today chance, gibson and dave came over and we practiced, all of us for the first time. it feels good to FINALLY have the drums written for the first five songs of the hopping on tacks project. for those of you who dont know hopping on tacks is the "brain-child" of chance gillis and thomas gibson. for more info visit Read more... )

i found out from Andrew yesterday that in late april/early may we are going to go on a small tour with a little band known as Bleeding Through. how did THAT happen?

so i went to the doctor today to find out when i could go back to work, the answer turned out to be 3 months. i figured id drop by zellers and tell the boss that i wont be able to work for 3 months unless i get trained on cash. she said that i wouldnt be able to get any hours on cash cause the store is so slow, but i could re-apply for the ( Read more... )

Aaron is back from thailand! me and maggie went to the airport yesterday to welcome him home. its good to have him back, hopefully we will have a halofest tonight to honor is return, if the snow doesnt screw everything up.

- realized i have mono
- left the house about 7 times, including visits to the doctors
- grew a beard
- blew all my money on drums
- reached 80 hours of gameplay in final fantasy X, im nowhere near done
- havent worked since mid january

my new drums come in today, im going to pick them up at 3:00pm.
its to bad that i will have to just stare at them for three months.

i got my blood test results back, what i thought to be a throat infection turns out to be mono, and a throat infection...
theres a rather large possibility that i wont be able to go on tour on the 13th.

- me and chance arrived at the jam spot ready to record "shekills" but we had to wait a few hours because the other band we share our jam spot with were in there ( Read more... )

new drums = $1,500 to $1,600
cases for drums = $522.76
iron cobra double bass pedal = $500+

living in a cardboard box when i get home from tour = priceless

life could not be better right now.