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You know what they say about time flying when you're having fun? So very very true. We had about ... six weeks off, minus a couple things here and there. It was completely amazing to just relax. The funny part is that usually when we have that much time off I go stir-crazy. The guys used to joke that I never could handle more than two weeks off before I start whining about wanting to be on tour again. Well, it was true. But this time was different. I got to spend almost all of that time off with Olivia, and that made it completely wonderful. There's no doubt that I am looking forward to being on tour again, but its not the same itching to be out on the road. I guess I can now say I finally understand what the rest of the guys mean about the good and the bad about starting up a new tour. I just know that this time I'm going to get teased to holy hell. Though I probably deserve it. I've always been the one teasing them about missing their women. Now I'm one of them in that case. What can I say, they were right. Though I'm not going to say that too loudly. I don't want their heads to get too big. They might not fit on the bus.

On another note I now have a tour!puppy! I've been wanting a dog for a while, one I could have with me on tour but I just never got around to it. Well with a little help from Olivia I now have a puppy. She helped me pick him out. He's a miniature goldendoodle and completely adorable and everyone loves him. It's kind of hard not to. I am quite amused that he has decided he likes to sleep on my feet. Not just near my feet, on them. It makes it very interesting to try and roll over when your feet are pinned down by a fluffball. So far he's doing well being with everyone and on the bus. He just seems to be taking everything in stride. I'm already loving having him here and we're only three days into the tour.

( meet Louis )

We've joined up with Secondhand Pick-me-up again for this tour. Its fun to see Ryan and the guys again. We were just joking this morning over coffee that we should always tour together. That could be dangerous to everyone around us but we'd have a hell of a good time! Granted we pretty much have a good time whenever we're on tour but that's irrelevant.

June 10 San Diego, CA
June 11 Pomona, CA
June 12 Tucson, AZ
June 14 Albuquerque, NM
June 16 Omaha, NE
June 17 Columbia, MO
June 18 Indianapolis, IN
June 20 Baltimore, MD
June 21 Norfolk, VA
June 22 Myrtle Beach, FL
June 24 St. Petersburg, FL
August 4 Zurich, Switzerland
August 5 Anrochte, Germany
August 9 Amsterdam, Netherlands
August 11 Budapest, Hungary
August 13 Prague, CZ
August 14 Eschwege, Germany
August 15 Erlangen, Germany
August 16 Karlsruhe, Germany
August 19 Wirges, Germany

Well, the tour is over, for now. Its almost amusing to me that a tour that was less than a month long can feel like we've been on the road forever. Though I think we were a bit out of practice. That's what we get for sitting on our butts and not touring for, oh, almost two years. Oops? Yeah, shit happens though. I do have to say that we really enjoyed this tour. We were a little, okay so a lot, nervous about the reception of the new album. Once again going back to dropping off the face of the planet for a while. It's also not like the previous album. But we say that every time I think. Hell I don't know. To me it felt like getting back to the 'old days' not the really old days where we lived in a van and barely ate, but back when things were really picking up. The smaller shows with amazing fans and actually getting to meet and talk to people. Yeah, this tour was awesome and I'm almost sorry its over. Though I'm sure this time we won't stay bottled up at home as long. We'll be back on the road very very soon. And probably not in the US. So we'll see.

On a personal front I've managed to snag myself an amazing, wonderful girl. I still have yet to see what she sees in me but she seems to see something she likes, so I'd say that's enough. I think I'll hold onto her for a while, at least as long as she'll put up with me anyway! In a way, that may have had something to do with the tour feeling long, but only because this is so new and I was already missing her like crazy. She surprised me for my birthday which was very very awesome. I've never been big on birthdays. It goes with the whole dysfunctional family bit. But I may now see the benefits and the reason to actually celebrate being a year older. Maybe I just like that its an excuse for the girlfriend to surprise me and make my day. Hell make my week and possibly more. Birthday's aren't so bad after all.

Huh, managed to smash almost two months of stuff into two paragraphs. Wonder what that says about me. Probably that I'm either boring as hell or I'm just not wordy. Either one is entirely possible. I used to joke that everyone would hear about my life when I put it in a song, doesn't quite fit anymore but its still fun to say. Anyway, I'm done babbling, for now. That's it.

Just what you've all been waiting for!

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Holy shit batman! It feels like just yesterday we were sitting, waiting for the album to drop, and now I'm sitting in my livingroom staring at a calendar that says 2011. Where the hell does the time go? Seriously. I know they say that time flies when you're having fun but I haven't been doing that much! Well, that's not 100% true but generally speaking it is. Its not like we're on tour or anything. That's when time really flies. Compared to that, I've been sitting on my ass gaining weight.

I whine about the time flying but its been really nice, actually. We spent a few weeks after the album dropped promoting the hell out of it. I think its done well and I'm pretty damn happy about that. I'm extremely proud of this album so I'm glad that people seem to be liking it. I know it doesn't help that we kind of dropped off the face of the Earth for a while so it will take a bit to get back into it but I think we're on the right track. And hell, the more people hear it and hear about it the better it will be and the more we'll get it out there. So I'm completely optimistic about it.

We're working on planning a tour at the moment. We'll be heading out on the road in the next few months and lord knows how long that will last. Its probably going to be like six months most likely so I'm going to enjoy the time off while I've got it! Granted I love being on tour but I'm going to enjoy being home while I can be.

So Christmas kind of sucked at first but it got better. Apparently the family is in such a turmoil mom didn't want me involved. So that was a bit of a slap in the face. I appreciate the sentiment but its still important to me to see family on Christmas, and especially when things are a mess. But what mom wants she gets because that's how much I love her. I'll make sure to get home before we head out on tour just because I want to see them. But I did decide to run off to Paris and spend some time with an old friend. It was nice because then neither one of us was alone for Christmas. We had a very good time just being together and hanging out, enjoying the city. It ended up being one of the best holidays I've had in a long time.

 
It could be said that Owen Dorian, lead singer of Speshul Victims, could have written his own version of 8 Mile. Having grown up on what could be known as 'the wrong side of the tracks' he has his own story of hard knocks and struggling to claw himself up from the dregs of society. Seeing him now, more than eight years after he and his fellow bandmates left Detroit it could be hard to believe he ever had to fight just to make it to school every day. Just prior to their release of the new album Cardiology, AP had a chance to sit down and talk with Owen about his past, the present and the future of himself and Speshul Victims.

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