Saying Goodbye........... well not yet.....

So I've decided that my Gibson Les Paul that sits in the corner collecting dust just needs to go, or I like to think that it will be finding a better home where it will be played and appreciated a little more......... I *made* the decision about three weeks ago, I MADE the decision (complete with craigslist post) today. I have posted it for a fair price and listed its condidtion honestly, so I should have no problem selling it. I will miss it, but I really don't play it that much, and haven't been the guitar player in a band since I played at Christ United Methodist Church years ago. She has been good to me, and I will always remember my first Real guitar....



I feel a little better about selling her after I heard that Gibson bought out Garrison Guitars, the make of my very nice acoustic guitar that I got for Christmas last year and are not honoring Garrison's lifetime warranty... Nothing makes you lose faith in a mega-corp like Gibson faster than knowing that the hard-earned money that was spent on something that was advertised as having a great warranty was now hard-earned money spent on a guitar with no warranty..... so I'm not selling it to spit in their faces, although I doubt if I'll ever buy another Gibson guitar..... There are plenty of options that sound great and feel great that cost much less, so that's probably what I'll look at next.

I really enjoy my Schecter bass, it is still blowing me away every time I play it, so I'll most likely look into one of their guitars when it comes time for a replacement.

Speaking of my Schecter bass, it is my main axe, and so I've also decided to sell my Fender Jazz bass deluxe 5 string that I had modified with my favorite pickups... it too was listed today. I have it listed for a fair price as well, it was my church bass, but even then I was missing my Schecter's thin neck.... so long Fender......

when either of these will sell I don't kow, I can only hope it is soon.

General ranting... it's been a while....

So I'd like to do a Craigslist style rant to start off.....

To the lady in the green Camry in front of me this afternoon, the one with the mobility scooter dangling on the hitch platform that barely supports it. I see you have a huge oxygen tank on your scooter, must be pretty serious because that thing is huge... I wanted to honk my horn and flash my lights to get your attention because I could swear that I saw smoke coming form your car window, surely your car must be on fire because I swear that you have an oxygen tank on your scooter, or is that a massive Nitro tank? You must race that bad boy against the other aging tuners in town, my bad, I'll let you go n your merry way, now get out of the left lane, or at least speed up to the speed limit...............

Cool, I;m back.... let me just say that you know you've been away from something too long when it takes you 20 minutes to get the correct username and password combination,......

So if you check out Nasty Habits Myspace you can see our new promo video, I have received very good reviews from peers and I think it looks and sounds pretty good!
So it's time to hit the streets again and pitch th band to more venues. I think we have a good enough product to try for some better rooms and may have a few contacts I can use!!! If I have my way we'll have a loaded schedule again soon!

So here's what is new with me.....

Still no full-time day work, I do have an opportunity to test again for the correction job, so I'll be training my butt off for the next month....... I have started working as a production assistant/audio tech at Tony N tina's wedding, a dinner show at the Rio Hotel, it is a fun show! I get to see it 4-5 nights a week, and I get dinner there too.... I am really enjoying it and I thinkit will make for a good mark on my resume (seeing as it is in a major hotel/casino....) .

Besides that I'm down by 4 pounds from 2 months ago, I had a cool trip back east to surprise my twin brother for our 30th birthday, and my migraines have made a little comeback.... hurray for coworkers keeping large amounts of ibuprofen with them at all times... imagine going to wwork with a migraine that you've had all day when you job is to mix the sound and do the lights, two things that you try to avoid when you are having a migraine.....

The worship band from Gracepoint has been pretty busy, playing a lot of things outside of churh services, we've played several youh gatherings and played at the Nevada Baptist Conference, and the 2th of this month we;ll be playing center ice after a las Vegas Wranglers hockey game for 'faith and family night' I'm looking forward to tat, as we'll probably get to watch the game!!!


SO just a quick catch-up, I'll be back here more often!!! stay tuned.