1am and counting...i am up at sony music on the cafeteria computer, fresh from a hot bath, feeling a bit sleepy. i am not sure why when i checked my journal, my post from feb 15 wasn't there...

had a rough emotional day. that's just how they go sometimes. feeling a bit flat now as i type, like i've used up all my interesting tokens and now i'm just blah blah blah. time to go find a couch to curl up on and sleep.

hey, look at me! journalling again in less than a week. That's pretty good, a new record for 2004 perhaps.

i saw the butterfly effect last night and it was pretty freaky. like the kind of dark suspense movie that makes you so uncomfortable that you can hardly keep your eyes on the screen. pretty damn good for a hollywood movie, starring an unlikely serious actor.

we have a friend recording in our studio today, doing some work on a celtic record. celtic flute makes me feel all romantic :) how can you not be moved by it??!!! i'm making up my own form of celtic dancing to the music, since i have no real idea of how people dance to those reels and jigs. just so long as i don't knock over stuff in the studio, i figure my dancing is fine. i would love to go to ireland someday. maybe it's time to book a tour there!

some friends in Utica want me to come down and do a gig there. I'm tossing the idea around, since i can't bring the whole band right now, and i've been focussing on doing only band gigs, not solo stuff. i'm actually thinking about putting together a solo (or even duo) version of the stuff, with some interesting textural stuff using the laptop. ethereal, maybe. i'll let you know how it's coming.

we also have potentially a new member of the band... doing vintage synths and keys. we're doing a gig next month in toronto, and he's gonna play it with us.

time to go write,

karen

well i'm sitting here with my glass of red wine, hoping to make *some people* stop pestering me about neglecting my journal... (actually i don't mind that they're pestering).. i think it's cool that people nag me about it because at least it means i'm not doing it for nothing.

i've actually been neglecting both my online AND my offline journal these days, and now that i've realized it, damn it, i'm going to get back on it in both realms! i think it's cuz i have been swept up in a bunch of things. the new songs (uploaded and available on the site right now!!!), the new website, the creation and structuring of the streetteam, and more. we may be getting a new computer for the studio and i'm almost literally salivating at the thought. the power! i'm such a geek.

but i digress... i guess it's true that when you're in the middle of working on an album, it's kinda hard to feel like writing anything else sometimes. i mean, for me, it's usually that kind of scenario... or else the extreme opposite, where i'm writing too much during the album work and end up changing the scope of the entire album because i want to add new songs.

speaking of which, i'm really feeling good about the new songs. they're a sneak preview into where we're going with things... but there's more that we haven't really hinted at yet. let's just say that i'm learning new things all the time... and i think that's better than staying in the same place.

listen to me sounding all positive!!! makes me sound like i'm some contemplative feel-good hippy... but most of the time i'm feeling like things are moving too slow. i need to chill out. take some time out each day and sit with my glass of red wine.... and my on/offline journals.

new site!! i'm excited. been working on it for many long hours, hope everyone enjoys. :)