so…in case you didn't catch on from last night's post, i'm home. i'm slowly trying to remember the finer details of the tour and whatnot, but i'm reaizing that "lasting memories" and "drunk for two weeks straight" don't really go hand in hand…

now where did i leave off?

5/1 new york, ny @ brownie's
after our radio show at mit, we loaded the van up and got the hell out of dodge (err…boston). tired as hell, i drove most of the way from beantown to nyc. we switched drivers somewhere just outside of the big city (pronounced connecticut) and promptly got stuck in traffic. this was fine and dandy until we realized that the gas gauge was looking dangerously low. things cleared up once we got out of traffic and listened to "girls" by the beastie boys. amazing how one song can change your outlook on the day.

we rolled straight into brooklyn to ben's apartment to stretch our legs and bitch about how tired we were (especially considering that ben lives on the fifth floor of a building with no elevator…i love new york). we called the club to see what time we needed to be there for load-in and soundcheck, and then promptly took showers and went out for food. we got to the club nice and early, and headed straight to the stage to set up and run through a couple of songs.

then we sat around for a little while until we played. i went down a few doors to a thrift shop and bought a new shirt. i spotted a t-shirt at another shop that says "i fucked your girlfriend" and instantly started coveting it. i went back to the club to tell ben and chris and then ben informed me that they also have ones that say "i fucked your boyfriend." it was decided that we would get one. then i went down to the stand to get one and found out that the only size they had them in at the moment was xl and they were $15. too big and too much…sorry about your luck.

then we played. talk about a lame show. it was our third set in 24 hours and we were totally beat. it showed. we played the least rockin' set of the entire tour, probably providing a pretty uninteresting show for everyone in attendance. after we played i loaded off the stage and then went back down the street to a little coffeeshop that had computers for emailing. i caught up on most of my email and had a mocha. it was relaxing, i guess. then i went back down to the club and thoroughly enjoyed q and not u's set. those guys are fucking awesome. i really dig the new shit.

then we went back to ben's for precious sleep and then a day off in new york. the next day we drove down to ground zero. it's scary how big that hole is. i haven't been in the city since all the "stuff" happened, so i was really stunned by the magnitude. we ended up heading into chinatown to eat at house of vegetarian and then back to ben's for laundry and more precious sleep.

highlights of nyc: jersey girl and the chinese ice cream place

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