...so...here is to a new END...

...last exam... hopefully... once i started it... i couldnt wait to get out... the probability of me staying for the whole 2 hour of the probability exam was very low... but i did...

i knew where i was going afterwards... new york... poughkeepsie to be exact... going to photograph As I lay Dying for the next two days...

finding the place wasnt hard... and i got to park right next to the tourbus... so i wasnt worried about gettin jumped with a crap load of camera stuff... anyway... Kevin was there... and most of the band was up too... funny thing... when i showed up... they were making this little going away present for the fans for later...

i got to sign it too...

i found Nick doing his regular warm ups in the dressing room... sitting against a red wall... lit only by the window and a spot... it was perfect... i think i photographed the same thing for the next hour and a half... and the result... i think was totally worth my 1400 miles of driving and following the band...

i ended up photographing the show from the sound booth... the performance was great... i really want to see them open air though... i think its going to be INSANE...

...after the performance... it was an interesting night... it was Jordans and Wades birthday... so there was a little bit of craziness... and then... Matt and Mike tied Josh up with electrical tape and put a burger king crown on him... i havent laughed this hard in a while... by the end of it all... it was pretty late... i ended up crashing with them in the bus...

only to be woken up by Dale at 7 in the morning... with only 2 hours of sleep... we drove to Hartford CT... stopped for breakfast at a nice little diner... i LOVE diners...

anyway... here started another long day... and i didnt sleep until 6 am the next day... after driving home...

hartford was scary... around 3 in the morning after the performance... i was setting up my lights right outside the bus to take portraits of the band... NO... heard two gun shots... 8 cop cars showed up within minutes... one of them came up to be and started questioning me how long i have been out... and if i heard anything... and so on...

last time around it was the rain that put the photoshoot back... the cops this time... :( oh well... i had to pack up... i really didnt want to photograph them in a sketchy neighborhood at 3 in the morning...

alas... wait till i see them again...

been really tired after i got back... unmotivated... and highly depressed for some reason... anyway... these past couple of days have been pretty bad... with school out... no one is around... i think i will to to NY this weekend and see if something comes out of that...

well... here is something that kinda got me excited... the umass alumni magazine wants to do an artist profile... of ME... and give me the back cover... kinda didnt hit me at the time... but... thats actually pretty cool... BUT... i have to come up with an actual artist statement for this one...

last time i did that... it was 3 lines... but i dont think that would work...

anyways...

dasvadanya people... for now... if the waves dont catch me... or trucks dont run me over ... or the stars dont fall on me... or i dont get my heart broken... you shall hear from me again...