Wake up! Wake up!

Made me happy...

2004-11-09T16:33:00.000-08:00

and

This! :)

YES!

A couple of links...

2004-11-05T11:32:00.000-08:00

Well, although it ended quickly, I'm not sure that it was completely as clean as we want to think:

Kerry Won, Here are the facts
Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes

Since over 100,000 voting machines were used in Ohio, and exit polls were WAY off to show Kerry leading, do you think it might be possible that more than this one machine fucked up? Hmmm...

It Begins...

2004-11-03T14:38:00.000-08:00

This came up pretty fast...what will be next?

A divided country

2004-11-03T11:07:00.000-08:00

Thought this was interesting from a foreign viewpoint:

BBC News: Election reveals divided nation

It's over....

2004-11-03T08:41:00.000-08:00

It's over

Can't believe it. I'm pretty disapointed, Kerry just conceded. How more devided can this country get?

Metro vs. Retro:

http://www.retrovsmetro.org/retrovsmetro/

Election Day

2004-11-02T11:47:00.000-08:00

Well, the day has come: Election Day 2004

So much is on the line today, let's hope the choice is in our hands, and not in the court's hands. I am hopeful that there are much more new voters than the polls could ever show and I hope that tips the election. I have voted and now I must just wait for the results, I bet tonight will be a long one. Half of me wants to watch all night and half doesn't. Maybe I'll write a song about tonight and record it. I need to start putting up some music that I've made on here...

Here are the links of interest today:

Tom Brokaw Interview with G.W. Bush

A complete transcript of the Osama bin Laden Video recently released - Seems the media gave us a polished turd abridged version of it...

Electoral-Vote

Cursor.org

Today's music of choice (great for a day like today):

Music From Big Pink - The Band

Sick at home but still working

2004-10-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday at work I got sick in my office. Thank heavens there is a garbage can in there. :( So I went home midday and this morning when I woke up my throat was on fire. No good. M works with 3 year olds, so this time of year is brutal with the office and the kids combined. Most importantly I didn't want to get anyone sick, as I suspect someone working while sick had something to do with it.

So I am dialed in today from home on the work laptop, already getting stuff done. Glad I can still keep up from home, and I hope I'm feeling better tomorrow.

Primes

2004-10-25T11:14:00.000-07:00

Today's lesson, review the prime numbers

That is all.

The Genius Frank Zappa

2004-10-21T14:35:00.000-07:00

I thought I would just take a moment to write about my interest with Frank Zappa. See, this guy is a goddamned genius. Although he is no longer with us on this Earth-ka-bob, he is still a genius to the day. His music in so many ways is so ahead of it's time. (the keyword is "so") He so inspires me in my guitar playing.

I recently saw Project Object, a Zappa Tribute band with a couple of ex-band members in it. Good stuff, although it was a a place called Dante's and it was not the best place for a show, I felt like I was at a bar and there just happened to be a band there playing music I loved. It was good and I got to say hello to a couple of the guys (I had met them once in Chicago), but not the best venue by any means. I did get to hear all kinds of great tunes, wish I had the setlist...

Please check out Frank Zappa, he is the best. Music is the best.

America....

2004-10-21T10:17:00.000-07:00

Last night Rig, Jennifer, M and I went to see Team America: World Police. I laughed a lot, it was pretty damn funny in spots. America....FUCK YEAH! hahaha

It is sticking in my head today, the nest was when it was a sad moment and the "America, fuck yeah" song was all sad and slow... hahaha

Pretty good stuff.

Items of interest

2004-10-19T11:04:00.000-07:00

Lately I've been into this stuff:

GNUpg - http://gnupg.org/
Digital Fortress - http://danbrown.com/novels/digital_fortress/reviews.html
Applied Cryptography - http://www.schneier.com/book-applied.html

It is very cool stuff, all pertaining to privacy in the Internet days of the times. Check it out.

Friday again

2004-10-15T11:08:00.000-07:00

Alright, the weekend approaches. Last night M had her pottery class, and I chilled at home. Rig and his new friend came by and we ended up going out to the Hedge House for some food. I had to bolt though cause M was done with her class and I was picking her up. It was nice meeting Rig's new friend.

Tonight the plan is to have yet another amazing grill cook fest. M and I got this grill, you see, and it is the best.

I need to figure out a patio cover or something before it starts raining too much, I will want to grill in the winter for sure. I hear Costco has those 10 by 10 outside canopies that might work OK for the winter. I'll have to check it out.

M and I will be getting a new dryer soon, the one we got with the house is shite. It blows a ton of lint and such out the seams of the front door. Not good to breath I bet. We're also going to be painting soon, last night we picked out some colors. We're excited.

Have a good weekend to all of you (none) that read this. :D

St Helens Lava

2004-10-13T15:15:00.000-07:00

LAVA!

Debate night

2004-10-13T10:17:00.000-07:00

Tonight is the final presidential debate. I think Kerry will win again, not too hard though, kinda like the high schooler against the pre-first student.

Mt St Helens has exposed red lava, I guess you could see it in the crater last night. If I find any good photos I'll put them up. Hopefully today I can see some steam again on the top of the mountain for my view in the office.

Downtown Portland is fairly noisy today.

I'd like to mention something of a phenomena in Portland, this lady has been sitting in the Pioneer Courthouse Square for over a month. Usually she is in the same place and wears a robe like thing that used to be yellow and now she has a new blue one. She is causing quite the discussion these days, everyone sitting in the square yesterday seemed to be often looking in her direction and pointing from time to time. Rig and I have been observing for weeks. Could she be the queen of the Thunderdome? Story developing....

Mt St Helens Update

2004-10-12T16:13:00.000-07:00

The mountain is steaming and magma has surfaced. Today I can see steam clouds coming out of the mountain from my office window. Pretty cool. Click the image for the update:

Some links you should check out

2004-10-12T10:35:00.000-07:00

Here are some links that are worth a read:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/
http://cursor.org/
http://www.isbushwired.com/

Today I have a busy morning, hopefully the day will go by quick.

After the weekend

2004-10-11T09:47:00.000-07:00

Well, the concert was amazing, and Mike Marshall just ripped it up. It would have been good to see Tony Rice, but if there would have been a replacement to see, it was Mike Marshall. Man, it was good.

Played some music with the Waffle yesterday, it had it's moments as well, some really fun stuff.

We had our first fire in the fireplace this weekend, it was legit.

I'm looking forward to a relaxing week.

Hell yes, it's Friday

2004-10-08T11:13:00.000-07:00

Oh yeah, Friday is here again! Whoo hoo! Tonight Rig, M and I are headed out to another concert. This time we're seeing Peter Rowan and Tony Rice. Wait... I just was looking for a link for this posting and then I see this information:

Friday October 08, 2004 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
"Due to an arm injury, Tony will not be performing at this show and will be replaced by Mike Marshall."

How lame is that? Damnit. I was stoked to see Tony Rice. Well I'm sure it will still be good, but the Alladin should change it so it's just Peter Rowan on the bill when we buy tickets.

I'll have to report back how it was after the weekend. At least it's still Friday.

Window in and almost the end of the week

2004-10-07T10:00:00.000-07:00

Well, my window got put in yesterday and luckily the insurance OK'd the molding strip around the window, which will be installed Friday. That was $129 just for the molding. Having a glass only deductable is worthwhile on insurance. I'm still out of a stereo, so I need to figure that out soon. Driving with a big gaping hole in the dash is no fun, and I always end up with bad songs stuck in my head.

I have the engineering meeting today at work, hope it goes by fast, I have plently to do today.

Tonight hopefully Rig and I are going to record some. I'm looking forward to it.

Hope your day is well, for whoever (no one) that reads this.

Suchness

2004-10-06T11:27:00.000-07:00

So my car is in the glass shop today, had to file a glass only claim cause it has a $100 deductable, much better than $500 for the comprehensive deductible. But I'm out of a stereo, since it was less than $500, I just need to replace that, eat the cost. What a sucky thing, still bummed about it all. On top of it, I was feeling a sence of relief that it was in the shop and by the end of the day I would have it fixed and better. But, I just got a call from the shop and they need to get a molding piece around the window and need authorization from insurance to do so. What a pain. You'd think they would have authorization for that but I guess the insurance keeps a tight hold on that stuff. I just hope it doesn't take too long and I don't need to pay anything more than what I was already going to pay.

Last night M and I met more of our neighbors and one said they know another lady that had the same thing done to her car that night. The guy thought it was transients, as this lady has had a similar thing happen after she yelled at some of them, and others had seen some scoping out cars. Now my car is in the garage overnight, much better. I wish M could park her car in a garage too, but hopefully nothing will happen to it. I don't think they will mess with our house, but we're doing everything we can to be safe and such.

My belly is very hungry today, I'm headed to lunch a little early today. Tonight we are going to M's friend's going away party, they are moving to Bend, OR. It will be sad but we'll have a place to stay in Bend now whenever to visit them.

Eruption and my sad day

2004-10-02T20:41:00.000-07:00

They say an eruption is coming soon, but I also can't help but think the media is really "blowing it up" too. Hopefully any blast won't get Portland too ashy.

Sometime this morning my car got broken into, fuckers stole my stereo and broke a window and other shit. I'm pissed. Man, right in front of my house while sleeping. It really makes you clamp down and hope no one does any more bad things to you or your place. Please send good thoughts my way.

That really modivated M and I to clean out the garage, finish unpacking and got my car in there now. Tomorrow I need to figure out how much it will cost, probably make a claim with insurance...this sucks. Either way I'm out of money. :(

Mt St Helens Erupts!

2004-10-01T13:53:00.000-07:00

From my office I can see St Helens and today it blew. Of course I was eating lunch at the time and would have had a great view, but shit.

Here is some good info and good video:

Koin.com

Debate and such...

2004-10-01T11:39:00.000-07:00

Wow, I watched the debate last night and from my perspective Kerry trampled Bush. How could anyone think Bush won this thing? Oh yeah, cause they more than likely don't understand what it means to debate. Bush said the same thing over and over, looked like a doof. YOU FORGOT POLAND! Heh, he really thought he had something didn't he? Well, check this out:

'We were taken for a ride' over Iraqi WMD: Polish President -
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1069242.htm

Poland Wants To Leave Iraq As Soon As Possible: Defense Minister -
http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=25064

So, I'm not sure that they were part of a real coalition, even if you want to say they were, they think they were tricked into being part of it. How shitty is that?

It will be an interesting election this year, without a doubt:

October Surprise?
(Granted this source is 100% right wing biased crap, but still interesting)

Thats all I got right now, getting very hungry, think I'll head to one of my favorite places.

part two

2004-09-29T14:35:00.000-07:00

I think I just saw this kid in the thunderdome, he was filming something with another person. The movie Elephant is pretty damn real feeling and scary, good film though. It's about high school violence, like Columbine.

Check out the new blogs I added, both golden-ratio and countdowntomadmax - Good stuff.

WEDNESDAY

2004-09-29T10:39:00.000-07:00

This morning at work I drank coffee for the first time in about 2 years at work. I think I'd had maybe 4 cups of coffee in the last 2 years total. I am a hyper hypo right now. Hightened senses, coffee breath, hyper hypo.

Here is an improvised poem about nothing to do with coffee (but some of which was in my mind before bed last night):

There was a man with a thought on his mind,
Two or three years? it was all left behind.
Why would the thought not shake when shuck?
Tangled on his mind as if it was stuck.

What is the glue that it holds so true?
Could it be he, thinking, thee not free?
Or can he even tell, in this day and age?
You see what you've seen and thats called old age.

But what if you've seen only things that were seen?
Would you be thinking, and would I be me?
That's what he said, slowly to he.
Maybe I'm stuck in a paradoxical tree.
Maybe I'm stuck in a paradoxical tree.

-JB

Monday Monday Monday Monday Monday

2004-09-27T13:28:00.000-07:00

Yes it is a Monday. I'm still not feeling that well, I was sick Friday and most of the weekend. Blah. Lots of people have been sick around the office. I hope this completely passes, so that life can go on as usual.

Work is pretty blah today, there were outages and such over the weekend, heavy customer support day today....

FarmAid and such

2004-09-22T14:17:00.000-07:00

This weekend Rig and I went to FarmAid and Seattle for a guys weekend. It was much needed, hadn't gone on a road trip with a buddy for a longtime. FarmAid was great, Willie, Neil and Dave Matthews' set were especially good. We met up with some friends for the show and afterwards went to Seattle. The next day we had a good breakfast and then headed to the Seattle vs. A's game. It was super fun. I came back to Portland feeling fresh and open minded. Always good.

Tonight the Waffle is playing some music. Should be fun.

I just finally got into BitTorrent and bt.etree.org Way good stuff!

Phish reflections...

2004-09-17T15:53:00.000-07:00

This is all of the Phish concerts I saw, just thought I'd post them for no reason other than to have them in one place:

08-08-97 The World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL

1: Cars Trucks Buses, Gumbo-> Lizards, Dirt, It's Ice, Water in the Sky, Character Zero

2: Wolfman's Brother-> Free, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup, Prince Caspian, Chalk Dust Torture

E: Hoochie Coochie Man*#, Messing With The Kid*^

*With Sugar Blue (blues artist) on vocals and harmonica. #A Willie Dixon cover. ^A Junior Wells cover.

08-09-97 Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI

1: Theme From The Bottom, Punch You in the Eye, Ghost-> Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Reba, Lawn Boy, Crossroads

2: Wilson-> Foam, Mike's Song-> Ain't Love Funny-> Simple-> Swept Away-> Steep-> Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light-> Weekapaug Groove

E: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top

07-28-98 Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS

Sound Check: Fikus, Fikus#, Shafty, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Sunshine On My Shoulders > Wading in the Velvet Sea Jam

1: Emotional Rescue -> Down with Disease, The Moma Dance, Tela, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, It's Ice -> Lengthwise* -> It's Ice, Sparkle, Funky Bitch** (1:07)

2: The Wedge, Poor Heart, The Mango Song, Brother, Contact^, Maze, Prince Caspian^^ > You Enjoy Myself (1:18)

E: Camel Walk, The Squirming Coil

#Different verse than the first time. ##With lyrics about meat, cheese, "if you want to stay a vegetarian...eat the placenta"; Fish mentions "pussy," and everyone else stops the sound check immediately. *With Fish on vacuum. **Ending similar to "Black-Eyed Katy" (about 1 minute). ^"Mexican Love Style"; Trey met two people yesterday who had fallen in love, and dedicated it to them. ^^Cut short before the song was reprised, and went into "You Enjoy Myself."

08-01-98 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

I: Ramble On*, Mike's Song -> Esther** > Weekapaug Groove, Guyute, Fikus, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Funky Bitch (1:11)

2: Piper, Wilson, Also Sprach Zarathustra^ -> Magilla -> Also Sprach Zarathustra^ -> Tweezer -> Fluffhead^^, Brian and Robert, Albuquerque > Chalkdust Torture, Frankenstein (1:21)

E: Been Caught Stealing+ > Tweezer Reprise (0:09)

*Led Zeppelin cover; first time played; Page on lead vocals. **With random note language by both Page and Trey. ^With "Crosseyed and Painless" teases. ^^With tramps. +First time played (Jane's Addiction cover); Trey on lead vocals; Mike and Trey on trampolines.

08-02-98 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Sound Check: I Can't Turn You Loose, Better Believe It Baby, If You Need A Fool#

1: Roggae, The Divided Sky, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Too Much of Everything, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Reba*, Weigh, Birds of a Feather (1:10)

2: Possum, Ghost -> Lifeboy > David Bowie^, I Get Kick Out of You^^, Loving Cup (1:03)

E: Harry Hood+, Bittersweet Motel (0:18)

#Played several times. *With whistling. ^With "Possum" and "Divided Sky" teases. ^^First time played (Cole Porter cover from "Anything Goes"; made famous by Mel Torme; also performed by Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, et. al.); Mike on vocals (introduced by Trey as "Captain Gactain"). +With glowsticks, and "Ramble On" (Led Zeppelin) tease by Mike..

08-03-98 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

1: Rhinoceros*, Halley's Comet, I Didn't Know**, Ride Captain Ride***, Cars Trucks Buses, The Moma Dance, Strange Design, Character Zero (1:05)

2: Gumbo, Axilla, Limb by Limb, Meat, Hold Your Head Up > Bike^ > Hold Your Head Up^^, Tube, The Wedge (0:54)

E: When the Circus Comes > Run Like an Antelope+ (0:25)

*First time played (Smashing Pumpkins cover); allegedly has been part of soundchecks for years. **With vacuum solo. ***Blues Image cover; last played 12-30-92, 486 shows earlier. ^With a second vacuum solo. ^^After which Trey calls Fish "Bob Weaver." +With lyric "Bid you to have any spliff."

11-08-98 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

1: Taste, Carini*, Love Me, Ride Captain Ride, Fee, Paul and Silas, Roggae, Water in the Sky, Stash**, Cavern# (1:06)

2: Chalk Dust Torture, Meat, Rock and Roll##, Down With Disease^ -> Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope (1:08)

E: Been Caught Stealing^^ (0:04)

*Trey added verse about the streaker from the 11-06-98 Prince Caspian. **With "Fikus" bass tease by Mike during the jam. #Trey messed up the lyrics while tapping guitar pedals, and laughed at his mistake through the rest of the verse. ##Velvet Underground cover (from Loaded). ^Ended with a 3/4 minute Ambient Jam (with a Baba O'Reily-type sequencing loop and spacey synths from the "Cold As Ice" intro). ^^With trampolines.

10-01-99 Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Moma Dance, Sparkle, First Tube, Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, Limb by Limb, Cavern (1:09)

2: NICU, Run Like an Antelope, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Gumbo > Mountains in the Mist, Julius, Fluffhead, Slave to the Traffic Light

E: Bold as Love (2+E 1:33)

10-02-99 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

1: Llama, Wolfman's Brother, Punch You in the Eye, Quinn the Eskimo, Poor Heart, Roggae, Split Open and Melt*, The Squirming Coil > Loving Cup (1:12)

2: Tweezer > On Your Way Down, Piper, You Enjoy Myself > Frankenstein, Waste (1:24)

E: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Tweezer Reprise (0:11)

*Trey introduces the band: "Cactus" (Mike), "Stumpy " (Page), "Manny" (Fish) and "The Good Lieutenant" (Trey).

10-03-99 Allstate Center, Rosemont, IL

1: First Tube, Farmhouse, Dogs Stole Things, The Divided Sky, Heavy Things, Horn, Carini, Ginseng Sullivan, Get Back on the Train, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Guyute (1:28)

2: Twist Around, Possum, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday -> Avenu Malkenu, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars*, David Bowie, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Harry Hood (1:18)

E: Funky Bitch**, Messin' with the Kid**

*Trey played one verse with his guitar behind his head. **With Sugar Blue (harmonica) and Son Seals (guitar and vocals).

12-30-99 Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, FL

1: Water in the Sky, Light Up or Leave Me Alone^, Suzie Greenberg, Corrine Corrina, Limb By Limb, +Che Hun Ta Mo*, Big Alligator Song*, Possum, Farmhouse, Ghost, Ya Mar, Character Zero (1:39)

2: Wilson, The Curtain > Tweezer -> Taste, Meat, Golgi Apparatus, Wolfman's Brother, Gotta Jiboo, Harry Hood, Good Times Bad Times (1:35)

3: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance, Run Like an Antelope, The Sloth, When The Circus Comes, Mike's Song > Simple -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove++ (1:20)

E: Boogie On Reggae Woman > Tweezer Reprise (0:10)

^Traffic cover (from the album "Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys"). +Trey announces that the band will play all night, will not leave the stage to go to the bathroom, and will be surrounded by security to keep them on stage, then introduces the guests. *With Seminole Indian Chief Jim Billie on lead vocals and guitar, John McCuen on mandolin/banjo, and someone else on lead electric guitar. ++With "Auld Lang Syne" tease at midnight.

12-31-99 Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, FL

1: Runaway Jim+, Funky Bitch, Tube, I Didn't Know*, Punch You in the Eye, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, Roggae, Split Open and Melt** -> Catapult, Get Back on the Train, Horn, Guyute, After Midnight*** (1:46)

2: #Meatstick^ -> Auld Lang Syne, Down with Disease -> Llama, Bathtub Gin^^, Heavy Things^^^, ^^^^Twist Around > Prince Caspian > Rock and Roll, You Enjoy Myself%, Crosseyed and Painless, The Inlaw Josie Wales%%, Sand -> Quadrophonic Topplings%%%, Slave to the Traffic Light, Albuquerque, Reba, Axilla, Uncle Pen, David Bowie, My Soul, Drowned -> After Midnight reprise, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Bittersweet Motel, Piper** -> Free, Lawn Boy, Hold Your Head Up > Love You%%%% > Hold Your Head Up, Roses are Free, Bug, $Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Meatstick$$ (7:45)

Set 2 was played from midnight to sunrise, non-stop. +With marshmallow war, lots of balloons, and aerial tortillas. *With Fish on vacuum. **Unfinished. ***First time played; J.J. Cale cover from the album "Naturally" (best known for the Eric Clapton version). #Set begins around 11:35 pm with Father Time on stage pedaling away at a stationary bike, powering a large clock, with the sound of the gears on the PA (possibly a Siket Disc track?). At approximately 11:50 pm, Father Time collapses from exhaustion and the clock stops. At this time, with appropriate sound effects, a large fan boat entered the field from halfway back, stage right. Soon the sides and top of the fan boat were blown off to reveal the band riding in the hot dog from 12-31-94. The hot dog approached the stage as the band threw leis and other goodies into the crowd. Once the hot dog reached the stage, the band disembarked carrying several meatsticks. They fed these to Father Time, reviving him to drive to clock to midnight. ^Instrumental version, with the band picking up the song from a pre-recorded version played during the hot dog ride. ^^With vocal jam, as Trey, Mike, and Page sang the notes as they played them. ^^^Recorded live for ABC's Millennium coverage; Trey instructed the crowd to chant the word "Cheesecake" after the song (instead of applauding), in an attempt to confuse TV viewers; Trey introduced the band for the recorded footage and offered a message of peace and harmony for the world ("The right lane is for driving. The left lane is for passing. So stay in the right lane unless you're passing."). ^^^^Preceded by "Meatstick" tease (possibly as Central Time hit midnight). %With "Cheesecake" vocal jam. %%Trey solo acoustic. %%%With Mike holding up a voice box, repeating the phrase "Quadrophonic Toppling." %%%%With Fish on vacuum; Fish introduced Page before the song, and Mike and Trey afterwards, and the band as "Phish 2000." $Preceded by a tease of the "Harry Hood" intro. $$No encore; post-show music was the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun."

07/12/03 - Gorge Amphitheatre - George, Washington

Set 1: Taste, Mexican Cousin, Stash, NICU, Heavy Things, Mock Song*, Army of One**, Maze

Set 2: Piper, Two Versions of Me*, Tweezer***, Dogs Stole Things, Water in the Sky, Ghost, David Bowie

Encore: Frankenstein, Tweezer Reprise

* debut; ** first time played by Phish, Vida Blue original; *** ?

07/13/03 - Gorge Amphitheatre - George, Washington

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Scents > Subtle Sounds, Axilla, Carini, Dog Faced Boy, Round Room, Halley's Comet*, Guyute*, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Llama, Wolfman's Brother > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Seven Below*, Harry Hood, Chalkdust Torture

Encore: First Tube

* with Mike on electronic bagpipes

Friday it up!

2004-09-17T14:25:00.000-07:00

Yes, indeed it is Friday. The best day of the workweek. I'm getting plenty done today on top of it almost being the weekend so thats good. The day is going fairly well, grabbed lunch with a couple coworkers, went to "El Palmero" for the third time this week. I just can't get enough, damn its good.

This weekend Rig and I are headed to FarmAid M is shooting a wedding this weekend so she can't go :( I'm hoping to see some great music and hopefully stay dry. Afterwards we are headed to Seattle for the night to stay with some of Rig's friends. Should be great.

I'm thinking about buying one of these. Should upgrade the sound in recordings quite a bit. It's a great deal for the price. Oh yes, I play music. So does Rig, BL, JI, and MMD.

Thursday

2004-09-16T09:41:00.000-07:00

Today I've heard a couple of fighter jets over Portland, I saw a couple yesterday too. Someone had said Cheney was in town... I wonder if he gets fighter pilot protection everywhere he goes?

The whole election is getting out of hand, how can we not be addressing the Iraq war and the false buildup to war? Why are we focusing on Vietnam? It's all theatre. I just hope the right choice is made Nov 2nd (no more Bush), and we don't see the beginnings of a constant police state and loss of human rights. The next few years will be interesting. If we continue like we have in the last few years, I fear we as a country will never be able to lift up. A foreign policy of ethnocentrism is not the way to go, but I guess that is what can happen when a president is given office (not elected), and he has never traveled out of the country. Somedays you have to think that either gross incompetence is running the country or there is much more going on than what is being told to the public...

Anyway, enough of that for now. I think I need to find some sort of food this morning...

Starting it up

2004-09-15T10:28:00.000-07:00

Today I feel inclined to keep up with this blog thing. Not for anyone's sake but my own. Not for the sake of blogging or the movement of blogging, just to keep my thoughts preserved.

This morning is a grey (gray?) day in Portland. It feels as if fall is setting in, I guess it is September already. Work is moving at a normal pace for me today, I have plenty to do, but I'm caught up enough that I'm not feeling clinched at all. I generally try to avoid the clinch feeling as much as possible, while being true to myself that governs that possible clinch. Denial isn't for me really, I'd rather keep as clean of a mindset as possible, and if that means dealing with something head on I will. Much easier that way for me. So...glad work is flowing OK lately.

The new house has been super fun. Just coming home each night is great, so many things you can do, ranging from nothing to a ton of progress. This weekend M and I worked on the music studio in the basement. My friends and I had done some soundproofing but it was shoddy at best. M and I just took our time and made it look better and I'm sure it is much more soundproofed as well. I wonder if the group is jamming tonight. Hopefully B got his bass amp back.

This weekend I'm going to FarmAid. Should be fun, it's always great to see Willie. I wonder what the forecast is for this Saturday....