1. january 29, 2003: breakup fest 2003. further reading

2. february 8, 2003: northstar played in chicago, gabe and i got to hang out a lot, we partied with everyone at annelise's.

3. april 4-6: northstar played on the 4th, TBS played the 5th and 6th, and due to gabe, annelise and i were treated like royalty.

4. may 23-27, 2003: southern tour with northstar and senses [fucking suck] fail. gabe's car insurance went down and we surprised the shit out of him in pensacola, ate at the casa de waffle and drove around until 4am trying to find a damn hotel in southern alabama. i met rachel in nashville, ate teddy grahams, drank outside the world's largest adult bookstore, and rocked out with bood on the side of the stage. further reading

5. june 6, 2003: darren and i saw the flaming lips at the Y on halsted for $15. it was his birthday and we ate funnelcake and froze our asses off. rachel came up from TN to hang out with me and annelise. further reading

6. june 7, 2003: saw AAR (and staind, my favorite band, only not really) and RHV with annelise, rachel, darren, and his brother. did some hanging out afterwards with the guys. blah blah blah.

7. august 9, 2003: rocket city party; i met bethany here. further reading

8. august 24, 2003: the jealous sound, brightest, tuck everlasting, being sad, champagne and berries. further reading

9. september 26-28, 2003: hottlanta, visited libby at school, didn't pay for beer, saw northstar, had songs dedicated to me by over it and MCS. further reading / more further reading

10. october 10-13: pseudo-east coast tour; rochester, state college, toledo with mia, jenny, and hawaii 5-0. driving around until 4 am to find a hotel, taking lots of hilarious pictures, eating pizza with gabe and jakus, and rocking out to MCS with pat-rock. further reading.

11. october 17, 2003: milwaukee with the round eyed devil, saw mae, FOB, rufio, and MCS. further reading

12. november 14-15: nashville and huntsville with typewriter [everest], a million hours in a van with 6 other people, falling asleep on the floor of the van, watching girls gone wild, scott having soycrotch, "i got hoes in different area codes", liiiii-saaaaa,$6,000, seeing gabe, getting a parka and a winter hat, watching x-men, going shopping with boys, nick being shot with airsoft guns, getting up at 6:30am to drive home (not fun). further reading

13. november 22, 2003: i turned 21, consumed mass quantities of food at CPK and noodles and co., was drunk from 3pm until i went to bed at 2am, got to hang out with cliff, gabe, annelise, carri, geoffrey, and the boys. further reading

14. december 5, 2003: RHV played in chicago with MCS. i saw tyson for the first time in months, and MCS played "autographs and apologies". i also saw jordan for the first time in two years.

15. december 16, 2003: scott and i hung out downtown and went to the art institute. we also did some outdoor ice skating, had thai food, fought for parking in best buy, and watched the league of extraordinary gentlemen.