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We’ve – in my month by month yet never ending saga of residence – been looking at condos around here. It’s really hard not to with the entire real estate market crumbling around us. It’s hard to leave the city – Lou Reed has been talking about leaving New York for like 65 years, and the Randall’s are the only ones I know actually focused and determined enough to get out. So we’ll see. I ain’t saying nothing. Something has certainly happened with me and how I feel about Chicago. I think I’m just getting used to it, and we love the new neighborhood.
I forgot to mention, the rental car we took up to Madison last week was a brand new 2007 Prius hybrid. Now, that is one ugly car. I don’t even think it’s a matter of taste. That shit is U.G.L.Y. However, it utterly kicks ass. First, it gets like 45 mpg. It has an active touch screen that tells you your mpg as you accelerate and decelerate. It tells you which engine you are accessing (electric or gas), and if you need a bit of hyped up 4 cylinder power – it can use both at once. It’s an amazing car. I can see San Francisco just flooded with them. Hell, I can even see them doing well in the Midwest.
Alright, my “alone” time has come to a close, gotta go.
Iris was great, iScintilla (who I didn’t do sound for, but I still wanted to see) had like their best show ever, and Stromkern took the cake. I was mostly paying attention to what I was doing with the sound, but their stage energy was great and they have an excellent live band. I bought a couple decent compressors for these shows (an old DBX 166 and a FMR RNC) and that really paid off.
I’ve been in a pretty flawless mood lately. Not having a disease never hurts one’s mood. Ella has been pretty crazy lately. She really wants to control her destiny (actually, her destination) but isn’t really physically strong enough to do so. But I think dealing with a little baby girl has really helped me deal with adults. That’s pretty fucked up if you think about, but it’s absolutely true.
So turns out, much to my delight, the doctor was wrong. Either that or my new eating and exercise regime simply set it into remission. But I do not have diabetes. In fact, according to my blood tests, there is absolutely nothing wrong with me. Well, I don’t believe in god, I’m very passive aggressive, obsessive, compulsive, etc. etc.
But I do not have any major health problems.
I’m headed to the doc today. I imagine they’ll be trying to get my blood out one way or another. This is really tiring, as I’m not a very big fan of needles. But today will be my most conclusive visit yet. I don’t have that great of a feeling about it.
Lauren came by yesterday and literally tore through the vocals for the last track. She’s all done, nothing to do now but wait and hope I can stay on schedule. I’m getting hit with a lot of work this week and I have the shows in Madison this weekend, so we’ll see.
