Puma The Hero

so it’s been a few months.  Ebaying my delights went well.  sold about 40% of them.  thats all i had time to do.  i’m back on the road now!  still with Miranda Lambert opening up for Kenny Chesney. so far we’ve done 3 shows with 4 and 5 by the end of the weekend.  it’s been a good time.  there’s video out there of my yelling at our guitar player Alex.  when i find it, i might post it.  its pretty vulgar.  ha. This tour mostly comprises of Amphitheaters and Arenas with a few Stadiums.  it’s the biggest tour i’ve done and probably wont be able to top it unless i go on tour with U2 or The Rolling Stones,  that or with my favorite bands ever like Thrice, Jimmy Eat World, or MXPX.  Those would be huge on a more personal level.  but i wouldnt want to do it as to keep the idea of it special and dear to me. Work is still progressing the the business venture side of things.  currently working on putting together my start up team who will assist me in getting it off of he ground.  still needing an artisit.  i have someone in mind and i’m sure she will say yes.  just need to ask.  with all the time i’m not working on this tour, i’m working on designs in which said artist would beautify.  you do not want to see my crude drawings.  ha.  also needing to be done is filing for tax id, state tax, and filling out appropriate paperwork such as business plan for bank loan.  some scary shit there right?  but ideally, i would like to be up in running in september.  i’ll have finished this tour by then, and will be in need of something to do. My business venture will  be along the lines of Smash.  with a small percentage of it being merch for bands or local business/groups, and then just selling blank’s at a discounted rate.  it’s a good plan.  if you’re looking for GREAT Texas shirts, i’ll be the man you’re wanting to talk too.  i’m tired of seeing those crappy “everything is bigger” Texas shirts on ugly colors.  time for a change.  i want to give Texans something they’ll be proud to wear.  we’ll do other states but they might not like it. Texas is my focus.  remember the Alamo!

cleaning out the garage and ebaying all my former delights.  this is stuff i havent seen in years.  obviously i dont hold them that dear.  so i’m letting them go find new homes.  kind of preparing myself for the inevitable anyways.  dont wanna end up the stereotype…..

dear 2009. you are rad.  well, hopefully.  i have plans for you mr 2009.  i want to get a car and i want to buy a screen press.  not in that order.  mr 2009, please be good to me.  2008 was great but i think you can do better! sincerely, puma 

so i’m home for a few days and what’s a better way to spend it than to write a blog?  exactly! so it’s been a month, and i have been busy adventuring.  cross-country style.  not masked adventuring (watchmen reference….. any body? alright.  moving on)  I’m currently working for the country singerMiranda Lambert all i can say is why havent i jumped over to the country ship sooner?! i basically only work weekends which obviously rules. lets take this week for example. sunday i got home from a 3 show run, and i’m home until wednesday. thursday, friday, and saturday are show days. then i’m back sunday. super awesome huh! some weeks are heavier with shows than other. only down side to it. another positive is the bus is based here in dallas. i’m heading to it tomorrow to do some renovations to my bunk! pictures will follow in a few days of the major cosmetic change i’ll be doing. lets see. how can i describe it in the fewest words possible. pc monitor, table mount, xbox 360. ha. try to picture it until the physical picture comes!as i was saying before, working this gig is probably the best thing i’ve done in a while. i’ve actually happy and very content with my job and everyone around me. they’re all great. i smile while i work which equals people leaving my table happy. ha. its good for business for sure. i have a nice working space in my trailer for my merch. which is all organized the way i would love to have all my merch in all trailers look. ha. i have no complaints about the job. i even like her music. ha. score!so the updates are coming. i’m just slow and never have time to sit down with my tech support to implement the changes. soon enough.i picked up Star Wars: Force Unleashed a few hours ago, and its great! cant wait to spend the morning with it for a few more hours. i also got rock band 2. thats fun too. too human though is very tedious and frustrating but i finally figure out a few things and now i’m enjoying it a bit more.talked to blue about project strihs tonight. shooting for a march date now. fantastic. a lot of prep work between now and then. i spoke to ian about project psa, hopefully we can also start that in the spring. do a dual launch and cross promo. ha. crazzyness.speaking of crazies. i need the sleep. more to come

i’m currently sitting in columbus, ohio waiting to board my plane.  with the few seconds i have, i’d like to say a few things.  first off, happy birthday to 2 of my friends!!  Adam Schiller and John Schneck.  today is also my birthday!  crazy, i know.    anyways, so last night was my last Cute Is What We Aim For and it went well.  no one died!  it was a bummer to see it end.  i had spent the last 2 months of my life with the same 40 people, of whom most i will miss.  top of the list is Ace Enders.  the dude is awesome.  he used to be the front man of The Early November a while back.  i was a fan.  no lie.  but it was nice having someone bitter and jaded other than me on the same tour!  haha.  i’m going to miss that dude.  then there’s duffy.  stand up dude.  his first tour, and right out the bat he’s multi tasking.  gotta love him.  i gotta give it up for everyone on the tour who put up with me being a dick to them for the first half of it.  glad you guys saw through that and saw the less dick version of me.  thanks!  everyone will be missed.  but if i’ve only had to learn 1 thing about anything, its that this is a small world and our world of touring is even smaller.  i’ll see everyone again.  for sureso i’m heading home today.  i have a direct flight from here to DFW!  so awesome!!  i’ll be getting in around  915.  hopefully adam schiller will wake up in time to pick me up.  ha.  seriously.  please remember.  pretty please.unfortunately  i’ll only be home for 4 days.  i’m flying back out thursday night to begin what will hopefully be a nice long run with miranda lambert!  i’ve finally found a gig that i can keep for a while.  professional older band and crew guys.  big venues.  lots of business.  home as often as i’m on the road.  what else can i ask for….well, the plane is boarding.  during the next few days, this site will be going through some changes.  look for it!  i hope everyone has a great day.  the sun is up.  try to smile until it goes back down… 

so i’m nearing the end of my first cute is what we aim for tour and it’s been interesting. i spent a lot of the time angry and upset. over what? i’ll tell you why. i wanted 2008 to be my banner year. where everything goes right and i feel like i’ve accomplished something. i’m about to turn 25. thats a quarter of my life i’ve already rocked through. i’ve done some cool awesome things so far. i’ve been to australia, i’ve toured the country, and i’ve met some awesome people and have made some of the best friends anyone could have asked for! but there’s something missing. i made a plan and i dont feel like its going accordingly. it basically came down to make something of myself in the touring world or get out and get back to a normal life. by the time i’m thirty, i want to be a headlining arena merch guy, or a tour manager. consistently. this year, i went from doing Boys Like Girls to Larry The Cable Guy to Cute Is What We Aim For…..wait, what? going to larry after blg was good but then i went to ciwwaf? thats like a step down. i mean its a great gig and i have appreciate. they have a lot of potential, but it wasnt what i was hoping or looking for. i wanted to continue forward. so in the past 2 months, i’ve just been angry towards everyone when i should just be upset with myself. and even then, i shouldnt be. i’ve had, lets say, an epiphany this week. i know what i want to do and i have the friends to do it with. its all a matter of implementation and motivation to do it. i i’ve had a few good conversations with a few friends about my ideas and i’m getting positive feedback. its exciting. now if i can find the time to get stuff happening a gig that would allow me the time to work on this, i would be golden. its a matter of timing and implementation. and the gig might have presented itself last night in the form of 3 forwarded emails and an aim message this morning. i’ve applied for a gig for a dallas area country artist looking for a merch guy. i sent my resume in thursday night and on friday morning, they requested i give them a call. i did, sent some references, they checked it out, and now i’m waiting for the call back. its for the country artist Miranda Lambert. shes a platinum recording artist and is pretty popular. like huge. if i score this gig, my banner year will come true, i’ll have time to focus some time on said personal project and maybe get the ball rolling on turing things around. there will be more info on that to come.  in the upcoming weeks i’ll be doing a lot more to this like adding a twitter feed, and embedding loopt and places i’ve been to and stuff like that. this site will eventually become a lot more than a blog. i plan on doing videos for it too. just gotta stop being lazy with that and i need a better editing program. waiting for my friend duffy to pull through on that. but for now, i’m out. going to my bunk to read. its never to late to realize your dream. all it takes is some inspiration.

so its been 7 months since i put this up on the interwebs and i’m just now getting around to actually doing stuff with this site.  ha.  i just havent been home and the guys that are helping me with this are home so we dont collaborate too much.  fail.  this is still a work in progress though!  so dont get too excited.  

Why are you here?  Do you want to see what Puma has been up to?  Well, hold on to your hats because it’s only a matter of time.