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July 12th, 2009
08:51 pm
Attempting to post from an iPhone, we'll see how this goes. Just spent 2.5 days in a makeshift recording studio with most of emperor Norton's, it mostly went very smoothly with only occasional disputes over diminished 9ths vs. minor 7ths, during which the drummer and I would stare at the wall in respective stupors. We got through a LOT of material, so hopefully once editing and overdubs are done we will have a lovely full length album of ENSMB available with the mostly original lineup. I got home from recording today and sat on the back porch alternately staring at the ground and watching the sunset. My mental capacity is not currently what you might consider high. I'm going to vegetate in this folding chair on the front porch with a book on my lap until meg gets home from dinner. and then I plan to snuggle up on the couch with my wife and let the rest of the world spin on it's merry little way unattended for awhile.
Current Location: From iphone
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July 7th, 2009
08:40 am
So iphones are in hand and working well on TMobile. We'll see how battery life is, they're used after all.
In honor of having such a versatile little device, I've setup a Moblog on flickr where I'll post random cameraphone pictures. Friend me! I'm lonely! ;-)
Hoping to spur myself into shooting more, as I'm a lazy bastard when it comes to getting out my big camera even though I carry it pretty much every day.
Here's to hopin'!
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July 1st, 2009
11:01 pm
I... may have just bought a pair of unlocked+jailbroken 2g iPhones with firmware 3.0 on them on ebay so we can use them on t-mobile.
I can't tell you how excited that makes my not-so-inner geek.
why: we like tmobile, don't want to sign a new 2-year contract with AT&T (iphone 3gs) or Sprint (palm pre), and the price on used 2g iphones just dropped drastically when the 3gs hit. We can probably sell them for close to what I just paid (if not more than, got a good deal) in a couple months if we think it's not working out, but likely we'll hang onto them until either the iphone breaks it's exclusivity with AT&T or a really compelling piece of Android hardware hits the market. So far Android phones have suh-uked. (Two syllables, they suck that bad. no offense to those of you who have them, but no headphone jack? fr srs?)
mood: ![[mood icon]](http://klocwerk.icons.ljtoys.org.uk/mi/dot.gif) cheerful
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June 25th, 2009
06:58 pm
Apparently we've lost Michael Jackson.
The world just got a little less weird.
or at least the tabloids did...
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June 17th, 2009
07:54 am
Soccer, on a hockey rink, wearing bowling shoes and helmets. In Germany.
Best. Sport. Evar.
Youtube vid of said sport.
mood: calm
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June 9th, 2009
10:22 pm - Solomons Seal
Spent my evening doing LOTS of image processing, just posted a whole lump to flickr.
This lump includes the second half of my brother-in-law's wedding, as well as a handfull of random photos taken since then. I still have quite a backlog but I'm starting to get closer to current with it since I haven't been shooting much lately.
Go check out my flickr stream here if you want to see more, I may crosspost a few more to LJ later.
mood: calm
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10:14 pm
Who's the guy who just managed to run an SNMP sweep of the office network while trying to add a printer to an OSX 10.5 iMac?
This guy!
Ok, so I'm goofing off with the new iMac on my desk but seriously, WTF is this crap? Why are you SNMP sweeping to find printers OSX?
It sets of lots of alarms on our network and pages my coworker... *grumble*
Current Location: work
mood: amused
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11:49 am
haven't updated in just about forever, but I promise I'm still alive and well.
And refreshing LJ every half hour as always.
That's all for the moment. ^_^
mood: calm
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May 4th, 2009
01:24 pm - quick note.
yes, grabbed a dreamwidth acct.
yes, same username.
no, not using it (yet) or have plans to.
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April 29th, 2009
11:41 pm - Walpurgis Tailed Wheel
Just uploaded a little pile of photos from recent stuff, including some fire spinning from Walpurgisnacht, as shown.
Full flickr stream here.
I'm off to bed, ciao.
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April 24th, 2009
10:04 am
Catch up time!
I was sick as a dog this past weekend, and I made it worse by ignoring it for the first few days. I got a lot done by ignoring it though! It's funny, but when I'm sick I really don't want to do useful things like update LJ, process photos, do paperwork that's piling up on my desk, etc. All I want to do is use power tools and life heavy things. It's somewhat counter-productive I realize, but I can't change this fact about myself.
I'm going to separate this over a couple different posts to make life easier for myself, since there are (at last count) about 7 different topics I want to talk about. whee! I've been drafting this post for about 2 weeks now, so it's getting long.
Honkfest West - Seattle
This was a whole lot of fun, even if I had to play bass drum instead of upright for the whole weekend.
The HONK! participants are a crazy bunch of people. In Boston we usually feel like we're dressed pretty odd in our gig-wear and look rather conspicuous, but in the context of HonkWest we looked drab and boring. It was pretty impressive.
Meg and I loved checking out Seattle, it's a pretty cool town that would take a while to really wrap your head around. We got out into a couple different neighborhoods and checked out a handful of coffee hauses much to my delight. Meg has decided that maybe coffee isn't terrible when served with steamed milk, which is a shocking but welcome discovery (and leads into a later post I need to make).
We caught up with her old college roommate who's on LJ somewhere but I don't know her ID so I won't link her. Was good to see her again and meet her s/o (and cats!).
Seattle has the most amazingly super-sexy library I've ever been in. Seriously, if you ever go to that city you HAVE to check out the main library downtown. Awesome building, really well designed space, win-win!
Sunday evening we caught Circus Contraption's show, which was absolutely awesome. Some of the best aerials I've ever seen (and that's saying something): I didn't even know you could do a single-heel hang off a bar let alone do it fluidly and get back ON the bar from there. I mean wow. The framing of the show and individual acts was excellent, the theatrics were very very good, and the set and other visuals were spot on. The music was also excellent but a bit background-y for the most part, I'd have liked it to be a bit more prominent given the caliber of the musicians.
Also impressive was the fact that most of the people in the show did multiple things. The main clown also played stringed instruments in the band, including lap-steel and a musical saw (NEED ONE!). The trumpet player also played multiple instruments including accordion, was a main character in the show, and she also sang amazingly well. Only three of the musicians did NOT have a fairly sizable part in the circus part of the show.
Food:
Seattle also has some pretty amazing sushi, even the "cheap" conveyor-belt sushi place we went was on par with some of the best sushi I've had on the east coast, and the nice sushi place we went was just plain fantastic. Also I discovered that I like cloudy sake more than clear sake. I'm sure there are terms for them but I'm too lazy to look it up.
We had possibly the best brewpub meal I've ever eaten at Elysian Brewing's restaurant. 11 different beers for lunch on a Sunday, along with a giant plate of amazing fries covered in flank steak and blue-cheese sauce? Yeah, I'd almost quit my job and move out there just for that brunch every week. Also visited the Theo chocolate factory store. mmmmm chocolate.
Current Location: work
mood: calm
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April 8th, 2009
02:56 pm
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) badlittlemonkey just asked "Why do you make art?"
This got me thinking, here's the response I posted.
( behind this cut. )
So for those of you who make art and aren't on his flist...
Why do you do it? What itch inside you does it scratch, if it does? Why do you those particular things you do or use the specific tools or techniques or media you use? What do you get out of it? Are you more concerned with product or process?
mood: calm
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April 7th, 2009
12:43 pm
Thanks to all for the happy birthday wishes, I wasn't feeling very birthday-y when I woke up this morning oddly. I am now though, thanks to the lovely prosicated for making breakfast and espresso, and all those of you who've wished me a happy trip round the sun.
Back to work for me, then off to Ten Tables Cambridge tonight. Can't wait!
mood: cheerful
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April 6th, 2009
01:49 pm
Quick hits from me:
Got a big step closer to finished the workbench I'm building in the basement, looking forward to wrapping it up.
Helluva ENSMB gig Thursday and dinner with an old friend.
Friday my brain combusted and I sat at home staring at a wall (well, LCD monitor) instead of hanging out with friends or getting something useful done. *sigh*
Iron Chef competition Saturday, someone else's photos here. My dish of dried chorizo sauteed with garlic, topped with olives, anchovies, smoked paprika and roasted pistachios did not win, but frankly I didn't expect it too. I was going for shock and awe in the flavor department so that my cucumber/lime/white-sangria cocktail could be the taste-bud savior after the flavorstorm. I appear to have succeeded in that, people loved the beverage so I'm satisfied with my showing. (That said, I loved eating my dish and will likely make it again someday in a different form when potent flavor is called for.)
 (Hopefully pic works, not linked off my site.)
prosicated returned from a visit to her parents straight to the Iron Chef gathering, was very good to get to hug her again.
After that we went over to casa de coraline and nacht_musik for a really tasty dinner and good companies. Discovered a book called "the Plucker" by Brom floating around their living room (property of new housemate apparently) and I now need a copy.
Sunday was making breakfast (well, prosicated made the food, I caused drinks) for latvianchick and eclectitian. Sausage/gravy and biscuits of awesomeness, and apple/beet/ginger juice and coffee/tea to go with foods. Then it was off to Ikea for an afternoon of wanton consumerism for all four of us. Went home and crashed hard, flopped on the couch with a Sam Adams Imperial White Ale and didn't really move for about 4 hours except to answer the door and take the pizza from the nice lady.
Monday monday, back to work.
mood: calm
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March 24th, 2009
04:12 pm
I just wasted half my day, because the bibliographic asset management system designed for publishers DOESN'T FSCKING SUPPORT CMYK.
Now I have to go reprocess 150+ book covers to RGB and reinsert the damned things.
Current Location: work
mood: Stabby
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01:38 pm
I have a strong desire to play pool, as in billiards tonight.
Anyone up for a couple hours at flattop johnnies this evening? Might grab nachos and beer at CBC while nearby...
mood: calm
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March 22nd, 2009
05:20 pm
Ok, I realize that weather in New England is somewhat schitzophrenic, but 44F degrees and snowing big fat flakes? Really?
I mean WTF!
Current Location: home
mood: amused
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March 6th, 2009
04:55 pm
Come out tonight as ENSMB rocks the Precinct in Union Sq. with Walri, who bring us their special Love Rock on this stop of their Cotton Candy Tour, and The Doctors Fox (plural nonpossesive, like their love for you).
you'll want to be a part of this charming and diverse night of entertainment in this suave Union Sq. spot.
Come down early to hang out with the circus and avail yourselves of the bar's excellent bourbon selection! feel free to buy one for someone in the band. ;D
11 PM Walri http://www.myspace.com/walrimusic
10 PM The Doctors Fox http://www.myspace.com/thedoctorsfox
9 PM ENSMB
8 PM Abbie Barrett http://www.abbiebarrett.com
Friday March 6
The Precinct
http://www.precinctbar.com/
show starts 8 PM 21+ $7
-Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
http://www.reverbnation.com/ensmb
http://www.ensmb.com
http://www.myspace.com/ensmb
http://www.myspace.com/madcaprumpus
http://ensmb.livejournal.com
http://www.last.fm/music/ENSMB
mood: calm
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07:26 am
I appear to have t3h sick.
bleh.
This actually having a job I remotely care about thing makes it hard to want to call out sick. There's a bunch of stuff that needs to get done today...
C'mon Dayquil! Kick in already.
mood: crappy
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March 5th, 2009
08:58 am
The morning so far:
- Drop car at garage with new tires to be mounted.
- Walk to work, plotting out day of shuffling car places and running errands during lunch break.
- Get to work.
- Realize I left wallet on desk at home.
- Beat head against desk repeatedly, while re-planning entire day around the 20 minutes I'll lose walking home to pick up wallet.
*sigh*
Current Location: work
mood: annoyed
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