Ok, so that didn't happen...

I didn't post every other day. However, I am posting today.

I dug out my amp, and hooked up the reverb again. I still have no clue what was causing the noise issues I was having, but they seem to be in remission for the time being, so I'm happy.

And, I got a pretty picture of the sunset.

Ok, so I'm trying to blog at least every other day. I was almost tempted to do a x/31 series. (instead of a picture a day for 365 days, just for 31.) I'm getting to be ridiculously busy, I have music written to one song, which mean I need to put it in the last verse, cut the demo and get it to the friend who wrote the lyrics. (I have a second song by her to compose, and at least three of my own left.)

I found a cool gizmo- PRS makes a cord that goes from a 1/4" (instrument) jack to the headphone jack on my iPod, and because it's got a mic on the jack (like an iPhone), it will let you record on it. It's also about 1/3rd the price of the Blue Mikey (a mic you plug into the dock plug, and the Alesis recording rig. It might work fine for cutting quick demos, maybe.

Anyway, I already have what I technically need for it. So I'm gonna be practicing a bit I hope. Maybe I'll publicize the songs, maybe not.

Time is...

Time is ticking away... and it seems like I could use a 25 hour day, if not a 48. It turns out I'm now the only Prospero in the play, so now I need all my lines down by early January. I can do it, it's just not going to be fun. I also have speeches I need to get done then, as well as Spanish, which is going to get tougher in January... and I still need to keep my music up. This is going to be a very interesting time. (One reason I've picked up the book I did- Your Mind Matters, is that it's only 61 pages long... if I must, I can finish it in a night and feel like I've accomplished something.) Well, I need to get ready for tomorrow. It's probably not going to let up much.

Quick thought

I might as well add this, from my reading tonight:
"The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not chide, nor will He keep His anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgression from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust."

Just that last line is amazing. Sure, it's amazing that our sins are forgiven and gone without a trace, but... God also remembers what we are made of! God has compassion on us- because we are human! How many times do we forget that? I have seen it a sad many tines that an authority, say, a father, will leave no leeway for the fact that his son or daughter is human. And, worse, they would often do the same exact thing in the other person's shoes. Thank God, I have awesome parents, who 99% of the time remember stuff like that!

Snippets of Thanksgiving, Part 1

I had a great Thanksgiving, and even though it's over a week past, I decided I should put some pictures up from it. I'm actually running this series backwards, but... my sister borrowed my camera, and so I can't claim some of the other shots. But these I can!
Finley, who was quite an attention-getter.


Lily, who probably matches my sister for being a "Pretty Princess" type.


And the two "Pretty Princesses"

Busyness and other odds and ends.

Well, basically... I've been busy. I have speeches I'm writing, speeches written by William Shakespeare that I'm memorizing, and I've picked up a book... I also have a few songs I'm trying to get music written to, so I can record a demo of them. And, of course, I have more ideas in my head.

Sorry I've ignored Panoramic Chairlift... I'll try to keep you all updated here for a while, at least.

This is the book... Your Mind Matters, by John Stott.