twenty four

So, I turned 24 on Saturday. I don't feel any different. I think once you turn 21 you are officially no longer excited about getting older. The cool thing about your birthday is the fact that most of your friends will come and hang out with you. I got to hang out with friends from New York City, Los Angeles, San Diego and Salt Lake City who were all in town which ruled.

I got in this weird nostalgic mood on Saturday as I drove to Vacaville for a BBQ before the pullout show in Orangvale. It only lasted about an hour or so. I listened to the entire Monster Squad - Fire the Faith album. I guess I was trying to remember things I am proud to have accomplish in my life. I also thought about all the place I have been fortunate enough to visit/tour in the last few years . Every birthday I tend to look at my life and decide whether or not I am doing the right things, or if I am just being a clown and avoiding a "real" job and "real" responsibility. Every year I come to the same realization that I am still very young and I am simply not ready to give up the freedoms that I have just yet. I have seen a lot in my short time on earth and I still have much more to see before I am ready to settle down. I have friends who got married at 21 and I just don't understand how someone would want that kind of responsibility at such a young age. I am happy for them if thats what they truly want, but I think in 20 years they will come to the realization that they let the best years of their life pass them by.

So another year of my life is gone, and I have come to the conclusion that I am happy where I am because I CHOOSE to be here, not because I MUST be here. I think too much. God Damn I wish I was on tour right now. The real world can be such a drag.

Pullout is playing with the Wednesday Night Heros at Thee Parkside in San Francisco on May 7th. I got to tour with these dudes last summer and they are a great band and some of the funniest guys I have ever met. Can't wait to see them again. Come out if you can.