hello, it is avi, and i still haven’t slept. i’m backtracked on sleep, because i’ve been so stoked on tour. this is bad, because sleep is very important for tour. there’s still hope for sleeping on tour. we’re leaving for tour at 10 oclock or 11 oclock, starting our drive to boston, taking the 10 freeway, which should be less snow than the 40 route, which we anticipated woud be snowless but is in fact not. we picked up the glorious van today, it’s awesome, beige, and runs real good. loaded it all up with our gear and we’re ready to embark on a 2 month journey across the united states and through ourselves and our musicianship. it’s gonna be so nuts. i’ve got blisters on my fingers! i’ve got this macbook on which i will hopefully update consistently, and i’m bringing a tascam 4 track with me, which is ridiculous but i think will be fun and i’d regret it if i didn’t at this point. listening to augustus pablo’s king tubby meets rockers uptown thanks to my new friend andy from seattle. it’s great! some real groovin’ stuff. melt-banana is driving me nuts these days, and i want to suck it’s juices into me. i’m very confused about life! touring is scary! we’re gonna be couchsurfing with our guitars for 2 months! sounds like fun, also whacky.