Today, my Journalism Prof., Bonnie Bucqueroux, expounded on the importance of keeping one's blog updated, so:

1) Last week a PE teacher, and wrestling coach from my school was arrested for something that was thoroughly suspected by us students but not from him.

2) For fun, I've been messing around with guitar tunings and lately; mostly, I've been working on modifying the Ripley (believe it or not), which is a guitar with strings all tuned to the same note. It's been giving the guitar a sound similar to an indian banjo, except for the low notes, which sound distinctly guitary. I've been messing around with the Ripley form by replacing one or two of the unison notes with a major or minor 3rd, or a 4th, or a 5th--with interesting sounding, if not interesting to explain, results.

3) With some help, I've been writing a christmas song. It's about Jasper, one of the magi, and his trip to see the baby christ. I turn him into a cowboy and he wears a hankerchief.

To my Secular Friends: Don't fear, I haven't been 'saved' or anything...Fruckus has just been asked to do a Christmas song for a compilation and I'm giving it a try.

To my Religious Friends: Hallelujah!

4) Speaking of F. Ruckus, we just got done with basically all the recording except bass. Our recording engineer, Vince, isn't happy with the EQ of the tracks layed down previously, so we need Eli to redo them, all of them. Vince is almost certainly right, but...I wish we were done already.

5) Speaking of talented musicians recording, La Remodea has been making a demo that's coming along ok. Songs worked on so far in the secret sessions include Oak Grove and Central Park. Songs left to do include JSM; Too Cool, Too Coy; According to Wikipedia; and Gal Cadet. I plan on doing most of that Tuesday night.

6) I would like a wii because of the new Zelda game. I think I'm going hang out with Seth M. over break in Spring Arbor and watch him buy one. Sigh.

7) Over break, I'll be having big meals with my families in Farmington and Milford. Farmington on Thursday and Milford on Friday.

8) Of Montreal is sold out now I guess, but I can't help but love the absolute correctness in the choice of "Every Day Feels Like Sunday," for a stock market commercial. The story of the song is about a guy recovering from suicidal depression--the commercial doesn't last quite long enough for us to hear "I get further and further, away from the fall," but isn't that perfect for a NASDAQ commercial? Of course I don't approve, but I can shrug it off because at least they put thought into it: