10/19/2007 (Friday)

Deaner's Tour Diary

I'm keeping a running diary of the ween tour but i've decided to post the whole thing at once, when each leg is finished. Right now though, I'm stuck in a hotel outside of Madison on a rainy, windy day. I tried to take a picture of this depressing cubicle that has been home for the past 24 hours, but I forgot the cable that connects the camera to the computer. This is what the tour has been like so far though, sitting in hotels out on the highway, nowhere near any shops or restaurants and in foul weather. No hotel bars even. Imagine getting dropped off at a hotel at 11am every day and watching your ride drive away. It's like "ok, just sit there in that room for the next 8 hours, but don't smoke any cigarettes or we'll charge you a $200 fee, and we'll be back to get you later for the show. If you get hungry, there's a Ruby Tuesday down the highway about a 1/4 mile". I've spent the last 4 days watching CNN, ESPN, History Channel, standing on the toilet seat blowing cigarette smoke into the ceiling vent, and being just generally anxious to get out there and play some music. Last night we got to watch the Red Sox/Indians and that was nice at least. The only problem was that the game was over at 11 local time and we're used to going to sleep at 3. So I went to sleep anyway. Now I've been up since 9am and soundcheck isn't 'til 6. FUUUUUCCCK.