I Forgot I had This Blog

But, I still do. I'm not sure what I will use it for, but It's pretty fun.

I'm reading A Song of Ice and Fire- and it's incredible. I'm currently on A Feast For Crows. Fucking fantastic read, best in a long time, maybe ever. Better than Lord of the Rings.

Yeah, I don't know what I want out of this. Maybe I'll just write about adventures like Mike does. Perhaps I can review beer, or post about dogs in Maine. Maybe I'll even write a custom song. I just don't know.

I'm sad that the end of summer is here. I really was hoping for some more swimming time. Only went to the ocean once. Only went to lakes twice, although once was for a week, so that's okay. I just want to swim more. I am not sure New England agrees with me anymore. I don't think Maine does anyway. hmmm. Maybe it's because I'm not drinking. Maine turns awesome with a lake and a beer.

February 7th - 11th 2011

Monday 2/7/2011 - 916am 26 degrees major back pain again. 6/10
Tuesday 2/8/2011 - 8:20am 32 degrees sneezy 7/10
Wednesday 2/9/2011 - 8:40am 10 degrees brrrrrr tired 7/10
Thursday 2/10/2011 - 7:47am 17 degrees sore from lifting, feel good, 7/10
Friday 2/11/2011 - 8:14am 11 degrees feel good, a little sore, QP, lily in music room all night. Whoops. Sorry lily. 7/10

Gear/Business Update

New Hard Drive arrived this week. 1 tb internal. what a pain in the ass it is installing it into an iMac. They really don't want you in there. Whatever, I'm all set up and ready to go! Should be a great time. Ordered a weight bar too, need to lay off the hootch for a while. Getting too fat. Made Quimby a little snow palace, but it does not contain him, he can jump out of it, as he demonstrated last night when the kids were outside. It still looks awesome though. I'll turn it into an ice bar if I have to. Today would be a good day to shape it better, as at 2:22 pm it is 33 degrees (it was 3 degrees this morning). Planning on snow shoeing and making a fire in the woods somewhere on Saturday. Not sure where that will be yet. Maybe Cumberland. We will have to see.

I am going to start playing music as a DJ for people this summer. It pays well, and I would be good at it. I discovered this week that I need to upgrade- a lot .I need to upgrade my speakers at least, and then probably the mixer, and possibly buy some sort of interface that works with an external hard drive. funny how three hours of music isn't that many songs but if you don't have 10,000 to choose from, you are a sub par DJ. I may have a gig lined up already. I can't wait. If I could do that once a weekend, I would make more doing that than I make now working 40 hours a week, which blows my mind. I really need new speakers, probably powered ones. I need a nice mixer for everything, which is important. speaker stands, wireless micas, and probably a small but heavy duty tent for shade in the heat and of course to waterproof everything. The tent will probably be the most expensive part of it all. As it is right now, as long as the room wasn't huge, I do have enough equipment to do the job well.

The business is going well, except that I've been waiting for payment on the second half of a jingle package for over a month now. I have definitely learned what I need to do as far as payment goes next time. I also need some upgrades for the business as well. In order of importance:
higher quality vocal/guitar mic- I would love the AT4040, but I think it's too expensive, so I'm looking at the Rode NT1 which should do the trick. I've used them before and they do sound good. The other options the AT 2020, and I'm not sure about it, it looks cheap.
USB or Firewire audio interface. In a perfect world I would buy a Saffire Pro 24 DSP, or a M-Audio Profire 610, or even a 2626, but the cheapest of those options is around $300. If I could ever get paid for my last jingle I would buy it. In the meantime, I'm researching other interfaces, but I really don't want to spend money on something that I'm just going to replace in a few months anyway.
I need a new bass guitar, since I had my last one signed by Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman. It looks awesome, and it didn't even sound that good anyway. I found some good bass guitars that will do the trick for around $100, so that's nice.
I need a new desk as well. Mine is falling apart. It is 10 years old and was made of particle board.
I might as well get some new speaker stands, since I will need them anyway, those only run around $70. Come to think of it, I have a friend who would probably sell me most of what I've just mentioned. I'm gonna have to email him. The only other thing I will eventually need is padding for the walls once I get a house, but that's not even on the radar. I'll need a car, and a motorcycle first;)

end of Jan, begining of Feb

Monday, January 31st 8:31am 9 degrees - Major serious back pain. 5/10.
Tuesday, February 1st 8:26am 11 degrees - ow ow ow back pain. 5/10.
Wednesday, February 2nd 8:40am 12 degrees - SNOW. No back pain. 7/10.
Thursday, February 3rd 8:56am 10 degrees - feeling good 7/10
Friday, February 4th 8:10am 3 degrees - BRRR COLD. Tired but awesome. 7/10.

Jan 24th-28th 2011

Monday Jan.24th 8:39AM 11 degrees. Tired. 6/10
Tuesday Jan 25th 9:45am 9 degrees. Tired, meh, flurries, no QP 6/10
Wednesday Jan 26th 9:17am 7 degrees. Chilly. 6/10
Thursday Jan 27th 9:12am 25 degrees 7/10
Friday Jan28th 8:11am 11 degrees FRIDAY! 8/10

January 19th-21st 2011

January 21st 8:04 am 18 degrees- SNOW! I feel good, must be the lack of sleep due to the full moon. New TV arrives for the upstairs bedroom today! SWEET.

January 20th 8:39am 23 degrees- Good, Quimby pooped. He's a good dog. Best. Dog. Ever.7/10

January 19th 9:31am 37 degrees- wet outside, feels like spring. 6/10.

January 14th-18th 2011

Tuesday January 18th 8:30am 15 degrees- flurries, wheezy, backpain, but well rested. 7/10
Monday, January 17th 10:17am 10 degrees- blkjfbhjaklhdfusalkfn 1/10
Friday, January 14th 7:04am 16 degrees- cold and tired 6/10
Thursday, January 13th 6:45am 29 degrees- feel surprisingly good for this early in the morning. no back pain- 7/10

January 10, 11, 12

Jan 10- 8:30am 25 degrees. Back hurt this morning, up early. Cinnamon Toast Crunch for breakfast. Quimby pooped. 7/10

Jan 11- 9:30am 20 degrees. Very cold. Back pain this morning. Quimby pooped. 6/10

Jan 12- 8:30am 23 degrees, lots of snow, woke up with a very sore back at 6am. 5/10

January 6 & 7, 2011

January 6- 8:30am 15 degrees today. No Quimby Poop. very meh at 4/10. My neighbors must think I'm crazy.

January 7- 8:30am 17 degrees. Back hurts, I miss snowboarding. 6/10

January 3rd, 4th & 5th 2011

3rd - 10:52 Nice day out, clear 31 degrees. I feel meh. 5/10
4th - 8:30 clear, cold at 19 degrees, feeling better than yesterday at 7/10 no poop from Quimby.
5th - 8:35 cold 21 degrees, tired, clear day, feel like a nap, 6/10. Poop.

Old Port Jingles

Oh man, I heard about the coolest business. It's called Old Port Jingles, and they offer all kinds of cool services. They do Business Jingles, Custom Songs, some sort of archive services that sound cool. You should totally use them if you need a Business Jingle in Maine, or anywhere else for that matter. Since it's an internet company, they can work for anyone!

Woah, Updates

Wow it's been a long time since I've written anything. It's freezing in the morning, my asthma is poopy, and I don't have a car. I'm not making quite as much music as I would like but it's all good. I released a video for the hit single Megabytes. I've been doing video stuff for my work, which is awesome, although it's pretty intense. I've had to learn how to use Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 for Mac, which is unfortunate, because the program does not have as many features as it does for PC, although Mac's still rule. I'm working on a Delaney's Hole in the Wall theme song in hopes for some kind of trade. I'm thinking dinner and drinks. We will have to see how good it comes out. There is potential. I watched HBP again, I stand by my first review. It was good, but like the previous movie, it strayed too far from the book.

Phish is coming to Portland! I can't wait. It's going to be a crazy weekend, backstage VIP Pixies passes on Friday nov. 27th, and Phish in Portland on Nov. 29th. Needless to say, I'm taking the following Monday after off.

I still want to release an album soon, but it's mad expensive, and SO much work. Poganddog.org is doing quite well, although one dog was a real bitch. Ha. Get it? DonCreeper.com is also doing well, but I need to add a little more content to make that site worth anything. ErichRyan.com is a waste thus far, that needs serious workage.