The Occasional Solipsist

Ok, so its 2:20 am and I'm up, sitting at my pc again, feeling like a night owl. I am also reminded that my sleep habits haven't really changed much from high school, or maybe earlier: When I have the option of staying up really late, I take it. I have always thought that I was at my most productive after midnight. Though if the quality of my typing at this time of night is any indication, I could be wrong. haha.

Superwife went to bed at an insanely early time, asleep in front of the tv by 9:30, up in bed by 10:00. She's too funny, because she was really struggling to make it tonight. She's like a little kid sometimes. One of the more endearing things I love about her. Whether that's 'cause I myself have the mentality (or is that maturity?) of a child is something I'll leave for others smarter than I to decide.

Busy, you ask?

I had just stepped outside for a little puff of fresh air and I was still out there when the storm that had been threatening all day began with a thunderous roar. It started pouring down almost immediately, and after a few minutes began to get really loud and really bright, with flashes of lightning illuminating the sky every few seconds. I even stood in it for a moment, letting the cool drops run down my face and bare chest as the bottoms of my feet languished in a small puddle on the deck. It was spectacular. I came upstairs and brought my good mood with me, opened the window and put in some yoga, mostly meditating and listening to the rain.

Since then, I've thrown yet another logo proposal together for my sister's eBay company (I'm numbering my iterations as go, and I'm at 7 with no end in sight), ripped a few CDs that I'm going to get rid of, most notably the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing 'Classic Police'. It is every bit as shitty as it sounds and makes me laugh every time I listen to it.

Anything else? Hmm, read and responded to an email from my Dad, whom I haven't spoken to since April, nor seen since the end of last November. That one's a blog for another day, but I feel the need to write that I am glad that I got a few things off of my chest.

Anything else new? Well, Superwife and I bought a new bed today, one which looks to be much better than the current workbench, mangled boxspring and paint-can-supported as it is. Its getting delivered Thurs and I can't wait to sleep in it. Haha, I feel so old writing that down. Funny how the things that give you a thrill change over time eh?

Well, there are worse things I could be spending time thinking about.

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If you're a fan of the extremely talented Canadian musician Sarah Harmer, you know what my byline means. And if you don't, well besides sucking, you need to get the hell away from this page and go directly to puretracks.com and let the downloading begin. And while you're at it you'll want to dig up some old Weeping Tile too. That was her band prior to flying solo.

And if you're wondering if I have recently bought myself a heap of stock in the music company that produces her music, the answer is no. Although if she ever goes crazy big, I guess I'll be mad I didn't.

I did however just come back from seeing her with Superwife at Brock University and considering how happy I was with the performance I got to see, I figured I'd share it with the wired world. Alternating between contemplative melodies and acoustic jams, with lyrics that are thoughful, intelligent and emotive, Sarah Harmer is a truly underappreciated Canadian talent. She played a great set, combining a lot of her first album's songs with an equal number from her latest release.

However, she didn't play 'UFO Rosie' when I yelled out during the request part of the show. I imagine she didn't hear me, and wouldn't have played it if she did, because few people in the audience would know what the hell it was.

Great fuckin' song. Great show too.

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So I decided to do away with the old site. Possibly not forever, just for now. My original intention was to use that site as a jumping point for my career, allowing any interested parties to hire me as a company to do any contract work, with this site to showcase my abilities. Since I am planning on gearing up my web company into a 'real' company sometime in the coming weeks/months to take care of the client end of things, I can dispense with that for now, and use this site as my personal playground.

As part of this new program, I have changed the url for this site, with a brand new email to match.

So this site is now completely, unequivocally and, quite deservedly all about me.

As it should be.

Sometime in the near future I'll get around to throwing some content together for the remaining pages. Portfolio, maybe my resume, favourite porn sites. I'll think of something. Who has the time for these things?

In the meantime, here's a little fun game for all you kids at home.

Once you're done, have an even bigger laugh and read this.

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