hey hey. I'm in chicago. aka austin jr jr (nyc being austin jr). tour has been nuts so far and very, very hot. we saw a sign saying it was 102 outside milwaukee. fucking hell. I've been taking tons of pictures and keeping a tour diary so I'll of course post all that when we get back.

of all ramdom things, last night we ended up at the lallapalooza afterparty here in chicago. I didn't see anyone famous but there were free drinks until 4am. tons of austin peep were there - the trail of dead guys, my roommate kevin (out touring w/spoon), aubrey and beth, john yak, susan (who got us in w/some help from vhs or beta.) it reminded me of those crazy sxsw parties that all the locals would crash - we all knew we shouldn't be there, they knew we shouldn't be there, yet somehow we scammed it all on the up and up.

today we have a day off here in chicago. I'm not sure what our plans are. I'm getting kinda home sick - last night helped to alleviate that a bit but tour has been damn rough on me so far. I'm totally exhausted and I don't think I've ever sweated this much in my lafe. I cannot wait to sleep in my own bed. also - I fucking hate crusty punks. just so you know.