...I am posting this ahead of time.

Today will be a great day. I already got to ride in on the motorcycle. I will be leaving work in an hour. And this afternoon, I will be heading up to a nice bed and breakfast with my lady for the night. Tomorrow we top it off with a day at Summerfest and watch the fireworks.

It's going to be a good 48 hours where I don't have to worry about anything really. Just what to eat, and lounge around.

...I went to State Fair Park and it didn't flood.

So, I went to State Fair Park this weekend to attend Greek Fest. My lady dances in it every year and last year I was unable to attend because am.psych was celebrating our latest and only cd release with a 3 day mini tour on the same weekend.

Well, this year, I was able to attend... and, a Jorgensen of Crego decent stepped foot on the fairgrounds and it didn't flood.  Laugh all you want, it's happened twice before.

The fest was interesting. I have never seen so many people just happy to be entertained by dancing. They went late in to the night last night and the band kept playing past 10 even though that was when it was supposed to be done. Greek time I guess.

I liked it. I'll be going again. It was really a fun time... minus the ride where my leg was almost crushed.

...it's been a while.

I needed this break from the blog. It was really starting to be a burden and that was not the intent of it when I started it.

So, I am going to be changing things up in here. Yes, I will still post. Yes it will still be about what is better for that day or moment.

Thank you to everyone for sticking around. The posts will be a bit longer than I usually do as well.

...I'm truly enjoying the bike.

I dont care that it was 60 today. I still rode. It seems I'm only going to get to do this once every week or so. As my luck has it, I get one good day a week to ride. The rest of the time it's too cold or raining. Then, when I have my kids... it's f'ing amazing outside and I can't go for a ride. So, I am enjoying every second I can.

I took Hwy 38 tonight. Once you're past 7mile road, it's got nice twists and turns and you can go off on other country roads and get a good lean going. I think I was leaned further out than any other time I've rode before. There is just something about it. I can't put my finger on it. I'm getting more comfortable too because I noticed I am not biting down and tensing my jaw while I ride. I just relax.

Until the next nice day....

...I feel rested and ready to take on the day.

It was a long weekend for me. There was a roller coaster of emotions ranging from love and anger, to euphoria and confusion.

This past weekend, Am.Psych played what has to be the largest crowd we've ever played for in Chicago. It was amazing. Dave Shock should be given a fucking medal for what he did. To get everyone together in one venue for four days and just let us all do our thing is more than any of us could have asked for. Even more, we all got to meet people and see bands that we ALL have so much respect for.

Who else can get Christ Analogue, Die Warzau, and Stromkern to all come back to Chicago and play a show? DAVID MOTHERFUCKING SHOCK! THAT'S WHO!

I owe so much to this guy. It's going to be really hard to pay him back over the years for all he has done for me personally. And, not just for the am.psych stuff either. He's been a very good friend to me since we first met back when we did our Thanksgiving show with USSA and Chemlab.

So, I have lots of other thank you's to go through on this, bear with me here.

Thank you to Dan Clark for playing with us once again.
Thank you to Jim Semonic for just being awesome and pulling out the ole Jimmy Semtex for Reload (kind of fitting actually)
Thank you to Joe Graham for coming up to the fest. I'm glad I wasn't the only old guy there.
Thank you to Chris Demarcus, Kerry Peterson, Galen and all of SV for the disc.
Thank you to the Milwaukee crew - Kathy, Isaac, Lucy, David & Angie. It made it feel like a home show.

and, most of all... Thank you to Cat and Meg. You both know why.

...it's a three payday month.

I just noticed that the pay schedule makes it so I have three paydays this month. Bonus.

...The WTII Minifest starts today.

We've been waiting a while for this and it starts tonight. Due to having to work tomorrow, I can't be down there until tomorrow when I get to hang with many of my friends, Matt Fanale of Caustic included in this one....

oh, and if you were interested in talking to Matt, make sure you know the rules.

I still can't stop laughing over the rules.

...impromptu Brewer game.

...I am going to get back in the groove on this blog.

Sorry about the lack of posting. Life kind of got in the way. Many of you have noticed that a lot of my postings are either during the work day, or late at night. Well, I've been limiting my personal internet time at work on purpose and I have been trying to go to bed earlier and be a responsible adult.

Other than that, I've been spending time with the kids. We watched Tron Legacy this weekend. I'm going to watch it at least 20-30 more times as loud as I can because it sounds awesome. It also makes me want to get on my motorcycle more. I did ride in today. I didnt care that it was 80 when I left the house. I needed to ride. I'm still getting used to it, but I am handling it better each time I am on it.

More posts to come... on a more frequent and hopefully daily basis again.

Thank you for reading.

...I had a great ride in to work.

She's been named "Black Widow"

Today it's official. It's mine. I transferred the title over to me.  Got a plate for it. Rode it in to work. It was really windy out this morning but it didn't really feel all that bad once I was out there. I missed the feel of doing 70 on the freeway with the wind pressing against my body. For people who don't ride and are afraid of it, it's hard to explain. There is nothing like it. It's the most alert you'll ever be while driving. You know where everything is. I hear it, see it, smell it (not all of it is good.) There is a huge feeling of freedom while riding. I love every second of it. Some of the people I love are not too thrilled about it, but they understand that it is something that lives within and won't be going away anytime soon. For those of you who are concerned about me riding. I always wear my helmet. I have an armored jacket as well.

Today was better because I had a great ride in to work on a bike that is all mine.