so a simple (?) update?
I've a full plate these days. My collaborative label project that I began in the summer has been trudging right along, developing, evolving. It's made me happy, the direction it's taking. It definitely has become something much greater than it originally started out as. Here is the website address www.merrythieves.net . We are looking at some major updates/revisions in the near future it's looking like.
So I've accomplished so much with that! Learned so much, am quite the business person these days, first corporation and all. Also, the fact that this is giving me the opportunity to become more label/industry oriented in my promotional activities scores major points in my book. It is right in line with the kind of things that interest me right now.
I've also decided to begin funtioning as an official manager for a few selected artists. I've done so much under the table hooking up of people with bookings and promotional support in the past for free for my associates and those I believed in over all the years, so it's kind of like the next step for me in regards to that. Also the label stuff, and all the promotional side deals I seemed to have out there in order to get the label what it needs was making it kind of necessary for me to have an official way of accounting for all that I was doing on the side. (working with the barter system as much as possible since I am the primary invester and we need services volunteered etc., and what do people want in return? my promotional services...love it...haha) So I shall be starting my second company soon here, I'm thinking a few months, but you never know how things are going to work, every thing takes at least three times longer than I'd like it to it seems.
The anesthesia medical coding job continues to be a good source of bread and butter for me, I would be doing fabulously if I could get some funding for the Thieves and get the company off my back financially. I'm resigned to the possibility that I'll be living slim for a while.
Everything continues pretty much as usual! Portland is beautiful and vibin' and lush. My family is well, went and saw them on the holidays in Washington. Sebastian (aka. mista/kitten) is bored as hell and wishes the internet would rot so I'd give him more attention. He won't stop uprooting the aloe plants I've got, he's going to kill em someday...I replant the poor things and then come along the next day and they'll have been plucked from the soil and laid aside like carrots after the harvest (or something like that...trying to give a visual...) he evidently doesn't do it because they are tasty, otherwise he'd eat them right? cats, go figure.
I'm going insane on the whole dancing tip. You know there is no solid weekly dnb nite in portland right now???!!! <<< panic Guess Vancouver WA has had a little bit going on, but I'm so broke, and gas is expensive to drive that far (across the state line into WA) and to drink is expensive!!! Dancing is one of my favorite things. All kinds of music, but my favorite would be the dnb/jungle, second hip hop, third breaks of most any kind that is danceable (I know, pretty relative)... It's not just about it being fun though. It's about energy flow. I need that release, I need the exercise, in body and soul both. AHHHHH!!!! prior to the last few weeks when I've been so broke that I've pretty much not gone out at all, I had only really gotten' to dance to dnb like ONCE in weeks to a month...and it was a small system and well, yeah...it was ALL I've gotten though in forever it seems...this weekend I get to go up to Seattle though and if I can afford it I'll be hearing dnb both Friday and Saturday....good times. I'm kind of hoping the tax return makes it through by friday, it probably won't, but I can dream. I know I must make it for this roadtrip/weekend up there, so I know it will work out. The universe will get me there if I'm truly meant to be there.
I've got so much joy and love.
So I'm going to be crashin' at an old friend's house when up there and I've not gotten to chill with him in a while and catch up so that will be most excellent. Raiden and Mayhem Friday, two of my favorite local boys will be playing that one also, and am going to support one of my favorite up and coming SEA dnb crews shindig's on Saturday night. (trying to not be all promotionally droppin' names and such, this is my personal time, yah?) Going to do at least one day of focused flyer distribution, and maybe a couple meetings if I can synch up with the people I need to synch up with...
So getting everything done that I need to do before this weekend arrives is important to me, I'm sure I'll get like 50 % of it done if I'm lucky! (just keep movin' groovin' whatever you're doin'...)
My braids are on their way back...thank god...my soul weave of sorts...something about the braids make me feel my groovin'est. I've got about 5-10 hours of braiding ahead of me this week...yeah...haha...I'll live.
I could ramble forever, I don't know what else is new. live is beautiful as always. happy new year everyone! much love peace respect rhythm rhymes beats, ~d.