Update...

So, I changed the settings on my blog to require word verification. I am hoping that this reduces the amount of Asian soft-core porn links that have been flooding my comment pages (How did they know I liked Asian porn?) Anyway, I finished my first solo recording project yesterday. It still needs to be mastered and mixed as well as Ally putting some back-up vocals on it, but the rest is done. They are all older songs, but it was fun to re-visit them and just get them recorded so they can haunt me forever. I can't wait to share them with everybody. Be warned the album is produced and may sound "Over-the top" in spots, so I want people to be completely honest with me when they hear it. If it sounds like shit, please tell me. It will help me in the future to know how to address that side of the creative process. Plus, I just value different opinions, so although, you may be my friends and therefore are completely biased, the more honest you are, the better. All that being said, I think I am happy with it. But I am pretty hard on myself too. The kids in my class at work are graduating on Monday. I'm quite excited. They have been such a joy to me this past year, and although I will see some of them next year, It will be hard to see some go. They are so awesome and I believe have changed my life more than I have changed theirs. Book club is going strong. We will be celebrating two years of dedicated "book-clubbing" this summer and it has been alot of fun. We have read some amazing books that have brought on some really inciteful discussions. The best part is I know we will have many more to come. Modern Warfare 2 is an insanely awesome game. I consider myself to be a lover of peace and in some ways border-line hippy status, but when I play that game, something changes within me. A deep- rooted carnal desire to kill anything that moves pulsates through my veins. The game has made me rethink who I am. I don't even know this person. WHO AM I???? Aww yes, just some of the interesting or not-so interesting things going on in my life right now. I often wonder what awaits me in the coming years. I get scared sometimes. The pressures of life continue to mount. Society is unrelenting and there are not many places I can go to find peace. The places I would like to call home have become the places I have come to fear the most (Dashboard reference intended). I guess I just hope I can be a blessing to most of those I meet and know. If life has taught me anything, it has been that we are nothing without love. I know I crave it more than anything. And I also know that if you love something, what better gift than to give it away. So whatever love I have, I hope I can share it with everyone around me. Note: There may be traces of cynicism found in your gifts of love. The author is truly sorry about this unfortunate connection between the two, but has been unable (or un-willing) thus far to eliminate such traces. Take care everyone:)