In the years since I got the hell out of Florida (and even before that), I've managed to be a very bad Floridian. However, there are two things that, being born in the Sunshine State, have been hard-wired into my brain. The first is obliviousness to and complete disregard for the rule of law. The second is a knee-jerk reaction to weather that dips below 60ºF: HOLY SHIT, IT'S CHRISTMAS! The first time this temporal confusion occurred was August 2001. I happened to have the window open, and I expected that nice, cool breeze that came blowing in to carry with it presents and Christmas trees and sugar plum fairies. Instead, I wound up purchasing Weezer's green album at the late CD Spins on Newbury Street, which was a terrible investment. I was young and stupid, and was not aware of the rule cardinal rule of Weezer: anything past Pinkerton sucks ass.

Mistakes were made.

But anyway, to get to my point, now that the temperature is dropping, I've been feeling a bit peppier of late since I'm expecting presents to magically appear under a tree I don't own. I checked the weather for the route we're going to be taking, and for the most part it's going to be between 50º and 65º fairly consistently.

Henceforth: I am excited about this tour.

Dr. Pavlov would be proud.

Tonight, it all starts in Saratoga Springs. It's been well over a year and a half since we've been to Saratoga Springs (and King's Tavern). For a recap of what happened last time, see below.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tveDh53uoHk

I've also decided I'm going to try and write a haiku every day we're on tour, because I can only do so many crosswords. I'm actually still at work right now, so technically I'm not "on tour" this very second. Due to financial constraints, I'm working a full day today and walking right into the van as soon as I'm done (inversely, I'll be walking right out of the van and straight into work when we drive back to Boston at the end of the tour). So in honor of, I give you...


Cheers,
Henry

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