October 2010- Christmas Eve

Alright, time was made to finish those last two posts, so I'm going to put a little effort into rounding up the recent events as well.

Once I returned from New Orleans, I also reclaimed my job at CenterStaging which was super awesome. So far there, it's been very good and kept me busy which I like. Also I have been sticking with Lush for the time being, but may cut back on that in the new year, don't really know yet though. Having both these jobs and that long drive from Inglewood to the Valley pretty much killed any ounce of social life I had, but I was able to squeeze in a few things at the end of the month such as:

-Dinners in Downtown with Araceli
-The Viper Room to see Thomas Ian Nicholas
-Watching the Phillies/Dodgers game with Nick, Em, and Peter S
-Hitting up the Roxy to see Peter Daily and Flynn Adam with Peter S
-Hanging with Aaron to see Nathan Maxwell @ the Dragon Fly
-watching Rene, Tamra, and Brian make Xmas Soap
-attending Mark's Christmas Party

I also had to skip out on many events including Liz's and Topher's goodbye parties which I do apologize for as I'll miss both of them, but I'm sure it wont' be the last I see of those peeps.

Things will hopefully settle down a bit since my move to North Hollywood. I really am looking forward to hitting the gym up everyday again. I haven't had ANY time to do so in the last three months and my mental calm is being tried due to this. The gym I just joined has kickboxing and yoga which are my two fav work outs aside from the eliptical, so I'm pretty stoked.

Another thing to be excited about is decorating my new place. I'll probably go about it a room at a time. Maybe starting with the bathroom first and then on the closet since that room is closest to being done as is.

Right now I'm in Ohio at my sister's place. The new nephew, Remy, is sooo cool, but it still seems weird that my sister had a baby. I kinda feel like they picked it up at the store or something..We also brought Horace, our dog, along with us. He seems quite jealous of Remy since he's used to being spoiled with love, but hopefully he'll come around. The only other thing worth mentioning is that for the first time ever my Dad has a beard! I've never seen him with one, and he claims he's never grown one before. It's mostly white with a few gray & black specs. The other day he went into McDonalds with a red sweater on and his santa hat and he was ran sacked by kids who thought he was Santa Claus, but really he's Santa Clive :)

Today Laurean and I did some last minute shopping, but we've now settled in for some Chinese take-out (not my choice) and will later go to see Princess and the Frog with Adam. While waiting for the food to go down, Dad, Horace, and I are tuning into Dr. Who followed by the Black Adder's Christmas Special. Yip!

The Rest of the IMG Live Tour

Alright, time for me to get this ball rolling on the rest of the tour.

We went to Houston for a gig and then I believe proceeded straight to New Orleans after this again.

I got to see my friend, Maggie, who's going to school down there, and Juan got to check out the strip clubs on Bourbon Street.

There was also three stops in Missouri. While we were in one city, I researched the local sites to see, and went on a trip to the caverns. This was cool because it wasn't walk through, but an actual ride. I also learned that the caverns were used for Speakeasys, cults, and other crazy happenings in the 1700s. They had the original signatures of the 7 women that volunteered to explore the cave which was cool and the outside area around the caves were pretty bomb.

After getting the hell outta Missouri, we high-tailed it back to Atlanta. On the way Juan got a warning which was only really amusing because I got a warning earlier on while driving too. So for the rest of the tour I wasn't allowed to drive in Texas and he wasn't allowed to drive in Arkansas :)

We finally got back to Atlanta and met up with Dougie, Charlie, and Adrian for a little goodbye meal while watching the football game on tv. The next day Juan and I parted ways and resumed our lives off the road. I had a great time with Araceli, Rod, and Juan. All of them plus those other kats at IMG Live I met this summer were great.