I think it is incredible how songs can provoke such emotion that I can recall everything I was feeling at a certain time when a certain song was being played.

I was walking along the sidewalk past your dorm in which I spent many of my young and naive days. It was a brisk November two years ago I felt the cold in my lungs as I breathed in shallow breath after shallow breath passing by. I was reminded of moving you into that dorm room two years earlier and how difficult the whole situation was at first, but the year that ensued was something good, something comfortable, dare I even say wonderful. Now it was all just a distant memory that I wanted to hold on to at the time. The line “somehow everything I own smells of you” to this day takes me right back there.

More than anything I want to see you go take a glorious bite of the whole world.

“You Could Be Happy” - Snow Patrol

FlyGoldenEagle - Shiny Golden Pinky Ring

Nashville has its own MGMT and you didn’t even know!

B-ham was pretty dang cool. Some hometown fans decided to come and hang out along with some new ones which was awesome.  Seeing familiar faces is the best feeling in the world when you are out of town. But also meeting fresh faces feels just as good!  Tomorrow = a good 7 hr trip in the van to Little Rock, AK but van rides don’t really bother me much, it has become a part of life and I learn to enjoy it with a little bit of music a lot a bit of talking to God and some movie time. I’m just excited for all the new places and new faces I am going to see on this tour. This is my first time going west and dang-it I feel like Fievel.  I don’t really remember that movie but I got an awesome cup from pizza hut when it came out.

Lessons learned from Day One.

- everyone does their part

- God always provides

- Alex Barr can make me laugh until my guts hurt.

- I’m going to miss a lot of people from home but I’m going to have to learn to deal with that feeling in a non-destructive way.

By the way all the crazy amazing new people I have come to know in the past few months know that I love you. I am going to miss you dearly but I own a phone and so do you, we can talk. And yes its only a month. God has placed you all in my life at a time that I needed more than you will ever know. You seriously are prayers that have been answered. I just want to say thank you for being in my life.

Last year I had this prayer to live my life on faith alone. That was prior to me being a part of this band.  This is it happening. I’m seeing things I have never seen and meeting people I never would have before. God is doing something incredible.

Every time I say California I smile.

Hey I don’t do well with competition.

Love should always be our first reaction.