Yah, that's pretty much how it feels at the moment. The weekend started pretty good. I had a car full of happy people heading to Tampa. Had a good time at the Underground... I was sober (being the DD) but I still had a fantastic time blowing up others, sitting in front of the big speakers grinning like a fool, dancing occasionally (it's rather spastic, so I don't do it that often in deferrence to those who know what they're doing), and just generally having a good time.
Drama begins... from several different directions. I deflect it as much as possible and begin the long trip home to Orlando with a car full of quixotic people in the car. By the time I got home, I knew there was no sense in going to bed and stayed up until Rob and I left for Tampa (again) to meet some friends for a day of super-powered role-playing. It took 3 bookoos to make it through the day... yes, Heather... carb city, USA, I know.
On the way home, the sequel to the drama begins. Rob and I are both exhausted and he's about ready to turn into the Hulk... but I manage to sooth the savage beast and send him to bed. Meanwhile, I deal with the new drama with the help of several whippits until I pass out at 4 a.m.
Sunday was pretty good. Had a nice breakfast, went to a movie and dinner, and then went to a friend's house to visit. But that night, something went nuts in my left leg which created a 16-hour charlie-horse. Fun for me.... on top of that, the master bathroom comode decided it had had enough shit and began flooding my house. The master bath, master closet, master bedroom, hallway, utility room and great room..... flooded. I now have 9 blowers and 2 de-humidifiers in my house at $430/day. ARGH!
So if the light at the end of the tunnel is a train... that's fine by me. Just make sure it's a good solid hit... I don't want to limp away from this one.
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
There Is No Subject
Note: I tried to post this earlier today (about 10 in the morning) but I kept getting errors. (Myspace again... blah)
Feeling much better today. I've had time to think about events and people in my life, what they all mean to me and how to interact with all of it. The answer was, of course, the same answer I've always come up with. "To thine own self be true." Everything else will fall into place after that and be much easier to deal with. No more second guessing, no more trying to shield or be shielded... whatever. If I can not be true to myself and my feelings, then I'm worth absolutely nothing to anyone else.
"24" was absolutely kick-ass last night... although I kept getting interrupted. 7 people at the house, 1 on the computer making music, 1 on another computer playing games, 2 in the loft watching 24, 1 getting his hair colored while the other was coloring it... and me trying to organize dinner, making sure everyone had what they needed and still watch the show. But I only missed like 10 minutes of it in total... and I got to see the kick-ass ending with Chloe becoming "Rambette." That was as good as, if not better than, having a sharp-witted trademark Jack Bauer line at the end of the show!
I tried "Kronik Energy" drink today... a suggestion from Twink. It's too bitter for me, tho... and I'm trying the one WITH sugar. Back to BooKoo and it's 4 buhjillyun grams of sugar. Other than that, nothing much to report... oh... my friend Chris showed up last night and balanced my studio. MUCH HAPPINESS!! I still need another set of quarter-inch cables tho... he chided me for not having spare cables as "every good sound technician always has sets and sets of spare cables." So I'll go to Sam Ash sometime today and get another pair (or 2 so I can have a spare set). Anyway... it's almost like a brand new system compared to how it sounded before. It's a good thing I don't have bigger speakers than the JBL monitors I have... otherwise my house would be crumbling from the "aural assault" last night. :)
Anyway.... more later as work beckons me right now.
Feeling much better today. I've had time to think about events and people in my life, what they all mean to me and how to interact with all of it. The answer was, of course, the same answer I've always come up with. "To thine own self be true." Everything else will fall into place after that and be much easier to deal with. No more second guessing, no more trying to shield or be shielded... whatever. If I can not be true to myself and my feelings, then I'm worth absolutely nothing to anyone else.
"24" was absolutely kick-ass last night... although I kept getting interrupted. 7 people at the house, 1 on the computer making music, 1 on another computer playing games, 2 in the loft watching 24, 1 getting his hair colored while the other was coloring it... and me trying to organize dinner, making sure everyone had what they needed and still watch the show. But I only missed like 10 minutes of it in total... and I got to see the kick-ass ending with Chloe becoming "Rambette." That was as good as, if not better than, having a sharp-witted trademark Jack Bauer line at the end of the show!
I tried "Kronik Energy" drink today... a suggestion from Twink. It's too bitter for me, tho... and I'm trying the one WITH sugar. Back to BooKoo and it's 4 buhjillyun grams of sugar. Other than that, nothing much to report... oh... my friend Chris showed up last night and balanced my studio. MUCH HAPPINESS!! I still need another set of quarter-inch cables tho... he chided me for not having spare cables as "every good sound technician always has sets and sets of spare cables." So I'll go to Sam Ash sometime today and get another pair (or 2 so I can have a spare set). Anyway... it's almost like a brand new system compared to how it sounded before. It's a good thing I don't have bigger speakers than the JBL monitors I have... otherwise my house would be crumbling from the "aural assault" last night. :)
Anyway.... more later as work beckons me right now.
Monday, April 25, 2005
It's raining shoes
The expression, "waiting for the other shoe to drop" comes to mind today. But in this case, it's raining shoes. Another expression: "Between a rock and a hard place" comes to mind... but in this case... there's also a trap door underneath and a fraying rope being clinged to.
I feel as if I've wronged someone while attempting to do something right... wronged someone very close to me. The shitty part is, I don't know if I have or not. There are times when you can go up to that person and ask to talk and work things out... and then there are times when you have to back off and let them come to you when they feel like it.... if they feel like it.
Those are the hard times. Being a peacemaker with a martyr complex, I tend to do anything and everything I can to try to help others make peace and resolve conflict... especially when that conflict is between family and/or friends. Lately tho, it seems to be getting me deeper into trouble more often than not. How do you say no to a friend that asks you for help? How do you deal with that when that help may be at odds with another friend? Why do people always put the people closest to them in the middle of everything? Maybe they were already in the middle of it to begin with. FEH... It gives me a headache.
At some point, something's gotta give. Whatever it is, and whenever it does... I just hope we can put the pieces back together with stronger glue.
I feel as if I've wronged someone while attempting to do something right... wronged someone very close to me. The shitty part is, I don't know if I have or not. There are times when you can go up to that person and ask to talk and work things out... and then there are times when you have to back off and let them come to you when they feel like it.... if they feel like it.
Those are the hard times. Being a peacemaker with a martyr complex, I tend to do anything and everything I can to try to help others make peace and resolve conflict... especially when that conflict is between family and/or friends. Lately tho, it seems to be getting me deeper into trouble more often than not. How do you say no to a friend that asks you for help? How do you deal with that when that help may be at odds with another friend? Why do people always put the people closest to them in the middle of everything? Maybe they were already in the middle of it to begin with. FEH... It gives me a headache.
At some point, something's gotta give. Whatever it is, and whenever it does... I just hope we can put the pieces back together with stronger glue.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Waiting to Inhale... *evil grin*
Nothing much to post today, to be honest. Just a few things running through my head. Kung Fu Hustle comes out this weekend. I really want to see that. It looks great... I hope I'm not disappointed. One of my absolute best friends (clearly an illegally adopted sister) is going out of town this weekend so I'm sad for me but happy for her... then again, it depends on whether or not she has more fun than I this weekend... which I calculate the odds at being pretty "high" in favor of that reality.
"24" kicked some major booty last Monday. Jack's closing line was again another triumph: [Spoken to a perp with 3 or 4 broken fingers, handcuffed to a car's "oh shit" handle] "Here, this will help with the pain." --*~BAM!!~*-- [Knuckle sandwich.. nice!]. *sigh*... Keifer... oh Keifer.
Uhm what? Sorry, was miles away for a moment there.
Anyway, far too much to do tonight. The weekend approaches steadily and I must make sure I'm fully prepared for it... or it will be gone before I have the chance to enjoy it! I'm debating the idea of going to "The Underground" in Tampa on Friday night. I believe The Crystal Method are supposed to be there... but it might be Saturday night... ehh... I'll work that out later.
I've been toying with some new ideas for remixes... some of them are yielding interesting results while others are... well, they're riding the short bus to the recycle bin. Some bands I'm distorting at the moment are AWB, America and The Pointer Sisters. I'm also toying with the theme from the third season of Farscape. That one is coming together... but it is defying all genres of electronica that I'm familliar with. But oh well, it's fun regardless. :)
"24" kicked some major booty last Monday. Jack's closing line was again another triumph: [Spoken to a perp with 3 or 4 broken fingers, handcuffed to a car's "oh shit" handle] "Here, this will help with the pain." --*~BAM!!~*-- [Knuckle sandwich.. nice!]. *sigh*... Keifer... oh Keifer.
Uhm what? Sorry, was miles away for a moment there.
Anyway, far too much to do tonight. The weekend approaches steadily and I must make sure I'm fully prepared for it... or it will be gone before I have the chance to enjoy it! I'm debating the idea of going to "The Underground" in Tampa on Friday night. I believe The Crystal Method are supposed to be there... but it might be Saturday night... ehh... I'll work that out later.
I've been toying with some new ideas for remixes... some of them are yielding interesting results while others are... well, they're riding the short bus to the recycle bin. Some bands I'm distorting at the moment are AWB, America and The Pointer Sisters. I'm also toying with the theme from the third season of Farscape. That one is coming together... but it is defying all genres of electronica that I'm familliar with. But oh well, it's fun regardless. :)
Monday, April 18, 2005
The Watch
Okay, this is kinda weird. Myspace works fine at home but at work I get all kinds of crazy fonts and I lose most of the graphics. Not sure why when other sites work just fine. So far, only myspace has been problematic. Anyway... regardless I managed to get a photo uploaded of the watch I was talking about. Check out my pics and you'll see it there. In other news, I now know what time it is. Muahh.
Sunday, April 17, 2005
Back home...
Well, we're back home again and from all appearances the cats (we have 3) did not throw any outlandish parties while we were gone. Which is a good thing because I'd be really pissed if they didn and didn't invite us.
I found a candy bracelet/watch combo that I just had to have. The watch is detachable so I can attach it to any bracelet I choose to make. Handy! I also bought a set of earrings and we looked at wedding rings. The place we went has jewelry that is hand-made by a master goldsmith named Joan Michlin. Although we're still shopping around, if we do go with her stuff, this is the ring I'm most interested in:
It's actually meant to be an engagement ring AND a wedding band together. You buy the ring with the stones first for engagment and then the band later for the wedding. I'll probably change the band to be white gold since Rob wants a ring that is white gold and yellow gold like this:
But like I said, we're still looking around. It would just be really neat to have rings that are not only symbols of our marriage, etc... but also unique, hand-made works of art.
At any rate, we're in no rush. There's plenty of time for all that. We still have other places to look and something else may strike our collective fancies more later. Work again tomorrow, blah... but also "24" tomorrow night... woohoo! 7 more episodes to go!
I found a candy bracelet/watch combo that I just had to have. The watch is detachable so I can attach it to any bracelet I choose to make. Handy! I also bought a set of earrings and we looked at wedding rings. The place we went has jewelry that is hand-made by a master goldsmith named Joan Michlin. Although we're still shopping around, if we do go with her stuff, this is the ring I'm most interested in:
It's actually meant to be an engagement ring AND a wedding band together. You buy the ring with the stones first for engagment and then the band later for the wedding. I'll probably change the band to be white gold since Rob wants a ring that is white gold and yellow gold like this:
But like I said, we're still looking around. It would just be really neat to have rings that are not only symbols of our marriage, etc... but also unique, hand-made works of art.
At any rate, we're in no rush. There's plenty of time for all that. We still have other places to look and something else may strike our collective fancies more later. Work again tomorrow, blah... but also "24" tomorrow night... woohoo! 7 more episodes to go!
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Mmmmmrph
Blah... I got about an hour and a half of sleep last night. It is quite dangerous to wave an almost untouched case of whipped cream in front of two fiends... you do the math.
I'm supposed to be going to Sarasota today with Rob to see his folks. Blargh... I'm barely functioning... maybe at 23% normal capacity. But, a little help from BooKoo will fix that right up. I really am looking forward to the being there... and I guess I can sleep on the way, right?
I'm supposed to be going to Sarasota today with Rob to see his folks. Blargh... I'm barely functioning... maybe at 23% normal capacity. But, a little help from BooKoo will fix that right up. I really am looking forward to the being there... and I guess I can sleep on the way, right?
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