Soda Sunday's Twenty One

WHOAAAAAAAAAa Soda Sunday turns twenty one today. Maybe it should get wasted and pass out while vomiting all over the street. Actually, in true E.Taub fashion Soda Sunday's will get in it's sweatsedo and immediately start reading about macroeconomics, ham radio, or quantum mechanics. What the fuck is wrong with me?

Sometimes I wish I was liquid and I could stick a spoon in my stomach from above and swirl myself around, like a spin-art looking thing or something. but then again I also wish I could eat nothing but cinnabon's all day so I suppose I'll have to wait well... whatever, sorry.

Its an interesting morning as you can't tell. I'm racing against time here because I've been notified that we're heading into "dark territory" for our day off. As excited as I am about natural hot springs, a massage, and a mountainside bed & breakfast I'm equally anxious about NO phone, NO Internet, No TV, and limited contact to any normal civilization. If Jack from the Shining shows up I'm not gonna lie, I'd be kinda stoked. Sidenote, did you know that little kid from the shining is like a middle aged professor now and HATES being asked about it. His tricycle was so bad ass.

Sundays certainly are amazing. Week without Soda, go me. what a fucking bad ass. As I'm typing this I wonder what it would sound like being read by a 1985 computer voice.. like the first macintosh or whatever.

I've been sick for like 5 days now which bums pretty hard. Neti Pots, Zinc, Vitamin C, Tons of Water, Tea, Sleep, all that shit just makes it 10% easier to tolerate but I can tell I just gotta wait it out. I'm sleeping like shit because I'm kinda super excited to get back to Los Angeles, time flies when you're having fun and I can't fucking believe this tour is 5 days from toast....

It's kinda sad because you really create a new family when you tour, I know I've written about it before, and I still do greatly miss the TAI guys and Metrostation but now that I had my own bus, crew and band this time around it was even MORE like a family than ever. I wonder how long it will take for me to get used to waking up and not smelling that wonderful bus coffee, or being rocked to sleep in a little bunk every night. I may not miss Drew and Shebby's non-stop stevie wonder jamming but I'll certainly miss everything else.

Spokane tomorrow which was a oddly significant place(it's where I met and fell the most in love I've ever been with anyone...Lockestar Kevin Taubenfeld.) It'll be a melancholy reminder but I know he's fucking shit up in heaven so I just smile at it.

When I return(which will be before our next soda blog) I'll welcome home / tour end BBQ, take a domestic day(yea even I need to tidy up the house and settle back in) and then get BACK to fucking work finishing "Best Years" & getting "Pumpkin Pie" mixed. I can promise one thing, you will LOSE your mind. A promise I confidently stand behind! I haven't felt this good since I first wrote Pumpkin Pie and cracked the code of W2BLC.

I'm thinking about getting back into a little home poker action. We played last night and it was too much fun, its the social/competitive element that makes me feel alive momentarily and so I think I owe it to myself to allow for the time. I mean, gotta at least have fun along the way right?

I'm starting to smell Sushi Dan, Zankou, Hugo's & LA Postal...... ahhhhhhhhh California. That Phantom Planet song is just so damn good. I know they're like way better than just that one song, and that most of you who like them hate on me for having just listed their pop single as my favorite, but it really is a killer song.

Roxy, Oct 15th is where this chapter ends, and I can definitely say it's going to be a VERY powerful conclusion. If I were even remotely in the vicinity of LA I'd get my butt to that show and see for yourself. It will be talked about for years to come(or not ever again)....

Well, that's enough scattered thoughts, can you tell I slept 4 hours? Infact I'm fairly certain ..well, whatever.
-Evan

p.s- I feel guilty for not being able to do the uStream, its the inherent Jewish Guilt my mom instilled in me for life. I'm trying to work on it but the doc says it's gonna take some time so for now just accept my apologies and know that I love you all more than you could ever possibly know.