Friday was the ESRI block party, The close down New York street in Redlands and bring in a ton of carnival type things for little kids. They have free food, music, and other games and things. Its basically the ESRI company picnic. I invited Thom and Maryn to come with Amy and I. Watching Maryn play on the rides was the best. Nothing is as awesome as a little girls laughter.

I went to get my haircut from Dylan, he gave me a FLAT TOP. A legit flat top! I look like guile from street fighter. Its out of control. Amy hates it with a passion. I don’t like it a whole lot, but I think its funny to wear. Who else has a flat top, nobody! (maybe there is a reason to that…)

After my haircut, Keller and I went to town. We tore one of my bathrooms apart. We ripped out the sink and vanity, manage to knock a hole in the wall during the process, took up the tile floor. Basically its a room with a bathtub… which wont be in there for long, I am taking that out also!.

We were supposed to play a show on Slyvan Park but when we got there, there was a family reunion going on. They had matching shirts and everything. I didn’t want to be a dick, so I postponed the show. We didn’t start until after 6. There was still a ton of kids there. Oblige and Plague: The Red Letters got to play before the police showed up and shut the show down.

Sunday, Keller and I fixed the hole in my bathroom, and i painted the door jambs and baseboards of my master bedroom. Practice was good, we are using new PA speakers, and they rule compared to our last set. I skipped church and went to the glasshouse with Amy, Yenny, and Hardcore Steve. Scars of Tomorrow, Between the Buried and Me, Cave-in, Converge. Cave-In was the highlight for me. They are amazing. They played two of their heavy songs, Matt abd I killed people as soon as they started playing them. Jake from converge is creepy. His stage presence is just bizarre. One of his arms is always like rubber and he looks like a pissed off zombie. I think the set they played last night was better then the set at Hellfest. I ordered one of Jake Bannons paintings, "unloved", it was way expensive, but well worth it. Only 100 printed.