November 9, 2005
I have been without a computer for a few months and am too neurotic to post on my online diary in public. please forgive me.
it's wednesday night at 10:45 and normally I would just be rapping up my open mic, but after 2 1/2 years that's over ,so tonight, after a really long day at the studio, I had dinner alone at the restaurant across the street while reading this month's shape magazine so I can find out all of the interesting ways one (with no job or responsibilities) could lose fifteen pounds and take an hour to de-stress every day. funny, actually, because most of the suggestions were seriously not applicable to my life....take a bath (don't have a bathtub, barely have a shower and i'm suprised I even have room for that!) get a massage...um, ok...if I get one near the studio I may even have a happy ending (if you know what I mean) take a yoga class...I could if there was one at the gym that I already pay for between the hours of 7am-10am and after 7pm but as new york gyms are mostly geared for people that either don't work or actors (could be under the same classification I suppose) I can't do that...tonight, I am enjoying the comforts of my room and a bud light and my new fancy macintosh.
I digress....I have been asked by the powers that be to write an article for the upcoming urban folk magazine about why I stopped doing my open mic...so I won't get into that here.
life is pretty good. I am taking a much needed break for a couple of months or so to write some new tunes and finish recording this album i've been working on. i've been singing with HEARTH (www.hearthmusic.net) and I really like that a lot. it's finally getting colder here which is cool cause I can wear hoodies and eat soup which I also really enjoy.
in five days I am entering my third decade of existence which is pretty cool. I was asked by joie blaney (on our trip last week to play a show in mansfield PA) if there was anything I would change about my past or erase or whatever, and I said no. I mean, I guess there are things I wish I hadn't done like yell at my parents and fight with my sister and (insert your imagination) with some guys and worked for some real a holes, but if it meant I wouldn't be where I am now then, no I wouldn't change a thing.
I really like the font that is used on my keyboard...those designers at mac are pretty hip.
seriously though....november is always a quiet time of reflection for me...I internalize, I explode I write and then I hibernate.....currently in the explosion phase so I am trying to stay away from people for a few days...good news is I have a few songs kicking around and I think they'll be keepers. we shall see.
I hope that whoever is reading this (you) are ok. if you are not ok, I hope that you get better. if you need help I hope that you have the strength to ask for it and if you are happy as a pig in shit I hope that you stay that way.
gotta finish that magazine in hopes of finally figuring out how to apply eyeliner and look ten pounds lighter by accessorizing properly!
love
-a
it's wednesday night at 10:45 and normally I would just be rapping up my open mic, but after 2 1/2 years that's over ,so tonight, after a really long day at the studio, I had dinner alone at the restaurant across the street while reading this month's shape magazine so I can find out all of the interesting ways one (with no job or responsibilities) could lose fifteen pounds and take an hour to de-stress every day. funny, actually, because most of the suggestions were seriously not applicable to my life....take a bath (don't have a bathtub, barely have a shower and i'm suprised I even have room for that!) get a massage...um, ok...if I get one near the studio I may even have a happy ending (if you know what I mean) take a yoga class...I could if there was one at the gym that I already pay for between the hours of 7am-10am and after 7pm but as new york gyms are mostly geared for people that either don't work or actors (could be under the same classification I suppose) I can't do that...tonight, I am enjoying the comforts of my room and a bud light and my new fancy macintosh.
I digress....I have been asked by the powers that be to write an article for the upcoming urban folk magazine about why I stopped doing my open mic...so I won't get into that here.
life is pretty good. I am taking a much needed break for a couple of months or so to write some new tunes and finish recording this album i've been working on. i've been singing with HEARTH (www.hearthmusic.net) and I really like that a lot. it's finally getting colder here which is cool cause I can wear hoodies and eat soup which I also really enjoy.
in five days I am entering my third decade of existence which is pretty cool. I was asked by joie blaney (on our trip last week to play a show in mansfield PA) if there was anything I would change about my past or erase or whatever, and I said no. I mean, I guess there are things I wish I hadn't done like yell at my parents and fight with my sister and (insert your imagination) with some guys and worked for some real a holes, but if it meant I wouldn't be where I am now then, no I wouldn't change a thing.
I really like the font that is used on my keyboard...those designers at mac are pretty hip.
seriously though....november is always a quiet time of reflection for me...I internalize, I explode I write and then I hibernate.....currently in the explosion phase so I am trying to stay away from people for a few days...good news is I have a few songs kicking around and I think they'll be keepers. we shall see.
I hope that whoever is reading this (you) are ok. if you are not ok, I hope that you get better. if you need help I hope that you have the strength to ask for it and if you are happy as a pig in shit I hope that you stay that way.
gotta finish that magazine in hopes of finally figuring out how to apply eyeliner and look ten pounds lighter by accessorizing properly!
love
-a
