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so, what’s new?

hey, blog. sorry, it’s been a while! lots has been going on, lately. where should i start?

i’m playing drums for jimmy robbins. check out his music! he’s a super nice and funny guy and we hit it off right away. jimmy has the potential to be huge, and i wish nothing more than that, because that would mean that i’m along for the ride. hehe. we have three fly dates, right now, but lots of stuff is in the works.

my week with motion city was amazing. mark hoppus is hilarious. chris holmes is the man. tony is an animal. eastwest studios are beautiful! easily, the most fun job i’ve ever taken. hehe.

speaking of motion city and hoppus, i’m also working for mcs for two shows in las vegas with blink 182. i’m flying out tomorrow morning to los angeles, picking up the van and trailer, and driving to vegas. couple days of rehearsal, couple shows, and i fly home. should be busy, but fun times.

i’ve been trying to eat healthy for about three weeks now, and it’s going alright. i’m of the opinion that even baby steps are a positive thing, and i’ve taken huge leaps in my diet, so i’m pretty stoked. i wish i could keep up with the excercise portion of it, but when i need to be in three places at once, it can be difficult to squeeze in a workout. at any rate, the scale says i’ve lost about five pounds, so something’s working! hehe.

jesse and jessica’s wedding is in august and i just booked my flight and rental car. this might be the first time i’ve ever done something so grown-up, all by myself. haha. probably because i’ve never had enough money to do so. oh wait, i don’t have money right now. what am i doing? ahhh!

lastly, i leave you with yet another submission to the blog of unecessary quotation marks that was either lost in the pile of submissions, or deemed not worthy enough. i happen to think it’s a “good” one.

it's a new law, alright... *wink wink nudge nudge*

left coast

so, i’m in los angeles for the week. tuning some drums on motion city’s fourth record. i’m really excited about hanging out with everyone and also stoked to hear how the songs turned out.

normally, you have to have really good foresight, to be able to heard the finished songs in your head, when it’s just drum tracks. for this, though, everything’s done! the instant gratification is probably gonna make everyone poop their pants. in a good way (i hope). i’m stoked for it.

other than that, i may or may not be getting together with someone who may or may not be hiring me to maybe or maybe not be involved in something that may or may not be awesome. (i hope that was vague enough to not get me in trouble, but still be intriguing! haha). at any rate, keep your fingers crossed for me!

i’ve come a long way since this:

my first drum kit. also, my last polo shirt?

i’m old

here's me as a youngster. cute fucker.

i just scanned a bunch of old pictures onto my facebook.

there’s a couple in there from high school and it’s crazy, cause i feel like that wasn’t that long ago. but, it was almost a decade ago! yikes! i guess i’ve been teching for mcs for 3 years. somerset was formed almost 7 years ago. and flipsyde’s first tour was like 10 years ago? crazy. hehe.

at any rate, i’m feeling much more positive now, than from my last post. i had a great conversation with jon, who plays in the matches. he is starting a new project and we’re talking about me possibly playing drums for it. i’m excited to hear what he’s got. i hate getting ahead of myself, but just thinking about playing in a band and touring in a van again gets me stoked.