Last week blew...OUT

So last week was quite the extravaganza of the good ol' "what else could go wrong line." Where to begin is the only problem; well first of all I decided to help my girlfriend sell her car 3 weeks ago leaving me with no car until we find here a new one which means busses or finding rides from friends. Oh and thats the good news...here is where the story gets interesting. So last Friday Brandon and I were driving to LA to attend Shane West's birthday party, where our friends in Lunar Fiction were playing. Everything was going swimmingly until about LAX when we heard a bang almost like a gunshot. So we pulled over and took a look at his tires...everything seemed ok so we continued on our journey. Within 5 mins another one and the car started shaking a little bit...not willing to risk us being stuck in the middle of LA we got off the freeway and found a gas station. What happened in the next 30 mins may shock you. The images are not for the faint of heart as they say...once we got off the freeway we once again inspected all the tires and nothing seemed to wrong until we got to the passenger front tire. It looked a little flat, so we just assumed that makes sense, "we get a nail or something stuck in it." So I being the nice guy I am and since Brandon drive and was in all white clothing, I decided to put on the spare. After about 5 mins the spare was down and the car was on the jack.

Once the flat tire was off we didnt originally see anything until I flipped the tire around and saw that there was something a little bigger then a nail that was causing the tire to lose air. Yeah it looks like jaws came out of the water to take a bite of the tire. We were literally blown away by how close we could have come to dying from driving on a tire like that for almost 6 miles. So after a few minutes and after taking a couple more pics to write this blog about, we had the tire changed and were on our way to see Lunar Fiction rock the party. Once we got there we were greated with a smile and hug from the Lunar Fiction guys right before they went on. Once they got done they were followed by a girl fronte band who was ripping the head off a baby doll and throwing it into the crowd. At that point we decided it was now 2am and the night couldnt have gotten any better. So we decided to go home...of course there are more details, but this is getting too long so if you want to know more, leave a comment telling us you need more haha. So either way we left, went home, and went to sleep. The next day we headed out to LA for a Vans sponsored art show from an artist by the name of Niagra. So...Brandon, Ashley, Kelly, and I headed out for a night of art and good times. The show was great and we stayed from 6 til 9, at that point the gallery closed down. At 9:34 we called Toeknee from Lunar Fiction to ask what was going on since it was his bday...of course there was a party!!! We headed back to Orange County and started to RAGE! haha. It was a good time, hanging out with friends and just telling stories of bands that had come and gone and bands that were just getting started. After about a hour of being there we got a call from Robby Friend and Tim Markel!!! yes the guitar players of this band, saying that they would come out and have some fun with us. Once the guys got there I was a little past sober and began to drink water...I know sometimes I disappoint, but the funny thing is Robby asked me if I was drinking straight vodka...anyway within 2 hours the night was starting to dwindle and everyone was starting to leave, so we took that as our cue to go home. When we got home we heard Kelly say, "Brandon your car looks funny," and we replied with "yeah, yeah, we are tired." After 2 straight nights of being up til the sun was ready to come up we went to bed. 4 hours later the sun came out and we had a lot of stuff to do. So we got up and got ready to go look at places to shoot our music video for "This is Goodbye," which is being shot this Sunday coming up. When we got to Brandons car we both looked at eachother and said, "NOT AGAIN!!!!" There is no way we get to change tires 2 days in a row....Like I said last week BLEW OUT. How in 2 days do we get 2 flat tires.

This time it was the passenger back tire and it wasnt quite as extreme, but the tire still have a major gash in it. So this time it was Brandon's turn and without a spare he had to call a tire store on a Sunday and try to find 2 tires and a tire store that was open. After calling a couple places he found a place that was about $75 a tire, so he took my truck and got 2 new tires. 2 new tires, 2 days later, and $200 spent on tires, really made for a weekend of disaster. But you know we found a way to have fun and do what friends do best, make fun of the situation and take it for what it was. I random weekend in LA.

-Kevin