i'm writing this last "book tour" post from chicago, having had a few days to recover from getting sick...the other night i went to see that movie "what the %&*# do we know" or whatever it is called, and in the movie, the lead character, played by marlee matlin, goes to a movie theatre which is the Baghdad theatre, whereby i was like "hey, that's the theatre that was across the street from the booksigning in portland!!", and so it was and is...the booksigning was awesome, they said it was the largest one they had ever had, and once again i thank everyone who stood outside in the rain and waited...it is really humbling to get so much love and support, i can't say it enough...next day, we flew on down to los angeles...ah, sunshine! here's what happened in no particular order: got to see jimmy, fresh from rehearsing with his band the COMPLEX, was on the dennis miller show (thank you dennis!), ate some dinner with yelena's parents, got to go shopping, saw some old friends i haven't seen in a while, went guitar shopping, did my book signing, and that's about it....i can't remember the order to well...but thanks to so many great fans coming to the signing, again, you guessed it, standing out in the rain! off to chicago!!! so yeah, i'm pretty tired at this point, having worked 80 days in a row, which of course is just stupid...i got sick all over again, and as of writing this I am still ill...anyway, the signing in downtown chicago was massive and great and i had a good time...the last signing was the following day in bloomingdale, illinois, which is just next door to where i grew up in glendale heights...the moral to the story is that it was the least attended signing out of all the ones that i did, which just made me laugh!!!! they still aren't very supportive of me out there, and i'm one of their own!! of course, they don't claim me, so there you go :) but thank you to the brave fans who braved the cold and the cultural scorn... i was hoping to see some old friends, and i did, which was wonderful...but i have to admit that outside of that, i was wondering if anyone from my past, some people i hadn't seen in 16+ years would come by, just to say "hello, good job, we are happy for you", etc...see, that is what happens when you try to go "home" again...it wasn't ever a home to begin with, yet still i am searching...i certainly didn't find it "there"...everywhere i went on this book tour, i was greeted by the warmest of love, and the most profound encouragement...thank you again, my friends...you inspire me, and i realize that my "home" is often wherever you are...thanks for a wonderful, wonderful experience...i look forward to seeing you again when my ROCK album comes out in the early spring... next up: back in the studio to record ONE MORE SONG, and then that's it...i give up forever...
all my best bc
