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BATTLE/HERCULES tour route and dates have been confirmed. Big surprise for August 22nd in Omaha. So fucking excited to tell the world!

8.28 - 9.12 w/ Battle

8.22 Omaha, NE
8.23 Waterloo, IA
8.24 Kokomo, IN
8.25 Columbus, OH
8.26 Pittsburgh, PA
8.27 Philadelphia, PA
8.28 Burlington, MA
8.29 Haverhill, MA
8.30 Dover, MA
8.31 Providence, RI
9.01 Hartford, CT
9.02 Brooklyn, NY
9.03 Baltimore, MD
9.04 Richmond, VA
9.05 Wilmington, NC
9.06 Jacksonville, FL
9.07 Tallahassee, FL
9.08 Gainesville, FL
9.09 Jacksonville, FL
9.10 Tampa, FL
9.11 Port St Lucie, FL
9.12 Lake City, FL
9.13 Birmingham, AL
9.14 Clarksville, TN
9.15 Louisville, KY
9.16 Saint Louis, MO
9.17 Peoria, IL
9.18 Iowa City, IA
9.19 Des Moines, IA

www.myspace.com/battle
www.myspace.com/herculesne

on the subject of sleep . . .

Up till 6:00am yesterday figuring out my life
Woke up at 10:00am and did nothing all day, it felt good
2:45 am and I still cannot sleep
Want to hang out with Kailey
Want to go on tour
Do not want to work
Do not want to go to school
Want to go watch Arrested Development and fall asleep

Sometimes when things look bad you have to say fuck it and think about how sweet other shit is. I love being alive.

Quick! Ask Zooey what stops xrays!

It's interesting to me the way people chose to react to situations in life. Most of the time you think it would be more beneficial for you and everyone to live by cliches such as "don't sweat the small stuff" but that isn't the way it works anymore. There's a bigger picture that we miss because we're too busy nit picking at all of the bullshit day to day battles and obstacles we have to deal with. I'm not on any high horse, I do this all of the time too. I think that when it comes down to it you just have to weed out the shit in your life you disagree with and then move on. Don't get heated when it comes back up every once and a while, there are more important things to tend to. Getting caught up in day to day struggles will put you nowhere good in life.

I'm not really sure what I'm even talking about. It's 4:00am and I'm waiting for Black Teeth to get to my house so I can get some sleep and go to the zoo tomorrow. I guess I just see people lose themselves in trivial things everyday like their bad 6 hours spent at work or something said about them by another person. All of that shit is always going to be in your life. You have to make the choice to let it dictate who you are or give it an ultimate face push and stay positive. To hold onto another boring cliche, life isn't fair. I think the sooner we all accept that the better.

That doesn't mean that people shouldn't be held accountable for their actions. But, if you actually care about it then please act on and don't waste your time smackin your lips together. All that's gonna get is spit all over your chin and your situation nowhere. If you hate someone, tell them and move on. If you love someone, give them that news. If you want to be an activist then be one. But don't sit in your room bottling up all of your emotions and then talking down to people when they don't agree with you. It's easy to sensationalize things.

This isn't about a particular situation. I'm just trying to stay positive in my life. I've been a slave to misery and depression for so long. I'm trying not to confuse that with anger though. You should keep the anger but lose the loathing, and lose the hate. The hate is what really tears away at you, mainly the self hatred. Rather than dwelling on why I hate people and things I'm trying to dwell on the reasons why I am not like those people or things. Reasons like my friends, my family, my girlfriend, punk rock, straight edge, etc. Sweat the small stuff and you'll be drenched in it. I should probably clean so these guys don't think we're total losers, even though we are.

I'll go back on everything I said because that's who I am.

Wardrobe Malfunction

I realized today when I started standing up straight that probably 95% of my t-shirts don't fit the way I thought they did.

9 YEARS

GONE ALL SUMMER

This will be the least amount of time I spend home over a summer in my life. I'll miss Kailey, my friends and my family a lot. But, on the bright side, I will get to see almost the entire country...

6.11 Omaha, NE
6.12 Waterloo, IA
6.13 Wichita, KS
6.14 Oklahoma City, OK
6.15 Fort Worth, TX
6.16 Lubbock, TX
6.17 El Paso, TX
6.18 Tuscon, AZ
6.19 Tempe, AZ
6.20 Ventura, CA
6.21 Fresno, CA
6.22 Sacramento, CA
6.23 Reno, NV
6.24 Redding, CA
6.25 Redding, CA
6.26 Portland, OR
6.27 Seattle, WA
6.28 Spokane, WA
6.29 Boise, ID
6.30 Salt Lake City, UT
7.01 Logan, UT
7.02 Grand Junction, CO
7.03 Denver, CO
7.04 Lincoln, NE
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8.21 ST Paul, MN
8.22 Chicago, IL
8.23 Cleveland, OH
8.24 - 8.27 Albany, NY
8.28 Haverhill, MA
8.29 - 9.01 Providence, RI
9.02 Brooklyn, NY
9.03 Baltimore, MD
9.04 Richmond, VA
9.05 Wilmington, NC
9.06 Jacksonville, FL
9.07 Tallahassee, FL
9.08 Gainesville, FL
9.09 Ocala, FL
9.10 Tampa, FL
9.11 Port ST Lucie, FL
9.12 Lake City, FL
9.13 Tallahassee, FL
9.14 Birmingham, AL
9.15 Clarksville, TN
9.16 Louisville, KY
9.17 ST Louis, MO
9.18 Peoria, IL
9.19 Iowa City, IA

INTERNETZ

The Float Crib is now internet friendly.

ChineseInternetTacosBikeRide

Just ate free Hong Kong Cafe. Every Monday with Nathan and Gabe. Things are looking up and looking down at the same time. On the downside I am currently not working for 11 days. Over the next 2 weeks the only money I will make is $120 total from donating plasma. Luckily, on the upside I am using my down time in a positive way, getting a lot done booking shows, tour stuff, making flyers, getting internet at our house, etc. Finally getting internet at home, won't have to go to my parents house or work to use the internet. That will be really great.

I've been in a great mood lately which hasn't happend since probably 2007 so it has been a wild feeling. Playing a lot and going to a lot of shows coming up here...

May 22nd Young Widows @ Antiquarium
May 23rd Borealis @ Mosaic
May 25th Take Control @ Antiquarium
May 29th @ Benson Grind (Koizumi Acoustic)
May 30th Comadre @ Ghost House
June 4th @ Ghost House (Hercules)
June 6th @ The Float Crib (Koizumi Acoustic)
June 8th @ Ghost House (Koizumi)
June 11th - July 4th Hercules / In The Face of War Tour

hell yeah. punk rock is cool.

50 cent tacos @ the moon then a bike ride tonight. followed by internet use at my home. Maybe not so much of a shit life?

THIS IS JOHN...WHATEVER...

Haven't posted anything in a tiff. Not much has been going on. Been struggling to get this Hercules/In The Face of War tour booked. You know no one gives a fuck about our band so it's real hard to book tours, especially on the west coast. It will work out though, it usually does in some way. Wild shit has happend lately. I'm only working 3 days in the next 2 weeks. Don't know if I'll be able to afford to live at The Float Crib after tour. Things are iffy right now. But just like everything else in my life, it will work out in some way.