it's always after midnight...

I'm just a late night blogger.  That's all there is to it.

Lucky that I'm not bothered by the rules.  I'm doing it once a day (mostly) so meh.  Got a wave of nostalgia just now.  There are some guys I haven't seen in about 20 years.  We were really great friends in high school and an inopportune relocation took me away.  I still consider them close friends and I think about them all the time.  Well, a lot. 

Is that bizarre?  Over the last two decades I have made and lost or drifted away from many more friends, but this group of people that I haven't seen in forever is still there...they are a part of the person that I became.  I don't know how to explain it.

I'm grateful for the memories that I hold and for the good and bad times that we shared.  I hope that I never forget these times.  These people.

I hope that they know that I cherish their friendship, regardless of however many years have passed.

--DMFP

the flu part 2

Well, I went to work and got lots of good stuff done even though I am sick.  I'm actually feeling a little better now after all the rest I've gotten.  Reflecting on song writing and reflection has informed me that I'll never get better if I don't write more bad songs.  If you're going to write, you have to actually write.  The new workflow that I'm learning may actually assist in that.  I just need to get used to it.  Should make it easier to sketch out songs and then I can fine tune the good ideas after the fact.  Fingers are crossed.

Big ups to the missus for the turkey enchiladas.  They clearly went a long way towards my recovery.  :)

--DMFP

Is it the flu? I don't know.

I'm not sure if I have the flu.  I have been sweating/freezing all day.  I woke up with a sore throat and within an hour of waking up, I felt as though a couple of longshoremen had just worked me over for looking at their sister. (no offense meant to any longshoremen or their sisters).

Long and short...I feel horrible.  Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of staying home sick another day to ride it out.  Gotta go make the doughnuts tomorrow.  Grrr.

Aren't you totally supposed to stay home if you're sick?  Isn't that the responsible thing to do?  Guess that doesn't apply to dougs.

--DMFP

Wii sports with the family.

Good times.  Just time consuming.  Grrr.  The nag in the back of my brain keeps telling me I could be working in the studio instead of playing virtual skee ball. 

I need to get to the studio.
--DMFP

Greyhound Soul

I had the opportunity to assist a friend of mine with sound at a show last night.  The band was Greyhound Soul.  The venue was a converted house in downtown Phoenix, AZ called the Roosevelt.  It was as close to an old school house party as you could get in modern times I imagine.  The band was in the front room and while they were not too lound to listen to right up front, the sound filled the whole house.  It was beautiful.

The Roosevelt is a wine/beer bar.  They have some stuff on tap, they have a collection of interesting beers in bottles as well as some eclectic food choices.

If you're in the downtown area, you owe it to yourself to drop by and check this place out.

--DMFP

Not fair. I call foul.

I posted across the date line. I'm totally demanding credit for a post on the 5th. Time zones are not my friends.

So just a quick post today as I'm playing a show tonight and will be out well past posting time. Life has been odd to me today. Woke up late but got the kids to school on time. Misplaced my wallet, but haven't really needed it yet today. Got lots of good things done at work and yet aren't overly burnt out.

Just lots of yin and yang. If you haven't heard my band live yet (and assuming that you enjoy live rock and roll), you should totally make a point of catching us. With the recent addition of our lad, Calin Gross... our sound has matured quite a lot. It would also appear that somewhere along the highways and byways of this great land, I found my voice. So, off to finish the work day and transition into music time.

Have a great night everyone!

--DMFP

Today's meditiation is on music.

Knowing when to say when.  I have been talking about writing some new songs for the last few weeks (ok...months).  I was driving home from my sister's house this evening and a new melody just fell out of my mouth around a lyrical idea laid on me by a very wealthy man.  It's a long story that doesn't need to be told here, but I think I just started the first song of a project that will be announced sometime in 2010.

The point is, music comes out when it wants to come out.  There's no point rushing it.  It's just going to happen when it will.  The songwriter's job is to be ready and paying attention when it happens.

I'm pleased to be creating again.  Hope my baby is doing well sleeping where she's sleeping.  She's missed.

--DMFP

All right seriously now!

When in the world am I supposed to write songs?  Just finished tweaking a flier for my band's show this weekend.  I love doing stuff like that.  Why can't I get paid for it?  I want to play my guitar, but I have ten million other things to do instead.  I know, waaaaaah!  I am starting to count my blessings even though Thanksgiving is weeks away.  I'm in a really good place overall.  I have a job that doesn't suck, I have a family that is as close to awesome as one could ask for.  I have an ever expanding circle of good people that I can call my friends.  People that I can count on.  There isn't another time in my life that I can point to and say that.  These are truly the best days of my life.  I just need to get better with the time management.  I really think if I can lick that, I'll be set.

I applied for a correspondence course to learn Esperanto today.  I'm going to look at lesson one before I sleep.  I've entertained the wish to learn this purposely created language forever (see previous post), but I actually went the extra step of looking into it today.  A mere 10 lessons from now, I should be near fluent.  I'm beyond excited.  It's a small thing and won't drastically affect my everyday life, but I'm thrilled none the less.  One more check mark on my lifelong TODO list.  Learn Esperanto....check.  What's on your list?

And Suriel....no, I'm not looking to tell people off in another language.  My luck would translate to them being much more fluent that I and putting it right in my face.  :)

--DMFP

just under the wire

gonna blog a shortie to make it under the wire. then another with my real thoughts!

--DMFP