hi!  what up kangaroo?  how you feelin'?  the other day we played a ski resort near allentown, PA.  such an odd show!  it was so much fun though to play to all y'all.  and my favorite part of the day was getting to chill with a bunch of you guys outside the merch tent before the show.  i think we must have been hanging out for like two hours, so that's cool.  it's nice to know we have smart fans who care about the world around them.  of course, i already knew that since we've been corresponding through the emails, but it's always nice to be face to face with you guys and remember how wonderful our fans are.  so thank you!  i also passed around my iPod and played our newest demo "Daybreak" for ten or eleven of you guys and you all had wide eyes and seemed excited after listening to the 11 minute epic.  (in fact, it took the whole two hours to pass the iPod around to everyone standing there... epic is an understatement!)  so thanks for listening and i'm stoked you liked the experimental tune-age.  werd.

   also, i was walking around today and noticed a bunch of mccain palin signs around my town.  last week when i noticed them popping up, i was angry and judgmental, thinking "why do these people support such negative politicians and their positions?  why can't we all get along?  blah blah blah."  and then i realized in my judgment of them, i was in fact no better.  alas.... upon my walk this morning my anger had transformed into sadness.  sadness stemming from a world that is currently so cold.  honestly, why CAN'T we get along?  or i guess the question is, why DON'T we get along?  why are we pitted against each other, sizing each other up and cutting each other down?  why?  what is it about this life?  i realize that my hope for a kinder future world is born out of my inability to accept how the world truly is right now.  it's an awful, mean place.  it's a truly beautiful place as well.  so there is a mixture of strange feelings.  what is this?  why ARE we the way we are? 

   could it be that the system of this world, which is not RATIONALLY structured to take care of human needs, is causing a sickness inside of us due to our competition in the struggle for resources?  let me ask this... can we share?  is this system of society logical?  does it make SENSE (cents!) that we need MONEY to pay for our basic NEEDS, such as food and shelter?  why do have money?  if people were to volunteer their labor out of passion and consideration for fellow humanity, would we even need money???  again, can we share?  can we value each other?  can we love?  unfortunately i have to run, and this thought is unfinished, but i wanted to share my feelings with you and see how you guys feel.  how does it feel to you to be alive in this strange beautiful scary cold world?  i feel both blessed and terrified.  and i know, i know that i love you.  and i might sound "naive," but i simply love this world.  i love all of us.  every last one.  we ARE waking up.  we WILL realize our gift of Life.  and i love you endlessly and beyond. 

love, chris