my back hurts

#1 from stacy...dont you think josh looks like a turtle?  no.

#2 from yost....what are your memories of me? all of them? for crying out loud bryan, ive known you for like 6 years, i cant list all of my memories of you! we'll just go with oldest-you in my alien workshop t-shirt throwing up gang signs.

#3 from rob...what is your ideal job(besides the band)? fireman.

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off work today, was nice to sleep in. on to your questions.

#1 from stacy...how long have i been a skin and would i ever "hang up my boots?" well, i dont know how long ive been, for about the past 5 yrs or so ive just kinda swayed back and forth between skin and 77 style punk. but ive kinda landed on skin, it feels more natural. but as far as "hanging up my boots"...some would proly say i already have, i mean the boots i wear most often these days are a pair of motorhead style cowboy boots, and i dont shave my head anymore. but thats just fashion skin, what really makes me who i am is honor, loyalty, work ethic, i always have my crew's backs and i know they will always have mine. i stand strong on what i believe and im no pussy cat, but im not a trouble maker either. and this about me will never change....even if i never wore a fred perry again

#2 from josh....what are the craziest things weve done together?   hmm....crashed the pimpala into a bank, hit shopping carts with the deathtrap, slept by a graveyard on holloween, ran from the cops, played ska, made treacha pee her pants in the deathtrap, wore old lady wigs in downtown defiance with cory, val and carrie, skated/broke tables at the YMCA back in summer camp, sucked blood,picked fights with EVERYONE,  wierd gear with ben, yelled "this is stone cold, can i get another hell yeah" over the intercom at meijer with liza, GTA on the network with ez cheez, the im blleding for you show, any time at all with dave...is that enough?

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these are some easy questions...

#1 from stacy...who would win in a thumb wrestling match between me and josh? totally josh, hes gotthese freakin long monkey fingers.

#2 from not_mark...would i spoon with him?  done, and done!

#3 from dayna...ibc or stewarts root beer? ibc all the way....all the way.

#4 from naziboi... am i the only skin on xanga? i dunno....probably not.

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worked on the poo yorker today, think my old man and i will have it up and running tonite, hope so, cause i dont have a ride to work otherwise. ok, on to the questions.

#1 from josh...how does a jet engine work?...beats me. (ok, actually, after he posted this question, josh told me how it works, but since he had to tell me, my answer is still...beats me. ask josh if you want the real answer.)

#2 from amy...whats this ive got a girl and a daughter stuff (paraphrase)? well, yes amy you are out of the loop, but you shouldnt be, ive shown you a picture of allianna. remember. for the rest of you, i shall clarify...my girlfriend has a daughter from before we were together, but we started dating when allianna was only 4 months old, so i am the only dad she's really ever known, the real father wants nothing to do with her and has even offered to sign away his parental rights to amanda so he doesnt have to pay child support. so anna knows me as her daddy, and i love her like shes my daughter. im helping to raise her, so ill call her my daughter..genetics be damned.

#3 from josh(again)...can i guess who is the big baby in these posts?...ill leave this between you and mando.

#4 from jeff....what are favorite krusty and ralph lines? ralph-"you choo-choo-choooose me?" krusty-"hold on a minute kid i got a tack stuck in my head."

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my back hurts....i helped my sister and her fiance move a piano today...i dont want to move any more pianos....ever. but im listening to some hank williams sr. now so things are better. i love old country. i dont even remember the last time i listened to punk outside of band trips. its funny, josh and i were talking about it the other day, he listens to classic rock and opera, i listen to old country, folk and bluegrass ( pretty much exclusively) and jay listens to metal....and somehow we are all in a punk band together...go figure. i guess ive just gotten bored with punk. i mean, ive been listening to it for 12 years now and even though there are a lot of great  punk bands out there, it doesnt change, i mean, i love rancid and dropkick and all of em, but with every album they release, its just more really good songs that sound just like their other really good songs...and i wonder why i should bother....nothing changes i guess i just got bored, maybe thats just one more thing that makes me not punk...oh well. punk rock ( at least secular punk) is all about anger and defiance and hot blooded emotion....im not angry about too much and im pretty cool blooded. ive got a great girl and a beautiful daughter that both love me. dont get me wrong, i love playing punk, its a lot of fun, and i really have a heart to reach out to the kids that are angry defiant and hot blooded, i know where tyheyre coming from, i guess i just mellowed out a little too much.  anyhoo, on to why youre all really here...the questions...

#1from josh...politics-do i have a favorite in the presidential race...not really, havent been paying as much attention as usual. i am planning on voting this year IF there is a cantidate that i dont think will make a mockery of morality...but as of yet i am not backing any.

#2from craig...worst song ive ever written...hmm, there are so many crappy ones to choose from.....lets see, josh will attest to most of these im sure there are too many to choose one....weekend, 1-900(co-effort with josh), 67 blisters on my feet, we make up this song every show (such a bad idea!) that sounds like enough and no, you can never hear any of these from me again.

#3 from rob...my favorite memory of my mom...her smile. i know you were proly fishing for  a specific time, but thats my answer...any time she smiled.....if i close my eyes i can still see it...and i always will.

#4 from amy..favorite memory with the celina crew....i would proly have to say c-stone when i slept under their picnic table because the rest of my group went home, it was a good time....except for the foot rot i got cause i didnt take off my shoes for 4 days straight....so gross.

#5 from mando....why havent i serenaded you in a while? and why havent i written you a song yet?....cause i dont wanna....answer to both....

thats all....thanks for playing

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