THE HARDEST PART IS YET TO....COME.

ITS REALLY CRAZY MORE THAN EVER....I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN WEATHER....EVEN THE CHANGE IN DAYLIGHT. I AM STARTING TO THINK I AM LIKE A BEAR...NOT BECAUSE I PLAY IN A BAND WITH A BEAR NAME..AND NO NOT A BEAR IN THE GAY SENSE...BUT I LIKE TO SLEEP. I DONT DO IT ALOT. LETS SCRATCH THAT..I LIKE TO LAY IN BED. NOT LIKE MOST PEOPLE I KNOW WHO LIKE TO LAY IN BED AND GENTLY WEEP. I LIKE TO LAY IN BED AND WATCH FOOTBALL WITH A GALLON OF ORANGE JUICE AND VARIOUS LITTLE DEBBIE SNACK CAKES. YES. THAT IS ME. TELL IM IM UNHEALTHY...I HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME. BUT I JUST KINDA FEEL LIKE WHY? WHY BE HEALTHY? IS IT A CONTEST TO SEE WHO CAN REALLY LIVE THE LONGEST? MIDPOINT MUSIC FESTIVAL. TWO BANDS. TWO NIGHTS...AND HERE IS MY TAKE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BIG NAMES THAT ARE GONNA DRAW ANY SORT OF MAJOR CROWD. MIDPOINT IS ABOUT 20 VENUES THAT GET ABOUT 30-75 PEOPLE OUT TO A SHOW FOR THE WEEKEND. THURSDAY NIGHT, OSO BEAR PLAYED AT THE COURTYARD CAFE. WE SEEMED TO BE WELL RECEIVED BUT DIDNT REALLY PLAY TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I HAD HOPED....I GUESS IN MY HEAD I I HAD BUILT IT UP.....OH WELL. STILL A GOOD SHOW. IM CONVINCED THAT OSO BEAR WAS MAD TO PLAY IN THE CORNER OF A BAR WITH ABOUT 60-70 PEOPLE DRINKING PBR AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. SEEMS LIKE WHENEVER WE PLAY A BIG STAGE IT REALLY DOESNT WORK OUT FOR US. SO...THURSDAY NIGHT....NOT TOO BUSY...BUT ALL IN ALL NOT A BAD NIGHT....THE NEXT NIGHT WAS LOVELY CRASH AT THE INNER PEACE CENTER. WE WERE ALL KINDA BUMMED ABOUT THE INNER PEACE CENTER...JUST SEEMED LIKE BECAUSE IT WASNT A VENUE..THAT MAYBE IT WOULDN'T REALLY BE A COOL PLAY TO PLAY. WRONG. WRONG WRONG. THE LOCATION WAS AWESOME. IT WAS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN. THEY HAD A STAGE. AND AN AWESOME SOUND SYSTEM. NOT TOO MENTION JELLO SHOTS AND TWO DOLLAR BUD SELECTS. WE HAD ALOT MORE PEOPLE SHOW UP THAN OSO BEAR DID...AND WE PLAY ONE OF OUR BEST SHOWS WEVE PLAYED SINCE I JOINED THE BAND. AT LEAST I THOUGHT SO....AND IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GO OUT WITH OUR FIVE TO SIX MONTH HIATUS THAT WE ARE TAKING. THERE IS THIS DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE LYRIC THAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LATELY AND HOW I INTERPRET IT. ITS SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF "I THINK THAT ITS BRAINLESS TO ASSUME THAT MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR WINDOW'S VIEW WILL GET SOME NEW PERSPECTIVE" ITS FROM THE PHOTO ALBUM (MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD IT....MAYBE NOT) BUT ANYWAYS SEEMS LIKE SO OFTEN WE GET IN SOME SORT OF RUT AND THINK THE ANSWER IS TO MOVE AWAY...OR CHANGE OUR FRIENDS...GO ON A DIET...FIND RELIGION...WHATEVER.......AND PERHAPS IT IS BRAINLESS...OR PERHAPS WE HAVE BECOME SO DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER THAT WE JUST CANT HELP IT. BUT PERHAPS IT IS BRAINLESS....IM NOT EVEN SURE THE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE...PERHAPS IM JUST TRYING TO SOUND PROFOUND INSTEAD OF HILLBILLY. OH WELL. NO WAIT.....I JUST REMEMBERED....NO....NEVER MIND.....I LOST IT.....IM GAINING WEIGHT. MOSTLY FROM BEER...BUT PARTIALLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE HUNGOVER FOOD IS SO GOOD AND YOU EAT ALOT OF IT TO FEEL BETTER....SO I GUESS BEER IS THE COMPLETE REASON. DAMN YOU BEER. DAMN YOU.