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Old 04-09-2006, 12:52 AM   #1
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Bon Voyage, Mon Frère!!

It wasn't all that long ago that I thought for certain that my eldest brother was going to end up dead in a gutter. Next week he and his band are kicking off a 6-week cross country tour so his wife is giving him a little family sendoff tomorrow afternoon ...shhhhhhh...it's a surprise. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I'm extremely happy for him, his band Ocean has rounded up some international acclaim and he deserves something good in his life for once. But I'm still a little nervous---on the last tour they got into an accident, ran over a cat [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img], lost a drummer, and were kinda stressed out in general. So could ya wish'm some luck! They may even be coming to a town near YOU! (But I totally understand if Doom Metal isn't quite your thing. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])


John's the one wearing black. Alright, alright...he's the second one in.
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Erm . . . Rachel . . . are the other guys wearing "other than black"? My eyes aren't working right today! (I'm serious!) [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]

But I am assuming he is the one on the far left . . . because he looks most like you . . . [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I checked out their myspace . . . that's some heaaaaaaavy stuff!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] They aren't coming that close to me (Jacksonville . . . a 5 hour drive) but they are going to Eugene, Oregon, which is pretty much my home (nearest to where my family lives)!

Congrats to the band and GOOD LUCK to them on the tour!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img]
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I was trying to be funny, but it was probably just confusing. He's the second one in, but doesn't look a lot like me. My other brother's son does a lot of facial expressions that look like him, so I'm still pretty sure we're all related. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]

Mm hmm, they're heavy. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img] I'm listening to their cd now ("Here Where Nothing Grows")---there's three songs, and the album lasts AN HOUR! So, about 20 mins per song. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] Thanks for looking them up, Sarah!
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Honestly though, it did look like a couple of them were wearing gray or dark blue . . . so I just wanted to make sure it wasn't my eyes or something! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img][img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img][img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]

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there's three songs, and the album lasts AN HOUR! So, about 20 mins per song.

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Holy COW!!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
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I hope the tour goes well and they don't have the same sort of problems they had on the last one. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]

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Pixies for an accident free, feline safe, drummer GPS, low-stress trip! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img] Oh, yeah, and that your DB has fun! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img] on the tour!
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Sending mega [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] for a good tour with no incidents [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] (of course, I'm just assuming that pixie dust works on Doom Metal [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]).

Good Luck Ocean - - be safe and watch out for those cats!

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It just sounds like they got all the bad stuff over with in the first tour and this one should be a walk in the park for them. Or whatever Doom Metal bandmembers like to do. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/questionicon.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Geez, I hope this tour goes MUCH better [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
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