there’s a far eastern philosophy lesson in here somewhere
I will probably never be rolling in piles of money but if I had enough to take taxis everywhere and never have to take this goddamn clusterfuck of a subway system again, that would make me pretty happy.
I bought an iPod iTouch last night. It’s really lovely so far. I have put several CDs and other music I have on it and one video. I debated between getting the iTouch (that’s a bit of a clunky name, innit? It doesn’t flow like “iPod” does) and the 80 gig “Classic” (what’s “classic” about it? It used to be the newest model but now it’s the “classic” one?) but I wanted the larger video screen and the wifi, so I got this one. Less gigs than my last 30 gig model but I just won’t keep loads of video on it like I did with the other. If I don’t like it I have 90 days to bring it back. But that probably will not be necessary.
Maybe if I didn’t buy expensive Apple products I could take taxis everywhere. Hmmm.
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I am shooting a singer tonight. Photographing, that is. I did another band last week and the pictures came out great although I haven’t finished processing them yet. I’m still working on the previous band that I did the week before. I see a lot that have potential and I’m finding it difficult to pick out the 10-20 out of approximately 300 shots (for each session) that are the absolute best. It’s different when they’re just my own pictures but these are going to be used for someone else’s publicity, so I really need to make sure they’re as good as possible.
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I was supposed to record a couple of demo tracks last night but my car was in the shop and I had a few other problems to take care of so I had to postpone it. This will give me time to practice anyway; the guitar track was recorded separately so although I know the song I haven’t really done it to that exact backing instrumental. Many thanks to Tony Savarino for playing it for me. It sounds really good. I have to step down the pitch probably, which I can do in Adobe Audition. That’s a spectacular program and well worth whatever money it costs. I think it’s in C and it would be better for me in B flat or A. I may also try to record a whistle track for it but I’m not sure about that yet.
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Oh I bought a bottle of wine last night, chosen only because I liked the label. It was called “Tin Roof.” I have to take a picture of it before I open it.
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And because I’m a crazy cat lady, I will announce that it was this one’s birthday on Monday and we had our own little kitty party. She’s 7 years old–pretty good for a cat who had a few days to live when I found her.
