buddy and a shoulder to cry on if the time comes. I don't need to be dealing with relationships but I would love to have someone to go to for comfort here when I need it. Though I have more than enough support from all my friends and I'm going to need at least one good one here. But yeah after last night I have felt so much happier and alive I'm really starting to think that this trip was a very good thing. I'm definatly glad I came here, its totally been worth it. However I do miss Tucson but not nearly as much as I miss all my friends. You guys mean the world to me and I love you so much. I'll have to write about today's events tomorrow or the next day. I wish everyone the best!!