Tour Diary April 29-May 5th 2002

Monday 29th of April
Spent my entire day off in bed yesterday.
Watched some basketball and Michael Mann's rather disappointing "Ali" on Pay per View and then napped like a baby on and off all afternoon.
Breifly nipped out for some AMAZING sushi in the evening and was back in bed by 9:30pm.
I'm desperately trying to be a good girl and not tax my voice on days off but it's so hard for me cause it means that I end up missing out on all the shenanigans. And yes.....it does get a little boring boring boring sometimes.............but also..... in a mildly perveted kind of a way....... it's rather a divine,nun-like way to exist too.

Tuesday 30th
We played the first of two shows here in Washington D.C last night and had a riot to ourselves.Lots of banter back and forth between the band and audience who somehow managed to persuade us into playing both Girl DOn't Come and #1 Crush. I'm beginning to feel a little better these days and my energy levels are creeping slowly back to normal. I even managed to do a full work out before the show so that's definitely a good sign and if I keep improving like this.....I will feel so much happier. On a slightly odd tangent..........what on earth is Shakira going on about in her new single?I thought I'd heard it all after the "it is good that my breasts are so small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains" line but I guess I was wrong.

Wednesday 1st of May
Watched an HBO special on the making of the new Spiderman movie this afternoon and I got all revved up and excited about it. I'm mildly biased though as I do harbour a HUGE thing for Tobey Maguire.He's just so bloody geeky and you've just got to love those earnest,nerdy types.(They're great in bed.) Arrived in Norfolk,Virginia at 4:30 am this morning,slunk into the hotel and then promptly managed to sleep right through until noon.Had another great show in DC last night.The audience were shouting out requests all night long,as result of which we even attempted a (very poor) version of "You Look So Fine".
YIKES

Thursday 2nd May
Myrtle Beach,South Carolina
Weird day.Strange news all around.DOn't feel like writing.

Friday 3rd
Today is supposed to be a "day off" but it's 2pm and we've already driven over from South Carolina, had a meeting with our business manager and now we're all sitting in Ocean Way Studios here in Nashville getting ready to record a track for the up and coming Ramones Tribute Record.
Anyway......it's all very swanky here in this studio.They even have their own chef which seems spectacularly glamourous to me!!!

Saturday 4th
Played a big festival here in Nashville this afternoon and I was delighted to discover that No Doubt were playing too.The last time Garbage and No Doubt were on a bill together was almost 7 years ago at the KROQ Weenie Roast when we were all new kids on the block and no one had ever heard of us. Took up the invitation to visit Ms Stefani on her bus before the show....and we pissed ourselves laughing at our 7 year good fortune and swapped a few road stories of ill health as lead singers are want to do.....but she was looking absolutely radiant and totally back on form.
I'm delighted to see her and the band do so well with "Rock Steady".They're sticking quite a few royal fingers up the asses of those who had them written off after "The Return of Saturn".

Sunday 5th
I don't normally like jokes but this one made me chuckle for some reason!

The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all of the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were three finalists...Two men and a woman.

For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. "We must know that you will follow your
instructions, no matter what the circumstances. Inside of this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Kill Her!!!" The man said, "You can't be serious. I could never shoot my wife." The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job."
The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. Then the man came out with tears in his eyes." I tried, but I can't kill my wife." The agent said, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home."

Finally, it was the woman's turn. She was given the same instructions, to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard,
one shot after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.

After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow, and said, "This gun is loaded
with blanks. I had to beat him to death with the chair."

Moral: Women are evil. Don't mess with them