good morning fire eater

so, i'm practically sitting in direct sunlight....fitting after a day of staring at direct LCD lights, haha. Had a three hour booking this morning for photography of an event that was surprisingly interesting. It was a bunch of scholars, engineers, and the former governor of NY discussing the National Electric Grid. Very fascinating stuff...especially the keynote speaker Peter...something. Anyway, he was the weird, totally nerd, and obviously genius type. He just knew wtf he was saying...so rare. I felt a little more awkward than usual because of my clothing, but it's all good 'cause I got my official press blug black t-shirt now! So, after the event I spent my hours editing up the photos and uploading them to flickr...it took 45 mins JUST to upload all the shots. 1.10 GB worth. Hopefully they feel they got their monies worth. I feel like most of them turned out well...especially if all they're using them for is web related stuff. I need to start using my 50 1.4 lens more, but I'm always afraid I'll need the 18-50mm for a group shot or something. I LOVE the 50 1.4, but I'm so lame and unskilled that having no zoom really freaks me out. Oh well, tomorrow morning I will force myself to suck it up and go for it. Plus, I'll have my d50 as a backup with a lens ready to rock if needed in a hurry.

So, for the rest of today I'm planning on going home and mixing up a song that I actually recorded way back in February. Just finished the lead vocals last night, and will finalize the backing vox (hopefully) tonight. I think it's going to be my best mix to date. Its got that elusive "in your face" punch and warmth that everyone seems to always be after. There's also a shit ton of instrumentation goin' on. Yes, SHIT ton. I have no idea how I was able to write such an "advanced" song, but I definitely pulled it out of my ass! Anyway, more on that later...once I've received some feedback from friends & fans.

On a more serious note, I fear that I'm really starting to be unhappy at my job. Maybe it's just the time of the year, or the fact that I'm single, or something I'm unaware of, but I definitely feel like something has changed. It might be a result of the slow summer and/or the fact that there are several large projects people seem to expect me to take on---and it just can't happen. I don't have the time! Though things are slow a lot of the time right now that doesn't mean I am able to take on a 4-6 month long project. Bah! Anyway. I'm going to stop journalling like a 12 year old emo boy.