Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
by krisis
(if you were wondering, i’m back in the studio to experiment a little before i clean up tomorrow, and i’ve got to wait 20 more minutes for my stupid ADAT tapes to get done formatting. I swear… if i ever do this again, i’m gonna buy a fucking gross of pre-formatted ADAT tapes. And there’s gonna have to be a fridge in here, because i’m always starving. Argh. 15 more minutes…)
by krisis
I’ve been sleeping horribly lately … i’m always in bed by 1:30 at the latest, but i just can’t get good sleep past eight or nine in the morning. This won’t continue to be a problem, since i’ve got to be at work at 8:45 on Monday, but it’s bothering me anyway. Is it just that i’ve become so regular in my sleep cycle that i only really need seven or eight solid hours a night, and anything beyond that is extraneous, even if i’m convince i’d like to have it? I dunno… i’m just so used to using up every spare sliver of sleeping time i can lay my hands (and the rest of me) on that i’m fascinated by not needing it. Maybe this means we’ll be seeing some more morning blogs from me as my job in the Admissions Office progresses…
by krisis
Isn’t it funny what dreams can reveal to you? As much as they’re random and they shift scene and story wildly from one moment to the next, sometimes you find out things about yourself you were never really sure of. Because, you can repress something you’re feeling all of the day, but that whole time it’s living in your unconscious and awaiting its escape at night. I suppose that’s how i sometimes get work done in my sleep; if i’ve been worrying enough about writing a paper during the day at some point in my dreams i start writing an outline. But, i wasn’t really talking about academia.
I didn’t have the slightest hint of a crush on Laurel until i dreamt about her. One night she was at the center of my dream, smiling and perfect, and in the dream i wanted nothing more than for her to like me … and when i woke up the next morning i started to feel the same way. Did the dream decide on my crush for me, or did i already know how i felt and the dream just opened it up? We all know about the historic proportions the crush took on after it conception, so obviously my dream was right on some level… but which?
I had some revealing dreams last night that told me just where my priorities lie, and i think i was a bit surprised by them. Plot motivation, or reflection of the inner soul? Hard to decide when you don’t even know what’s going on when you’re awake. And god knows i never do…
by krisis
Today’s big studio project was amping up “Lost Out,” which sounded pretty whimpy just with me and the guitar. I added bass, and two tracks that were all guitar harmonics and two measure solos. Between the two, i can totally ditch the guitar track and the song still carries itself. I think that’s neat.
by krisis
The coolest part of finishing a Demo each spring? Getting to write new liner notes once a year! As i walked home from the studio tonight i was already mentally listing all of the people i’d be thanking, and i just jotted down a rough draft. So, maybe i’m getting a little ahead of myself, but it’s like writing an acceptance speech for the Oscars when you’re the underdog: you probably won’t win, but it feels good just knowing you’ve taken the time to single out all the people that mattered to your work.