Whoops! Seems like I went and let the ol' membership lapse! 
Oh well. Anyway, I'm finally done with my job at the guitar store and had a thoroughly enjoyable sendoff on Sunday night in which I got completely obliterated and probably only spent about $5. So after two restful days off, I'm going to start my new job today, or at least the training portion. I will also probably start back at kung fu again this week, which makes me both nervoous and excited. Other than that, I'm just continuing tio plug away at my recordings and hoping to make something of my music sometime soon! 
Oh well. Anyway, I'm finally done with my job at the guitar store and had a thoroughly enjoyable sendoff on Sunday night in which I got completely obliterated and probably only spent about $5. So after two restful days off, I'm going to start my new job today, or at least the training portion. I will also probably start back at kung fu again this week, which makes me both nervoous and excited. Other than that, I'm just continuing tio plug away at my recordings and hoping to make something of my music sometime soon! So I got the new Stevie Wonder album for my birthday and I have to admit being nervous about this album because it seems so common for old school artists to succumb to all sorts of pop music shit and yet I was pleasantly surprised to hear that good ol' Stevie has not. In typical Stevie fashion, there are still several tracks that are too schmaltzy for me to really dig but then there are a few tracks that are killin' funky like 'Please Don't Hurt My Baby", to name one. Anyway, I'm a big Stevie Wonder fan and I'm very pleased with this newest album.
Anyway, I've been recording a LOT recently and am only very recently coming up with tracks that I'm happy with. So, hopefully that means I'm getting closer to the completion of an album and getting closer to the point where I can actually get some gigs and really get this thing going in Boston. It's funny that it seems so hard in Boston when it's been so easy in other cities. Anyway, that's what I've been working on.
Anyway, I've been recording a LOT recently and am only very recently coming up with tracks that I'm happy with. So, hopefully that means I'm getting closer to the completion of an album and getting closer to the point where I can actually get some gigs and really get this thing going in Boston. It's funny that it seems so hard in Boston when it's been so easy in other cities. Anyway, that's what I've been working on.
So, I hear it's my birthday. Wow. 23. Yikes. It's funny, how I don't really care that much about birthdays anymore, except that I like it when people still recognize it. Maybe that's just a silly little self-centred thing, but I still like it. Don't worry I don't need any presents (except for that hovercraft), I just like nods of recognition. Thanks MissTyrios.
So I went to the SG Burlesque show the other night at the Middle East in Cambridge and had a really great time! I got to meet Fractal, Nixon, Odette, Fatality and the ever dreamy Reagan! My god that girl can move! I also ran into ThePassenger and ClaudiaJean which was nice because they're both fun people. I think the only bummer about the whole night was that it was so hard to see anything. I hope they find a better venue for the next time around. Otherwise, it was a great night!
In other news, I hate my job more than anything I can describe. I need to find something else fast because I might end up exploding if I have to keep going back to that place for much longer. AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!
I guess that's all for now. Back to either job hunting, writing and recording, cleaning my room or just a good ol' jerk-it-to-internet-porn session.
In other news, I hate my job more than anything I can describe. I need to find something else fast because I might end up exploding if I have to keep going back to that place for much longer. AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!
I guess that's all for now. Back to either job hunting, writing and recording, cleaning my room or just a good ol' jerk-it-to-internet-porn session.
Well, the Sox lost and it's raining like bitches in Boston right now and it's way too hot for October. By the way, I finally have pictures of my squidfrom the last entry. Here:
It was a very cool squid and I wish that we could have been friends. I would call him Ziggy, I think.
In other news, I hate my job and desperately need a new one. Anyone want to hire me? I've been spending a lot more time writing and recording recently so that I can go out and get more gigs and hopefully support myself solely on my music someday. God, I hope that happens someday...
It was a very cool squid and I wish that we could have been friends. I would call him Ziggy, I think.
In other news, I hate my job and desperately need a new one. Anyone want to hire me? I've been spending a lot more time writing and recording recently so that I can go out and get more gigs and hopefully support myself solely on my music someday. God, I hope that happens someday...
Aaaaahhhhhh joy... I took my day off yesterday and spent it on what will probably be my last day at the beach of the year. It was absolutely wonderful! My friend Steph and my beautiful goddaughter Summer all went up to Gloucester to some beach called Wingaersheek (or something?) and had an incredibly pleasant and relaxing time. OH! And we found a squid in a tide pool! It was so fucking awesome! It was probably only about 6 or 7 inches long but it was absolutely beautiful. What great creatures! Anyway, it was much fun to be out by the ocean again, because I love it so. Today, I think I'm going to meet up with my friends from out of town and relish my second day off in a row. Peace to all!
So, I'm back from my two week vacation in Maine with my family and I am completely flabbergasted at how quickly it seems to have gone by. I had a really nice time there and I am all tan and stuff now. I also have many more cuts, bruises and scrapes than when I left. Cool, huh? Anyway, I just really love being up there and I love my friends up there and I love hanging out with the fam, so it was a perfect vacation (with the exception that I didn't end up hooking up with the most beautiful trumpet player in the world who I've had a crush on for three years now 
) . So, here I am back in Boston and trying to get reaquainted witth that crazy thing people refer to as real life. Alas... But, at least I still have SG as a means of escape!
) . So, here I am back in Boston and trying to get reaquainted witth that crazy thing people refer to as real life. Alas... But, at least I still have SG as a means of escape! Well, I got the new Harry Potter half an hour after it was released in the US and I finished it yesterday, several days short of a week. Fuck. I really wish it was longer so that I could still have my mind stuck in that world. I really love those books, and I really love this new one too. I keep hearing people gripe about little things (sometimes big things) in this book, but at this point I don't even really feel like they're different books, but more like they're just chapters in a very long story. I must admit that the ending of this book made me feel sadder than any book has ever made me feel. I kind of feel like a dork that a kid's book could do that to me, but I also think it's really cool at the same time. It's funny because I was so steadfastly opposed to reading these books, as I tend to have a strong aversion to most things that are universally popular (I also recognize the fallibility in this outlook). But when I was with Liz last year, she sat me down and demanded that we read the first book together, so I told her I would give her one chapter to convince me. Needless to say, halfway through the first chapter I was totally hooked. The story is great and the characters are brilliant and quirky, and I really can't get enough. So there it is, I am a total dork and I love Harry Potter.
Alright things are looking up. I'm actually getting much better at my job and I just got to spend a couple of really nice days with some friends of mine from back home and I have today off to lounge around and do nothhing. Except kung fu. Anyway, this weekend just completely wore me out and I had to work yesterday, so having today off is exactly what I needed. Also nice is that I get to play in the Afro-pop band this weekend in the cape which will be super, super fun!!! I love playing with this band! Anyway, I'm going to continue rereading Harry Potter 4 now, so I guess this entry is over. Toodles.
Anyway, this weekend just completely wore me out and I had to work yesterday, so having today off is exactly what I needed. Also nice is that I get to play in the Afro-pop band this weekend in the cape which will be super, super fun!!! I love playing with this band! Anyway, I'm going to continue rereading Harry Potter 4 now, so I guess this entry is over. Toodles. 