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12.24.09 - Cleveland, Ohio and the Christmas Eve Cough Fest

I’ve been sick for a few days now. I forgot to mention that. Haha! This morning, when I woke in a rest area parking lot, my throat was hurting pretty bad. It usually starts there: my throat. First that starts to go, then everything else follows suit. The cough is the worst part. And what makes it worse is the fact that my throat is fucked up. I can’t swallow all that well. And it burns like a bitch. And I’ve gotten sick on every tour so far. Without fail. I was hoping that this tour would be different, but it was not meant to be. Last tour was a lot worse, though. I was coughing up blood nuggets. It was pretty gnarly.

And the fact that I sleep in the passenger seat every night, sitting upright and extremely uncomfortable, doesn’t help at all. In my opinion, that makes it worse than it should be. Because normally I’d take some Nyquil and that’ll knock it out rather quickly, but sleeping like that doesn’t allow me to heal up properly. Sadly, I do end up getting sick. And it sucks monkey balls. Nothing is worse than being sick on the road. You have to give 100% every night no matter how you feel, and when you’re running a high fever, your throat burns like herpes, and your head is pounding like the drunks at the bar, it’s sort of hard. But this is our job, and we got to do it.

We got to the venue pretty early that day. When we all piled out, we checked it was open and went to go grab some grub. We walked down to a Pizza Hut, but considering how it was Christmas eve and all, they closed up early. So we continued our walk to the neighboring McD’s. I ate a single McChicken and a small cup of hot chocolate. It was rather delicious, but really hot.

After the grub we headed back to the venue and were let in. I talked to the promoter chick for a bit, then I started to feel a little bit more like crap so I headed back to the van to get a small amount of sleep before I had to play. Instead me and Conan had a little heart to heart about women issues and shit like that. Me and this fucker can literally talk about anything and he’s one of the few I trust enough with stuff like that. And I was feeling crappy about some shit I shouldn’t really be thinking about (aside from being sick), and it was cool to have someone to chop it up with about. But I got really sleepy and decided to knock out anyways.

I awoke a few times before our set. But it was really late and I didn’t even know if we were still playing or not. Not care all that much I just went back to sleep. Then Conan came back out and gave me a heads up that it was Vektor’s last song. So I jumped out the van and got ready. By this time I was feeling extremely horrible. But It was time for us to do our thang and I hit the stage as best I could. I got to admit, my performance wasn’t that great. Well, my playing was good, but my stage presence wasn’t. I could barely move my neck at all, and when I did I got nauseous fast. Crippled, I did my best. Then the set was coming to an end, and we had the privilege of the crowd wanting an encore.

Normally, I have no problem with it, but near the end I had to blow some serious chunks. And when Mario said what song we wanted to do, I tried to motion for “Storms” the shortest of our songs, because I had no idea how long I could keep from barfin on the crowd. But the bastards picked “Valor and Might”! One of our longest! Haha! I was like “DAMN!” Lucky enough I made it through it, but as soon as we were done, guess where I went? That’s right! To the bathroom and hocked up everything that was in my stomach.

Not a pretty sight.

The day ended with me taking more meds and almost everyone drunk. We decided to head out that night, and along this drive the drinkers began to talk. Haha! A lot of secrets were revealed about unnamable things. . . AND I RECORDED IT! Haha!

But alas! I can not reveal such things, because it is against my code. And I’d probably be dead if they found out!

Haha!

Late!

Quote of the day: “Bllarrgghhhhh!!!” - Me puking in the restroom toilet after our set.





		TOURS DATES \| DIARIES \| PHOTOS \| VIDEOS DANIEL'S WINTER MAYHEM TOUR DIARY ------------------------------------PREVIOUS \| NEXT< 12.24.09 - Cleveland, Ohio and the Christmas Eve Cough Fest I’ve been sick for a few days now. I forgot to mention that. Haha! This morning, when I woke in a rest area parking lot, my throat was hurting pretty bad. It usually starts there: my throat. First that starts to go, then everything else follows suit. The cough is the worst part. And what makes it worse is the fact that my throat is fucked up. I can’t swallow all that well. And it burns like a bitch. And I’ve gotten sick on every tour so far. Without fail. I was hoping that this tour would be different, but it was not meant to be. Last tour was a lot worse, though. I was coughing up blood nuggets. It was pretty gnarly. And the fact that I sleep in the passenger seat every night, sitting upright and extremely uncomfortable, doesn’t help at all. In my opinion, that makes it worse than it should be. Because normally I’d take some Nyquil and that’ll knock it out rather quickly, but sleeping like that doesn’t allow me to heal up properly. Sadly, I do end up getting sick. And it sucks monkey balls. Nothing is worse than being sick on the road. You have to give 100% every night no matter how you feel, and when you’re running a high fever, your throat burns like herpes, and your head is pounding like the drunks at the bar, it’s sort of hard. But this is our job, and we got to do it. We got to the venue pretty early that day. When we all piled out, we checked it was open and went to go grab some grub. We walked down to a Pizza Hut, but considering how it was Christmas eve and all, they closed up early. So we continued our walk to the neighboring McD’s. I ate a single McChicken and a small cup of hot chocolate. It was rather delicious, but really hot. After the grub we headed back to the venue and were let in. I talked to the promoter chick for a bit, then I started to feel a little bit more like crap so I headed back to the van to get a small amount of sleep before I had to play. Instead me and Conan had a little heart to heart about women issues and shit like that. Me and this fucker can literally talk about anything and he’s one of the few I trust enough with stuff like that. And I was feeling crappy about some shit I shouldn’t really be thinking about (aside from being sick), and it was cool to have someone to chop it up with about. But I got really sleepy and decided to knock out anyways. I awoke a few times before our set. But it was really late and I didn’t even know if we were still playing or not. Not care all that much I just went back to sleep. Then Conan came back out and gave me a heads up that it was Vektor’s last song. So I jumped out the van and got ready. By this time I was feeling extremely horrible. But It was time for us to do our thang and I hit the stage as best I could. I got to admit, my performance wasn’t that great. Well, my playing was good, but my stage presence wasn’t. I could barely move my neck at all, and when I did I got nauseous fast. Crippled, I did my best. Then the set was coming to an end, and we had the privilege of the crowd wanting an encore. Normally, I have no problem with it, but near the end I had to blow some serious chunks. And when Mario said what song we wanted to do, I tried to motion for “Storms” the shortest of our songs, because I had no idea how long I could keep from barfin on the crowd. But the bastards picked “Valor and Might”! One of our longest! Haha! I was like “DAMN!” Lucky enough I made it through it, but as soon as we were done, guess where I went? That’s right! To the bathroom and hocked up everything that was in my stomach. Not a pretty sight. The day ended with me taking more meds and almost everyone drunk. We decided to head out that night, and along this drive the drinkers began to talk. Haha! A lot of secrets were revealed about unnamable things. . . AND I RECORDED IT! Haha! But alas! I can not reveal such things, because it is against my code. And I’d probably be dead if they found out! Haha! Late! Quote of the day: “Bllarrgghhhhh!!!” - Me puking in the restroom toilet after our set.