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Hey there. Here's the three month update. I recently turned 24 years old. I'm still vegan and still playing hardcore. Still playing in Crucial Times and still single. I have, however, relocated to Mikey X's house in the new north end of Burlington. If it were inhabited by any other individuals, I would consider it quaint suburban paradise, but it is in fact housing two hopeless romantic retards who would do anything to go on tour and shout at people that don't really give a shit all over the country. I suppose its the dream duo I've been aspiring for all these years. Although Kimball still needs his papa bear moments (alone time) and he still gets them. Aside from the occasional outburst and humor at the equivalent of a preschooler (Mikey X), I'm finally getting that peace of mind that would've normally been interrupted in the past by PBR drinking crust punks and there penchant for hording anything and everything from the nearest dumpster.

Girls seem to be a waste of time. This weekend, my friend Lilly tried to hook me up with one of her co-workers. I returned the favor by getting drunk and trying to kiss her co-worker. Yeah I had just barely met her, but all night my friends kept telling me to be assertive and to not fuck it up. Anyway, Lilly's friend was not into kissing (kissing me anyways...haha). Normally I wouldn't do this. Normally I wouldn't do anything if a girl was sitting right next to me if nobody else was in the house, but this time I thought the mood was right....or maybe I was just too drunk. I think this girl may have actually been more interested in petting Mikey X's cat named Zombie actually.

Anyways, that didn't go over too well. I guess I learned my lesson. So Crucial Times is doing a Midwest tour in August. We're planning to play out as far as Kansas City, Kansas. It'll be a loop. Fucking playing the south in August, it's too hot and muggy. I'm still having trouble filling in some gaps, mainly Chicago, Kentucky and West Virginia. It was pretty easy getting a show in Iowa surprisingly though. I also went to Mexico with Change of Ideas in March. We drove from Florida to Texas, where we did shows in Austin, Dallas and McAllen. We then took a bus from McAllen, TX to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MX. It was a pretty drive and only cost $40. Lots of tall, dusty and rocky hills and mountains and a cactus here and there. It was pretty sweet. Monterrey was beautiful and we spent two days with Mike and his family there while they showed us around the city. They did so much for us and I'm so thankful for their hospitality. Next we took a 15 hour bus drive to Mexico City. It was so fucking long, but I slep through a good portion of it. We played for over a 100 kids in the center of the city and people went nuts. I still can't believe I played there. Great hospitality again, courteous of Pablo (also check out his amazing hardcore band Picking Up The Pieces). Mexico City was also the first time I tried flower tea. By the way, there are in fact Taco Bells in Mexico! After that, we took a couple buses back to Texas and played a couple more shows on our way back to Florida. I'd say the whole trip was worth the experience.

I'm really starting to feel like I'm going to be single for eternity. I hear one of two things constantly; 1) Be a dick and 2) play hard to get. I'm also told to be assertive all at the same time. This all seems rather annoying. I thought relationships just came together. Mind games are fucking stupid. And usually after I try the first two things mentioned, someone usually tells me to not move so fast and keep my distance. I'm also told not to have friends that are girls at all. Shouldn't I just be listening to myself? I guess I'm fucked. I haven't held a girl's hand in more than three years. I'm becoming use to myself and myself only. That's not a good thing.