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[jfb]

Well, this seems like a good day for an update. A lot of things have been happening this year, but most of them have been too gradual for me to notice and post about--plus, I've been too busy.


Remember how I was moving to Minneapolis? Well, I went to Minneapolis, but I was in love with someone in California. So after a month, I came back, and then a while later she was in love with me too. Now I live with her, and that's pretty great.

I've been working for Mirapoint, helping them develop the webmail component of their email appliance. This is the same company I worked for last year before I supposedly left town.

I'm in at least three bands:

• Tin Cat, an acoustic pop collaboration
  
• DeatHat, marimba-driven torch noir
  
• Vermillion Lies, "twisted folk"

Altamont Pass hasn't formally broken up, but has pretty much stopped playing shows. Next month I'll be backing up Avery Burke of Corpus Callosum for a couple of shows. I still play a solo set now and then, and have been thinking about starting a new band to explore my weirder musical interests.

I've been under a little stress lately trying to keep up with all my musical pursuits and still hold down a job, so I guess it's good news that today Mirapoint "let go" most of its contractors, including me. This may be the first job I haven't left voluntarily, but I'm not too upset about it.

No firm plans yet, but I expect I'll spend some time focusing on music--among other things, Vermillion Lies has a tour next month that I'd like to join them for. Then maybe I'll work on some personal software projects, or maybe I'll go find a job, or maybe something else will happen. Who can say?

Comments

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Yay update!

Remember how I was moving to Minneapolis? Well, I went to Minneapolis, but I was in love with someone in California. So after a month, I came back, and then a while later she was in love with me too. Now I live with her, and that's pretty great.

Woo!

And good luck getting a job. Not, you know, too soon. But whatever you need.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think it'll go well--I've got good references, and some contacts I can follow up with when I'm ready to work again.

[helloreplace.livejournal.com]

I love it when the good guy wins in the end. I'm so glad things worked out for you on all fronts!

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Me, too!

[localcharacter.livejournal.com]

Welcome back, even if it's only for a quick visit—and I'm so glad to hear things are going so well! (And I include the ex-job in that; it sounds like you don't particularly need it at this moment & look forward to the time to work on other stuff.)

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it's a good time to get some breathing room.

[mattsnaps.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the cohab; I hope it works out well. I was just thinking yesterday how my overall life got a lot better/happier when I did that same thing.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of great things about it. Like, less food spoilage in the fridge! And, you know, support and affection and stuff. How's the new job?

[mattsnaps.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the economies of scale really kick in, especially in a 3-4 person household.

The new job pretty much kicks ass. I am having a great time. The people are fun to work with. It's also nice to work for a place that has fans, as opposed to just a lot of enemies.

[tuliphead.livejournal.com]

Nice to hear from you again; I'd been wondering what you'd been up to! Everything sounds like it's going swimmingly - that's great news and I hope it continues!

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[artname.livejournal.com]

I hope you will get back to fishing your friends to go to interesting acts again. Perhaps even acts you are in.

Your band schedule is woefully out of date.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

I was talking to Alex at Rasputin the other day--at the in-store you missed--by the way, would you like to be on the Tin Cat mailing list?--about how, working two jobs, the in-stores he books are just about the only shows he can get to. And I've been thinking about how, with so many performances and rehearsals, pretty much the only bands I see are the ones we play shows with. It's not a bad problem to have, but I do miss Mulvey, Delmhorst, Hem, etc.

Too busy for LJ? Psh!

[michaelpop.livejournal.com]

WOW! My heart swells with the knowledge that in the end, you got your girl. Bravo! Glad to hear that life's treating you pretty well these days. :)