done with the NM lets go to Colorado

ok so the show last night went really rather well. the people were friendly and really nice to work with. the set-up was a little rough around the edges, but all ended well. things came together and man was it a mad rush... lol
i dont have to many pics of the place because it wasn't all to fantastic. it was a small hall on the university campus of Las Vegas, NM and well.. it was just swell......
the best thing about the place was the hands that they had helping us. they were pretty cool, all of them minus 2 were rather noobly... so there was a lot of teaching going on. but i enjoyed it. i like to teach people new things. what i dont like is when people think they know more than i do when i am the only person that is correct. but people figured it out and all was well. stupid people... lol im only kidding, some people just didn't understand a few things and then they learned.

side note.
one of the girls that i was working with was one of the most entertaining people i have met in a while. and we had so much in common to talk about and such. it was really pretty sweet to be able to just talk with someone that has the same intrestes in music, cartoons, gadgets, and all kinds of things. it was simply refreshing.


so this morning we left at 7am this morning and set on our way to Grand junction, Co. it was a decent trip. loonnnnggggg long trip though..... that wasn't so much fun... the check point this time wasn't all to bad either, the people were really nice and helped me understand even better about the log book. so i think im deff on my way now with that log.. oh the snow was really nice on the cayon thing was cool driving down 70. pics will come up tomorrow for sure. not enough time tonight.

ugg i have to sleep. night everyone.

i really dont like the rules in new mexico

soooo we came to new mexico yesterday and well... it was a 450 mile drive.. and let me be the first to say that it wasn't all to bad. beats the hell out of cali roads. which beat the hell out of you.... ugg

so leaving arizona made me think a little bit about how small the states really are. i mean from one side to the other arizona is only about 380 miles wide. i mean thats hardly anything right?....
ok so when we got out of AZ i was pretty happy. things were good and all was shinning(the sun). thheennn we got to the damn border check point. now for all you that haven't been to one where you actully have to like show your drivers log or anything of that nature... it sucks oh and you can get fined heavy if you dont have things in order....
well heres my little story.
so we pull into new mexico DOT check stop and i get up to the dudelyness and hand him my stuff (mind you these people assume that you have done this many times before and will always have it wating for them ) so i hand him everything that the last check point (in arizona) asked for. he looks at it and then asks for my log book..... i know im in trouble.... this isn't good... shit.
so i hand it to him and in an instant his face changes to discucst and just wasn't liking things the way he was seeing them. so he takes all my stuff and tells me to go inside. well i knew i had to go inside any ways because oddly you have to have a permit to cross new mexico.... yeah i dont get it either... anyways, i go in there with steve and we wait a few minutes fearing what is to come for us.. and how big of a fine it was going to be... things were NOT looking good.. so the guy opens the book and reads to me all the things i am doing wrong. well everything. everything is wrong in that damnbook all because i never got proper instruction on how to fill it out even after asking. grated i was showed a few thing but nothing all to amazing for sure.
so he looks at it, tells me i suck, and then says " violation of the law" im thinking nothing good is coming my way for sure. so hes pecking on the compy and inputing numbers that i can only assume are fines and then i start praying that the comp would fail and it wouldn't go though. just hoping that all of this would just go away.. more pecking, more numbers. more praying........ uug.. i hate this... then a shine of light come out, he says " i thought we fixed these computers" my eyes are bright with hope and i pray some more " bring their computers down!!!!" soon after he walks away in failure but with no words to say that we are off the hook. so fear is still in the blood of my veins... we go to the next window. we get our permit. we leave...... thank you god. damn that was close.

sorry for the run on. im good at those.

oh then we went to las vegas, NM and all was well. got the to the hotel in this small town. cute town though. and got to the hotel. super 8..... its realllly nice. beds are uber comfy.

then its lights out. long day tomorrow.

i'll tell you about the show today a little later. right now i have to sleep.
ttfn

monday. 1/26/09

yay we get to go to arizona!!

not to bad of a drive. the country is so different from bend......DUH!!!
and the trees.... umm weird.. i think they were like some kind of juniper bush tree or something along those lines.... not to sure really.
the passage into the state was pretty intresting. the fact that i needed a permit was new to me as was the process of getting one.. yay..
the seat on the truck is proving to work really well. im pretty surprised that is it, but im happy about it. but for some strange reason the engine light is coming on and i haven't a clue as to why it is doing that... i mean it was just serviced... so i might have to check the vacume lines or soemthing... the worst part is that it doesn't stay on... it is really very random and hard to figure out when and why it is coming on.. so woot on that one..

but i have a few pics and stuff of it all.
oh and snow in Arizona sucks.

to the grand

alright so heres whats going down.
there was a pig, a horse, a bowl of cottage cheese and some orange juice......



ok nvm..

today we went to glendale. it was a pretty cool place. the theatre was like a story below ground so the load in was rather intresting and a little slower than i like..
but the house was really nice the stage was small... so it was hard to find places to put stuff!
buuutt the awesome part was the crew. they were sooo on the ball on everything in the house. things went soo smooth. of course at every show we have a little stess bomb and today wasnt any different. but the stress is just making sure things go really well, but all normally turns out well.
and this time, everything went so well., the cast did fantastic.

oh and i also got a new truck today. my first truck had some issues with the lights and the battery... it was lame. so the new truck is a little bit better this time. ok so its a llloooottt better. the only thing wrong with it was the seat not working.. but i McGiverd it to work. wooot!
but the ride is a little rough... it shakes a good deal... but i think i'll deal with it. mostly...
so after the show was over then we went back to the studio and got to celebrate the chinese new year! it was soo much fun! i was able to enjoy some new types of food and learned a few new traditions. heres some pics. oh and the cute little girls, well they are my sisters. they make me smile everyday!

thats all for today .catch ya tomorrow

the recap

ok so we are back online. i think.... i really hope... i will keep you all posted of a few things here and there..
currently i am back in pomona, Ca. we started our tour here on the 7th of this month and nearly 20 days later here we are again. and this is only the beginning. YES!!

so i have some pictures for you all and some details about things.

number 1) i must keep this blog on the DL. it has to be a small thing.

number 2) comment. please. its the only way that i can tell that people are reading and are intrested in what i am writing.

number 3) i wont be able to update it all to often at all. it will be a "when i can" kind of blog.

number 4) my new camera!
so here we go. im going to give you a quick recap of the last like...2 weeks.

so we have traveled from bend down to santa rosa. it was a 500 mile drive which took nearly 10 hours to drive. i have never in my life driven that long and by god it wasn't all to bad!! oh and got some sweet pics too. we played at the wells fargo center there and it was a really cool venue. the people there were really nice and super helpful. they did all they could to make it easy for us.
i had a rather large misshap with one of the lights but all turned out well in the end, thank

oh and the hotel that we stayed at was the nicest one i have ever have the privlage to stay in! and i even got my own room!! it had a king size bed, tile and marble, huge windows and everything was just soo awesome in it!! while we had some free time we found our way to a few pretty nice places. the first of which was the peanuts museum and gift shop.... a rather intresting place if you really like peanuts the comic... my boss loves it, well he love woodstock... dont ask.... the next place we found was the hotel bar. yummmmmmmmmmmmm
the shows went great. each time the show seems to change in one way or another... which is not soo good for us because we need it to be the same so we can actully light the damn thing.....
oh well.
next stop was San Rafeal.
ummm old school theatre really pretty very nice place... a lot of amatures. but great workers.
next up was chico. yes.. we went south just to drive back up north..... chico was a beautiful venue. its apart of a college and was just stunning! see pics.

the crew was wonderful again and there were two girls on at this venue that were just bunches of fun. and a few of the guys were so on the ball it was grand! always nice to have a venue of people close to my age that know whats up! we played 3 shows here and all went swimmingly.... though a VL started to act up.... *kicks the light* stupid thing....

next we went to arroyo grande, now this one is a little different... the venue is attached to a highschool. but doesn't belong to the high school.... it was built by a different group and is then gifted to the highschool. so it isn't a union house at all but the main guys there really know what they were doing. plus i got the chance to see people of my position when i was in high school just learning all this stuff......oh how things have changed for me! YAY~!
we stayed in pismo beach and well... it was wet. not to wet but wet none the less...

next stop was to santa barbara. not to far away just about 90 min from pismo beach where we were staying. got there just a little late but no matter all turned out well. the venue was amazing!! i think it was built in the 20's or something idk. but it was ooo pretty! and huge too! .
now comes the not so good part. some how one of our VLs went retarded, the hazor totally died, and two different items got cought on something when being flown out! this venue hated me! oh and i couldn't get a GPS signal at all to find some place to eat, and on top of all that i guess i forgot to put my card back into my camera so i took like 30 pics of this amazing place with NO memory card in my cam....... i was not to happy when i found that out.....
the crew was all union and was a total blast to work with! everyone was so much fun and when you have that much experiance in one house you will have a hard time not having fun... well as long as everyone is in a good mood.
and that night at like 11 pm we decided that we were going to lay the hammer down and drive for 2.5 hours to pomona where i am currently just so everyone would be nice and happy for a change..... oh and today. WE ARE HAPPY!!!! and tomorrow we are going to be REALLY REALLY happy!! hehehe because tomorrow is the chinese new year in american time! today was the new year for china, so they had a little dinner tonight but i think the big dinner will be happening tomorrow! YESS and i get to drink with the chinese... this should be a blast from the past. woot!

ok im done. hope you actully read it..... lol
untill next time. peace.

oh and i bought a new wireless mouse today... uber sexy!

a new post for a new blog.


i will let you all know how the tour went in 3 months