Its Been A Long While

Sunday 11/25/07 11:30 am eastern time

sitting on the rv right now on the way to North Hampton, Massachusetts.  haven’t written in awhile, been writing more songs than blogs.  lots of stupid things have been going on, but i’m trying to stay positive, bc thats all you can really do…saw a line today that made me laugh though…said something like “no regrets, only lessons learned”…i just found that funny…i have plenty of regrets in my life…alot of those mistakes that led to those regrets i wish never happened and knew the lesson before it was learned the hard way…i guess what i’m trying to say is i think that line is a load of shit…maybe its just me…maybe i’m the only one who wishes there were no regrets period…and maybe i’m one of the only people that would rather learn a lesson without making a mistake to learn it…make sense? no? k, nevermind then

we played in New Hampshire the other night, and afterwards stayed with an old friend of mine (drummer in an old band) in Boston.  I’d never been to that city before, but realized that night and the next morning that its definitely the most beautiful city I’ve been too…just the landscape, the buildings, the people, everything seems refreshing…i just hate the cold ass weather…i’m thinking about going up there and just staying a couple of weeks on vacation early next year just because…get a hotel for a couple of weeks, and just write…thats all i’ve been doing lately is writing…i’m finding out alot about myself through some of the new stuff i’m writing…sounds weird, but its true…when i sit down with pen and paper, usually i have no secrets by the end of whatever i’m writing

we only have six shows left, and then I think I may be going to Canada for a couple of weeks…that should be cool…Christmas is one month from today, and I realized I don’t really have a Christmas tree this year…i already know what this Christmas is gonna feel like, but like i said, try to stay positive, right?

everyone please keep Hawthorne Heights and the family of Casey Calvert (one of their guitarists) in your thoughts and prayers…Casey was found dead yesterday before they had soundcheck, I can’t even begin to imagine what they’re going thru…we’re definitely thinking about those guys

just know that I love you all…at the end of everyday, we’re very thankful for all of you…each and every single one of you…
“I let you down, but you pulled me under”

until next time, love to you all
<3
nixon

Recap Of Nashville, TN While We’re On The Way To Knoxville

Thursday 11/15/07 5:51 pm eastern time

I know I said I’d be updating this everyday, but yesterday was effin’ CRAZY…its always great being home and seeing and spending time with the one(s) you love most in your life…we had so much crap to do…like a little girl, I had to be down in Nashville to get my wig split…and it was pouring down rain, so that made things even slower…then we did the WALMART in-store signing and acoustic performance around 5…the turnout was great and we played “Hear Me Now” and “Capeside” acoustic for everyone, signed some CDs and posters, answered some questions, took some pictures, all that jazz…then it was time for another show we’d been looking forward to this whole tour…so we headed down to the legendary Exit/In…we weren’t planning on too huge of a crowd just because of the fact it was an 18+ show on a wednesday night and Chris Cornell was playing Nashville the same night, as well as Yellowcard at another venue, and Family Force Five at another venue…we were wrong…the venue was sold out and jam packed…when we took the stage it was one of the best moments of my career so far, and i think its safe to speak on behalf of the band in saying that they felt the same way…as soon as the first hi-hat was hit and with the first guitar chord and with “Nashville, Tennessee…we are Framing Hanley, and we are HOOOOME!” the place was livid…we started out with “Home” (clever, right?…lol) and played most of the cd, and the whole time we were up there I was truly in another world…a few of us are still sick as hell, but last night we could care less…we were there to show Nashville what we’re all about out on the road, and let them know that we want everyone in this country to know how Nashville, TN can “bring the ruckus”…speaking of “bringing the ruckus,” a fight broke out in the crowd early in the set and security threw a couple of people out and I couldn’t find our boy Larry, so after the song while they were kicking these dudes out I yelled out “Where’s Larry?!”…then he pops outta nowhere with a “I’m here man”…it was a huge relief, because we would’ve stopped that damn show until they brought Larry back inside last night, because it ain’t the same without Larry…lol…anywho, the crowd was awesome all night and I saw lots of people that I hadn’t seen in 4+ years, with alot of them not even knowing i was IN Framing Hanley…lol

now we’re on our way to Knoxville…I slept most of the way here…it’ll be a tough task topping last night, but Knoxville should still be a blast

until next time, love to you all
ilyaec4ever
<3
nixon

On The Way Home

Tuesday 11/13/07 3:54 am central time

decided due to lack of sleep that it would be cool for me to start keeping a blog…i love to write anyway, and this will give me a reason to do more of it…not that everyone is terribly interested in whats going on with us, but even for my memories and shit i can update everyday just to remember things years from now

we had a day off today (yesterday technically)…we played in Orlando on 11/11…that show was a very important show for us…Orlando is really like our second home…we practically lived down there for 2 months when we were recording and writing the record…our label is down there, our management, and our producer…i’ve been sick as hell, but the show was still an effin’ blast…and then the following day we got to hang out with said label, management, and producer…was cool as shit getting to see all of them again, as it had been awhile…we missed them…they missed us more though jk

we’ve got tomorrow off as well (today) and then the 14th the tour rolls thru our home in Nashville…we’ve got a walmart signing and acoustic performance we’re doing in our hometown hometown of Hendersonville, TN and then we play EXIT/IN later that night…we’re really looking forward to throwing the hell down…i hope i’m 100% unsick by then (yea, i just made up a word)…

until next time, love to you all
<3
nixon