Pre-finals rush
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10:53:02 am on December 7, 2006 | # |
Next week is finals week at UNT, and we’re expecting quite a rush of traffic on our WebCT Vista system. This entire week is being spent preparing for large spikes in DB usage and user traffic, though I’m managing to get in a bit of Sakai and Tre Orsi work while waiting for various processes to complete.
Thanksgiving in Mexico was great, though we left a day late because Katey was feeling really ill. Michael and his family moved to a house in town, across the street from the Governor’s Palace, near the Presa de la Olla. It’s quite a climb up to his place (he does live on the side of a mountain), but the proximity to the center of the city is great. I managed to eat a great torta at a shop up the street, had some churros in the Centro near the Mercado, and I fell down the stairs once. Also, I actually read two books, “Moneyball” and “The Areas of My Expertise”.
Getting in that much reading has inspired me to read more, and since my fall has prevented me from biking for a few weeks, I’m taking the bus and using the time to finish “Light In August”. Next up will probably be “Don Quixote”.
Tre Orsi has 3 shows booked now, all within a week of each other at the end of January/beginning of Feb. We recorded our finished songs right before I left for Mexico, and we’ve started working on a few new songs at our new practice room at Rubber Gloves. I’m not sure that we’ll stay there past this month; we’re all pretty used to playing at Bryan’s house.
Finishing up the Hogpig record this weekend. Still need to schedule time to finish Jasper Stone’s. Going to be recording the Daily Beat in Feb, looks like.
Other stuff
Got a few records from Aquarius:
- Achim Reichel & Machines Die Grune Reise (The Green Journey) / Erholung
- Congotronics 2: Buzz ‘N’ Rumble From The Urb ‘N’ Jungle
- My Dad Is Dead A Divided House
