2.16.11 - Nashville

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Moline!

The Nashville show was super fun tonight, and I even got to set my buddy up with some dope VIP tickets! I messed up and never took a picture of us.. I tend get caught up in what's happening and forget that I'm trying to document everything for this blog, too. It's absolutely incredible to see friends of mine this time of year in their college states, and it's even cooler to do something awesome for them like extend an invitation to an Ozzy Osbourne show.

 Here's what our plane looks like from the outside.

I met some interesting folks in the VIP room tonight as well. I got to talking with these two younger guys for a few minutes before they headed down to meet Ozzy, and we sort of became friends. On the way back up to the party room, they offered to buy me some beers. A stand-up gesture, but I passed, mentioning I was only 20. Besides, I'm on the clock.

 Buckley and Adam, respectively, respectfully.

Another couple I met had just been married the day before, and the groom's best man was actually Big Dave (host of the tour bus video). His wife was a pretty established person in TV as well, having worked production on CSI and a few other primetime drama shows. An ideal recipient for a Colin Marshall business card, amirite? Points.

Right after the show we hopped on a plane to Fort Lauderdale, where we'll be staying for the next ten days. Jumping jaguars, this place is ridiculous! As soon as I walked into the room, I saw a couch and a TV and thought, "Where's my bed?" Then I found the kitchen. Then I found the bedroom. This place has four rooms! For one person!!! Let me get this straight: I spent a year and a half in a 10x12' dorm room with an additional person, and now I've got a beach-side hotel suite to myself? This isn't real. Wait...yes it is, otherwise I wouldn't be able to show you these pictures of my room:

Living room, where I live.

The room came with all these groceries! No it didn't, sucker.

Those cupboards were stocked with kitchen things though,
fully equipped to make macaroni for days.

All the magic happens here, at this really inspiring desk.

I'm really not one to gripe, because no one likes a whiner,

but for being a 5-star hotel, I feel like I'm in the dial up days.
Get your viral self together, fancy hotel.

Fort Lauderdale in February.

There was a pool across the street from my 12th-floor balcony. One fine morning when no one was looking, I hurled a banana down into the pool because, let's be honest, that swimming area had been a giant projectile target since the moment I laid eyes on it. No regrets. I'm so rock-and-roll.

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