A lot has happened since my last post nearly five years ago:
- My father passed away in 2009
- I've gotten old. At least I feel old. The weight has got to go. Sometimes I wonder if quitting smoking was such a good idea - I was a lot thinner then.
- I need to wear glasses for certain things. So far I haven't gone to see an eye doctor - I just get those drug store reading glasses.
- I'm in a different band - Laughing Through Your Fingers - http://laughingthru.com - I'm really fortunate to be playing with these folks. They are dear friends and way better musicians than I am.
- Our dog Bonsai passed away in 2009
- I play guitar a lot these days. When the band isn't gigging, I sit in with folks when I can and play at local open mics, jams, etc.
- New car, guitars, etc.
- Somehow I ended up singing backup vocals - who thought that was a good idea? I can't play or sing very well so doing them at the same time brings the fail.
- People have pretty much stopped buying CDs. In fact, they try not to pay for music at all.
- I've switched teams at work - I was working on Visual Studio but a couple years ago I switched to working on our mobile OS which became Windows Phone 7
- We finally got rid of Bush. But we got Obama. I suppose that's a trade up and definitely better than McCain but it's depressing to think this is the best we can do.
