Ahhhhh....

You know, this blog thing might be alright after all. That actually felt good to write all that out. And I didn't mention the aftermath of leaving Phrenik - there are apparently quite a few people who were really bummed by it, musicians and fans alike, and they don't mind telling me...but once they hear the reason just about every single person has said the same thing - that they respect me for stepping up and being a dad, which was a really cool feeling. Fielding quite a few offers for musical collaboration of a non-intrusive sort as well, I might add. I'm not talking about "come join my band", shit I wouldn't ask me that either after I left a band as high up locally as Phrenik. But I've had one guy ask me to throw down some vox on some electronic stuff, another one ask me to help punch up some songs, and another I offered a month or so ago to write a song for him asking when he can hear it. Not to mention that I would love to write music for Phrenik still. I have to get on rebuilding this computer so I can start my home demo studio and feel productive musically.

But anyway, back to life - as I might have mentioned, my wife Becky is pregnant with our second kid, due in mid-October. We have an ultrasound appointment tomorrow morning where we will most likely find out what sex baby we're having. Originally, Becky was all against finding out, she wanted to be surprised, yet the only names she's been coming up with are all girl names. I said what about the boy names, you know, it'd be nice to have one of each although I'll accept 10 fingers and 10 toes. With a baby attached, of course. She said she's convinced it's a girl. I said, yeah, but Michelle (my sister) has these like incredible predictive powers and she says it's a boy. So there's a small bet riding on the results tomorrow morning, and we'll see what direction the names go after that.

Kinda bummed that the Kings lost yet another game seven, I have to wonder what the hell is wrong with Peja that he disappears the latter part of the season (wha- wha- what...? You like sports? Yeah I do, AND I write...get over it). And I hope Vlade doesn't retire, it'd be nice to see this team stay intact for one more try...sigh. Oh well. I have to say, after the Raiders losing the Super Bowl in the way they did, this is absolutely no match in terms of disappointment. But all the same I'm in no mood to watch the highlights on ESPN News. At least football is only a summer away, and I have the Olympics to distract me in the meantime.