Day Fourty

I ventured out into the yard to do some weeding and hedge trimming this morning, they tell me it's very
therapeutic, by  9 O'clock my left arm was paralyzed and I was a sweaty mess.  My electric hedge chopper took it's toll on me, I was all gimped out for a couple of hours after finishing my mission.  It's just not safe out there yet, I'll wait until October to finish this project.
    So after cooling down and washing up, I headed into the studio for some recording activities.  The song I recorded yesterday needed some lead guitar parts, I'm no lead player, but I thought it might be fun to experiment.  So I plugged in  the old electric and searched through my collection of software amp simulators, and came up with a sweet sounding set up.  I managed to lay down some pretty cool sounding stuff, if it can survive the test of time, I may even keep it.  Once again, the aluminum foil test must be incorporated.
Until tomorrow, here's your daily dose of wisdom:

 I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
Elvis Presley 

Day Thirty Nine

Is it Thursday already?  There should be a support group for people returning from vacation, it could help ease them back to reality.  Maybe I'll start one, it could be fun messing with their heads while they're still unable to defend themselves.  All these great ideas and no marketing skills, it's a real shame.
    I managed to put out some promo stuff on the infamous facebook page today.  I hate to bug the crap out of people with an onslought of promotional stuff they could care less about, but I guess that's how you get their attention.  As I said, my marketing skills are not my strongest asset.  Which makes me wonder, what is my strongest asset.  I don't really know, I'll have to ask around.
   I also sat down and recorded one of my latest creations, I think it went pretty well.  I wont really know until I've gone through the cooling down period, an essential recording technique. What sounds like gold on Monday might be aluminum foil by Wednesday.   I'm kind of leaning towards some drums and bluesy guitar for this one, or maybe saxophone.  We'll see how things develop, and if it passes the aluminum foil test. 
  Until tomorrow, here's your daily words of wisdom:

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.


-- Elvis Costello

Day Thirty Eight

Today I found myself in Palm Beach on a mission of mercy.  Talk about conspicuous consumption.  The people that live there must have gold plated toilets and silk toilet paper.  I'm pretty sure that heaven will look a lot like that, but without the Rolls Royce's on every corner.  All the perfectly manicured lawns and hedges, and a lawn crew in every yard.  I'm only guessing, but it's probably pretty cool to be that wealthy.  Funny  how you never see an Obama bumper sticker on a Lamborghini. 
   To be honest, it was kind of a creepy place.  It almost felt a little to perfect, like it's just a cover up for some really twisted goings on.  I was glad to return to the other side of the tracks, now this is real life baby!
   Until tomorrow, here's your daily dose of wisdom:

Money can buy a pretty good dog, but not the wag of his tail.

Day Thirty Seven

I'm Back......  We had a great time in North Carolina this past week, the weather was a bit warm, but nothing like our Florida summer heat.  Sitting on the back porch in the cool morning air, drinking the first cup of coffee  while watching the humming birds buzz around the feeder, it just doesn't get any better than that.  We took a ride on the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad, I think it would be considered a tourist trap, but it was really kind of cool.  The train runs through the Nantahala gorge, right next to the river where you can watch the kayaks and larger rafts running the rapids.  Next time we go I'm renting a kayak and giving it a try, what could go wrong?
    We also visited with all my family members who now call NC home, they bailed out of Florida after the storms of '04.  I think my Mom and Dad suffered PTSD after those storms destroyed their house, it wasn't pretty.  Now they're just praying that next winter isn't as bad as the last one.  I hope it's not, they're running out of places to move to.
    On our last day there we had a BBQ at Mom and Dad's house, chicken and ribs along with all the other BBQ standards, it was pretty awesome.  We also got in a few rousing games of Corn Hole, it's not as scary as it sounds.  The politically correct call it Bean Bag Toss, but that just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Well that's about it for today, it's good to be home.
Here's your daily dose of wisdom:

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.

Dave Barry 

Day Thirty Six

I've been at this for thirty six days without missing a beat, but the time has come for a short intermission.  I'll be heading out for North Carolina tomorrow morning and will probably not be in close proximity to the internet for most of the week.  So I'll take notes of our adventure in the pines and update the blog when I return.  I'm really looking forward to some cool mountain air and some sweet rolling hills.  I know of no better cure for the summer time blues.  While I love Florida for about nine months of the year, I truly hate the summers here.  One of my crazier friends actually goes through the entire summer without turning on his AC.  He hasn't yet figured out why no one will  pay him a visit during this time of the year, his sister even told him she would not visit him until the fall.  Maybe he really does it so everyone will leave him alone?  I'd prefer people stopping by and bugging the shit out of me rather than live without the comforts of air conditioning.  Oh well, as Mom used to say, "to each his own".
   Have a great week, until I return, here's your daily dose of wisdom:

No vacation goes unpunished.  ~Karl Hakkarainen