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felt like, and how I had to get because your body changes
through it. It was a lot of this and you need to get to a certain always been a world creator, Smile Empty Soul. They’ll be and I know exactly how long
formation of this book and level by a certain age. There’s even in my own life. I kind of fun. it takes me for each one of
second chances and different a clock on you from day one create my own world by the I those things. It’s just so routine
lives. I think that a lot of seeds and I was like, “My clock is just work in normal everyday life. I know Rich is from Cincinnati. at the moment, there’s really
were planted in me when I not going to work. It’s never It is just a little bit my own: Yeah, we love playing no dos and don’ts. It’s just
had that accident. going to work the way I want the way I dress, my style is Cincinnati. It’s literally our “do it”. I just try to be ahead
it to work. I’m never going to very particular, how I am, I’ve home town at this point. of the curve. If I can be early
Would you mind talking about be at the level that I want to always been this way. Because the band is pretty then I’ll be early. I’d rather be
the accident? be and I will never be happy much out there now. Kyle and early than late, just because I’d
I fell down a staircase. When being at a level unless it’s that How many chapters are there I are the only ones out here in rather have extra time to do
I was dancing, I was really -- level.” I tried to recover and now in your story? California, but Rich and Pat my make-up than not enough
I’m kind of workaholic and a I did all the physical therapy There are four comic-books are out there and all of our time. But the way I pack up
really hard worker. I do things and I did it for like a year and that make the graphic novel. gear is out there. We tend to and stuff like that, everything
in extremes, which I guess is a a half, and things still weren’t So, if you pick up the graphic start in the Midwest when we is ready to go for the next gig
good thing in some aspects of bending and moving the way novel, and you can get it at tour. And a lot of tours start in or show the night before. So,
your life, but in some it’s not. they needed to. And still to and I love them. I think that’s Target.com, you get it on that the Midwest anyway so it just all I have to do is unpack and
I was 92 pounds and 5’7. I this day, there’s certain things a positive thing and that’s a website. You can get it on the seems appropriate to keep all go, but I make sure everything
was thin, but I was a ballerina. I can’t do that I used to be able good thing. topcow website, you can get it of our gear in Cincinnati. is prepped for the next day
I’m all muscle too and I used to do. So yeah, it’s a little sad pretty much anywhere. But if the night before. I just get into
to go the gym for like an hour but you know -- it’s like my I think so. You give hope you read it, it’s basically four What have you learned in my routine and I kind of just
and a half before I went to dad always says, “You want for the rest of us. So, while chapters. Four comic books in terms of touring that are Dos do my thing and the guys all
the Pilates studio and then to to make God laugh? Tell him you were developing your one, and it’s one story arch. and Don’ts? know my routine. And Jared
my ballet class, and then to your plans!” stories, you said you were I think it’s pretty cool. Like Oh yeah, I mean I have it is our tech guy and he’s super
six hours of rehearsal. I used a big Sci-fi fan. You said you the ending, everybody says down to routine, but this stems helpful. The minute we get
to do that every day because He’s like, “Yeah, I’ve got watched supernatural type it surprises them, which is from like back in the day when to the venue, he scouts out a
I was obsessed with getting something else going for shows -- what are you go to cool. It’s a little bit of a twist I was doing ballet. Like, when place where I can get ready,
to be this perfect idea of a you.” inspirational books or shows and the characters are really you’re a ballerina and you’re he sets up my make-up area,
ballerina. So, at 6:00 in the It’s worked for the way it’s or movies? interesting. They have their doing stage stuff, you have a brings my suitcase out there
morning, I’d wake up and run supposed to work, you I mean one of the first books own sort of things going on. I’m routine -- everything is on a with all my stuff, sets up my
down the staircase and go to know? Everything the way it’s that I read that was like -- looking forward to developing schedule for ballet. You come costuming and he texts me and
the gym. I was running down supposed to be, right? So, you you know, supernatural sort them more in future books. in and you get this schedule a lets me know where it is and
the staircase one day (it was just have to kind of like trust in of imagination land, fantasy week ahead of time and you then he starts loading it and
a very long marble staircase) the process. book was The Hobbit. I mean What are you working on know when classes are, and meanwhile I’m like steaming
and it was wet. They had just I think I had a lot of like young next? Do you have any you know when warm up is, my voice and doing vocal
wiped it down, cleaned it in Absolutely. It almost sounds kids -- a lot of young nerds read downtime? you know when stage time exercises. It’s very routine.
the morning, and they didn’t like -- this is almost like Tolkien. That was awesome. I was just home for the is. In rock, it’s like you have Usually bands hang out
have any of the signs up, so a parallel between your past two weeks. There’s no a day sheet. You all get your beforehand and have so much
I didn’t know it was wet. I just September Mourning persona. He can’t be that nerdy. I think downtime in my life because day sheet. But in ballet it’s time before, but that’s not the
slipped on the second stair You could’ve died but you they’re coming out with a I’m a workaholic so I just like you have a week sheet. case for me. The minute we
and I went all the way down. didn’t. movie of Tolkien. constantly work. And I’m So, you map out your time by roll in, I start going and I don’t
When you’re that thin, your Right! but I didn’t. I mean I I’m sure. I mean you know, working on a couple of other your sheet, by your schedule stop till an hour after the show
bones are brittle; you’re not could’ve easily hit the back of Lord of the Rings and the projects right now. I hit the that way. But in rock we roll when I’ve packed up.
healthy. I shattered a bunch my head, my spine and like Hobbit and all that sort of road, I leave on Sunday to into town and the first thing I
of stuff in me. I’ll never forget just really messed myself up. I stuff. So, it’s funny -- it’s like join up with my band mates do is check what time are we Like you are in the zone.
that feeling and that part of mean there was a little angel nerd culture is now cool. It back east, and we go out for performing because that tells Yeah, it’s kind of like -- I kind
my life. I remember sitting on watching over me. used to not be cool when we two weeks. And we’re going me exactly when I need to get of like having my own time.
the bottom of the staircase were all in high school. Now out with like Cotton Mouth ready. I have a specific routine Me time is my time to prep
and I couldn’t move my leg. I But it sounds like you’re living the kids in high school that are Kings and Flaw, we’re going that I do every single night for and it puts me in the mood
wasn’t crying because it hurt, in a much healthier lifestyle nerds get all the girls. There’s to do a couple of shows with prep and also for tear downs, and going up there looking the
I was crying because I knew now. a cool factor to it now that I way I do. You have to be in
that was the end. I knew I just Yeah. I mean after that, I don’t think existed when we the mood to do that. It’s kind
really fucked up, you know? I gained weight. I became a were in high school. Or it kind of nice to have that quiet time
was like, “Yeah! Okay, I can lot healthier and a lot more of existed towards the end of before the storm.
repair myself. I can work hard focused on my inner strength high school maybe. There’s
and come back from this but and focusing that towards still like that nerdy factor you
it’s going to take a year or my other strength. And being know? I always liked that sort
two.” With ballet, you have a strong. Being a strong woman, of genre. I have always liked
window and you have to do not a skinny woman. Like a fantasy. I think my whole thing
it when you’re a certain age strong healthy -- I have curves is I just like creating worlds. I’ve
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