Goddamnit have I had some issues with this fucking Use Your Allusion II project in the past few weeks ( Read more... )

I spent a sizable chunk of yesterday recording the first playthroughs of five songs that haven't previously been done before, so I'm happy about that. 'She Saw God' became very hooky and melodic, and I managed to escape the song without any real lead guitar, which I'm extremely happy about. 'Throw Me Your Quarters' is taking a comfortable shape, ( Read more... )

Yesterday saw the completion, FINALLY, of 'Quiet As It's Kept', which actually ended almost exactly the way I wanted it to: I just woke up, turned on the mic, and recorded the appropriate takes needed for the vocal part. I used a really breathy tone on low notes at the bottom of my range, and the consonants really pop, and overall I'm really happy ( Read more... )

So, I've got this problem ( Read more... )

I just remembered I have this account, and I'm suffering a huge psychological burden right now with a massive self-imposed recording process, so I'm going to relieve myself here by just unloading massive amounts of things no-one else will read ( Read more... )

...just not anymore ( Read more... )

Where are the values these days? Have we really said 'fuck you' to everything that we once worked toward in order to enjoy, only to allow the process of working to enjoy something because that which we truly valued the most? Fuck the concept of working around the holidays. Fuck the notion of providing the day off of a holiday so that it can be ( Read more... )

I'm so done with my job. Three reasons ( Read more... )

So I had a good day. YES, shut up, I had a good day. My boss came back and I was pretty happy to see him: the kitchen was one giant vat of boiling pregnancy-fueled ("Yeah, I mean why do they call it 'labor' anyway, you know? I mean, it's not like you're actually doing any work, you're just laying there. And that's how you got there to begin ( Read more... )

Tonight, my favorite color is red. Red red red, all I see is red, and I'm as cool as the other side of the pillow. It's a very different reason for my seeing red tonight, as it was last night, as it was this morning, as it's been all day. I have a feeling I'm going to be seeing red a lot from now on.

I at least hope so.

-Owen