Canadian McDonalds rocks!

Ive successfully made it over the Canadian border and into Manitoba where I'll be staying until 11pm tonight. We're travelling to Saskatoon for a show tomorrow and I'm pretty excited to see this part of Canada. There really isn't a lot to explore near our hotel except the local gas station and a McDonalds. Because it was the closest available food I sucked it up and ordered a Chicken sandwitch this afternoon expecting the worst. I was pleasantly suprised when I tasted the freshness of my sandwitch and even more psyched to see they had packets of vinegar to add to my french fries (SCORE!). All in all it was the best tasting McDonalds meal I've ever eaten .. theres hope for that chain yet.

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Walking into the hotel this afternoon I realize how different touring is compared to a stationary life. At any given point in time if you asked me the date, the time, or the day of the week I couldn't give you an accurate answer. Every day clumps together into a two month blur where days of the week are erased and the only thing that matters is if you make bus call on time. I eat, sleep, and shower on a schedule.. breakfast is served from 7-9am, lunch from 12-2pm, and dinner from 5-7pm. If I miss any of those windows then I'm on my own for food and chances are the main course will consist of easy mac eaten out of a red party cup. The same goes with showers.. after working a 10.5 hour day I have until 8pm to make it through a sea of girls waiting to take a 5 minute (or under) cold shower before they are closed for the night.

The majority of my day is spent waiting in line for a) food, b) a shower, or c) a bathroom in extreme conditions (100+ degrees, rain/storms, etc). The rest of the time I sit in my tent dealing with screaming little girls, and kids who are "too cool" to be at Warped Tour yet they show up anyways. And at the end of the day when all is said and done I get to go back to a tour bus that sleeps 17 and try to fall asleep over all of the commotion and drunken rambling that goes on in the hallway. Who wouldn't want to do this for a living? .. haha. Here are some photos of a typical Warped Tour day:

Bus 11 - getting ready with 16 other people in the morning is tough..

Myspace has acoustic sets and signings all day long .. here's one that Mayday Parade did

Jacks Mannequin acoustic set

Forever the Sickest Kids Acoustic set

throw in an Anberlin signing

and a crazy rain storm.. and you've got a typical Warped Tour day

the end. xoxo.