Turkey Day break...

Arghhh it was a good Turkey Day and I should really be doing homework for VisComm, but I'm at Emily's and it just feels like vacation. So of course I can't bring myself to actually work on things.

I checked out a little digital camera from the ER, so I've been taking lots of pictures. It's pretty sweet - I feel this need to document my life and I never really have before. Also, I'm learning a bit about photography - exposure and ISO and that sort of thing. I need a frickin' tripod, cause with all the longer exposure pics I'm taking, everything ends up slightly blurred cause my hand moves. Damn it.

There was a little open-mic in Boston, Tuesday night, that Emily and I attended. I say little because there were 5 other people there, one of whom was also playing. So it was just Emily, Shira, and I, playing two songs apiece and switching for like an hour and a half. Fun! Cosy! I got some really good pics and video, too! Some of which I will doubtless put on my new Flickr account when I get around to it.

Wednesday night, Emily and I went to this dude's little home studio, where he recorded three of Em's songs. Just guitar parts, but they sounded pretty good. The guy was really nice, and he kind of knew what he was doing. The only part that bothered me was that his software couldn't punch in (or he didn't know how to do it), and that he was terrible about talking to the talent (Emily). There would be loooooong pauses after takes, which you gotta fill in, cause the talent is just hanging and waiting for you to say something about the take, or ask how they felt about it. If you let the pause go, then they feel like you're not really paying attention, and that's not good. I guess the realization of that need to talk comes from watching pros work...of which I've had very little experience. Just watching Steve Malott, and he's very good at talking to people. One of the quickest thinkers I've met in my life. But the point is, this guy has never watched a pro.

Anyway, I wanna record more. I really enjoy it and I wanna get good at it! So it kinda sucks that I've set it aside for a while. At least I know I can pick it back up again.

Emily and I had a nice long conversation while looking at the stars last night in the hot tub. It's strange for us to be around each other, because we have this mental picture of who the other person is, compiled through phone calls...but it's not accurate to how we act around people. At the same time, we're totally comfortable with each other, more so than anyone else in our lives. So it's confusing.

Gonna go to a dance party! Bye!