HEY GUYS ITS DEREK. JUST SAYING HI. WE ARE ON THE ROAD AND HAVE A DAY OFF IN SAN ANTONIO. WE FLEW OUT AND HAD A SHOW IN BIG RAPIDS MICHIGAN. IT WAS PUT ON BY THE DELTA-CHI BOYS AT FERRIS STATE..
THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND THE SHOW WENT OFF!!!!! EVERYONE ON WAS SO COOL TO US. WE CANT WAIT TO GET BACK THERE. WE FLEW BACK THE DAY AFTER OUR SHOW AND HAD TO PACK UP TO MEET UP WITH OUR NEEEEEWWWWW BUS THAT NIGHT. OUR FIRST SHOW WITH PUDDLE WAS IN ALBAQERQUE. IT WAS SOLD OUT AND INSANE. THEN WE WENT TO LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AGAIN SOLD OUT AND CRAZY. I SWEAR YOU GUYS ARE INSANE. THE SHOWS ARE SO MUCH FUN THAT WE NEVER WANT TO GO HOME. I'VE BEEN AND GO TO A LOT OF CONCERTS AND SMILE FANS CAN HOLD THEIR OWN AGAINST ANY OF THEM.
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED AND SO FAR SO GOOD. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE CRAZY YEAR.
ALL YOUR POSTS ARE GREAT. WE REALLY ENJOY READING THEM AND ARE STILL SURPRISED AT HOW LOYAL YOU ARE. HEY DUCKIE, WE'LL C-YA ON THE 14TH.
JENEL, I HOPE YOU HAD AN AWESOME BITHDAY, HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW?
YO CHRIS, ILL SEE YOU IN COLUMBUS. COME UP AND SAY HI, AT THE MERCH TABLE.
AND HI TO EVERYBODY ELSE!!!!
OH YA, IF YOU GUYS GOT ANY GOOD IDEAS ABOUT CONTESTS AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO INTERACT WITH EACHOTHER, WRITE IN ON THE JOURNAL. WE'RE A TEAM, AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS!!!
ANYWAYS I GOTS TO GO, ILL TALK TO YA LATER. TAKE CARE.
DEREK DEREK DEREK
WHATS UP EVERYBODY? ITS DEREK JUST SAYING HELLO!! WE ARE SO READY TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD. THE TIME OFF HAS BEEN NICE BUT ITS TIME TO ROCK SOME SHOWS... DON'T YA THINK?
DURING THE 5 WEEKS WE HAD OFF, I DID A LOT OF NOTHING. I TRAINED HARD AND PRACTICED MY CHOPS.. WE HAVE TO STEP IT UP A NOTCH THIS YEAR I THINK. WE ARE ALL SO PUMPED. THIS YEAR IS GOING TO KICK ASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! THE PUDDLE GUYS ARE GREAT. ITS GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME WITH THEM. YOU COULD'NT ASK FOR NICER GUYS TO TOUR WITH, AND THEY ROCK LIVE FO SHO!!! AFTER THAT TOUR WE GO OUT WITH TRAPT ON THE "SNOWCORE" TOUR. I BELIEVE THAT TOUR STARTS IN MARCH.
ALSO I HAVE HEARD THAT WE MAY BE GOING TO EUROPE THIS TEAR AS WELL. THAT IS RAD! WE'VE NEVER BEEN SO IT'LL DEFINITELY BE A NEAT EXPERIENCE. HEY HAS ANYON... HEY SEAN JUST STOPPED BY MY PLACE TO SAY I. I'LL GET HIM ON....
WHAT'S UP GUYS, ITS SEAN. I KNOW, DONT START WITH ME. COMPUTERS ARE DEFINITELY NOT WHAT IM GOOD AT. BUT THIS YEAR ONE OF MY RESOLUTIONS IS TO WRITE IN MORE ON THE JOURNALS. I JUST GOT BACK FROM HAWAII AND IT WAS FUCKIN GREAT!! HAWAII'S THE SHIT WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY. SNORKELING IS ON OF THE COOLEST THINGS TO DO. A WEEK WAS JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME AND NOW IM READY TO GO BACK ON THE ROAD...
I GOT TO GO GET SOME EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW BUT I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS US.. YOU GUYS ARE TRUELY THE SHIT. LATER....................SEAN
HEY IM BACK(DEREK) WHAt was i talking ABOUT? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................OH YA, I'VE BEEN READING YOUR JOURNAL ENTRIES AND ITS SAFE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE MOST DEVOTED FANS IN THE WORLD. ITS REALLY COOL WHEN YOU CAN BRAG ABOUT THE FANS YOU HAVE. SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE SO CRAZY THAT I'M GLAD YOU'RE ON OUR SIDE!!!!!!!!
PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE TALKING SHIT!! AND THAT'S HOW IT GOES. KIDS WILL BE KIDS. IF ITS NOT TO OUR FACES WHY SHOULD WE CARE?? NO ONE HAS EVER SAID ONE WORD TO MY FACE OR THE OTHER GUYS. ITS MORE FLATERING THAN ANYTHING, TALK IS CHEAP PLUS I THINK EVERYONE OF YOU GUYS GOT OUR BACK. ANYONE TALKING SHIT GETS RIPPED A NEW ASSHOLE BY YOU GUYS ANYWAY SAY LETS PARTY HO!!!!
ENOUGH ABOUT THAT, THOSE PEOPLE OUR A WASTE OF MY TIME!!!!
LETS GET ON THE ROAD AND PLAY SOME MUSIC!!!!!!!!
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE SUPPORT. KEEP CALLING THE RADIO STATIONS, FUSE AND MTV AND GETTING "NOWHERE KIDS" TO THE TOPS.
YOUR HELP MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD!!!!!
AND IF YOUR BORED
MONDAY THE 26 OF JANUARY, FRACTIONAL WILL BE PLAYING AT
THE TROUBADOUR ON SANTA MONICA BLVD IN HOLLYWOOD AT
9:00 SHARP!!! LABELS WILL BE THERE SO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
SO THOSE GUYS CAN GET ON THE ROAD ALREADY! DON'T BITCH
ABOUT IT ..JUST GO THEY KICK ASSS!!!!!!!!!
WELL I GOTS TO GO, TALK TO YA SOON...........LATER
DEREK DEREK DEREK
hey guys its Ryan again. just wanted to say hi and tell you thanks for the support on my last post! It was really funny as well as heartwarming to read all your replys. I dont know about all you but i had an amazing holiday season i got to hang out with a lot of my family who i havent seen in a while. its been nice being home for a while i have been sleeping in everyday, spinning records, painting,(toy throwups mostly but im getting better!), playing bass, and hanging with my crew back home in la. eventhough i really enjoy being home,i really miss all of you (our fans!) i am really looking forward to hitting the road again i know we are going out on a 2 month tour with puddle of mudd starting the end of jan. no dates yet you all probably know before me though.
A good friend of mine in Philly told me a little story about a band called yellow card playing at the troc. they said at the end of there set "everybody here vote for our new single and lets get shitty bands like smile empty soul off the radio." and on a seperate occasion a friend in St. louis told me about how the singer talked shit about us at a restaurant to some radio winners. Wow.......... all i know is that i havent done anything personally to make these cats angry and neither have my band mates. We usually do festivals all over the country and one day we will play another show with yellow card and i will find out for sure what the band has to say. because I just dont get it. when i heard i was angry and i wanted to roll up that cocky singer, (i still do too). wait i still am angry and i still do want to roll up that singer, but i probably wont unless its provoked. oh well, anyway
sean is doing well i know sean just left to go to hawaii today, and derek as always is doing fabulous. derek and i are going to the la auto show tommrow to look at our dream cars if you see us there shout us a holla dunn. (haha)
thanks guys and take care