Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada

PS. for this post I have no pictures. booo, I know. sorry my camera took a crap on me and I had to buy a new one.
xoxoox

3-18-07
Fort Worth, TX

Today was a long one, especially after a full day at
SXSW yesterday! There were heaps of bands playing this
local four day festival, including a couple of bands
that played at SXSW yesterday, Days Away and the Photo
Atlas…both of which were amazing! I was a fan of the
New Frontiers on Militia Group as well. Today’s set
up was rad, as I was in the main room as I was able to
catch all of the sets. Kids were super psyched for the
Cute Is What We Aim For signing that we set up about
mid day. There were people lined up around the room
and out one of the exits. As the evening ended we
ended up having a fairly early bus call at midnight.
So we chilled on the bus and watched movies all
night…in fact I ended up staying awake to watch the
sunrise…. and caught a few re-runs of Saved by the
Bell!! Since it was a day off the next day we did not
end up heading to bed until around 7:30am.


3-19-07
El Paso

Today was the first day off! I ended up sleeping much
of the day…till at least 2am. I was planning on
getting a mani and a pedi and try to recruit some of
the guys to join me….easier said than done. I ended
up going out to eat with Indy, the AP tour manager
then walking around the mall for a couple hours. Indy
and I ended up seeing some rad little shops with heaps
of crazy bling. Indy immediately picked up this angry
snowman chain necklace and ended up not picking it up
right away. I couldn’t help but purchase a pair of
imitation diamond pistol earrings…LOVE them! We ran
into some of the Circa guys (Scott, Steve and Chris)
and as soon as the guys joined up I made a quick exit
to do some girly shopping that I didn’t want to drag
them into. I came back to the bus an hour or so
later and they all had become a little more thugged
out with new jewelry…and this is only the beginning!
Give them a few more weeks and their necks are going
to be so loaded with chains that they won’t the energy
to lift their heads.

3-20-07
Tempe, AZ

We woke up fairly early today and were able to start
loading in fairly early. I got everything set up for
the show then just kicked back for a bit. Anthony and
I went on a little adventure with one of the runners
to Whole Foods and cheers to a shot each of wheat
grass…seriously made me feel amazing and helps him
perform at night. The show was great! As Tall as
Lions and Envy on the Coast did signings throughout
the evening as well.

3-21-07
Pomona, CA

First day in California! When we rolled in there were
two kids that walked up and got in line right away
with fold up chairs and blankets in hand…and this was
something like 9am! The Glass House sold out quick
and kids packed the house! I was super busy all night
hanging with all of the show goers and organizing the
Cute signing. The night went very well. Eric
“Spanky”, the merch master for Circa didn’t look like
he had a second to breath with everyone rushing to buy
their show paraphernalia. After Envy’s set there was
a mini signing at my table with Bryan. This man is
seriously one of the nicest dudes on tour. At the end
of the evening, he even helped me with the hardest
part of my job, tearing down the tri-stand AP signage.
The frame for this thing is gnarly, trust me. It took
4 people this night to attack that thing and get is
down. I’m going to take pics one of these nights so
you all can see just how gnarly it is….it could
probably eat me alive if I gave it the opportunity.
After the show was very mellow. Just chilled on
Cute’s bus for a bit and then went back to my bus and
watched South Park.

3-22-07
San Diego, CA

So, I am pretty sure that I have everyone’s names down
now…at least I am super close! I have been super
excited about today because we’re in San Diego where I
am from!!! We woke up pretty early so the Circa guys
could do a walk through at MacBeth, Tom Delong from
Blink 182 and Angels and Airwaves footwear and apparel
company.
I was stoked because I have a couple of friends that
work there that I wanted to say hello. Unfortunately,
they were in a plane on their way to Chicago so I was
not able to see them. When we arrived in downtown
we parked pretty far away from the venue because there
was no parking anywhere near the House of Blues.
Colin and Anthony from Circa and I took a little walk
to grab a cup of coffee. It was a beautiful day…not
too hot with a nice ocean breeze. Later in the
afternoon after load in, Josh from the Circa crew and
Richard from the Cute crew and I walked down to
Pokez…one of the best Mexican restaurants in San
Diego! My good friend, Katie, came to meet up with us
then we rolled back to HOB. The show started and kids
lined up two flights of stairs around the club to get
their chance to meet all of the Circa Survive guys.
The signing went well and we cut it off just before
Envy on the Coast went on. All of the bands played
great tonight! I absolutely LOVE watching all of
these guys perform. I took a peek at the sets from
the upstairs balcony and I was stoked. Those guys in
As Tall as Lions have some effing moves…. especially
Julio, he’s all over the place. A dance party is a
must on this tour! It was an early night tonight so
we basically loaded out and left with zero time for
any hang sessions. We have a long day in Vegas
tomorrow, so the rest is probably much needed.

3-23-07 
Las Vegas, NV

I  LOVE Las Vegas!!! I come here far too often but still love it just the same every time. My master plan was to give some of the Circa guys a lesson in Craps..it’s absolutely the best game to play in Vegas!  My craps lessons turned into me walking around the shops in between Mandalay Bay and The Luxor with Steve’s girlfriend.  It’s nice to have another lady to play with…especially when I am surrounded by men most of the time (not that I’m complaining).  The set up for the show was a bit wacky today since it was in a casino.  All of the merch and the signing with Cute was out in the main casino area so I was not able to check out the show at all, so unfortunately I don’t have any words to say about the performances tonight. Lucky for me, I still had several visitors this evening. Chris from the Lions crew cam and chilled as well as Bryan from Envy. Several of the Lions and Envy guys had their families in town for this show. They seemed super excited to see their boys perform!  After the show, breakdown went super fast.  There was a crazy cover band that played after the AP show…so effing good!  A girlfriend and I partook in a bit of the dance party then we all decided to go ride the roller coaster on the Stratosphere.  I peaced out part way into the walk and Chris joined me to go find a craps table to make my winning table! It was a weird night…I wasn’t feeling any of the tables, ended up playing anyway and losing 100 dollars…so bummed.  We just ended up walking around, having a couple of bevy’s then I decided to call it a night.  When I got back to my bus, Brendan and I decided to venture back into the casino and ended up on the dance floor in HOB again….well, I ended up  on the dance floor. I don’t think Brendan was going to budge his feet for a second. So there I was jumping into random middle aged women’s dance circles and tried to get them to dance with me. This didn’t last long because I didn’t find anyone that could handle my incredible dance moves. ? So that became the end of my evening…tomorrow’s LA, so I peaced  out and went to sleep.