The Long-Overdue Update Again

[uberreiniger]

My last entry was over a month ago. Oy. I apologize for its cryptic, hostile tone. What precipitated it was a run-in with my ex-bandmates: the ones who kicked me out of their band because they found out I was planning to vote for Obama in this year's election. They picked September 11th to start harassing me, spamming my Facebook with their mindless rage and incoherent conspiracy theory ranting about September 11th, and Obama, and a whole bunch of other ugly crap. It left me pretty pissed off and I guess in not much of a talkative mood. On the upside, it gave me the opportunity to confront them over snubbing me at the Iced Earth concert earlier this year. Like the cowards they are, they tried to deny it. Anyway, they're blocked and hopefully out of my life for good.

Over the last several weeks I have worked incredibly hard, both at my day job in the pharmacy and with freelance work when I got home. The result of it was that I was able to purchase something I have been trying to purchase for several years now:



If you're on Facebook you've already seen it, but this is my new B.C. Rich Beast guitar. It replaces the Beast I foolishly and rashly sold several years ago, and which I have regretted selling ever since. This model isn't made anymore so it's meant years of combing E-bay for just the right one to appear at just the right price. It finally did and I couldn't be happier. I need two guitars so I can easily write songs in different tunings so this isn't just a toy. It actually gets me one step closer to fulfilling my musical ambitions. I feel like they are actually happening now and that's a tremendous feeling. Even with all the work I've done, purchasing this instrument actually crunched us up quite a bit financially, but in the long run I think it will have been worth it.

My wife has also started a new job during the time I've been away from LJ, and it stands to be a really good one. Keep us on your thoughts and prayers, that the positive career developments that have befallen both of us this past week will lead us closer to the big things we are both planning for our future.

There's actually a great deal more I could say about this past month, but I think I've touched on the key things enough. To anyone who's still left out there in LJ-land, I have not forgotten you.

Comments

[batchix.livejournal.com]

Nice! :D

Is Mel finished with the massage therapy school then? Or did she decide to go into something else instead? I hope things continue to go well for you guys!

Rick is moving out here with Dawna next january, that's probably the most that's going on with us.

[yaqui.livejournal.com]

That is one badass looking bass! Makes me wish I'd have learned to play when I was a kid. I was a big Chris Squire, Dave Hope & Geddy Lee fan.

[flame-song.livejournal.com]

Wow...drool

[girlnamedxena.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm happy to hear things are looking up for you!

[redstar826.livejournal.com]

the ones who kicked me out of their band because they found out I was planning to vote for Obama in this year's election.

Good grief, what a bunch of asshats.

Glad life is treating you and your wife well on the jobs front :)

[lucretiasheart.livejournal.com]

Your ex-bandmates are douchebags. My mother demanded to know who I was voting for this election today-- and I told her the same guy I voted for last time... and she got it and made SUCH a FACE! I wish I had taken a pic.

The guitar is SA-WEET! OMG. I want a video of you playing that bad boy.

Congrats on the much improved job luck for you and wife as of late. I'm very happy for you both.

Thank you for catching us up a bit "out here"-- we miss you!

[ravenbrenna.livejournal.com]

lots of awesome stuff :) glad to hear it. good luck to you both!!

Yay! I'm not forgotten

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

Nor are you.

So happy things are looking up.

What a gnarly beast it is.

Play it in good health.

[cherith.livejournal.com]

The vitrol from the people I know that are pro-Romney is sort of astonishing. Even my grandparents (whom I know are Republican and it's never really been an issue before) have spouted some of the most horrifying things on Facebook in the past few months. It's incredibly disheartening. I'm sorry you went through that with your friends or ex-friends as the case may be.

We miss you guys. I know Matt's reached out to you two, I think we should try and get together soon.

[megiloth.livejournal.com]

So the guys that kicked you outta the band are not fans of Obama AND they're 9/11 conspiracy types? That's a very odd combination. Not a whole lot of us wacky folks on the "right" are 9/11 truthers. Or are they more of the Green Party people who don't think Obama is liberal enough? Oh well. You're better off without them. You get to play with drugs all day and you're an actor. BOO-YAH!

[ravenbrenna.livejournal.com]

I love that I can totally see your face now... but in tiny kid form.