MIKE SMASH!

I'm fast on my feet but slow in the brain.

I'm the biggest idiot in the Dinobrain podcast.

I do morale boosting and other fun stuff at Carbonmade.

Also, I'm an aspiring freelance lamaze coach.
Thrice

—The Earth Will Shake

Doesn’t seem right so I’m going into denial and playing Thrice all day long.

I got to hang out with my good friends Thrice last night and sing a song with them. I forget how much I like screaming/performing until I do it again.

Around 4 or 5 years ago I had the opportunity of going on tour with Thrice and it was a great experience and a ton of fun. More importantly, over the month-long tour I really got to know the members of the band and have since been good friends with them.

Now I usually only see them when they come through Chicago on tour once or twice a year, but it’s always great. And last night when they played and asked me to sing a song with them I was thrilled. I haven’t screamed in over three years and it was exhilarating to be on stage, if only briefly, with friends.

I think back on the time I spent with them fondly and hold it in high regard as one of my favorite times in my life.