Man, things have been interesting lately. Some things happened for the better, some things happened for the worse, a few surprises and the wake of it all has been pretty crazy in the world of yours truly.

I haven't blogged in a while, I've got some good tunes rockin through the Xbox and I'm in a blogging mood, since alot of shit has happened lately. I'm stoked about some things, concerned and worried about a couple other things, and irked about another thing or two.
I got a good feeling it will all work out, just gotta give it a little bit of time and take some things into my own hands to make things work and prove some things, and let some other things sort themselves out on their own.

For the record, I am due for another Grind My Gears blog as well, and that will be coming soon. There's been more stuff compiled that grinds my gears, since the last one, and I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

So life's been alright. I've been bustin my ballz being a land god and doing the graphic design thing, making some money.  Cash is king, baby!
The Ballz are in full effect, working on the new album and that's coming along pretty fuckin good. Scotty Ballz and I layed some scratch vocals for Rick last week on a new tune that I wrote, to show Rick the vocal and lyric ideas that I had in mind for the song. It was a little awkward for me being in the vocal booth, laying my voice down on a track, but it turned out better than I expected.
I'm not really a singer, I don't think I'm much of a singer, but people tell me I'm a good singer. I'm kind of a wierdo about singing. I haven't done it in a long time, and I'm not very confident or comfortable about it, especially around other people, unless I'm drinking. Liquid courage........

I guess I'm my own worst critic and I hate hearing the sound of my voice when I sing, let alone listening to myself talk sometimes on a recording or video. I dunno, it's wierd. To think that I used to do it alot when I was in Corpsle and Through The Ashes, providing backing vocals and singing like a full chorus or something.......

Well, Scotty Ballz got in the vocal booth after me and layed some shit down over my vocals, harmonies and that fun stuff, and it made me feel a little bit better about it and it turned out pretty good. Threw it down to a CD for Rick, gave him the lyrics to work with and just gotta see what he can do with it.

So, that's one more in the can, just gotta have Chucky Ballz write a badass, face melting guitar solo that will make you choke on your caesar salad in the front row. Hold on to your croutons.......

Are there croutons in Caesar salad? Hmmmm.....

Still trying to get my hands on a second drumkit so Ken, Greg and I can get BioMachine rolling on a steady basis. I've already found a kit, but I'm still trying to come up with the money to get it, and that's been a task and a half lately......see, that's one of the things I'm irked about. I'm not gonna get into it. Waiting on other people to do their job, so I can do my job...............that kinda insults me......AAAY!
Hey, I think I feel another topic coming on for Grind My Gears part 3........

All I know is that I've been in fuckin VVRRRAAAAAAAAYY mode about it for the past 3 weeks or so and it's not cool. Gah, *head desk*

This weekend was full of crazy shit, good times, bad times, and surprises.
My fellow Ballz rhythm section keeper, Zuby, suffered an arm injury over the weekend, which puts him out of commission for a few weeks. Get well soon, brother!

The Captain and Mr. Bill Brown filled in on bass duties for the show that weekend, while Zuby raged in the crowd. And yes, the show was badass, indeed. Thank you, gentlemen, for stepping up to the plate on such short notice and helping us out. The show must go on!

Ah, yes. Here soon, I will be working to mold a youngster into a protoge of yours truly. I'm excited to teach and pass on my musical knowledge and skill to another, wishing to pick up on drums at a young age. It will be a learning experience for both of us.

Holy shit, did anybody go see Opeth a couple weeks ago? Fuckin A, that was badass. Way better than when I seen them on Gigantour in 2006. I had the pleasure of meeting them after the show. Mikael Akerfeldt (frontman) is the same soft spoken guy in person as he is on stage. Very polite and mellow.
I must say, Opeth is one of the most diverse, innovative bands that have graced my ears in the past few years. Great band. The "Ghost Reveries" album hasn't left my MP3 player in at least a couple months or so, and before that, "Watershed" was in there for a long time too. I highly suggest you check out Opeth, if you have never listened to them.

Lately, there's been ups and downs, tension, worry, support, new beginnings and situations and it's all been pretty interesting, in good and bad ways. Alot of us are all in a situation that has affected us in one way or another. I'm having hope that it will all work out for the better. There's things and situations that must be handled with patience, ease, time, understanding and care right now, which I understand. There's things that concern me. There's a new situation I'm in that I really hope continues to work out and a situation that I want to do the best I can with, especially in light of some things that are going on right now. And there's sleeping dogs that I'm going to let lay and not disturb. All I can do is see how things unfold.

I'm rolling with the punches, staying neutral and out of the conflict as much as I can, keeping faith that things work out, and trying to let things sort themselves out. All while hoping shit doesn't backfire in my face. Because that, my friends, sucks a hefty bag of dick in Hell, every time. Hefty, hefty, hefty.......

With that, just gotta keep moving forward down the road to a better tomorrow and do the best that I can with my situations, while being aware of others' situations. So fire up the engines and let's roll and see where it takes us.

Forever Stronger Than All.