Hi All,
At last an update from me. I'm never able to keep this blog as up to date as I would like, sorry.
Well I've been somewhat out of commission for a little while but for good reason. I'm currently living in Corporate Housing so generously offered by my new employer. Yes you heard me right, I am no longer an independent composer...I'm now legit, haha. MoonTech will stay open, no worries, but as of July 30th I started a full time gig at Neversoft Entertainment working on their Guitar Hero team. Can you say HELLS YEA?!
It's funny, I'm so used to my day starting at 6:30am and ending around midnight (if I was lucky) yet now I get everything done in a 10 hour time period or less. I don't know what to do once I get home/Corp Housing. I've been filling the time with a lot of guitar practice. I've been burning the midnight oil for over 3 years and in the 3 weeks that I've been at Neversoft I have notice some drastic changes:
Change #1: I'm sleeping better now. Sure for the first week everytime I closed my eyes I kept seeing guitar hero gem patterns. But once that passed I started sleepin' like a baby. Now you might be saying to yourself, "
Sleeping better? Of course you would be sleeping better now that your not staying up till after midnight." Ok that does seem a little obvious, but that's my point. We take sleeping for granted and we shouldn't. Which leads me to...
Change #2: My memory is coming back.
I thought I'd lost you good buddy (channeling The Skipper). I have the best and worst memory at the same time. I can remember numbers or signal path routings or compressor settings or chord pattern like a champ, but if you ask me what I had for dinner last night I couldn't tell you. I've always been like that. Starting soon after our daughter was born, even the stuff I could remember started slipping. Now with all this sleep I'm getting I can remember so much. I'm doing so well with it I'm nervous. Every morning I look at the clock two or three times very carefully to reassure myself that, "
yes, work starts at 9am. It's now 8:15, you're not late, you're fine" and then I putz around for 15 minutes in disbelief that I actually have everything done. Every time I go to lock the door as I leave I feel like I must have forgotten something and yet I didn't. I'm so used to forgetting so many things that I've become accustomed to doubting myself.
Change #3: My mood. I've been a biggest grump for like a year. No really I have. I've been quick tempered, frustrated easily and snotty whenever anyone challenges me. I've been on a year long mens PMS cycle. All due to lack of sleep. It's so obvious now. I should have read the pamphlets they all say the same thing about lack of sleep. So this is the part where I tell you I'm no longer grumpy...ain't gonna happen. I feel it letting up, but I have to admit I did snap back at a friend today when I didn't need to. I'm trying really hard to get that under wraps. It'll happen, I just need more sleep. I'm almost there.
Change #4: I have time for Soccer!!!!!! We just organized a Neversoft soccer team and we have nearly 22 peeps signed up. Which means that I'll finally lose that extra 30 pounds I've been luggin' around. Like all good FC's our first practice will be at a pub after work tomorrow.
I'm bring sexy back! But he's a little older and thinning just slightly on top (you can see it at the right angle and in the right light, haha), oh and sexy needs a new wardrobe.
Alright I'm off...good talking to ya.
k
