Moonshine Valentine Inspiration

I don't remember if I mentioned it, but my song, Moonshine Valentine (the title track of the band's next album, incidentally), was inspired by a silent movie from 1911 called The Revenue Man and the Girl. Well, guess what? I found a copy of that video!! It was on Google video... must have been uploaded recently because I didn't see it before when I was looking for it.

Anyway, here's a link: The Revenue Man and the Girl

Merry Christmas!!

Another Project Finished

Just finished copyediting a manuscript for an author. I feel accomplished. :)

Oh Noes!

Paper due... kids have stomach flu... work piling up...

Send relief personnel immediately!

Haven't Had Much To Say...

And I haven't had the time, either. Between work and school and trying to stay on a day schedule, I've been focusing on other things besides updating this blog.

My body HATES being on a day schedule. It hates it SOOOO much that it wants to make me fall asleep in the middle of the afternoon or in the early evening just so that I will be awake around 2AM. It sucks. And even when I fight off the sleepy spells, I find that I am not tired by the time 11:30PM-midnight rolls around. My body REALLY wants to be on a night schedule.

And the sleep I get when I force myself to go to bed at 11PM-midnight is fitful at best, with lots of short, disturbing dreams that I can't remember (save for the disturbing feeling) once I'm awake.

And my heartburn is worse than ever. I feel like I am eating Rolaids every fifteen minutes, and, if I don't, this surge of burning acid causes pain from my collarbone to my pubic bone, and makes me feel like my throat might catch on fire any minute. Blech.

Anyway, I caught up in my school work over this last weekend. This morning, I woke up at 4AM and went about loading the dishwasher, starting a fire, and then worked on the database for the last 6 hours. I have to put together a CSS layout for the LA lawyer I am working for, since I already received and cashed his check. Tomorrow, more of the same.

My Hands Hurt...

...from copying and pasting options and code into the eCommerce database. These cymbal sections are driving me bonkers. Teeny-tiny, little-bitty differences... most of it, I have no idea what it is... made one item have more than 50 SKUs because of all the different sizes and options. Yeesh.

I e-mailed my academic advisor yesterday, and got a call from some dude today who is NOT my academic advisor. He tells me that which I already know and informs me that he is my new contact for my degree, and then doesn't have any answers to my questions about thesis option versus project option for my capstone course.

Been Awake A While...

I got most of the options entered into the database, did readings for school this week, got some more items entered into the database, and watched a TV program on the network web site 'cause I couldn't watch it or tape it. All this activity ended at 6:30 this morning.

So, I haven't slept. Well, I did take an hour nap this afternoon, but got up when Dad came over. He brought me my mail and we talked about politics and religion and the band and such. Since then, I have watched a TV show with Kenny and finished most of my postings for the week in school. I also e-mailed my advisor since the telephone numbers for such people are National Secrets OMG.

My friend, David, offered to help me gather images for the eCommerce site, but, in the end, he was unable to help. It turns out that the PDF files online are really crappy, although they do have some hi-res pictures available that could be edited, but I would have to cross-reference with the catalogue unless I can find a way to download all the images at once. But that would still mean sorting through everything. I'm going to look into it as it would save me lots of time in the scanning of the catalogue pages, cropping images, and then re-sizing and saving them.

Finally!

Kenny went and got me an awesome new fridge!! It wasn't the one I wanted, but it is much nicer than the one I had, with an actual freezer, and room in the door for a gallon of milk, and THE LIGHT COMES ON!!! OMG!!!Anyway, all work, no play, that was my day for today.

I worked a LOT today. Put in almost another 100 items. My leg hurts from sitting on it.

So...

I put in about 100 items into the eCommerce database tonight, and did some school work, though not much of the latter. I am just not feeling this class. Somehow, I always get put in the groups that don't say much. The group I am in has just over 30 posts total, so there's not much to reply to. The other group is nearing 200 posts in a week and half. Blech. I am not sure whether I should feel happy that I am the most talkative (and verbose and tangential) in my group or sad that I can't hide away amid the chatter in the more talkative group.

Still no fridge. I am considering going on a Housework Strike.

Busy Me... Still

have to read two chapters in my textbooks tonight (maybe not... might be able to skim... we'll see), post some crap on the class forum, and then work, work, work. I have ideas for two songs, but haven't had the time to explore them.

Back to work with me.

Update

The show went well, even though we were late. We made up for it by playing later than scheduled. Dad stayed over at my place last night and Mom came and picked him up today. I was super tired today. I went to bed at about 2:30-ish, I think, and got up at 9:30 AM, but I was so tired I fell asleep at about 1:30 PM and napped until about 4:30. I still feel tired.

The pellet stove blew some kind of microchip, so it is not working at the moment. Oddly enough, I am actually overheated right now. Go figure.

Life is lonely here. I have tons to do, but nobody talks to me.

I want to buy a new refigerator. The one I have is probably as old as my Dad, and I am sick and tired of having to defrost it. I am probably not going to get a new one, though, 'cause I can't haul it and no one will get it for me. So, I will probably defrost this one that I have tomorrow. It's not like I have anything else to do.

Except that I do. I have to post replies to the school forum for my class, I have two chapters to read for that class and a 6-page paper due on the 9th. I have to finish that eCommerce site ASAP, and then, I have tons of regular work to do. Oh, well.

Anyway, my feet still hurt from playing. More later.

Arg

So, band practice has been cancelled for today, so, NOW, the plan is to practice TOMORROW at 6PM. Arg, arg, arg.

Must go work.

A Very Busy Day...

...but a productive one, as well.I got up early, at 8 AM, and got my day started. Dressed, coffee, fire started...WORK! I edited the band's pick 'em league stuff, then called my professor and got the skinny on publishing my research. Next, I wrote checks and made out envelopes for those, and then wrote a proposal and analysis for my lawyer client on his site and its statistics for the last year as well as suggestions for improvement and a price quote.

After that, I downloaded the syllabus for the class that started today and made sure I had the right books and stuff. And then the mail arrived, and the pocket paperback of Night Cries had arrived, so I ogled those for a while, all pleased with myself. Then, I put in a few items into the eCommerce database, and then cooked dinner. After dinner, I watched three shows that we'd taped, and then caught the highlights from Monday Night Football.

After that, I wrote some stuff for the class that started today, and then put a few more items into the eCommerce site. However, if I am going to be worth a damn tomorrow, I had better stop being so productive and go take a shower and hit the hay. We have band practice at 2 PM tomorrow, so I have to get cracking.

Traffic Sucks

We ended up going to Spokane yesterday afternoon because we needed some stuff for the show. The drummer broke his last set of drumsticks at practice on Thursday, so we needed some of those, and Kenny needed guitar strings, and we bought picks, too. But the traffic in Spokane was just AWFUL. People driving COMPLETELY H.U.A. (Head Up Ass), cutting people off, and a bunch of rude customers in the stores... it was tiring just being there. I am SOOOOO glad I don't work there.

Anyway, we have band practice again today, and I have a bunch of work to do. My second class starts tomorrow, my Irish client called and I have work to do for him, I still have to finish Kenny's site, and then there's the never-ending eCommerce project. I also have to talk to my friend, Richard, about his schedule for taking the pictures for the band's record, and then there's doing the web site that will get me the recording in the first place. Life is really busy. **YAWN** And I am tired.

My Life...

I finished my project for school, I have almost finished Kenny's web site, and I have worked up a design for the recording studio's web site.

Tomorrow night, we are having band practice in preparation for the show on Halloween. Friday, I'm probably going to Sandpoint. Saturday... I don't what's happening. Sunday, we are having band practice again. But I have been busy. My sleeping schedule is all screwed up.

More Grades!!!

I just checked my grades, and I found this:

GRADES!!!

I finally got some feedback from the professor on my research project, and I am THRILLED!!!

Copyrights

I searched the Copyright Office database tonight, and "The Cover" is finally registered. Interestingly enough, the official date of registration is before any of the others. I have no clue whatsoever as to why it has taken so long.

So, now, only "Relax" has to clear.

WHOA!!!

Just got off the phone with the court clerk, who said that the judgment was PAID IN FULL and as soon as the check clears, the court will mail a check for the full amount!!!

I AM SO HAPPY!!!

I seriously never thought that they would pay!!!

Then Again, Maybe Not...

Due to some new information, I guess I won't be taking the teaching job. Le sigh. I really wanted to; it just wasn't going to work, though. Not with my schedule and other committments.

Been Extremely Busy

In the last month:

I built an eCommerce site from scratch, took some fraudsters to court (and WON!!!), worked out the kids' curriculum, started the second semester of classes for my Master's degree, and got three new web design clients.

On Thursday, I am leaving for a vacation.

Today, I got hired to teach college-level English, which is pretty darned cool.