The Swings

Its the swings man. The ups and downs.

I need a drink and no one is around.

Wow I think I just accidentally wrote a song.

Tonight we played our New Order set. I purposely invited no one in case we sucked.

Big mistake because we crushed the shit out of it. People freaked out. The sound was great, we nailed our parts and everyone hit the roof.

So I'm back in austin with renewed energy.

San Francisco is an amazing city. I briefly got to see it but the parts I saw were incredibly nice. I had drinks the last night on the 39th floor of the marriott overlooking a breathtaking view of the city.

I had great sushi, walked around downtown and hung with some nice people at the conference.

Now I'm back in town and work things are picking up. Im hoping to really get this realtor project off the ground and do well with it. I created a kick ass presentation today to show our client about the long-term vision of the project.

On the non-work front we are playing our first show this Sunday. Low pressure venue. 4 New Order cover songs. Should be fun.

In other news I can comfortably bench a set of 8 reps @ 170lbs. I have to decrease the weight to continue but I have surpassed my body weight which is pretty cool.

San Francisco

Sitting in a crazy bar area of the Marriott in downtown San Francisco.

This event is about 1800 people coming to learn the latest digital marketing techniques. I am excited to pick up some new skills and put them to use with my clients. I also hope to pick up some new clients and get some schmoozing going. I am not as good at it as I would like.

Have a friend touching down in a couple hours to join me. I'm afraid I won't be getting out much to see the city but we'll see. I did walk around downtown a bit today and snapped this pic:

I am currently writing this post on my new laptop. I went with the Macbook Pro. Its gorgeous. Its powerful. It was expensive so it better be everything and then some.

Apple is an amazing company. No other product has the brand loyalty, the innovation and the flat out beauty and construction as these guys. As a study of how a business should be, Apple is at the top of the pile.

I am paying this off with 18 months of no interest which should not be a problem for me. Opening this thing up today was the closest thing to feeling like a giddy child I have felt in a long time.

In other news I met with a friend tonight after one of his gigs. We talked music mostly. He's going to school for composition and is currently writing pieces for bassoon, piano and violen. All of which he can play personally. He recently posted a video of himself playing Bach on the piano in the UT auditorium. I know of no one else who has that level of mastery and to hear him speak about his own shortcomings is funny to me. He fits the textbook definition of a prodigy but is plagued by his own self doubt. I take selfish solace in that.

He actually played some of his singer songwriter stuff at my bands last gig. He brought up my performance several times. He legitimately likes my songwriting and it really makes me think about my material. Giving up on it entirely would be a mistake and his compliments mean a lot to me. He continually brings up one of my versus as really doing a number on him. I have my moments and I really hope to keep music a part of my life, despite the growing disconnect I feel with it.

January marks the poorest month for me in quite some time. I am down a couple clients.

Good thing someone contacted me today about some work. Hopefully that pans out. Looks like I'm going to have to dip into savings to pull this month off.

I should take this as motivation to really hit the pavement for new clients in 2013.