tour

I recently went on tour with the Tim Lowly Ensemble, and it was such a great experience. I had almost no expectations about it before we left, and I was even getting a little nervous for it. But that fateful friday morning came and we all loaded up the little cars (an Echo and a Civic) and hit the road. First stop was Pittsburgh, which I am now convinced is my future home. We played a nice little show there, stayed the night at Danny B's place (poor guy had just gotten his wisdom teeth out!). Next stops were Warren, PA, Clinton/Syracuse NY, Boston, New York NY, Block Island RI, Washington DC, Philadelphia PA, and Forest/Bedford VA. Each place we played humble shows and were shown much generosity and hospitality. It was pretty exciting for me because I'd only ever been to Washington out of all our destinations. I was also the designated "merch girl" so my job was pretty simple, and we were able to fund all of our trip expenses using the profits from shows, which was pretty great. I expected to be in the hole once everything was said and done.

I think one of the best things about our tour were the people we traveled with. I knew 2 of the art girls already, but we were just kind of thrown into the trip with the band, all of whom (except for tim of course) we'd never really met before. I don't know why I'd never talked to any of them before, since I've been to my fair share of Tim shows before, but who knows. Needless to say, we all clicked and had a great time. The boys were so much fun, Ethan and Ted were my favorites. It was so great to just hang out with people I'm not always around, and with males - there's a whole lot of estrogen in my usual social circles.

A very important part of tour was the time for retrospection it gave me. I realized some pretty heart-breaking things about myself and the people around me (especially those who I've been close with in the past), and at times because of this I just feel more and more frustrated with myself because I've built up such massive walls, and I begin to fail utterly at any communication of my true feelings. I feel trapped inside my own head, and running away sounds like a great option. Anyone wanna move to Pittsburgh with me??