Trying to Stop being Clever

It's looking bad for the Lakers this playoff season. First we lose two games to New Orleans in round one, & now we're 0-2 against Dallas? That game last night was embarrassing! At least game 1 we made it look good, not that that windfall of 4 points at halftime was due to great playing or anything, but hey, way to hit those FTs Lamar! 3 for 3 on the half-court-foul shots. At least we were within a couple by the end of that game. Last night we had no excuse. We could not make an outside shot in the second half. What the hell was that? We were at home even! I'm so very disappointed. I'd hate to think we've come this far just to get knocked out in round 2. If we play that badly at home, what's it going to look like when we play in Dallas?? I understand Nowitzki's fade-away shot is nearly impossible to defend against, but we could let him have those if we could just MAKE OUR SHOTS! It was close enough throughout the second half that if he made ...

I'm trying not to make this about anybody else, or to drag anyone into it, but I need to get it out, & I feel really funny talking to myself. This has so far been a safe depository for my thoughts & ideas, so here goes... I think I have realized (been helped to realize) that I am wasting time & money trying to put together a band to play live gigs. It's what I want to do as much as anything else in life, but there are other things which will make me at least as happy, so I'll content myself with those. I'm starting to think it might make it easier to move forward with some other endeavors if I stop thinking about how things will translate into a live show. I'm not saying I will give up music. That would be stupid. Stupid to say, stupid to do. It means far too much to me. But I can concentrate on writing & recording, & maybe I can become a composer of music for other people to play. I don't know. But if I don't worry about if I...

"But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're giving none away." I've taken on a whole new aspect to my job. I'm semi-officially part of the IT Department in that I have a login to the company Help Desk inbox. Yes, I'm assisting various project managers as PMAs with tasks to fix their little changes and glitches in The System. They're usually pretty good about giving me the acknowledgment and compensation for my additional and well-performed duties, & hopefully there's something in this taking-on of more responsibility and lightening the load of the specialists with their deeper understanding of programming & the like. I get to do more mundane maintenance tasks so they can focus on the overwhelming number of other things I don't understand. By mundane I don't mean to imply that it's boring or that I don't like it. It's really just that these things are a time-suckage to people who are in demand for thei...

Jaysson Black on bass, David Martinez on drums, David Munro Coutant on guitar Yeah, we rocked it. Orange Cones and Daddy Munro's DJ services are available for parties and events. Go ahead & contact me any way you know how for details.

Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary School 11233 Charlesworth, Santa Fe Springs, CA 3/26/2011, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. block one: warm-up, “I Need to Ask You” inst. Obla Di Obla Da 59th st Bridge Song Sound America Jenga block two Mrs. Robinson Karma Police Papaya I Can’t Take You (C#) She’s Leaving Home CK1 block three: The Boxer Norwegian Wood I Imagine So/Superfluous I’m a Believer Just Like Heaven block four: Electrocube Drive My Car Weezer song Homeward Bound Everything/Wanna Be For Emily Easy Valley Mr. Rabbit Wanna Be We may run out of time but better to have it & not need it.

Delilah at Gymboree. She's taken to climbing inside of things. Last night we went for a walk and she got out onto the porch and said, "outside."  She correctly identified the moon, cars, houses, and her umbrella stroller, which she calls her "ride."  This is such an exciting and interesting time.

The baby is doing wonderfully.  She is getting bigger (taller) and she is talking a lot.  She says bus and book and Elmo and car and mommy and daddy and "meow meow" and many other monosyllabic words, and she's working on saying her name.  She will say "me" and "mine" and "you" and stuff, but her name still comes out sounding like "Dee-ah".  It's great, she's great, everything's great.  She's supposed to start working on getting past the diapers this summer.  She'll be 2 in June.  I can't believe it.  It's funny, when I got married I knew that it would change my life as far as how I spend my time, but this having a baby has turned my world upside down.  I'll definitely take her over my old life in a heartbeat.  I can't wait until she can go everywhere with me.  I want so badly to show her off to everyone in the world.  I just realized, I don't think she's been to Therapak since she could...