Saturday, 23 April 2011

Prussian adventures while on the run

It's a beautiful Saturday (actually hit above 60 for the first time this year) here in Seattle and I'm at VOXX coffee catching up on emails, job searching and of course...my loyal servants, keeping you abreast of the latest accusations aimed at me. (do you think i'm paranoid?)

As Great Uncle Charles Marie Raymond d'Arenberg (fifth Duke of Arenberg) used to say to me....

"life is like whore...the more you get used to her, the more you forget the sores"...now i don't encourage paying for sex when you can get it for free...but i think his advice has merit.

Last Wednesday i had my gym appointment with Natalie. Natalie is kicking my ass.. literally (as seen in the photo) but she's trying to get me to push myself over this plateau I've been stuck in. I work out 4x a week and i'm dieting yet my weight still hasn't dropped. Now, i do recall the last time i lost lots of weight it took several months of of working out/dieting before my body started to change. Each person is different and responds in thier own time but let me just add that i HATE all skinny people until i become one...then i will love them again.
That's how it works for me folks...love it or leave it.

By the way, near the gym on Madison are the very large broadcast towers.
For some reason whenever i walk near them i have to stare up which only suggests to gravity that i am defying it yet again but so far i haven't killed myself yet. :)

Yesterday, Tommy came over and we worked on new material for the band. Recently I've been writing a lot and those ideas have turned into band songs so it was good to see new ideas from him. His style of playing always forces me to re-think how i approach songwriting.
Sunday we are being interviewed at the Hurricane by someone who writes for a SteamPunk Mag. Should be interesting .... apparently Steampunk people like us even though i'd classify us as more dark rock.

Speaking of Dark Rock, Last Janurary we played a show with the Sins at Fuel and i took a picture of the advertisement outside.
I have to admit that Jamie's photo worked well with the advert format. :)

So to sum up my week..I'm still jobless (there are rumors of something soon), I'm working out lots and enjoying music. Dare a Prussian Lord smile?....

P.S. I updated my resume while i was working on this. What do you think of my new objective?

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

No Croatoan at this Roanoke

It's been forever since i blogged and I've decided to get out of my shell again and roam the self deluding halls of the internet with my ramblings again.

Let's start with being unemployed....it sucks ass! Nothing makes me question my professional experience more than several interviews where i'm told i "almost" got the job. I realize that testing is a new direction for me but i have all the background needed to perform the job right along other experienced testers.

Rant off/

Today i headed to the gym and decided to stop by the Roanoke park
since the weather was decent enough.


We've had a late winter here (or at least it feels like it...christ..it's almost May) but there were signs that warmer weather was right around the corner.

The park was named after Roanoke, Virginia, the first English settlement in the United States.
I came across a few hints of Spring that brightened my mood.



As i was walking, i put on the bands latest band practice on my IPOD and took the following pictures listening to new songs we are working on. For some reason i love taking pictures of clouds and Power Lines. I think that's left over from my younger days being inspired by R.E.M. video's from the 80's.


As i was leaving the park, i came across this and thought how ironic that this park was called Roanoke. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony )