P!ATD – journal entries during the 2005 Nintendo Fusion Tour
I don’t have all of these or the pictures that went with some, but this is a start! I’m also condensing the formatting to save space.
September 27: whisper babe..i’m as good as it gets in this town. whisper babe..i’m a fever you can’t sweat out.
these are my deepest thoughts and secrets under a microscope or under a spotlight. forgive me if i’m not quite ready to give them to you.it’s just such a different feeling..when i see you smiling and singing back to me, i’m still playing different pictures in my head that aren’t so pleasant. i’m doing my best now to live in the song and not just the meaning. thank you all for picking up our record today. it’s the biggest thing any of us have ever done and it’s a great feeling to know all the thoughts and second guesses haven’t gone unnoticed.
October 8: no more sleeping in the coffin. We are Oliver Twist.We are Edward Scissorhands. We’re just make believe. I’m living a fairy tale.and you’re all in it.
October 10: she’s dreaming of him i’m dreamingofher.
October 20: “finding faith in bathroom stalls…”
October 25: my oh my. things are well enough.never happy with where i’m at,i really am trying to work on that. i’m the kid in high school you never gave a fuck about. now i’m signing your t-shirt.go figure. you and me, we should make a secret song. but i don’t know if you’re into it. but do i ever,nope. everypicturetakesapieceofme.
(November 1: Jac posted “he kissed me…” on her livejournal.)
November 2: can you still feel the butterflies?
wow.halloween is the new valentines day. i’m feeling quite a bit better now because of you.
November 6: so everyone knows everything about me, I get it. everything you ever hear, is also true all the time.okay? eatitup. love –ry
November 14: look what i got.there’s still a little bit of your taste in my mouth…
somewhere around this point Jac posted “Ryan Ross has a girlfriend.”
November 19: i’m so sick it makes me happy,i’m so happy it makes me sick. jacspoonsoon. we become the things we do
September 30: john, I’m only dancing.
capri sun surfer coolers and twizzlers. the van. album just dropped. on tour with fall out boy. holy shit. thisismylife. thank you to everyone who has picked up the album or come out to see us. i hope you enjoyed it. we aim to please. and guess what ladies and gentlemen? he doesn’t just sing for your entertainment, he’s an actor now too. well on his way to becoming a triple threat. if only he could remember what that third thing was. “she turns me on, but i’m only dancing. she turns me on, don’t get me wrong i’m only dancing.” … oh yeah, now i remember.
October 4: i got the magic stick
i love new york, so says the shirt i got the last time we were there. headed there now. someone else is driving. finally. skittles are the best candy ever. jell-o can be surprisingly filling. i owe brent 827345920 dollars. he doesn’t think i’m funny. mcdonalds sucks and half a mcflurry does not a meal make. but a pretty smile and good conversation go a long way to improving the state of things.
shorty don’t believe me, then come with me tonight. and i’ll show you maaagic. (what? what?)
thank you for coming out to see us.
October 18: oh juliet, deny your name, your father.
ryan and i are sitting in a really nice dressing room at the hard rock live in orlando. there isn’t much to do when you show up early at the venues. i walked around with our friend “merch dan” at the universal studios shops. not too much going on there either. so now im eating pb&j; and watching romeo & juliet. have fun at the show tonight, boys and girls.
October 30: but you. you were my favorite…
just got home about an hour ago. last day at home for another month. the show last night in tucson went well i think. we are definitely lucky to be on this tour. thank you all. cant stop thinking about her. she’s my favorite.
November 10: keep your chin up child and wipe the tears from your eyes
the clarion of kansas city, missouri. oh how sweet life is. less than 2 weeks left of tour. the bands have been great. parting is such sweet sorrow. less than 2 weeks closer to seeing her.
November 28: feels like home to me
glad to be back. time to lay low for a while. congratu-fucking-lations to everyone that knows everything about me. keep it up. youre doing a great job…
October 4: The Nintendo Fusion Tour has been ridiculous so far. We’ve never seen so many kids at a show, much less played in front of so many. Kara from BNO is going to make me into a classical piano player which I’m pretty excited about. Lessons starting tomorrow. Anyway thanks to all of you who have already picked up our record, you suprised us, we greatly appreciate it! We’ve been in Canada for the past few days and the weather is perfect up here at this time of year. Montreal has alot of French speaking folks and some strange things on the menu at McDonald’s and wierd junk food at gas stations. Sea salt and black pepper potato chips? hmm. -Ryan
ps. secret show in nyc next week. we’re not good with secrets. more info soon.
October 6: wishyouwerehere
the band’s myspace posts were mostly about where to find new interviews, songs, etc. so here are the updates from their site:
November 6: boise, seattle, blame mother nature for our absences. we’ve run into some bad luck lately, missed the last two shows, and now we’ve broken down again, trying to make it to the great salt lake. we will drive our little hearts out though soon as she’s fixed, hopefully we’re not too late. PANICISAMACHINE -Ryan
November 10: okay, so this past week has been quite a mess. First we missed boise due to bad weather,everyone else missed seattle because of bad weather, our van died,and we missed salt lake city. We appologize for all of this,we’ll make it up to you all asap.We got ourselves a new van in hopes of preventing to many heavy breakdowns from now on. -Ryan
November 28: We just wanted to give a quick thank you to everybody who came out early and supported us on The Nintendo Fusion Tour. You all amazed us every night. As you know, our December shows are coming up, and all but a couple are sold out. If you didn’t get a chance to get tickets to those shows or the NFT shows, we wanted to give you a heads up that tickets to our February/March tour with The Academy Is…, Acceptance and Hellogoodbye go on sale tomorrow (November 29th) at 10am… A bigger update is on the way as well as a new site! -panic!
