so, just to let you know what i've been up to.

my warehouse has been undergoing a massive cleanup campaign in our back lot, stemming from an invesigation by the health department over it's (admittedly) gnarliness...

if you've ever visited my place, you can understand the levels of stress generated by this panic inducing scenario.

of course, our timeframe for dealing with this little situation spanned the holiday season, so i spent  my christmas and new years cleaning up trash,  going to the city dump,  various hellish "landscaping" activities, breaking my back hauling lumber and scrap metal...

also, the lovely san francisco weather made this a wonderful task, as we slogged around in ankle deep mud during this whole process.

speaking of the weather,  the day after the inspection it dumped BUCKETS of rain here in the bay area. now, normally i like the rain (which is good considering where i live..) but i DO live in an extremely fucked up warehouse, and there happen to be huge holes (formerly skylights) in the roof  in my part of the building. imagine my horror to come home and find that my entire studio had been caught in a torrential downpour.

fortunately, most of my gear was packed up or at my girl's house (because it's been hell getting anything done at home)  let's hope my vintage sunn amp and my MS20 midi controller are ok, though.

not so fortunately, my roomate fell through the roof while trying to fix the problem. he's ok, though. lucky motherfucker.

speaking of the rain...some 14 million people (including us) were without power after the storms...more on that in a second...

yesterday, i finally managed to get the time to clean up much neglected studio so i could work on music. after spending all day cleaning, i made a sculpture for a friend's birthday, drank a shit load of brandy and went to bed with the intention of werking on music today.

so, with the aforementioned 14 million customers without power in northern california, the power company still had the personnel to send someone out to SHUT OFF THE FUCKING POWER TO MY STUDIO.

long story short, seems the neighbor i share a meter with didn't pay the bill.

after that, i decided  that the unending supply of anger i've had lately was finnally exhausted.

sooOOooOoooOoooooooo...

how were yer holidays(?)

on a much brighter note, i've been having very interesting dreams.

also, we're celebrating the 2 year anniversary  of our club night, which i consider a major accomplishment.


and finally,  i'm coming up on my 1 year anniversary with  the lovely deena yahiro, who should be considered for sainthood for putting up with my crap. i'm proud to announce that i'm still completely head over heels in love, as well.

ok...that's about it...

more news later about stuff...