Woke up a little too early yesterday. Back was in pain, the mattress I was sleeping on wasn't too hot. Spent the day with everyone lounging about, eventually catching Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny (awesome).

Slim's reminded me of a slightly larger version of O'Brien's. We were originally supposed to play with Strange Faces, but their singer was having some health issues and couldn't make it (I'm told he was saving children from a burning building which collapsed on him, but he should be back at 100% in two days). Instead, we were treated to another permutation of the band known as Five Alpha Beatdown, who have awesome song names like "Ninja of the Nasty".

The show went really well for us. Feels like we've tapped into some old energy again, very fresh and sweaty. Afterward, we cavorted with the folks at the bar. Met some dudes named John and Whit, who were in bands here in Raleigh and love Averi. Also happens the dudes from Strange Faces actually hail from Albany, and knew quite a bit about The Pills (Corin Ashley's band).

After a few shots of tequila and Yuenglings, everyone was hungry and we were trying to figure the food situation out. A girl (who was noticeably drunk) overheard our conversation and recommended against Denny's ("that's highway shit"). Instead, she said we should hit up the IHOP on Morgan St. and Hillssngjkrwdwd. We eventually deciphered (or guessed) the address, found the IHOP, and immediately headed for the Denny's anyway. I'll take highway shit over sketchball shit any day.

Denny's was packed to the gills at 3:00am, and there were so many people wearing cowboy hats. So much craziness going on around us, too.. people getting back from the clubs and people just looking for some breakfast at 3am. Jon ordered a Country Fried Steak and couldn't remember he had ordered it when he arrived. Ryan knocked "shave and a haircut" into the smoking/non-smoking divider and got a "two bits" reply.

By the time we got back to Jen's folk's house, we were defeated by utter tiredness and the impending food coma.

Next at bat: Mt. Pleasant, SC

Henry

Yesterday's Choice Quotes:
"I need something dead and fried in front of me." Jen
Waitress: "How do you want your eggs?" Jon: "Medium."
"Are you really not going to eat those fries?" Henry

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