My First Blog

HEY! This is my first time doing this so bear with me. I initially was just searching Google to find a definition of "blog" and stumbled across "blogger.com" where reading about blogs convinced me to sign up for one of my own. As most things on the internet are, it was fast, easy, and FREE! (no this is not an advertisement).

Let me tell you a little about myself. I'm a musician. I've got an undergrad degree (BA) in specifically percussion performance and composition. I'm going to grad school next year to study with SF Symphony principal percussionist Jack van Geem. I dabble in jazz vibraphone (I've got a trio that gigs every once in a while), but mostly do classical percussion gigs.

At this moment I'm sitting at my dayjob as an Accounts Payable Technician at CSU, Hayward. It sounds fancy, but it really isn't. Just get to pay the University bills (it's pretty boring). I was considering not coming in this morning; I'm just so sick of this job. It's a good thing they're laying me off in a couple of months seeing as how I'll be leaving them pretty soon after that for my grad work.

This weekend I have an audition for the Santa Cruz County Symphony. I'm not really expecting much seeing as how I'm starting to practice for it tonight (got the excerpts at the end of last week). The audition itself will be a good learning experience for me, but I doubt I'll actually be at my full potential (when am I ever).

What else should you know about me? I have a beautiful, loving girlfriend who lives in Santa Cruz. I see her on weekends. I live in a house with three other guys that are great friends, but all have their quirks (except for Nathan, he's my best friend ;). Me...I'm pretty lazy with momentary spurts of intense working (practicing, writing, etc.); I guess you could also call it being a procrastinater. As I write, there are many invoices on my desk which could be worked on, but I'll save them for later. I sometimes eat healthy, sometimes not; I sometimes exercise, sometimes not. The only things I have a good track record of actually sticking with for long periods of time are the big things: relationships (both friendly and intimate), my music (been playin' since I was four).

I used to have a problem with expressing my feelings or being introverted when I was younger, but today I'm not afraid to speak my mind to the people who are close to me. I keep very few secrets about myself, if any, from most of my friends.

Now I'm just rambling :-p, so let me rap up (if you've read this far, BRAVO...or is it BRAVI). In my youth, I've been fortunate enough to see a lot of the world through touring as a musician with different groups. I am still amazed at the immensity of just our small world in this vast universe. So much life and culture and music and genius packed into one microscopic speck of dust in the cosmic beach (heh heh, came up with that one myself). It is no wonder that mankind in general is in awe of such a miracle and believe in some higher order of things. I do believe that there is a God or supernatural being that has created this universe, and I will continue to seek out connecting with it through my music. Gotta go to lunch!