sooooo im at the airport right now... which is taking forever, and my flight is delayed. but i dont care because i have the internet and nothing better to do. WOOT! i know i know i win!
anyways...
the tour. it was well worth my time to do something so outlandish for me and insane. i enjoyed the time that i was able to spend with all the kids/ peoples and the times that were shared. im sure i will forget most of what i learned but with hope i wont. i really hope that i remember all the acts and what happens in them and and and and ....oh so much to remember... ugg.
well with any hope it will all come to me after working a bit and boom there we go, right?
**two days later!!**
well i finally got my flight. it was only like a half hour late so things wern't bad at all. infact i was happy it was late because then i was able to use the internets! yay! talking with people to burn away the time and all that jazz. so the flights went quick and all was swell. got to the airport in redmond and rabbine, my roomie, picked me up and then we called it a night!
The next day we did some stuff around town. i was able to drive my car again now because it has insurace back on it... ohhh man was it weird to drive that thing! talk about a huge change!! my car is so little and everything in it is soooo small!! but the stereo is beautiful and the turning and the ohhh the everything! i love it!!
so the question that most people are asking is what is next what will i be doing next. well i cant even answer that question as of yet. all i can say is that i will be still working for the acrbats but i dont know when or where. but in the future there might be a move down to glendale.... but only time can tell that one right now... so father time... be nice to me please?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
so i am now 3 days into going back to cali.
it has been a long 3 days but i have been kicking the US's ass with my drive times and distances!! WOOT!!! oh yeahr im good.
from Fort peirce, FL to Mobile, Al then to San Antoino, TX and tonight i am sitting in Las Cursas(sp), New Mexico. ohh yeahhh
btw fuck you texas and your roadways. yay san antonio for your beautiful freeway system. its very pretty. but still sucks over all.
im not sure how i am going to take the next lag of my trip... if i will just go right to the studio... some 750 miles.... heh... eww. or will i take one more day.... the issue here is cash. i only asked for enought to make it 4 days....
i dont know if i will be able to do it shit...
got to meet a friend from stickam yesterday too! erika!! it was super fantastic. hung out with her and 3 of her friends drinking beer talking about stupid shit. it was prime!!
i need to figure out my next move. gas costs to fucking much...
it has been a long 3 days but i have been kicking the US's ass with my drive times and distances!! WOOT!!! oh yeahr im good.
from Fort peirce, FL to Mobile, Al then to San Antoino, TX and tonight i am sitting in Las Cursas(sp), New Mexico. ohh yeahhh
btw fuck you texas and your roadways. yay san antonio for your beautiful freeway system. its very pretty. but still sucks over all.
im not sure how i am going to take the next lag of my trip... if i will just go right to the studio... some 750 miles.... heh... eww. or will i take one more day.... the issue here is cash. i only asked for enought to make it 4 days....
i dont know if i will be able to do it shit...
got to meet a friend from stickam yesterday too! erika!! it was super fantastic. hung out with her and 3 of her friends drinking beer talking about stupid shit. it was prime!!
i need to figure out my next move. gas costs to fucking much...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
save the worst for last
well here it is. the best worst day of the entire tour.
the last day.
we started off the day at 6am this morning going to our first venue and it was pretty easy going for setup and for the shows.. i let steve do the show today because there was sooo much going on with the setlist. things were not in any friendly order at all...it was really lame. like damn.
so i was back stage for this one and i was ok wit hthat being that i wanted to be around the kids. you see today is the last day that i will be seeing about over half of these people. people that have turned into my family and friend over the last 3 months, they are leaving, going home.... no not to cali but to china. back to where they long to go. and the band that i got so close to... we they only come to usa like once a freaking year! so i will never see them again mostlikey!! totally lame. DO NOT WANT! lol
so the shows went great and everything was skippy. they packed the truck up with all their gear and luggage and then got on the bus. so i went over to the bus to say good bye to all my friends and got something i didn't expect to much. hugs. :0)
now from what steve says and from what i felt from the kids ealier on is that hugs aren't something that really happens in chinese culture... which is why im not chinese i figure.. haha.....
so for me to get hugs from these people felt really good! i feel really blessed for meeting these people that have helped me adapt to new changes and a new world. like my friends in japan they will never be forgotten but im sure i will forget a name or two.. heh.
so now the last day of the tour. the last show, the last supper with my family. now im all alone, in florida with 4 days to get back to cali.
begin the worst day of the tour. im depressed.
the last day.
we started off the day at 6am this morning going to our first venue and it was pretty easy going for setup and for the shows.. i let steve do the show today because there was sooo much going on with the setlist. things were not in any friendly order at all...it was really lame. like damn.
so i was back stage for this one and i was ok wit hthat being that i wanted to be around the kids. you see today is the last day that i will be seeing about over half of these people. people that have turned into my family and friend over the last 3 months, they are leaving, going home.... no not to cali but to china. back to where they long to go. and the band that i got so close to... we they only come to usa like once a freaking year! so i will never see them again mostlikey!! totally lame. DO NOT WANT! lol
so the shows went great and everything was skippy. they packed the truck up with all their gear and luggage and then got on the bus. so i went over to the bus to say good bye to all my friends and got something i didn't expect to much. hugs. :0)
now from what steve says and from what i felt from the kids ealier on is that hugs aren't something that really happens in chinese culture... which is why im not chinese i figure.. haha.....
so for me to get hugs from these people felt really good! i feel really blessed for meeting these people that have helped me adapt to new changes and a new world. like my friends in japan they will never be forgotten but im sure i will forget a name or two.. heh.
so now the last day of the tour. the last show, the last supper with my family. now im all alone, in florida with 4 days to get back to cali.
begin the worst day of the tour. im depressed.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
update from Florida
well here i am again.
To say it has been awhile would be an understatement, and i promise i have a little bit of news this time,.
soo lets start with were we left off last time.
new hampshire was a lot of good times, i got to call the show and had fun doing so, the group that we worked with was amazing this time. and the TD at the theatre, Quintin, was probbly one of the single coolest persons i have ever met! really nice guy, took care of all the issues and was so smart and expieranced on so many levels of theatre. someone who i could really learn a lot about, thats for sure. he has been working for the last 3 years or so on updating and beautfying his theatre. and i would have to say that he is doing an incredible job on it. (pics to come.....if you're lucky) the theatre is called The Music Hall and its about 2 hundred years old or so. so much history and so many strong good feelings in the place!
the day after we left Q was to have a meeting with the historical board to see if he could do some more fantastic things to the theatre making even better than it was before. that guy is a real saint in the world of lost theatre. i praise you mate.
next up was to go to lowell, Mass.....it must of been great....i dont remember it. haha no it was a good time. a college auditorium that had a really small dead hung grid.. we were able to put up the movers but that was about it... it was tragic.... there was one girl that steve and i really liked. good hugger as well! hehehe
steve was jealous. i laughed!
i learned something that night too, when steve says no bounce he doesn't mean no bounce. he means, "we are going to do the finale without closing the curtin" well thats just fine and dandy but he forgot to mention that part to me!!!!! and then when i closed the curtin he kept saying, "NO BOUNCE NO BOUNCE!!" which to me ment that we were done.....
it was lame and looked like crap because i had brought the house lights up and everything... twas totally lame.
ohhh and that night it was really cold. nothing some drinks cant remedy! heheheh
next on the list, Mahwah,NJ simple college venue, fun college kids to work with, good show over all, i will be returning there....
oh oh oh now i get to go to Albany,NY!!! yay.....
sooo the venue is called THE EGG!!!! yeah it really is and yes it kinda looks like an egg.... sorry i didn't get any pics of it...
soo the thing about this place is this. steve has been talking this place up the entire tour, saying that it is a pain in the butt, that it is strict union and that i will be handleing very little of what is to happen there. that i should used it as a learning experiance....
so when we get there i have it in my mind that they are all hard ass union workers and this isn't going to be very fun at all......
wrong.
the house is far from union. its a house like i like to run, a do what you have to do to get it done kind of house. everyone did everything. which was really helpful. the lead TD and light tech were old weathered guys that just knew to much of what they were doing so the entire thing went so smooth.
steve ran the show that night. i got to chill out back stage and smack a guy that was taking pictures with flash on.... fat bastard...lol jk jk
left there and stayed in the ghetto motel 6. checked in at 6pm.......our rooms still werent ready... freaking stupid.
finally got into our rooms at like 8pm or something. and a BUNCH of the rooms weren't done right at all... it was way sad.
i was happy everything i needed was there.
so the next place we were off to was henderson,NC
this was a college venue. with nothing to offer....but two decent spots from the 50s lol jk
its intresting how some places don't have a real address.... the college doen't exist on any maps or gps..... the college name shows up about 10 differnet places in the city when you look it up in google but trying to find the right address... hopeless.
so we had two days in henderson allowing us to load in one day and then do the show the next day. so because the place was sooo damn easy i told steve to just stay at the hotel and relax due to his already stressful day. so i get to do the load-in by myself and i have to say it was fun. but i really need to figure exactly what i want when i and forced to choose something to scratch or to choose between one thing and another. so its a bit of a long road to get all that down par. but the load in went well and the show went well also. kids show in the morning and then a late night show for the blue hairs. lol ....it was a blue room alright.
and here we are today. the day we traveled to FLORIDA!!! YAY!! WARM WEATHER!! WOOOOT
so we left henderson at 6 in the morning.... uuuggg way early..... and then we started driving.....and driving.....and driving.....and yeah i was able to wait at a gas station for like an hour when i needed gas but didn't have the damn card...ugg
bottom line. North carolina, pretty. south carolina,even prettier. Georgia, reallllyyy pretty and so nice to see! Florida, TROPICAL RAIN FOREST!!! hahaha this place is really pretty wonderful and muggy as hell.... but i dont mind it because i was in a great mood and and and i didn't have to wear my sweater at all today!!! except for right now... because im outside and it is 11:47 at night and im pretty sure its like 65 or something out here.. tis LOVELY!~
so we have two shows tomorrow and then some traveling and shows but my last show will be on the 24th... i think thats the day that yoko graduates!!! im so proud of her! she has done so much and gone so far... i really love that woman! <3
ok i know my posts suck, but its ok because you are only guests to reading what i want to write for myself to remember things by! HA!
peace and love from Florida!
To say it has been awhile would be an understatement, and i promise i have a little bit of news this time,.
soo lets start with were we left off last time.
new hampshire was a lot of good times, i got to call the show and had fun doing so, the group that we worked with was amazing this time. and the TD at the theatre, Quintin, was probbly one of the single coolest persons i have ever met! really nice guy, took care of all the issues and was so smart and expieranced on so many levels of theatre. someone who i could really learn a lot about, thats for sure. he has been working for the last 3 years or so on updating and beautfying his theatre. and i would have to say that he is doing an incredible job on it. (pics to come.....if you're lucky) the theatre is called The Music Hall and its about 2 hundred years old or so. so much history and so many strong good feelings in the place!
the day after we left Q was to have a meeting with the historical board to see if he could do some more fantastic things to the theatre making even better than it was before. that guy is a real saint in the world of lost theatre. i praise you mate.
next up was to go to lowell, Mass.....it must of been great....i dont remember it. haha no it was a good time. a college auditorium that had a really small dead hung grid.. we were able to put up the movers but that was about it... it was tragic.... there was one girl that steve and i really liked. good hugger as well! hehehe
steve was jealous. i laughed!
i learned something that night too, when steve says no bounce he doesn't mean no bounce. he means, "we are going to do the finale without closing the curtin" well thats just fine and dandy but he forgot to mention that part to me!!!!! and then when i closed the curtin he kept saying, "NO BOUNCE NO BOUNCE!!" which to me ment that we were done.....
it was lame and looked like crap because i had brought the house lights up and everything... twas totally lame.
ohhh and that night it was really cold. nothing some drinks cant remedy! heheheh
next on the list, Mahwah,NJ simple college venue, fun college kids to work with, good show over all, i will be returning there....
oh oh oh now i get to go to Albany,NY!!! yay.....
sooo the venue is called THE EGG!!!! yeah it really is and yes it kinda looks like an egg.... sorry i didn't get any pics of it...
soo the thing about this place is this. steve has been talking this place up the entire tour, saying that it is a pain in the butt, that it is strict union and that i will be handleing very little of what is to happen there. that i should used it as a learning experiance....
so when we get there i have it in my mind that they are all hard ass union workers and this isn't going to be very fun at all......
wrong.
the house is far from union. its a house like i like to run, a do what you have to do to get it done kind of house. everyone did everything. which was really helpful. the lead TD and light tech were old weathered guys that just knew to much of what they were doing so the entire thing went so smooth.
steve ran the show that night. i got to chill out back stage and smack a guy that was taking pictures with flash on.... fat bastard...lol jk jk
left there and stayed in the ghetto motel 6. checked in at 6pm.......our rooms still werent ready... freaking stupid.
finally got into our rooms at like 8pm or something. and a BUNCH of the rooms weren't done right at all... it was way sad.
i was happy everything i needed was there.
so the next place we were off to was henderson,NC
this was a college venue. with nothing to offer....but two decent spots from the 50s lol jk
its intresting how some places don't have a real address.... the college doen't exist on any maps or gps..... the college name shows up about 10 differnet places in the city when you look it up in google but trying to find the right address... hopeless.
so we had two days in henderson allowing us to load in one day and then do the show the next day. so because the place was sooo damn easy i told steve to just stay at the hotel and relax due to his already stressful day. so i get to do the load-in by myself and i have to say it was fun. but i really need to figure exactly what i want when i and forced to choose something to scratch or to choose between one thing and another. so its a bit of a long road to get all that down par. but the load in went well and the show went well also. kids show in the morning and then a late night show for the blue hairs. lol ....it was a blue room alright.
and here we are today. the day we traveled to FLORIDA!!! YAY!! WARM WEATHER!! WOOOOT
so we left henderson at 6 in the morning.... uuuggg way early..... and then we started driving.....and driving.....and driving.....and yeah i was able to wait at a gas station for like an hour when i needed gas but didn't have the damn card...ugg
bottom line. North carolina, pretty. south carolina,even prettier. Georgia, reallllyyy pretty and so nice to see! Florida, TROPICAL RAIN FOREST!!! hahaha this place is really pretty wonderful and muggy as hell.... but i dont mind it because i was in a great mood and and and i didn't have to wear my sweater at all today!!! except for right now... because im outside and it is 11:47 at night and im pretty sure its like 65 or something out here.. tis LOVELY!~
so we have two shows tomorrow and then some traveling and shows but my last show will be on the 24th... i think thats the day that yoko graduates!!! im so proud of her! she has done so much and gone so far... i really love that woman! <3
ok i know my posts suck, but its ok because you are only guests to reading what i want to write for myself to remember things by! HA!
peace and love from Florida!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
oh look im in new hampshire
yeah you heard me right. i am in NH. im got to drive through New york, eww, get a look at Massachusetts and saw some more of PA.
so to calm your thoughts, i dont like the look of new york. i was pretty far away from it and it was totally gross... but i think i am here during the wrong part of the year.
so i have started taking over the shows and doing the main shows. the process is pretty simple but its the small stuff that can get ya. all the smaller cues and spots. still learning...
still thinking.
still driving.....
lol
i just hope i remember all this stuff next tour!! eewww....
its been kinda intresting as well while on this tour, i have been shoping for a place to move to... and i have been cursed. i look for places with the trees that i enjoy, the eneviroment that i love with the theatre support that i need.
but for the areas that have some of these atrabutes but totally lack to go the other way of others. but i do love them trees.... and really dont like the big citys.... though iowa was nice! minus the damn tickets.... stupid cops..
hermm i have to make a phone call now.. ttfn
so to calm your thoughts, i dont like the look of new york. i was pretty far away from it and it was totally gross... but i think i am here during the wrong part of the year.
so i have started taking over the shows and doing the main shows. the process is pretty simple but its the small stuff that can get ya. all the smaller cues and spots. still learning...
still thinking.
still driving.....
lol
i just hope i remember all this stuff next tour!! eewww....
its been kinda intresting as well while on this tour, i have been shoping for a place to move to... and i have been cursed. i look for places with the trees that i enjoy, the eneviroment that i love with the theatre support that i need.
but for the areas that have some of these atrabutes but totally lack to go the other way of others. but i do love them trees.... and really dont like the big citys.... though iowa was nice! minus the damn tickets.... stupid cops..
hermm i have to make a phone call now.. ttfn
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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YOKO JUST CALLED ME!!!! she is in saipan right now and she had nothing todo today so she called me!!! i dont know how this woman functions or how she is the way she is but i know that she is totally perfect.... at least for me... <3
and her english is like talking to an american, it amazes me everytime i talk to that wonder woman that is my yoko. she is bound for good things and i am here to help her in any way that i can!
i love you yoko!!
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YOKO JUST CALLED ME!!!! she is in saipan right now and she had nothing todo today so she called me!!! i dont know how this woman functions or how she is the way she is but i know that she is totally perfect.... at least for me... <3
and her english is like talking to an american, it amazes me everytime i talk to that wonder woman that is my yoko. she is bound for good things and i am here to help her in any way that i can!
i love you yoko!!
o ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok soooo a super super duper good time in PA today. in the town of King Of Prussia, Pa. for the last 5 shows i have been calling the shows. granted it is only one full show and 4 kids shows, but it was still pretty cool to get to do the show and learn all the cues for the first time with no help from steve. but i am still learning a lot everytime i do the show. we will see how long it will take me before i and able to do the full show with all the fly cues, spots with colors, and a few of the other aspects of the show... yeah we'll see what happens for sure.. lol
so that was one of the very intresting things that happend to me while we are here in this damn cold winter wonder land. oh and yesterday the truck wouldn't start... that suckeeed. but it was alright because i was just going to go to the mall... all is better now. you can stop worrying dad.
lets seee......
places that i have been since the last update..... ummmmm lol i dont even remember.. i have been moving around so quick that i loose track everytime... hermm let me check......
ohh yeah thats right went to a house in Bethesda,MD it was an intresting place for sure.... do i remember it?... well no. lol let me think.... hold on....ahhhh yes the straphmore!!! a BEAUTIFUL theatre!! for sure! i even have pics of it, when i get a good enough connection that i can upload pics i will do so for all one of my readers, thank you hannah i love you and i hope that you sister gets better!!!
the hall is covered in all wood. the ENITRE place is in some form of a white ash or a pine or something like that. but that could be wrong because im from the WC and this is the EC... hermm i'll figure it out someday.
so from there we went to williamsport.MD this place was really nice for a change because we were able to do the full show, it had been a while since we have been able to do all the things in the show. when you have so many elements in a show and are on tour comprimise becomes a rutiune in life.
and then from williamsport we came here to the lovely town of Glenside, PA but we are staying in King Of Prussia, PA. never heard of it? well thats because its outside of philly and all that is here is a kick ass huge mall.
word.
peace and love my friends!
so that was one of the very intresting things that happend to me while we are here in this damn cold winter wonder land. oh and yesterday the truck wouldn't start... that suckeeed. but it was alright because i was just going to go to the mall... all is better now. you can stop worrying dad.
lets seee......
places that i have been since the last update..... ummmmm lol i dont even remember.. i have been moving around so quick that i loose track everytime... hermm let me check......
ohh yeah thats right went to a house in Bethesda,MD it was an intresting place for sure.... do i remember it?... well no. lol let me think.... hold on....ahhhh yes the straphmore!!! a BEAUTIFUL theatre!! for sure! i even have pics of it, when i get a good enough connection that i can upload pics i will do so for all one of my readers, thank you hannah i love you and i hope that you sister gets better!!!
the hall is covered in all wood. the ENITRE place is in some form of a white ash or a pine or something like that. but that could be wrong because im from the WC and this is the EC... hermm i'll figure it out someday.
so from there we went to williamsport.MD this place was really nice for a change because we were able to do the full show, it had been a while since we have been able to do all the things in the show. when you have so many elements in a show and are on tour comprimise becomes a rutiune in life.
and then from williamsport we came here to the lovely town of Glenside, PA but we are staying in King Of Prussia, PA. never heard of it? well thats because its outside of philly and all that is here is a kick ass huge mall.
word.
peace and love my friends!
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