WARPED TOUR 2009

I want to get a job on Warped Tour 2009. So if you know a band that's looking for a merch person for cheap, let me know.

When I tell most people this (friends, roommates, coworkers), most people don't get it. Why, when I already have a pretty good job in the city I want to live in, would I give it up to live in a van with a bunch of smelly boys for 2 months, eating crap, having to do manual labor for about 15 hours a day, sitting out in the heat with no ac and no break? Why would I give up a steady salary (plus benefits) for a job where the company I work for may or may not be able to actually pay me, where I might be working for tips from 16 year old girls…who don't tip unless you're a cute boy.

Many reasons. To be surrounded by the music I love, and other people who love it. To meet a whole new group of people who I would never get to meet living in the suburbs of Philly or LA. To see how other companies work, learn as much as I can for the future when I try to start my own company.

But mostly for the adventure. Two months on the open road, with nothing but music and music people to keep you company. I'd be meeting new people, new fans every day, as well as sharing something special with the other people on the tour, something none of us will ever forget. It's the perfect mix of hard work and parties, but it doesn't seem like work when you're doing what you love. It'd be a chance for me to see the country, even if most of the seeing I'd be doing would be from the backseat of a van in the middle of the night.

Even if I can't get a job, I still can't wait for Warped Tour 2009, Friday June 26-Sunday August 23...SO STOKED!