I now have in my possession, a new guitar! Epiphone AJ 200SCE. I restrung it though because Guitar Center sucks at stringing guitars (whyy…?) and they were old. Well, I really like how it sounds. So that’s good enough for me.  I haven’t been able to play it much though because school starts next week.  So I need to get ready, like by buying books and supplies.  My room is still not clean enough though, so gotta keep cleaning and organizing.

I’m currently listening to Sweeney Todd.  I’m in love with the music.  It’s a really dark story, but a really good musical…

But it’s okay!

I just restrung this here guitar, finally..  Got new steel strings instead of nylon this time.  Restringing a guitar for the first time is a very interesting experience…  And I’ve been playing it a bunch since then, so my fingers really hurt.  It’s fun though, I’m trying to write music for more contemporary groups (i.e. my friend’s band and such).

Oh yeah, Libi is going to be my partner in writing a musical.  She’s the lyricist I’ve been looking for all this time.  Yay for musicals.  Speaking of which, I just saw Sweeney Todd:  The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with her, Joe and his friend Max on Friday.   That is a cool musical!  Go watch it if you don’t mind lots of blood.  It’s great…

Meat Pie …?

On Thursday, my friends’ band Atrementous played a gig in Santa Ana.

The drive down there was interesting… Let’s just say everyone but Glenn got lost, but that’s because these venues are like in the middle of nowhere. But a gig is a gig, so whatever. It was a good performance.

So this is Atrementous:

From Left to Right: Stacy (vocals / sax), Patryk (guitar), Glenn (drums), Phillip (bass) and Stephen (guitar).

So this gig was done with the new vocalist Stacy. She’s played and sung with them before, but this is the first time she’s performed a whole show with them. Everyone loves Stacy as the new vocalist.

So despite the not-so-great venue, ATS (short for Atrementous) still put on a good show for everyone. Lots of compliments from the audience (and not just because some of them are friends). I myself am most definitely looking forward to their next performance wherever and whenever that may be.

We were trying to get a cool band picture for them, but then they all moved and then I moved because they moved… Stand still!

Here’s the band and some of their friends/fans (whatever, they’re both). Find me!

After the gig, the band decided to treat some of us to dinner (again). But this time, they made sure they had enough money… from the gig…. And this time, they decided to NOT try to crash into each other while driving home.

So we ended up going to this place called Westminster Café, off the 405 next to the In-N-Out. Maybe we should have gone to In-N-Out? But anyways, this place has an interesting menu, with items like 3-D Burger and With Bacon or Ham..? I don’t remember, but it was funny.

It’s nice getting to sit down and have a (sort of) quiet dinner after a (loud) show. We usually go to Denny’s, which I am absolutely tired of for now (thanks) but this time we didn’t so it was nice trying a different place for once (not that I would really recommend this place to anyone).

The bunch of us just slowly dwindled away. But you can’t blame us. It was a school night and we had to get everyone home like before midnight…

So does anyone know any good So Cal venues for ATS to play at?

I’ve been keeping myself busy doing other stuff, I just never get around to keeping my blog updated. Keep bugging me about it, then maybe I’ll change my habits.

So Christmas and New Years came and went since my last post… Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Ok, got that out of my system.

So once again, I am redesigning my website. I’m leaning towards a less straight-edge look this time. Something more organic? I’ve only started sketching it out, haven’t done anything in PS yet. I’ll probably start on that Tuesday. But here, take a look.

I’m also scrapping the current logo, not that I don’t like it. It’s just that I don’t think it’s practical; it’s awkwardly shaped and rather plain. I do have an idea for a new one though, anyone want to help or critique? Some new perspective is always welcome.

So that’s pretty much all I have now. Gotta keep working hard to finish this before school starts. Once school starts again, I’ll definitely have no time…

So what’s new since my last Blog?

• Three concerts at school, including my First Caribbean Christmas!
• Juries for Percussion. I bot Bs on them, which means I am now officially part of the CSULB Percussion Program.
• Finals… Ugh…… I did okay on most of them. Got sick though so totally bombed one. Oh well, got a 3.something this semester so it’s alright.
• Westminster HS’s first annual Christmas Concert. They did great, and it went really well for their first Christmas Concert.
• Knott’s Berry Farm with WHS. I chaperoned and got to hang out with friends (still in HS friends, duh). Lots of fun.
• Annual Book Room Group Christmas Party. I look forward to this every year.
• Christmas! Thanks for all the awesome gifts!
• Ebisu with Amanda, Leanne and her bf.
• Atrementous performance:good performance, bad venue… Then we hung out afterwards, which was fun too.
• New Years! Hung out at the Reed’s playing Cranium, Scrabble and watching Romancing the Stone (which is soooo cheesy, but good).
• Got a new camera!!! Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi. I’ve been saving for this since graduation, practically.. Finally got it and I love it!

So yeah, keep bugging me to keep this thing updated…