i don't even care if it hurts...

this week has been fucking nuts. i think i'll do this entry debate stylee and come up with a verdict on what adjective should be used to summarize.

Pro-

Our Album dropped on Tuesday. Purevolume featured us on their homepage for 2 days and we've had almost 4,000 listens this week. They also interviewed us, which was really surreal. I remember when just saying "band practice" and "studio" felt all legit and cool. Now I'm saying things like "Being compared to Gwen and Hayley is really flattering because they are such phenomenal vocalists." Since then it's been a worldwind of email. So and so tagged OLP on facebook, so and so is now following you on twitter, so and so commented on your Purevolume page, so and so just became your fan, so and so would like to book you to play X show, so and so would like to write a review of your album.  

This is the most  band email I've ever gotten in a few days. It's really exciting. 

Con-

Work has been absolutely impossible. I am an excel ninja, but our business is growing so fast it's becoming impossible to use excel to do my job. I am actually breaking it. It's making me frustrated. And there's more pressure than ever to make sure everything is correct. I spent 16 hours straight working on ONE report. Even with every excel trick in the book, it still took that long. is stressful. 

Con-

Had my first real fight with Pirate. From there everything seemed to spin out of control. He's mad about something I did to fix a different problem. Tried to seek advice from another friend who picked me up after Pirate threw me out and got in a spat with him. i feel very trapped and I can't get out of anything without hurting everyone. ended up having a long chat about the state of my mental health and got some harsh but necessary feedback. left feeling like i had somewhat of a plan to slow things way down in all aspects and sleep more. then talked to some other close friends who basically said "wtf? why? don't you enjoy being crazy even if it does cause a bit of drama every now and then?" 

So, yeah. Being vanilla isn't going to make me any happier. he's probably got a point on the sleep thing tho...

Pro-

Been hangin out a lot with some friends in other Seattle punk bands. Makes me really miss my capital hill group from years ago. Must say that drinkin with a big group of musicians is what happy is all about. Lots of band chats and good music and karaoke and dancing and flip cams and hipster games and cheap beer and inside jokes on facebook walls and feeling famous. There's a lot of love and support in that group. 

I suppose that's sort of the state of things. Band is having the greatest week of it's life. Work is stressful and I'm still in the mental funk. 

got lots of material for the next album...