I Was A Teenage Hand Model

Well hello chaps in this strange June weather. The internet tells me there has not been weather like this for close to 50 years. Hmm. Life has been pretty good lately. I finally got a job and one I absolutely love. I am the manager/sometime-guitar-tech/sometime-anything-graphic-or-internet-related person-man guy at Keith Holland Guitars.

Its a pretty sweet gig and the guys I work with; Jeremy, Tomm and Johnny,

are all awesome guys. It is nice to be working too. It was amazing how much not doing something during the day made me feel unproductive, even with all the minor art projects 0r playing guitar, I still felt incredibly unproductive. I hope you are enjoying your job Daniel.

I haven't been taking enough photos at all. I wish I still had a small portable camera, my DSLR is cumbersome, to say the least. I have been taking a lot of phone-photos but they aren't the same.

That brings me to my next bit of news. I finally got myself some new wheels:

Mavic Kysiums laced to Mavic hubs with a NOS 1998 9 speed Ultegra Cassette (same as on my old set!) and Gatoskins.

I just picked them up yesterday and road them around town a bunch. Man I forgot how awesome riding a road bike was. My wheels were stolen on August 18th so I haven't ridden a road bike since then. It feels really good.

In Take:

Movie:

HESHER: This movie was fantastic. Brutal, harsh, funny but not in a stupid way. Go see it.

POTC:OST : blegh. This movie was like junk food. Fun for a little bit, in its greasy, salty sweet goodness, but ultimately only left me with a tummy ache.

Music:

I've been listening to a bunch of blues, old and new. Allman brothers, Derek Trucks, SRV, Cream, Dead Weather, Black keys...etc

The ROME "soundtrack" Danger Mouse did with Danielle Luppi "staring" jack white and norah jones is awesome. I love it.

QOTSA Self titled - this album is still great and the remastered version with the extra tracks rocks even harder.

Isis has been creepin' in and out of my earphones along with some other older metals faves.

Also been listening to tons of King Crimson.

Book/Print:

Ive been reading Good Omens by Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett, good shit.

NatGeo for days.

Well I miss you all dearly.

We should all learn how to teleport and got get La Victorias tonight...