Day XI: Sunday, October 27 - Lake Erie

Ok people, when you’re on the road in a moderately hard rocking outfit like Fooled By April you get tired. Tired of the bad food, the incessant driving, the physical exertion of doings shows every night, the constant crush of fans willing to do anything just to get close to you so they can eventually get close to Pete....you can imagine. Anyway, it does get stressful and you need a day off. Here’s what we did with ours:

-Pietro spent some quality time he described only as "wikked awesome" with his compatriot and Fooled By April super fan Stephanie. A big shout out goes to Stephanie, who came to a lot of shows and generally was a bright spot in the dark Ohio autumn.

-Jordan "the fantastic pirate" Siegel spent some time, also described as "wikked awesome" with Ohio’s other superfan and all around good friend Mandy. Mandy also came to a bunch of shows and always amazed us with her ability to drink milk through her nose while singing the theme song to Cheers (not true).

-Gordon spent much of his day preparing to feed the entire house THE BEST MEAL EVER CONSUMED BY HUMANS. I mean, he pulled out all the stops. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it now. I'll tell ya, although his heart may be pure rock and roll, his soul is 100% Molto Mario.

-Without women to distract me or food to prepare, I sat on my ass and read a book while challenging Anhueser Busch’s assertion that Bud Light may impair your ability to do certain things. I also watched a lot of Real World reruns. Can you believe that Stephen? I mean, where does he get off? Damn.

So folks, that’s it. That’s what we do when we have nothing to do. But lest ye think it was wasted time, let me assure you that days like this are very important. They really recharge the batteries and get us ready for things like.....

Tomorrow - Washington, D.C. (or, more accurately, one of its Virginia suburbs)