Blogs from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, North America - page 6

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Okay, so the last few days have been filled with little else than getting up and impulsively travelling around the state and sleeping on various people's couches. A couple of days ago we went and visited the summer camp that Loz used to work at. The puddles there were frozen. It is up in the mountains, but we have experienced a bit of a cold snap! After that we went skiing at a mountain near the city of Asheville. Skiing is just like riding a bike, right? Right? WRONG So in our small posse we had Jif (snowboarding legend with sprained ankle), myself (ski pro), Piggy (it's been a while), Jive (see Piggy) and Pocket Jive and Loz (never skiid before) So Piggy and I did our best to teach them, but I soon discovered that ... read more

The week is over. I am sitting in Charlotte airport awaiting my flight back to Knoxville. Yesterday might have been the longest day I can remember. Mainly, because I can never remember putting in an 18 hour work day! Our load out lasted a bit longer than anyone expected, 6 1/2 hours! It usually takes 2! Chris the Stage Manager, reassured me that load out's were usually not that bad, but it was still hard! All in all, the job is alright. It's a lot of long hours and hard work, and I am pretty much a glorified pack gorilla. I move stuff around. But that's alright I suppose. The crew and some of the cast are amazing. They make sure to have fun. The lifestyle can kick your butt if your not careful. YOu have ... read more

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have in enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity....It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates vision for tomorrow. .........Melodie Beattie The events of the last 6 weeks blindsided me and has unravelled in ways I would never imagine. It all started with the words "I am kinda having a commitment issue" and ended up with me getting on a flight to Mumbai with a backpack, a computer, some of Tyler's ashes and a broken heart. Life is strange. As most you don't and few of you do, I left August 21st on an extended three month ... read more

I hate florida. i hate florida. i dont really know what else to tell you. its hot, sticky, humid, and infested with bugs. Its disgusting. Florida was probably the worst selling days for everyone on the tour. The fact that people plain out SUCK in Florida, and the fact that its hot and disgusting makes up for that no one sold much. so yea. florida sucks. though i did take an amazing shower in the rain. i really didn't mean to, but the fact that we didn't have enough time to get all the shit into the trailer before it started to rain, means i had a great shower. I just took a shower though. but it seems the rest of the bus went out and had a group shower, and then some streaking. Thats probably ... read more