gone quietly into that dark night..only to forget my wallet.

It's been almost six months since I've posted on this blog and i decided (for sanity sake) that i try to write at least once a week. (We'll see how that goes)

For those that don't know me very well...let me introduce you to my robe:


There - we are all friends now. My robe (of deers) has seen so many changes. Loves, life changes, vodka dares and the occasional Channa Masala orgies.

As none of you know, I've been lucky enough to be unemployed since February and let me tell you...it's so much fun when the only jobs on the market are ones companies place ads for when they know they are only going to hire from within. Great laughs for sure....I'm considering going to school next fall but it's all a question of grants/loans and I'm still deciding if taking a certification course for a job position I'm really feed up with is really the right decision to make. Yet...i pause and remember the days when having insurance seemed almost god-given and yearly salaries actually seemed to provide some sort of sense of value.

But...

I'm not here to complain (or am i) but to start focusing on what really matters in my life. Writing and Music.

As some of you may have heard, I'm the singer for the band http://blackbirdorchestra.com. It's been a great 1 1/2 years since finally crawling out of the bass guitarists garage and hitting the Seattle scene. We've recorded a CD (image below) played many shows, developed a great fan base and just recently i helped direct our upcoming video.


My goal with this blog is twofold.

1. To promote the band and any other musical (art) projects i will be working on.
2. To talk about what I'm writing and how it relates to me.

Now i will warn the reader in advance that i despise writers that can't stop talking about the internal dialogue or meaning behind their works. I'm not interested in preaching to you or myself that I am a poet of any sorts. In fact, I'm just looking for venue to introduce a personal element into the effort that goes into writing. For good or for bad, it's mine.

Well that's it for tonight. I'm off to ponder the job ads but hopefully soon more and more of you will take the time to review, comment and share with me.

-F