Oct08
Okay, here I am again, on Nathaniel's Birthday, chillin' back at the Forum in Inglewood, trying to kill time until someone comes that I'm supposed to meet. I have literally nothing to do here for a few hours, but that's the way of Inglewood - no one here has anything to do. I wrote the beginning of another post that I may re-write in the near future, but I've been too damn busy to mess around with "real" writing over the last few days. Fucking busy-ness.
 Today, it's How Sweet the Sound, a travelling gospel show. Yesterday, I went with Candice to help out with a cooking show concept that wasn't really all that good, but someone must've been looking to spend money, because they're on the way with the thing already. Silliness. Between that and this, I'm getting my fill of live, untelevised stage shows this week.
Anyway, now I have to go to friggin' Detroit on November 6th and miss Bootie and Casey's birthday weekend shenanigans, whatever they may be, all for some work. Work? Well, I could use the money, right? Who couldn't? These days, turning down any kind of paying work is sort of like killing a puppy - just abhorrent, and something no sane person would do.
Oct01
So it's October. Welcome to it. This is my favorite month.
October should be where August is, but we were just too lazy to rename it when the Gregorians added January and February to the year. Weird. (Imagine how short Winter is without January and February, too.) It's Breast Cancer Awareness month, which promises lots of people talking about and showing off boobs and quite a few people offended by talking about and showing off boobs. Fun times. October is the month of Octoberfest, the time when you can get fruity beer and no one will care because you're just celebrating your culture, man. October also houses the birthdays of both my Sylva cousins and my dad and of course, me. It's got 31 days and ends in Halloween, which is rad, and tends to start warm and end cold with cool inbetween. I like it.
Now it's time to take care of some administrivia - laundry and the like. Fun times for all.
Sep29
UPDATE: Gallery of the first part of the process is now after the break.
It's not 100% accurate to call it a "spree," but considering how little I've done in the past few months, two shelves are a real start.
At the end of last week, I built the Tim Stormer Memorial Shelf for the garage, aiming at getting his stuff into a place where it actually had somewhere to be (rather than on the floor), and that was a roaring success. Yesterday afternoon, I reinforced the "back" desk and last night I put together a nice little hutch for atop that desk. It's actually quite a nice piece. It's still un-stained, but that's what this afternoon is for.
Also for this afternoon, I've been taking things out of my office (an absurdly difficult task, actually) and cleaning the dirtier things as I move them (how the laser printer is still working is beyond me). I'm going to install a ceiling fan this afternoon, too. If I'm really lucky, I'll get the fan installed, the hutch stained AND the desk moved into place, all before tonight. We'll see, though. I don't want to be overzealous. you know. I need a new rug in here, too. Maybe.
Fun times. And I swear I have pictures to put up, but I'm in the building zone, man - the ZONE.
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Sep30
Came out from dinner last night to find my car gone. Turns out that I'd parked it in a space that wasn't allowed after 6pm. Fuck.
Anyway, that was $280 that I didn't have. Also, now I have to pay the parking ticket, too.
Sep25
Last night, I made a tasty wine sauce to compliment some broiled Londone Broil that I made. Scott showed me a broiling trick with tin foil that I'd never seen when I was in Portland, so I was eager to use it, and the steak, while it had probably lived in the freezer for too long, was tasty. The sauce, designed in true French fashion to mask the potential blandness of the steak, worked flawlessly. So yay for that.
Right now, I'm at Cathryn's, giving Craig a much-needed break, then I'm going to head home and build an awesomely-huge shelf in the garage for my stuff and Tim's stuff. It'll be fun. I'll take pictures for you. This is the build-up for the desk hutch and the new office configuration. Should be fun.
Sep24
Portland was awesome
and New York was long
if you beg to differ
I'll tell you you're wrong.
There. A poem for you. That's what you come to clapboard for, right? The poetry? And the naked chicks. Sorry about that, by the way - I know you're still waiting, but I'll get around to it eventually. Probably on a subdomain, but still.
Driving to and from Portland was pretty amazing - the changes in the enviornment were breathtaking. Even though it took a long time to see those changes occur, my brain works slow, so it's okay. I'd love to do the drive someday with a time-lapse camera pointed out a side window shooting a picture every minute or so, too.
Anyway, Scott & Sharon's place is awesome - you should probably go visit them to see for yourself. I'm already looking forward to the chance to go back. I bought a couple of bottles of Oregon Pinot Noir, which were good, but a little more expensive than their CA counterparts. Probably to do with the amount of competition and the level of recognition that California wines enjoy. Regardless of their quality, if you price a wine high, it's going to get a little mindshare as a "good" wine. At least, that's how I'd do it.
I'll have pics up a little later, now that I'm back in the swing of things.
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