Looking over my blog I just realized that I made over 100 posts in 2008 but only 1 post in 2009. I think that's hilarious.
When did I even start this blog? Back in 2007 I believe when I was still in Thailand but preparing to go to Changsha.
Wish I had something interesting or funny to blog about right now but I don't. These past couple of months in California have been extremely dull and uneventful...but at least I'm writing music again and getting some reading done.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
I want one of these....
I've been writing a lot of riffs lately and recording them with a cheap mic onto my brother's labtop....but the quality is obviously poor so I want to get this little digital 8-track....Tascam DP-008 PORTABLE 8TR DIGITAL POCKETSTUDIO
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Pic of me in Changsha, China in 2008
When I was in Changsha I used to attend an "English Corner" about once a week at a posh 5-star hotel downtown. Native English speakers, like myself, could either get a free glass of red wine or three bottles of beer. Somedays I opted for wine, somedays for beer but I usually ended up buying a few more after the first...or third, haha.
The shirt I'm wearing says "Shaolin Temple" in Chinese characters and I actually purchased it at Shaolin Temple in Zhengzhou, China!
Pics of me rocking out in Tianjin, China in 2009
The name of this band was D00D and consisted of myself on bass, a Korean drummer, Chinese vocalist, American guitarist and a Chinese guitarist. They had been rehearsing for a few months with a Chinese bass player but he had to leave Tianjin and go to Beijing for some reason(s) so I filled in for a show one night. We only played 4 or 5 songs and there wasn't a huge (or enthusiastic) audience but it was fun to play music on a stage again and I like how some of the pictures came out.
More Mandarin
别在这里吸烟，容易着火。
Don't smoke here. It's easy to catch fire.
Bie zai zhe li xiyan (to smoke), rong yi zhao huo.
昨天夜里，邻居家的房子着火了。
During the night last night, the neighbor's house caught on fire.
Zuo tian yeli (in the night), linju (neighbor) jia de fangzi zhao huo (caught fire) le.
我把衣服都洗了
Wo ba yifu dou xi le.
I've cleaned all of the clothes.
糟了，我把钥匙忘在家里了。
Zao le (oh now), wo ba yaoshi (key) wang zai jia le le.
Oh no! I forgot the keys in the house.
你怎么能把香蕉皮扔在地上？
Ni zen me neng ba xiangjiaopi (banana peel) zai dishang (on the ground) ?
How can you just throw the banana peel on the floor?
她把前男友写给她的信都烧了。
Ta ba qiannanyou (ex-bf) xie gei ta de xin (letters) dou shao (to burn) le.
She took all of the letters her ex-boyfriend wrote for her and burned them.
那座山着火了，大火烧了三天三夜。
That mountain caught on fire. The flames burned for three days and three nights.
Na zuo (measure word) shan zhao huo le, da huo shao le san tian san ye (night).
我们家都是我太太烧饭。
Wo men jia dou shi wo tai tai shaofan (to cook).
In our home, my wife does all the cooking.
他不小心把房子烧掉了。
Ta bu xiao xin ba fang zi shaodiao (to burn down) le.
In his carelessness, he burned the house down.
Don't smoke here. It's easy to catch fire.
Bie zai zhe li xiyan (to smoke), rong yi zhao huo.
昨天夜里，邻居家的房子着火了。
During the night last night, the neighbor's house caught on fire.
Zuo tian yeli (in the night), linju (neighbor) jia de fangzi zhao huo (caught fire) le.
我把衣服都洗了
Wo ba yifu dou xi le.
I've cleaned all of the clothes.
糟了，我把钥匙忘在家里了。
Zao le (oh now), wo ba yaoshi (key) wang zai jia le le.
Oh no! I forgot the keys in the house.
你怎么能把香蕉皮扔在地上？
Ni zen me neng ba xiangjiaopi (banana peel) zai dishang (on the ground) ?
How can you just throw the banana peel on the floor?
她把前男友写给她的信都烧了。
Ta ba qiannanyou (ex-bf) xie gei ta de xin (letters) dou shao (to burn) le.
She took all of the letters her ex-boyfriend wrote for her and burned them.
那座山着火了，大火烧了三天三夜。
That mountain caught on fire. The flames burned for three days and three nights.
Na zuo (measure word) shan zhao huo le, da huo shao le san tian san ye (night).
我们家都是我太太烧饭。
Wo men jia dou shi wo tai tai shaofan (to cook).
In our home, my wife does all the cooking.
他不小心把房子烧掉了。
Ta bu xiao xin ba fang zi shaodiao (to burn down) le.
In his carelessness, he burned the house down.
Update
Haven't posted anything here in a while....left China in September 2009 and have been back in the USA since then....looking for a new job now but the economy here is lousy....thinking about going to school to become an EMT and also thinking about doing some background acting for random movies in Hollywood.
I completely forgot about this blog and haven't really used it much for the past year or two...I guess that's because I started having trouble accessing it when I was in China (along with Myspace, Facebook and youtube) so I just stopped thinking about.
Since I've been back in the states (came back in September 2009) I've had some interesting experiences which I wish I would have remembered to blog about. I stayed in Colorado with my grandparents for a few months, met my uncles and cousins for Thanksgiving in Texas for the first time in my life, spent a weekend in Portland, Oregon with a friend who I met in Wuhan China sometime around 2005 or 2006, stayed with a "friend" from elementary school in Keller, Texas for several frustrating weeks and then rode a bus from Texas to Los Angeles where my friend's sister picked me up and took me to Simi Valley, California. I stayed in her spare room for about a month and tried to find a job in the area but did not succeed so one of my brothers, Jarrod, invited me to move into his apartment with him in Fillmore, California. I guess I've been in Fillmore for about 2 months now and have continued to apply for jobs weekly (sometimes daily) all throughout Ventura county and am still unemployed which really sucks because I hate having this much free time on my hands and zero income. I can't even afford gas now....hopefully, something will open up before the end of the year and then I can take a 6-month EMT course and do some background work in Hollywood for extra cash and for the experience itself.
I'd also like to purchase some new bass strings and an affordable digital 8-track so that I can start recording some of my new musical ideas. I've been listening to bands like Polysics, Lightning Bolt and Street Sweeper Social Club and have been inspired to start composing some new material. When I have a source of income once again I'd also like to invest in some effects pedals for my bass.
Been watching a lot of movies recently and reading a lot of books....I'll write more about that later.
I completely forgot about this blog and haven't really used it much for the past year or two...I guess that's because I started having trouble accessing it when I was in China (along with Myspace, Facebook and youtube) so I just stopped thinking about.
Since I've been back in the states (came back in September 2009) I've had some interesting experiences which I wish I would have remembered to blog about. I stayed in Colorado with my grandparents for a few months, met my uncles and cousins for Thanksgiving in Texas for the first time in my life, spent a weekend in Portland, Oregon with a friend who I met in Wuhan China sometime around 2005 or 2006, stayed with a "friend" from elementary school in Keller, Texas for several frustrating weeks and then rode a bus from Texas to Los Angeles where my friend's sister picked me up and took me to Simi Valley, California. I stayed in her spare room for about a month and tried to find a job in the area but did not succeed so one of my brothers, Jarrod, invited me to move into his apartment with him in Fillmore, California. I guess I've been in Fillmore for about 2 months now and have continued to apply for jobs weekly (sometimes daily) all throughout Ventura county and am still unemployed which really sucks because I hate having this much free time on my hands and zero income. I can't even afford gas now....hopefully, something will open up before the end of the year and then I can take a 6-month EMT course and do some background work in Hollywood for extra cash and for the experience itself.
I'd also like to purchase some new bass strings and an affordable digital 8-track so that I can start recording some of my new musical ideas. I've been listening to bands like Polysics, Lightning Bolt and Street Sweeper Social Club and have been inspired to start composing some new material. When I have a source of income once again I'd also like to invest in some effects pedals for my bass.
Been watching a lot of movies recently and reading a lot of books....I'll write more about that later.
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