Counting the Cliches

So I had a three day weekend since I've pulled a lot of overtime at work over the last few weeks. I had the privilege of spending those three days on the road, playing some rock 'n roll with Squint in the middle Southeast Texas.



Friday, we drove to Montgomery, Tx (just outside of Conroe) where we played at the Lava Lounge. It was an all ages club, which is always interesting, especially in this small of a town. The place was really cool, the people were really nice... just wish there would have been more of them.




That night we stayed at a Day's Inn in Conroe. This place... was pretty ghetto, yet it seemed to be the local high school hangout. Nearly every room was open with a couple younger people hanging out, drinking. Even better, there was a bar attached to the hotel called Malone's. Naturally, we all went to the bar, drank and played pool 'til it closed. Good times.



The next morning, we woke up... hit up the illustrious continental breakfast (stale donuts and cereal) and hit the road. The next night, we were in Tomball, Tx, playing at Gary's Spot (or, the G-Spot to the regulars... yea, THAT kind of vibe). We played with 3 really good bands, (I believe) all from Austin: the Killer Crocs of Uganda, the Banner Year, and She Craves. Another interesting night but at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. We got back to the hotel and crashed around 5am.



The drive home the next day, sucked! Everything was going smooth until we hit the tiny town of Giddings, Tx, roughly 50 miles from home... where the van (a 1990 Chevy Glaval Gladiator conversion van) broke down. We called up our friends in She Craves and luckily they were about 20 minutes behind us. They stopped and picked up Tote so he could get back to study for a final.



Meanwhile, Dane, Matt, Beeker and I were stuck on the side of the road, in BFE f'ing Texas for around 4 hours. We had some 'issues' with AAA not liking the fact that we had the trailer, that delayed the process. Finally we got it figured out and our tow truck guy arrived. He was cool as hell, and hooked us up big time and, finally, we made it home.



The good news is that Dane had already lined up a new van the day we left. So Monday, he and Matt went and picked it up (will post pics soon). It's the same make, model, year, everything... only it's in WAY better condition.


P.S.
So over the course of this random, crazy, rock'n'roll-cliche-filled weekend, I managed to get a sunburn from hell... on my feet ($5 flip flops from Krogers were a bad choice).