fresno, CA

i woke up at 930 am, expecting to get tattooed by drummer of pressure point at 11 am. when i woke up, by back was absolutely thrashed...i went into the house that we were staying at to round everyone up...jon and eric had to go to the doctors, and a bunhc of the other dudes were rounding up a bunch of people to have a baseball game. i really wanted to play baseball, but how could i turn down a free tattoo on tour? brian, wayne, sina, carlos and i made it to the tattoo shop at 12 and the place was still closed. so we went and picked up some food and came back. the artist tattooing brian finally got to the shop about 20 minutes after we got back there. the artist who was tattooing wayne and i was running way behind because when he was on his way out to leave his house, he found out that his car had been broken into and had everything stolen out of it....bum out!i quickly figured out that there would be no time for me to get a tattoo. we had at least a 4 hour drive to the next show and we didnt want to get there any later than 8 pm. so wayne and brian got tattooed, and i went downstairs and slept. we met back up with the dudes at the house and said our goodbyes...before we got in the van, brian and i both had to use the restroom, and we figured, why not just pee on the chain link fence in the front yard? so we did, and (i really wish i would have gotten a picture of this) jake, the dog of the house didnt like what we were doing, so he started peeing on brian from the other side of the fence! so funny! but he was an adorable dog, and we were peeing on his territory, so it was all good. we made to it to fresno at around 830 pm. as we pulled into the neighborhood that the house show was in, i was growing skeptical of how good the show was going to be....there were no street lights, and a few of the streets looked like a scene out of the movie, Road Warrior. we found the house, and there were tons of cars outside....awesome turn out!this house was punk as fuck....the bands were playing in the back yard, it was a really cool set up...there was definitely a few sheds in the backyard that resembled torture chambers from the movie hostel, or texas chainsaw massacre...awesome...the opening bands were cool, and all the kids were REALLY nice. it was so fun...when we played, i tried getting someone to jump off the roof for a free shirt, but i guess the parents heard me say that over the mic and they came out and made a big fuss over it, so the kid who was going to do it bailed on the free shirt...oh well, at least no one got hurt...our set went over really well. the kids were very welcoming and showed us a really good time...grave maker was up next, and jon couldnt sing because he was being a big pussy punk mother fucker....haha, just kidding jon! earlier when he went to the doctors, he had a small procedure done on his armpit. he had to have part of it cut open....no fun at all....so he was in A LOT of pain and fucked up on medication...so carlos and a few other randmos from the show took care of all the gravemaker vocals...it was a lot of fun...thats one of the things i love about punk and hardcore...anything goes! after the show we all met up at in n out to eat and hang out. then made our way to the house we were staying at....this was definitely and abandoned flophouse...there was running water and electricity, but other waise an empty house with only 2 beds and tons of trash and debros everywhere....oh yeah, and in the kitchen sink there was a plate of old moldy food that we were trying to decided if it was donut holes or meatballs with candy sprinkles on them...the place had a lot of charachter to say the least.jon, sergio and i slept in the van with the doors open. it was such a nice night out. matt was saying something about sleeping on the roof of the house, but i never asked him how that panned out for him.....next stop, LAS VEGAS