This song was heavily influenced by the current events of my life, and, as such, is one of the more personal songs I’ve ever done. Not much more to say, really. The usual minimal techno style with a little added vocoded vocals for something new. Download (128k MP3) here: Diverging Paths
So, I just found out that Denis D'Amour ("Piggy") of the band VoiVod died from colon cancer last Friday. Damn. One of the most unique and inventive (and woefully under-appreciated) guitarists out there. The band may have had it's ups and downs and stylistic mis-steps over the years, but Piggy always had a style all … [Read more…]
I'm broke. I'm unemployed. I have few prospects for work. I may have to move away from all my friends and family. I'm lonely. I can't remember the last time I had a date. I could go on and on about all the problems and challenges I'm facing right now. But… If I'm hungry, I … [Read more…]
Well, I stuck with it the rest of the week. Got up earlier each day, trying to get into that (theoretical) sweet spot of 6-8 hours of sleep. I continued to have more energy, get more done, and just generally feel better and more alert each day. Today, I decided to test the theory that … [Read more…]
I decided, after one of my recent near sleepless nights, to start trying to wake up at a more reasonable hour this week. Generally, I've been getting up around 10-10:30 each morning, and I usually feel pretty sluggish and lazy all day. I noticed myself having more energy and getting more accomplished the day after … [Read more…]
For reasons that I've been unable to discern yet, about once a month I have a night where I find it very, very difficult to get to sleep. I generally take a long time to fall to sleep, tossing and turning, unable to stop my mind for racing long enough to rest, but, once in … [Read more…]
I've begun studying and-to some point-practicing Buddhism this week. I've got a number of issues I need to work through right now, and I feel this could be a great path for me to take. I've been having a lot of problems with anger lately, letting the littlest things get me upset, and having a … [Read more…]
One of my myriad of daily rituals, a vice or, perhaps, even a guilty pleasure, depending on your viewpoint, is reading the daily comics page in the paper. Every day, without fail, I open the paper to the comics page and read it while I enjoy my breakfast. Throughout the day I eventually read the … [Read more…]
When it comes to my musical endeavors, I always find I need some form of non-musical inspiration to spark that creative fire in me. A muse, if you will. What form that muse takes each time is wildly varied. For a while it was Spooky, The Thing What Sqeuaks. He served me well for several … [Read more…]
I just finished up the single player portion of Halo, and it disappointed me even more as I went on. Mostly because it fell into an old trap: rather than come up with clever or interesting ways to make the game difficult or challenging as things went on, they just went for an old standby: … [Read more…]
I'm playing through the PC version of Halo right now, and it makes me want to ask: Why is this game such the blockbuster hit for the X-Box? Are there really that few good titles for the X-Box that this is considered a standout? Now, I wouldn't say Halo is bad necessarily, it's just unremarkable. … [Read more…]
I am, by my nature, a creature of habit. It’s the way I’ve always been, and is probably how I’ll always be. Generally, I consider my habitual behavior to be a positive. I have a certain way of doing things, or a certain time for doing them, and I fall into those methods fairly quickly … [Read more…]
I called the Los Angeles office for the company I've been doing contract/consulting work though off and on for the last five years, just to see how the market was out there. Things are apparently hopping out there, they're putting people to work as quickly as they can find them. Pretty much all I'd need … [Read more…]
I knew it would happen, but I still gleefully ran to the local video game outlet last Tuesday and purchased the PC version of Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas the day it came out anyway. The GTA series is such potent video game crack that I didn't even hesitate to buy a DVD-ROM drive for my … [Read more…]
There’s one under-reported bit of information buried in yesterday’s Apple/Intel announcement that could be potentially huge. To quote Apple’s vice president of worldwide Mac product marketing, David Moody: “We will not sell or support Windows, but we are not doing anything in the hardware that would preclude someone from using it.” This opens up the … [Read more…]