Bittersweet blog. Mostly bitter.

This was intended to be a recap of underOATH, but there are more important things to talk about right now. But I'll delve into the show a bit. Maylene was great. I love Dallas Taylor. Poison The Well sucked. No one cared. Every Time I Die was good. Lots of fun. Underoath was amazing as always, s according to Spencer, they'll be back soon. I didn't meet them myself, because I left Pop's and came back and only Chris Dudley was left. And we're already BFFs. But anyways.

Dave Douglas announced that he was leaving Relient K today. As most of you know, this is my favorite band. And Dave is one of my favorites. He was the greatest guy when I met him, even going back on the bus to fetch Jon so I could meet him. He's an amazing drummer and vocalist as well. I really have no idea what Relient K is going to do now, or how they'll ever replace (per se) him. His last show is set for December 29 and a bunch of us in RK nation are plotting how we will make it to that show. Odds are it'll be in Dave's home state of Ohio, which is a nice central location I guess. All I know is, I need to be there. Basically at this point, I could see RK 1 more time before Dave leaves or 5 times. It all just depends.

Man. As soon as I saw Jess' bulletin. Subject being Dave :'( I just knew. I braced myself for the worst, and received it. I didn't know how to respond. I mean, I'm sad, but I have no means of expressing it and no one to share in the sadness with. I just bottled it up I suppose. The emotion comes in waves, but I just suppress it. I don't know what else to say. No sense in beating a dead horse (or drummer). Obviously he isn't dead. He isn't even out of music. He'll do Gypsy Parade with his wife full time from the looks of things. I can't wait to see them. Accentuate the positive. Chin up, Chris. Same goes to the rest of you. Hang in there.

Christopher Michael Tucker

Song of the day: Just listen to some RK. Right now, my song is Give.