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Misc Update
Nov. 21st, 2006 09:58 amLife just seems to be crazy, although it's not really busy. Can't figure it out. Confusion seems to be the modus operandi lately.
Went Christmas shopping last night. Getting an amazingly organized start for someone as last minute as myself. Have bought Roy, Tanya, and Nell their books form the book club - all dealing with the Moon and astronomy. They're fascinated by the moon and stars so I'm sticking with that. Reet's computer is out of stock at Sears, so William and I have to sit down and figure out which box would be better. There is a Lynux system which would be great for us, but bad for them as they are not computer geeks. Will probably just end up splurging and upgrading to the next level. $100 more, but they will use it so shouldn't complain too much. Also bought Reet a few Bookmates paperback holders. She saw my grandma's over the summer and loved the idea. She reads a lot, and only paperbacks so they're perfect.
Shopped a little for my Secret Santa. I've talked to her, but not much. A little at a loss as to what to get her, but I think a call to Dardo won't be amiss. Or Rick 'Cocaine' Barrett, but I think he's left the business.
Hubs is getting a DVD-R for the studio. As much as I wanted to go with another external firewire HDD, we need the DVD-R more. Not really surprising how that's now become the standard for mastering houses. So much bloatware these days.
Got a updated copy of Amplitube as well. Fucking awesome program, love the cab and tube sims. Turn it on and there's actually a warm tube hum that fills the air. It's heavenly. I could just listen to the hum all evening instead of music. Choices of mics and placement is a little limited, all it's got is a 57, AKG, U87, and a few others; and it's either on axis or off, near or far. I tend to do a lot of Visconti Berlin gateing on the amps, so it's not too useful in some aspects.
Oh yeah, found an awesome viddie of Paul Gilbert. Not doing anything, just playing scales but the fingers OMG. Some damn fuckable fingers moving over that fretboard of his. Men would even wet themselves at the pure speed he gets up to.
My new wrist cuff showed up yesterday. It's.. nice, but I find I've lost interest. Horrible. Still, feels funny without it, so I'm wearing it. Good quality leather, but the buckle is being a little pissy. Needs to loosen up a little before it'll be really comfortable.
Was really naughty and had McDonalds for supper last night. Forgot to pull anything out of the freezer. No wonder I never eat there, it's fucking nasty. So, chili dogs tonight, not much better but it's not McDonalds.
Still waking up at 4am on the nose, no matter what time I go to bed. Don't know why either. Really annoying, 'cause I never get back to sleep properly after waking up.
I need a backrub.
Went Christmas shopping last night. Getting an amazingly organized start for someone as last minute as myself. Have bought Roy, Tanya, and Nell their books form the book club - all dealing with the Moon and astronomy. They're fascinated by the moon and stars so I'm sticking with that. Reet's computer is out of stock at Sears, so William and I have to sit down and figure out which box would be better. There is a Lynux system which would be great for us, but bad for them as they are not computer geeks. Will probably just end up splurging and upgrading to the next level. $100 more, but they will use it so shouldn't complain too much. Also bought Reet a few Bookmates paperback holders. She saw my grandma's over the summer and loved the idea. She reads a lot, and only paperbacks so they're perfect.
Shopped a little for my Secret Santa. I've talked to her, but not much. A little at a loss as to what to get her, but I think a call to Dardo won't be amiss. Or Rick 'Cocaine' Barrett, but I think he's left the business.
Hubs is getting a DVD-R for the studio. As much as I wanted to go with another external firewire HDD, we need the DVD-R more. Not really surprising how that's now become the standard for mastering houses. So much bloatware these days.
Got a updated copy of Amplitube as well. Fucking awesome program, love the cab and tube sims. Turn it on and there's actually a warm tube hum that fills the air. It's heavenly. I could just listen to the hum all evening instead of music. Choices of mics and placement is a little limited, all it's got is a 57, AKG, U87, and a few others; and it's either on axis or off, near or far. I tend to do a lot of Visconti Berlin gateing on the amps, so it's not too useful in some aspects.
Oh yeah, found an awesome viddie of Paul Gilbert. Not doing anything, just playing scales but the fingers OMG. Some damn fuckable fingers moving over that fretboard of his. Men would even wet themselves at the pure speed he gets up to.
My new wrist cuff showed up yesterday. It's.. nice, but I find I've lost interest. Horrible. Still, feels funny without it, so I'm wearing it. Good quality leather, but the buckle is being a little pissy. Needs to loosen up a little before it'll be really comfortable.
Was really naughty and had McDonalds for supper last night. Forgot to pull anything out of the freezer. No wonder I never eat there, it's fucking nasty. So, chili dogs tonight, not much better but it's not McDonalds.
Still waking up at 4am on the nose, no matter what time I go to bed. Don't know why either. Really annoying, 'cause I never get back to sleep properly after waking up.
I need a backrub.
