trying a new stategy little bit of late to have one day where i don't really really push myself every week, a day off of sorts.... jon over to work on stick parts to be sub. and then i'm late for picking up emme and bridge for their first ski lesson. emme is totally awesome, though the scene at the lodge (all pretty much across the street from bridge's school) is mayhem. finally after an hour or so they are out on the little hill walking sideways up the rug strip, and making pizza (i.e. snowplowing) down the hill. on his last run bridge also managed to turn, and it was pretty amazing. he knew it too. it was good to have some time with some of the other parents. though now i am tired from getting too cold..... up late last night studying the effects of EMI and trying to figure out why the walls of my studio make my coil pickups hum.....

bridge is a joy. late night show last night and so i'm up a little later but still i hear him downstairs explaining and asking about all sorts of things. he's quite taken with the design work on his website at clublego.com and many other things. yesterday he went to his first peace rally, with a sign that read: jedis for peace. appearently people really loved it and were saying how right it was, that obi-wan kenobi and yoda were definitely pacifists, and that kind of thing. morning spent combing through an approach for the day, some more testing of equipment in basement, some kind of strange rf thing going on with the insulation down there, but i've got some ideas....in for two good shows. and then the guitar circle, where we worked on a new piece and part of another new peace both of which i'm pretty happy with the direction they are taking.

grumpy bridge into school, home not enough sleep, so couched out watching Pride and Predjudice, very good production and Darcy so archetypically played. reccaped the mci's main caps and cleaned them too. listened to disorder (joy division) about 4 times considering it for negc cover, not sure still though i'm haunted all the day by it and sure it will be visiting me tonight.... work watching the show. much is happening but i've been removed to some extent. and it is a little unsettling to watch it float by somewhat.... still i insert the important things at the right time and people seem to really appreciate that. more research on web commerce.... hope i can land this soundfile download idea....

morning recovering from rough night with digestive tract.... but in the end better slept than a while. dreams not so disturbing. fixing and tidying, and into work for a longish meeting, there is a heavy energy in there which is quickly dispelled by any small effort, but it quickly returns as well.... finally some good practice time, and god it feels great to get back to the hands a little. show was good, though there was something a wild horse in the loft. home and setting new flatwounds on the viola bass, and checking to see that headphone amp was fixed. which it was, the MCI console continues to amaze me, mainly because it is fixable. it is a totally different world of engineering to what i grew up with. something that is designed to last a very very very long time, to be repairable, instead of obsolescence. truly one half of the current crises could be viewed as subscription to obsolescence.

slow sleepy day up after an awful and very long dream. some stuff done, but not as much as i'd like, though teaching bridge to read is a great experience, and really, i think, a good work for him. and then later at night a very upset stomach.

steve wilkes over to test drive the studio, nearly all systems go, very exciting and steve was thrilled too. later bridge down to listen to the short session's mix, and him pretty jazzed about steve's drumming, asking for lessons. he hit the falsetto octave ooh singing oh darlin' accapella this morning, my jaw dropped. meditation group with jane tonight. now back to work....

new year, several converging enterprises and a few life commitments. the circle, the jam sessions, the studio, web marketing, the writing, the creation of sounds. the family, the job..... everyday a little bit of everything. today, gus and luke and jill over for a visit. long term friends are indeed a wonder. not sleeping great. a cloudy mind is a, is a, um....