sorry i fell off the face of the earth guys.
the past year was a whirlwind of activity. a band came and went and then i had some identity crises and i fell back in love with art in general and now it's back to the point of re-invention! seriously, does anybody actually go on this thing anymore? i, like many others, have meandered over to twitter. blah

here's a new song i started about a week ago. my mic cable gave out on me the day before halloween so i only got one line out but i shall repost once the final is done.


"frozen slumber"

what a fine day for an EP to come out- right when gay marriage comes to California!

hello there.

so i guess a lot of you coming to my page here have been seeing my stuff on youtube first. sweet! and thank you very much for your kind messages..

a couple of you asked for tabs of my cover versions of tegan and sara/ mirah songs i posted on my youtube channel. i tried to reply but your myspace settings say such things as - "you can only be friends with this person in order to message them" ... then i try to message you and it says "this person doesn't accept band requests".

at which i always make a frowny face because i've tried to friend request some of my ACTUAL friends in real life only to find they eschew band requests.

in summation, friend me when you message me!
i'd love to answer back!

<3
patty

I am seeeeriously jonesing for NYC the past few days. For one I really miss the nice folks I met while I was playing more at Sidewalk, plus all my friends.

So the other day I was sittin in my short shorts and eating dreyers out of the tub when this TV commercial/public service announcement came on, complete with slow piano music:
"everybody has friends---
you have friends to go out with.
you have friends who show up on moving day.
you have friends who you sit around and do nothing with.
and you have friends to talk to if you're depressed.. talk to them blah blah--"
or something to that effect.
anyway this momentarily worsened my city withdrawal.

now don't get me wrong. i've learned not to be a nyc supremacist anymore (ie "New York is the CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE"), but i can't help but believe my friends are very special outside of such categories. mine were more like: friend to play pool with, friend to have painting parties with, friend to have ukelele singalongs with, friend who i almost got arrested with, friend to get.. transcendental with..ahem... etc etc". and i say unapologetically that yes, they are all quite unique, creative, openminded, genuine people.. and sometimes you come upon these people so suddenly and you don't have to prove anything to them. and it's fuckin incredible.
anyway, it goes without saying that i am going to do my best to visit ASAP. and how exciting THAT will be, right?

in non-music related department i came upon $100 last night.
see, i only recently heard about oprah's "secret" (i don't watch TV).
and yesterday i was joking with my younger cousin that i wanted to try visiting a casino since i'm 22 and still have not done that (in addition to not acquiring a gun.. or renting a car.. or whatever other dicey crap people do as a rite of passage). my relatives/my mom decided that was a great idea but i decided not to go. instead, i gave my mom $5 to use in my place and urged her to really believe i was going to win something when she used it on the slots. but she's a doubting lady of logic, so i think that went faster than you could say 'oprah winfreydom'. still, my uncle apparently scored a fine sum and sent me back $100 of his winnings because he believes i caused this. i'm not concluding it was "the secret" magic- i have far too many trust issues-- but belief is such a funny thing, idnt it?


love,
p