I don't recommend getting a half sleeve.

New Ready Resist song.



Your thoughts?


East coast tour in less than two months. Who has a Northface jacket I can borrow?

So, I was thinking.... How incredible would it be to cross a pear with an apple? Does this exist already? My mouth is watering just thinking about the possibilities. Now I'm wondering what it would be called? A ap-pear? A pearpple? Something to ponder.

I've been doing a decent job of cooking vegan meals lately. I still hate cooking, but whatever. My body still isn't too stoked on soy products, but I'm doing my best to avoid them. Speaking of vegan food, I'm really jealous that Run with the Hunted is in Boston right now and could potentially be eating at Grasshopper... Jerks.

My nose still hurts, my head is still pounding, I'm still getting dizzy when I move around too much, and my eye is still black, but I guess it could be worse.

I realize after re-reading my first paragraph, that I may sound like I'm on drugs, but I'm really not. Just vertigo medication. Really.

I wish I had something more meaningful to say...

I guess if I were to choose a time to break my face, it would be during a Rancid cover set...

This is the best thing I've heard in a while....



Some nights I thirst for real blood
For real knives
For real cries
And then the flash of steel from real guns
In real life
Really fills my mind

And I really miss what really did exist
When I held your throat so tight
And I miss the bus as it swerved from us
Almost came crashing to its side

Sometimes the blood from real cuts
Feels real nice
When it's really mine
And if you want it to be real
Come over for one night
And we can really, really climb

And those blue bridge lights might really burn most bright
As we watch that dark lake rise
And if you really want to see what really matters most to me
Just take a real short drive

It's just a drive into the dark stretch
Long stretch of night
Will really stretch this shaking mind
And this room, unlit, unheated
And the ceiling striped
And the dark black blinds

I want to know this time if you're really finally mine
I need to know that you're not lying so I want to see you tried
And I don't want to hear you say it shouldn't really be this way
'Cause I like this way just fine

'Cause there's nothing quite like the blinding light
That curtains cast aside
And no attempt is made to explain away
The things that really, really, really, really, really are behind

You can't hide
You can't hide
You can't hide

You can't hide
You can't hide
You can't hide

I can't.....

I wont be home for a while....


The funeral is Saturday.
At least I got to see him.
I don't know how to handle this.
Fuck.

Where were your arms when the wind was so cold?
Where were your hands when the time was so hard to hold?

My mom and I are driving 12 hours to Utah tomorrow to see my uncle. We are leaving at 6:00am. He has cancer and is fading fast. Getting kicked in the stomach by a giant would feel better than this.

12/29 Phoenix, AZ
12/30 Canon City, CO w/ CROOKED WAYS
12/31 Denver, CO w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/2 Omaha, NE w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/3 Waterloo, IA w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/4 Springfield, IL w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/5 Dayton, OH w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/6 Buffalo, NY w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/7 Long Island, NY w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/8 Virginia Beach, VA w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/9 Richmond, VA w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/10 Baltimore, MD w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/11 Wilmington, NC w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/12 Nashville, TN w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/13 Columbia, MO w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/14 Little Rock, AK w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/15 Tulsa, OK w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/16 Amarillo, TX w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/17 Albuquerque, NM w/ CROOKED WAYS
1/18 Phoenix, AZ – DAY OFF
1/19 Tucson, AZ
1/20 San Diego, CA
1/21 Riverside, CA
1/22 Los Angeles, CA
1/23 Ventura, CA
1/24 Santa Barbara, CA
1/25 Fresno, CA
1/26 Berkley, CA
1/27 Sacramento, CA
1/28 Reno, NV
1/29 Redding, CA
1/30 Portland, OR
1/31 Seattle, WA
2/1 Seattle, WA – DAY OFF
2/2 Boise, ID
2/3 Driving Day
2/4 Salt Lake City, UT
2/5 Las Vegas, NV
2/6 Flagstaff, AZ
2/7 Home – Happy Birthday Sarah!

I got a phone call on Tuesday night asking if Ready Resist would be interested in doing an east coast and southern states tour on top of our west coast and midwest tour. This is all becoming so real. I'm overwhelmed but excited. I had a meeting with my boss yesterday and she is giving me the full two months off with a guaranteed job when I get back. Actually, she made me promise that I would come back. This makes me feel good. We will be hitting the road the last week of December and will be on the road through most of February. Typing this out makes me realize how crazy things got so quickly. How did this happen?

This time next week, I will be on a plane to Boston. I can't even explain how excited I am to leave Phoenix.



Well, that's that.

What's best for everyone is bound to hurt somebody.
What's best for everyone is killing me.


I'm pobably not going to poston here for while.

I really need to stop listening to Lucero. It isn't making things any easier.

I'm pretty sure I'm losing my mind... You know what that means? Yep, time for Lucero.

I think I'll stay right down here on this floor
Cause if I get back up I'll only fall down more
It ain't the liquor and it ain't the beer that keeps me down
It ain't the sad songs or heartache it ain't even this town

Now I must've had a pretty good time to end up here
Made a pretty good run it caught up with me my dear
There's no need to make a fuss cause I'll be all right
Just let me lay here a while 'til I can stand upright

Now I'm just a little bit tired that's all
Don't make me get back up cause I'll just fall

Please stop talking so loud and just let me sleep
I ain't in nobody's way they can just step over me
Well I think I'll just stay right down here on this floor
Cause if I get back up I'll only fall down more

I've been writing like a madman lately. I've literally had to pull off the side of the road on more than one occasion. This rules.

No wiener dog races today.
I'm way bummed.

Prescott was fun. I just wish our trip would have involved wiener dogs... I did see an amazing basset hound that was only interested in laying the grass. That was pretty cute.

Jesus, how did I ever forget about this? It's so good, I have goosebumps.

I don't like change.
It gives me anxiety.

So, I'm back from tour. Despite our van breaking down in Colorado, I must say it was very successful. We had a really good response and every show was incredible in it's own way. We definitely brought that mosh in Canon City and played to 50 kids crammed into a basement in Denver. El Paso was fantastic simply because we got to play with Make Do and Mend. I also lost my mind, broke my finger and got 'blood' all over everyone that night.

Being on the road for hours upon hours really gave me a chance to think and sort things out. I can honestly say that I wouldn't mind spending a majority of my life on the road, in a van with 5 smelly boys. I made a lot of new friends and had a ton of amazing experiences. I don't like the feeling of being home, knowing I could be out on the road playing shows every night.

I've used all of the energy I have, so now I need to take a nap before I head back to work. Work, ugh.... Reality sucks. I want to go back to my dream world.