Two very, very cool shows this week. Tueday was back at Goffs School after a tour dates there a few months ago. We said hey to all the people that have stayed in touch and hopefully made some new people smile with new songs.

We had to jusge the Battle Of The Bands (fuck, i hate those things, but at least we didn't have to compete). Let me just clear one thing up after reading some stuff on MySpace...you were allowed to do cover songs and they were all done really well, but it came down to two bands in the end and the winners had everyone jumping around to their own songs (they were also a little tighter). It's easy (well, easier) to get a room full of people moving to songs they know well. To make them sing/jump/move/dance/reacte to your music that they've never heard before is what can set you apart. Nobody broke any rules, it was just our opinion - feel free to ignore it, I would if I were you.

Thank you to everyone who hopped up on stage at the end of the show...you should see the video footage from that show - it is insane!! I will make sure Kev puts it in the new video (coming soon, I promise). Everyone in ODL t-shirts was sight for sore eyes (especially Amy who made her own....that's so fucking cool i can't even say.)

Last night was a home-town show. I don't know about you guys, but I had an awesome time. The new songs were a little tighter than last time (although we played the pop song waaaaay too slow, oops.) My new in-ear monitors meant I could hear everything!! i love them sooo much, they are worth Kev hassling me for taking too long during soundchecks. He'd be bugging me about something anyway so it may as well be that. I swear that kid is bi-polar and needs to taking Lithium or something, i dunno.

Been doing vocals for the demo's when we've had time. they are sounding good, but they require a lot of imagination as we don't have time to add effects right now...we just know in our head how they'll sound. someone commented to me that they thought Friends In Name Only was over-produced, you ain't heard nothing yet. pop baby. fuck yeah.

There is a kick-ass thunderstorm out my window right now. I can feel the thunder shake my house. I love that. I'm gonna go stare at flashes and dark clouds. catch you guys later. thank you for making it a good week, i owe you another one...make sure you keep count.

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