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the show in the o-dot wasn't that great. there wasn't a big crowd - whatever.
there were some friends there. good to see claudia - haven't seen in her like what, 3 yrs, and erica (allyson's sister) came with one of her work buddies.

the sound at zaphod's is always awesome, so that was a bonus.

the establishment ended up playing a set and it was quite funny because the bartender remembered them from when they were there this summer, and bought them shots during their set.

we all ended up sleeping in a one-bedroom apartment of a friend of one of the guys in My Dad VS Yours (a cool band from Ottawa who played at Pineau's prom with us back home). i discovered a trick - if you're all sleeping on floors, put a pillow underneath your hips - you sleep much more comfortably and soundly. decent trick.

we got up around 9 this morning, had some breakfast at denny's (good, but a little pricey), and then drove down to guelph. well, we dropped mary off in toronto, and then headed to guelph.

katherine (our guelph counterpart) had a roast, mashed potatoes, and carrots ready for us for supper - not to mention a million cookies - so we felt we were amazingly at home. after supper we went out and bought a cornucopia of groceries and beers. we have dubbed tomorrow Saint Patrick's Wednesday - so we are starting drinking at at least 1pm tomorrow. it's our day off - so we're taking advantage of it.

this is awesome.

toronto

we left montreal on sunday morning and headed to to the Tdot.
we strolled into town around 4 o'clock on unloaded our gear in a spot called The Boat on Augusta Avenue. It was once a chinese restaurant fashioned to look like a boat, but now it's serves as a rock n roll venue for these things called Pitter Patter nights - which is basically like a new music showcase in toronto.

we were playing this show as part of a festival - so there were like 5 or 6 bands on the bill. jon played second, we played third.

the crowd was pretty receptive to us, even when we played Godspeed (in which the lyrics are: I don't want to move to Toronto). for a sunday night in Toronto, the crowd was pretty good. the place was in kensington market, so it wasn't too bad. we didn't really make a "boat" load (get it?) of money or sell much merch - but whatever.

when we got into Toronto i met up with my old college friends (how old am i?) Jo Corbett and Aaron McCluskey - who was actually my roommate in first year. they came out to the show, and Pinky and I came back to their place - which is conveniently just around the corner - to spend the night. ahhh. no floor for me last night.
it was good times, it's always great to reconnect with old friends - especially people like Jo and Aaron.

Today we do a bit of a zigzag back up to Ottawa for a free showcase at Zaphod's - we usually do well with merch there, but there's no local act tonite - so i don't know how that will go. the establishment might even hop up and do a set. crazy.

montreal

we got to montreal in excellent time today, i slept through all of new brunswick - fine by me.

the place we played in tonite was called La Sala Rosa - a pretty big place that reminded me of a high school gym. The show was quite early (930) but the crowd was great. we had a good response, sold some cds - and met up with some montreal via halifax pals (karley, bex, erin, dounia, etc).

oh, ps - andrew is BACK. he was in jamaica for three months - we picked him up today and he jumped right back into the lineup. i can't wait for his jamaica stories.

off to toronto tomorrow - hoping to see some old king's folk.

so far, so good.

it starts

the tour has officially started. we're hanging out in fredericton at derek's, as always, and we're waking up early to go to montreal for our first show on the road at La Sala Rosa.

Last night's show @ the Attic was lots of fun. It's the second time we've played there with the sleepless nights. for a thursday night show, there was a good crowd. We played with The Darcys and our touring partners Jon McKiel.

Today we rented our tour van, packed it full, and hit the road.

i'm excited to be on tour again. i don't like that it's winter - that means we won't be able to hang out in cool spots in ottawa or peterborough or something. it also means that if i have to sleep on floors, it's probably going to be cold. which is why i brought a blanket. no one else is getting it! suckers!

we may have a couple days off mid-tour, i'm hoping the gang will agree to go to guelph and hang out at my friend katherine's place. she's a doll. she has beds for all of us.

have to get up at 630 tomorrow morning - off to montreal in a few hours.