nomad'z land

seattle, bend, portland!

i should be finishing up my lit review. instead i am reviewing these nuts in your face. !!!!!! seattle was a little chilly and damp, but we survived. i watched the show from the opposite end of the stage, and i am SO GLAD I DID. because this red headed kid got on stage and was dancing the most epic dance moves of all time. he got down and was doing the worm a version of the worm. among so many other things. i would have taken video but i was too busy laughing and being in awe. after the show, ade and i came up with a song list for our band, “Us Motherfuckers” aka UMF. we’re pretty much doing this nonlinearly. or maybe this is how the real popstars do it. we will find out!! took our band shots, very impressive. really all you need these days is an iphone and your whole life, career and family are set.

then we ended up in bend, oregon. i remember bend well. this is where we went “tubing” down the river last year shortly after i busted my knee, so i was upset all the time and having to be carried everywhere. i say “tubing” because j and my tube would not move for the life of us, which ended up making me laugh so hard i was hurting. i love laughing so hard that it hurts! or til i cry. or both. those ones are good. anyhoo sonna and i have been doing INSANITY which is really insane and i think my kneecaps are about to come off. so far ive been on it with my workout regimen. even though i probably undo some of it with my drinking at night. oh well its summertime and i only live once on this earth until the next realm in which ill probably come back as oj simpson which would really suck cause hes the worst. why do i always get into it with people about oj? people saying he didnt kill them, PLEASE. he was culpable. insert closing argument and talk-to-the-hand move here. anywayyyy urana sara and i did a great job working instead of watching the show! well most of the show. this tour is all about maintaining responsibility and shit. knock on wood. i guess i rewarded myself by getting shitfaced playing beer pong and flip cup with the non-spearheads. at least i won? a few rounds? i also spilled an 18 pack of beer like a true gangster after threatening violence to probably imaginary people. thank god for hossein, he really made sure i made it on the bus with all of my shit and some of my dignity intact. thats what tour managers are for right!

next day was portland! ooo girl i woke up feeling shameful, which is why seane corn changed the name of the tour to SOULSHAME. genius. i just love her. i love all of my yoga teachers. theyre so wise. i am grateful. anyway, j played alllllll day this day: promo, yoga, sonna, regular show, tigers lions bears monkeys octopuses caterpillars! anddddd i got to see jackie!! and emily and tate!!! i love family time on the road. i think its my favorite part. stoked they stayed the whole time, cause tate got to jam onstage at the end. that kid has energy like no other being on this planet. if we could bottle it up and sell it, it would be speed. so happy to have family time. tate is just the cutest child ever. i behaved myself (more) this night. pat on my back, thanks. next morning we woke up almost in missoula montana. i sang home on the range cause thats how it feeeeeels its so america. day OFF which j and i used to do NOTHING except order room service and watch tv. and i shaved the part of his head that was meant to be shaved, but not before doing some designs jokingly. which only served to inspire me to do some REAL designs next time, so excited. gonna open up my nail/barber shop and just do designs all day. and now im home and back on the road tomorrow! slc here i come niggies. ttfn!