I was outside today, on rare occasion, between my house and my neighbor's and just for a second it started to rain. It was the lightest, softest, kindest rain I had felt in a million years. It was so barely raining that I feel bad even calling it rain. But the sky was this shade of bluish gray, and the light was so perfectly dim I felt like nothing was real, and the temperature dropped about 15 degrees and for a second, just for a second, I thought, "I live in paradise."
I've been playing catch up lately. That and softball. I took August off to try to recoup and gear up for the fall and... I don't want to say that I haven't gotten anything done... but... let me put it this way a.) a band member's job is never done, b.) no one ever gets everything done that they want to, and c.) parts of my room are almost clean, so at least there's that. And the softball.
I started playing last month I think and I LOVE it. I haven't played in forever and I completely forgot how at first, but it's coming back. Slowly but surely. I even went to the batting cage Saturday and got a huge blister that subsequently ripped open on my middle finger from trying to remember how to hit. It was awesome though. Look out Wednesday's team!
As far as Stewart goes we've been writing a ton of new songs, I almost feel bad continuing to call us Stewart because we're so different from where we were when we started... but hey, it's a fine name, right? A good American name. And how would you find us if I suddenly started calling us something else?
We've got some new shows coming up, a block party in my hometown on 9/11 (also, incidentally, my brother's birthday,) and a benefit at Crash Mansion on 10/9. And a few more in the works that I am not at liberty to discuss at the moment, but they're there. Believe me, they're there. And I can't wait to tell you about them, soon!
Alright, that's all for now. I'm going to go back to listening to some music and digging myself out of this hole that is my bedroom. Until next time!
