You guys have the airport right now.

My flight leaves in about 20 minutes, and we are on our way to North Carolina.

A brief stop in Chicago.

By the way, it's got to be one of the worst airport beef over up to our final destination.

We're all just stopping for me.

This also seems like a pretty good time to introduce the characters of this adventure.

Obviously, you guys know economy, and this is our placement study.

Amazing.

Chevy sent players, of course, that will be coming up soon enough anyway.

Bit of North Carolina since probably end of high school beginning of university when I did a road trip from Toronto all the way down to Georgia.

It's pretty nice hotel, but first things first.

Overall, it's a pretty nice bathroom, and the room itself is actually quite spacious.

Nice was also a coffee machine, which is important.

I love the name of this coffee to pure elevation, Fancy wall art, nifty lights.

And this room has an insane number of U.

S.

Beef Room tours are not my forte, but you get the point is looking like it's gonna be a fun event I'm gonna get changed and trying to fight off some of the jet lag by hitting the gym for a little bit and then grabbing a quick shower.

I didn't bring my tanked up scared of missing in a shower anyway.

I don't always exercise on arrival, and I never jog, but it's a good way to get a peek at the area so I could get used to it.

I never mentioned that I hate jogging.

Theo.

Exercise really does help fight the jet lag, though, and it puts me in a much better mood, especially after all that travel was like a quick 15 minute, then Jim even quicker.

Two kilometers out there, we have a dinner up in like about an hour so quick shower on dinner.

Let's take a pic of schedule.

So tomorrow Friday, there's a kind of like a panel.

Show me sand with Kiki, followed by an autograph.

So that's a schedule literally almost time for me.

Head down for dinner.

The way the weirdest part about this whole thing so far is I've been in America like 67 hours, and I've heard nothing with Japanese the entire time.

They've even prepared special and amazement drinks for us.

Go Cruise Phiri, The alchemist.

Sailor Moon I think I'm gonna have to go with Go Crew right out of the gate is go through way.

One of guys like 7 30 in the morning.

I got but around six to do some editing and homes facing a bit like making about the hotel I tried to decline.

Room service is much as possible just to cut down on waste hassle.

And before we head out for the day, I got a quickly run out and grab a few things.

Thing is probably the most dramatic warning sign I think I've ever seen.

Like Japan tend to go pretty cute on the warning signs.

So you forget that warning signs warning Smart food later.

Later.

And I totally forgot the coffee this morning.

Thank you.

Mission complete.

Never go grab some coffee and meet the girls breakfast.

Also part of me wants to try one of these scooters while I'm here.

I also know there a plague on most cities.

They don't contribute that way.

Used to scythe.

You know one thing that is always in my mind every single time I come out to defend this every single time I have the opportunity to travel like this is all mostly just how short lived.

All of it has the possibility to be.

This could all be over tomorrow.

Who knows?

I could get sick.

I could get injured jobs, kids, Who knows what could happen in life.

So every single time I have the opportunity to come out to something.

I guess I spend the entire time just wrapped in such immense gratitude for the fact that I get to be here.

So gratitude.

All right.

Gonna grab breakfast with the girls in the green room before we head out for the day.

Actually get this City had breakfast with Sailor Moon.

So that's a real thing that just happened never in my life that that would be happening.

Also, one of the key differences to this particular event is they have kicking more than anything kind of teaching about the shamisen along the way.

So it's it's more mix.

It's almost barely a performing still sounds just probably one of the more challenging sound checks.

So far.

The sound check is wrapped up, and while I was here, something interesting hit me that I wanted to share with you guys the very first time that I ever actually listened to live to get a semi said Music was when my little brother Alexander brought me out to a convention just like this one in Washington a couple years back.

Excuse the mysterious lighting, but it was actually a performance by the ocean or brothers, one that kind of inspired the life I have now.

And here I am, 10 years later, bringing chummy 10 players out to an event like this.

This is just This is probably a much heavier and deeper story that I should have saved for a more emotional moment, but I realized it now.

I wanted to share it now, and it just I might be processing that for, like the rest of the day trip, never ending fun.

And this is Joe.

I know.

Good was it was good.

I'd like it better in person than on your video, your videos, a good something.

A lot of people say, because you can't capture that on video can just There's something lost.

Also, it's like 35 degrees Celsius right now, and the girls are fully decked out in kimono.

It's not very often that frees offers you have meant right?

Right.

So, like for Joyce?

God, I get you don't get that very video.

Amazing view more than anything today.

Just kind of been of log and us just having some fun together.

It It's been a while since I've done one of these.

I'm glad.

I'm glad that we got to do this.