After the drama that caused me to quit on the spot I took a bit of time away from music. I even considered quitting music altogether. I was very downhearted and I didn't want to be involved anymore. Furthermore, I was finishing my honours year at university and I was very busy with that. I ended up spending the second half of 1999 hardly touching the drums. It was a confusing period for me because my friendship with the guys had been affected and it didn't feel like a big enough issue to fall out over. But pride got in the way and I think it was a number of months before I talked again to Ben and Chris. I still regret that period of time, I wish I had handled it better.