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Thursday, January 08, 2009
2008 recap:
May : graduated UNT. BA in Music, minor in Spanish. skipped graduation, went to Spain with Cody instead. Stayed at Lola/Cesar's neighbors apartment with their weird blind dog. Got to show Cody around Valencia, too cold for the beach though. Had a great time, can't wait to go back.
June : quit working for Boiler Room (bartending, barbacking, sound, waiting) and went to work full time for Onstage Systems doing sound work. I hate commuting to Garland for work, but the job is worth it. They're really giving me a chance to learn there and move up quickly, and I've gotten to do some cool shows and work with nice gear. I think I may stay here a while, but I'll have to figure out a way to make the commute from Denton less miserable.
July : got engaged to Cody. we are finally at a great place together and i'm very glad we survived the rough times over the past few years. we're making plans to have the wedding at Tyler State Park in November 2009. Hopefully honeymoon will be somewhere cool, maybe south america.
August : moved in with Cody. living together is working great and solved many of our previous difficulties. she is very easy to live with and great to have around, and she seems to be tolerating me pretty well. The rent house is kind of a dump, so we're looking for a home to buy... maybe Denton, or maybe closer to my work in Garland.
A very interesting summer it was. At the start of 2009 I have Catie living in our house with us before she goes to study in Chile. Rebecca is living in Denton with her new girlfriend. Captain Gallagher played what was probably our final show in August 2008. Tarun is no longer in Denton, and can't commute, so we're giving up on him..... I would love to start something new with some of the same guys, and Pablo wants to too, but my time is very limited by work, so nothing has worked out yet. I'm playing drums alot more, but would still like to have an outlet with other people to play with. Not playing enough guitar, not playing any trumpet since I finished school. Though I might play for Scott's wedding. He got Christina knocked up and they've got a cute baby and are getting married this spring. Life's a bitch, but I hope it works out for them. Dane is also getting married this year. I guess its the thing to do now. So far I guess I'm doing pretty good at following the American dream. High school, college, "real job", marry high school sweetheart, buy a house...... next all I've got to do is have 2.5 kids and a white picket fence and a dog named Spot. then I'll have it made.
I wanted to set a few life goals:
see the world
be happy
enjoy my job
make music
be with Cody
own a business
I think I'm doing pretty well so far. The whole job and financial security area is hard to figure out right now..... I don't want to be a sound guy for Onstage forever, although I enjoy it and it pays well enough for now (no kids). But it is getting me no closer to being able to open a business and do what I ultimately want to be doing. I guess I will keep working here a while until "what I ultimately want to do" and where I want to do it becomes more clear to me.
Let it be noted that this blog is now intended only as a personal diary. One that I can't lose, and one that hopefully can't be found by anyone else.
I guess that's all.
3:55 PM
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