Back to the Grizzle!

I'm back to the werkforce tomorrow! I'm starting a contract linux admin position tomorrow morning at 8am. Back to having money and no time instead of time and no money and pulling the grind with the rest of the Western world. Back to standing in long lines on Sundays at Trader Joes and going to bed by 9pm. Back to drinking excessively to numb my brain of the day's headaches and having romantic dinners at the city's best vegan restaurants. Back to answering to a boss other than my own destiny and to the satisfaction of putting out tech fires and finishing long term projects. Back to uncoiling myself out from under the warm kitties sprawled casually on the bed and stopping into my favorite coffee shops for an americano with room and those malicious maple scones. Back to standing room-only on buses and catch-up lunches with all my buddies that work downtown. Back to never having enough home-time and being able to buy shoes that aren't used. Back to watching 4:20 click to 5:20 on the clock and seeing the sunrise color pink clouds over the cascades, slowing traffic on the Aurora bridge. Back to the worst and the best of the 9 to 5 (sing it, Dolly!). Selling my soul long enough to fund my way further towards my passion's progress.

Welcome Back Weekend

A Seattle Times Article talking about the benefits of longer club hours in Seattle. Will Sally stand behind this idea?

Wed Sep 12 - Nite Moves @ Havana's (New Grrl Night!)

Thu Sep 13 - Muse @ Mercury

All Weekend - Adlib, KJ Sawka, Theory in Motion, Michael Manahan, DeafChild, Manoj, Ravi, NovaTRON, Naha, and many more at Earthdance NW.


In Seattle

Fri Sep 14 - SPY Undercover @ Hengst Studio

Sat Sep 15 - On the Edge, a Celebration of Dance, Music & Martial Arts. This is a fundraising event for Seven Star Women's Kung Fu. Advance Tix only! Buy them here.

Back and Tan and Ready for Action

I'm back from burning man and ready to take on the default world again. There is a blog from my adventures this year stirring in my head but it will take a while while I reflect. Tura reminded me that I also haven't written the Vegas part II yet. It may take me forever to do things, but eventually they happen! Blog entries seem to have a life of their own. I just recite them to the computer, change a few boring words using the thesaurus, hit publish and there you go.

So what does the default world have in store for me this year? Well, I can tell you the next 6 months are pretty much werk, werk, werk. I finished my Music Theory class but I'm not sure if I passed. Regardless, I learned plenty and have much much more to learn. The biggest thing I've learned is that Bjork is the Beethoven of our time. The second thing I learned is that those who study many years of Music Theory and practice it are inherently sensational musicians. So there is much more Music Theory in my future. The next step before that, though, is piano lessons. That will help me be able to build melodies. I'm also practicing writing rhythms using various tools (Ableton & Reason) that simulate a drum machine. I'm learning from the Live Session and Jay Ray how to create interesting rhythms on the fly without the songs being static.

On the DJ front, I'm back to dj'ing shows, but I'm limiting it to once or twice a month (if possible) for my own sanity. I didn't manage to stop completely like I had wanted to, but I had a nice break off in July. I don't have any residencies at the moment, but there may be one in the werks.

I'm also about to dive back into the Tech world head first. Back to full time for this one!! Gotta do it, werk for the Man. Get 'er done.