1 week till my birthday... i'm saving a good bottle of shiraz for the occasion. my brother is coming to town so we'll celebrate together, his birthday is close to mine.

last night i played supermarket with courtney... she and i are becoming quite the couple when our men are out of town on world tours. ;) doing the gig made me realize how much i'm missing touring again... mike helped me carry my gear out to the car and it was reminiscent of the chapters tour last year... we both were feeling nostalgic. time to get this record done, and get back playing shows!!!

speaking of which, vocals are going really well... at the moment i've taken a break from the actual recording to do some editing of the stuff i've got down, basically to make sure i'm on the right track... this is because i'm producing myself and it's the only way i can sort of act as a second set of ears, without doing it while i'm actually performing. in doing so, i've actually re-record some of the stuff on the fly, because i was hearing new things i was missing... and i'm pretty happy with the first few tunes now. it's time consuming work but it's the only way to produce myself... i'm my only set of ears. many more to go though... i'm trying to power through as much as i can this week while i've got the apartment to myself.

thanks for the emails, pm's on the messageboard and phone calls from people who are making sure i'm not completely isolated (in regards to my recent post here)... it's great to know this journal is being read and gives me added energy in my day!! :)

till next time,
k