i used to check myspace, and now I don't, well it's here so I suppose I'll check anyway, i used to write blogs pretty regular, i used to do a lot of things. In the last 6 months my life has been anything but regular...
Since finishing our studio in March, i've seen a wealth of good fortune and great times...Currently in the midst of my third record this summer, i've worked nearly 5 months without so much 10 days off, and no bulk of "vacation" days to speak of...just hustling as hard as I can to keep the dream alive...doing FOH (live sound) for bands here and there, flew to the west coast for some live recording, can finally say I'm hitting a stride in my career...
My personal life has seen great change in lieu of all this, both good and bad, heartwarming and heartwrenching, but I suppose that is what builds character, as good as it feels, and as much as it hurts, being a character and having character are not the same, luckily for me I have both.
There have been new people in my life and good ones who have gone, you can't hold onto what you never had, and things I once had I foolishly let go of. Desire is the source of suffering according to buddhist text, my neverending desires for the selfish and the selfless have proven this to be true, so I'll take it all in stride, and try to remember to smile.
The world is going to hell in a hand-basket, everyone has allegedly equal access to everything, everyone wants to work less and make more, we spend every last dime on fleeting distractions, here in NYC, it seems like the 70s are back, girls don't want companionship, they just want sex, boys are acting less like men, and everyone seems to be dabbling in the sugar...humanity and vulnerability have given way to living for today and saying fuck you to tomorrow, I say live for today and embrace what will soon be tomorrow...every day is a blessing.
I'm just focused on being happy when it all goes down. My parents used to say when I was kid, there's no instruction manual for parenthood, well, i'm pretty sure now there are, written by Dr. Jon Doe PhD whose gonna give you Xanax and your kids Ritalin...and of course if it's in a book it must be true. I don't have the answers, but I'm pretty sure Wikipedia doesn't either, so I'll do what people have done for thousands of years, live my life and find out for myself.
The world is more full of shit than ever before, but there are diamonds in that mess, we all need to just put on some rubber gloves and start sifting through it. I hope you are well, whoever reads this, and I wish you all the best whilst you follow your path in life, and i leave you with this...happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
JHS