I'm writing this blog all cozy in my apartment while a blizzard, or as we obnoxiously call it, a 'NorEaster,' is happening right outside the window. It's gonna be nice not to have to get up and shovel in the morning, but I really hope we don't lose electricity. I'm here all by myself so it would prolly suck. Speaking of all by myself, I'll be here alone for over a week when Sarah and Nicole go to Hawaii! It's gonna get boring I think.
I am currently in the championship in my fantasy football league. It's my first time doing it, paired with my father, so it's pretty cool to be close to taking all the marbles right off the bat. My team admittedly isn't doing too great right now, but he's got two running backs out, one that was injured in the first quarter with -2 points and he failed to check if maurice jones-drew was playing, which he isn't. So if I lose to a guy with two players out, I'll be pretty pissed. I'm looking forward to having my own team next year, as I was constantly checking the website this year for any new developments.
After just 2 weeks in the cash game challenge, I'm moving up!!!! It's on to $.02-.05. I just won an $8 pot with pocket Aces, which is huuuuge at the lowest stakes, That helped me over the cusp to just over $28. I'm playing really well and finally getting back into my usual style of play that made me so successful before. Having a lot of fun doing it as well.
The job is going great. I'm learning a ton of stuff related to acocunting and enjoying every minute of the relaxed work environment. I'm very excited to be part of this company and have great feelings about it's future success.
I think that's about it for now. Maybe this is starting a new trend of blogging more than once every 3 months! ;) Stay warm out there New England.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Gonna Try It Again
So I've decided to give the cash game challenge another try. For those of you who don't know, I'm gonna start with $10 on Full Tilt Poker at $0.01-$0.02 blinds and work my way up through the levels. The goal right now is $10 - $10,000. Once I get 500 BBs of the next level, I can move up. It's my second real attempt at it (other attempts usually lasted for about a week or two then I put my whole bankroll on a tourney), but I'm really gonna try hard at this one. After again buying in with 100 or so, winning my way up to 700 or 800 really quick, and then gradually losing it all, I'm not ready to do that again. I feel I must be doing something wrong lately, so I'm just gonna start over and relearn my winning strategy. Hopefully it works out for me.
Other than that, still lovin work, got a little extra dough from another painting side job, and just enjoying the Christmas season. Hope all is well with all my faithful and adoring readers.
Other than that, still lovin work, got a little extra dough from another painting side job, and just enjoying the Christmas season. Hope all is well with all my faithful and adoring readers.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Musical Influences
I know what you're thinking.... Who is this guy that has musical influences? What the hell's it influencing? Well.. I dunno. I mean somewhat in my compositions but i guess it's just an overall influence. Not quite sure what that means but maybe it'll be clearer when I'm done explaining what they are.
I've always been big into this guy, but my appreciation for Jason Robert Brown's work is growing more and more every time I listen to him. I was listening to "Hear My Song" the other day on my walk to my car and I really realized that every note has a distinct purpose. Nothing is accidental (no pun intended). To be that absurdly talented both at writing the music he writes, which is intensely difficult, and playing it just amazes me every time.
The main thing that draws me to artists is how passionate they are. If they truly feel the music they're singing, the listener knows, and can feel it just as strongly. My prime example for this is Jeff Buckley, another artist who I don't think I'll ever stop listening to. While listening to a live version of "Morning Theft," he sang one part towards the end of the song and I swear I was close to tearing up just at how beautiful it was. He put a million emotions into one phrase and it was impossible not to be truly touched. Another good example was when he was playing at a tribute concert for his late father Tim Buckley. It was before he got big and nobody really knew much about this kid, except that he looked a lot like his father. Well about 3/4 of the way through one of his father's songs, "Once I Was," a string broke on his guitar. Rather than stopping and getting a new guitar, he finished the song a cappela. He got so emotionally lost in his performances everything else just went away and all he cared about was that music. I can't help but respect, admire, and aspire to that. If interested, there are youtube videos of all the songs I've mentioned.
Last for this blog is Tom Waits. I have just recently been getting into this guy, but I am loving him more and more with each song I hear. I think I have developed a full appreciation of his talent. He has a voice that takes some time for most to get used to, as it is very gravelly and not exactly angellic, but it has a quality that not many artists have. Again, he has the power to fill his words with such emotion it is impossible to ignore. Listening to one of his songs, you feel the true pain of most of the unfortunate people he is singing about, or the real happiness that you can sometimes find in the world. It's artists that can touch your soul that are the ones you want to keep listening to.
I know I've probably written similar blogs before, but hey music is my passion so I really can't help it. More to come I'm sure.
As Salaam Alaikum.
I've always been big into this guy, but my appreciation for Jason Robert Brown's work is growing more and more every time I listen to him. I was listening to "Hear My Song" the other day on my walk to my car and I really realized that every note has a distinct purpose. Nothing is accidental (no pun intended). To be that absurdly talented both at writing the music he writes, which is intensely difficult, and playing it just amazes me every time.
The main thing that draws me to artists is how passionate they are. If they truly feel the music they're singing, the listener knows, and can feel it just as strongly. My prime example for this is Jeff Buckley, another artist who I don't think I'll ever stop listening to. While listening to a live version of "Morning Theft," he sang one part towards the end of the song and I swear I was close to tearing up just at how beautiful it was. He put a million emotions into one phrase and it was impossible not to be truly touched. Another good example was when he was playing at a tribute concert for his late father Tim Buckley. It was before he got big and nobody really knew much about this kid, except that he looked a lot like his father. Well about 3/4 of the way through one of his father's songs, "Once I Was," a string broke on his guitar. Rather than stopping and getting a new guitar, he finished the song a cappela. He got so emotionally lost in his performances everything else just went away and all he cared about was that music. I can't help but respect, admire, and aspire to that. If interested, there are youtube videos of all the songs I've mentioned.
Last for this blog is Tom Waits. I have just recently been getting into this guy, but I am loving him more and more with each song I hear. I think I have developed a full appreciation of his talent. He has a voice that takes some time for most to get used to, as it is very gravelly and not exactly angellic, but it has a quality that not many artists have. Again, he has the power to fill his words with such emotion it is impossible to ignore. Listening to one of his songs, you feel the true pain of most of the unfortunate people he is singing about, or the real happiness that you can sometimes find in the world. It's artists that can touch your soul that are the ones you want to keep listening to.
I know I've probably written similar blogs before, but hey music is my passion so I really can't help it. More to come I'm sure.
As Salaam Alaikum.
Friday, November 19, 2010
epic fail on the blogging
Wow I can't believe I haven't blogged since June! Literally so much has happened in my life you'd think I woulda shared it with the world. I'll try to keep this short but I got a lot to write about....
Ireland was amazing!! It is easily the most beautiful place in the world. Not that I've seen much of the world, but when we were driving around the Ring of Kerry, I realized where the term "breathtaking" came from. But yeah the short synopsis is it was beautiful and the people are all awesome and I would go back in a heartbeat.
Now on to my apartment! I'm living in Brookline and it is absolutely fantastic. It's the perfect mix of suburban peace with urban accessibility. Also being out on my own is just fun and basically a new experience. I don't know why but freshman year didn't really count. It's just cool being in the city. The other night me and Sarah just went to the North End for dinner cuz it's a quick train ride. I love being that close to everything.
Now for the most exciting news..... I GOT A JOB!!!! And it is absolutely perfect for me!!! I actually wrote a blog about the same company about a year and a half ago but they were looking for someone they could give internship credits to and I was going to be graduating shortly. But their other accountant got another job so they had an opening and one of my old professors emailed everyone about it. I went for an interview and my new boss, Dan, called me an hour later saying I got the job. I'm still technically a contractor until the end of December, but I'm pretty positive that I'll be joining them as a full employee heading into the new year. O btw the name of the company is OurStage, Inc. Everyone should go to Ourstage.com and check out what the company's all about. They're helping up and coming artists get their name out there and maybe earn a few bucks in the process. Anyway the job is great and I'm doing everything an accountant would do. It's such amazing experience and it's such an amazing company.
Other than that I'm still painting on the side occasionally and I'm doing pretty well learning the piano. I can almost play the entirety of "Imagine" by John Lennon! Music's great so I'll probably write another blog about my newest musical influences.
But now it is time for bed. Goodnight All.
Ireland was amazing!! It is easily the most beautiful place in the world. Not that I've seen much of the world, but when we were driving around the Ring of Kerry, I realized where the term "breathtaking" came from. But yeah the short synopsis is it was beautiful and the people are all awesome and I would go back in a heartbeat.
Now on to my apartment! I'm living in Brookline and it is absolutely fantastic. It's the perfect mix of suburban peace with urban accessibility. Also being out on my own is just fun and basically a new experience. I don't know why but freshman year didn't really count. It's just cool being in the city. The other night me and Sarah just went to the North End for dinner cuz it's a quick train ride. I love being that close to everything.
Now for the most exciting news..... I GOT A JOB!!!! And it is absolutely perfect for me!!! I actually wrote a blog about the same company about a year and a half ago but they were looking for someone they could give internship credits to and I was going to be graduating shortly. But their other accountant got another job so they had an opening and one of my old professors emailed everyone about it. I went for an interview and my new boss, Dan, called me an hour later saying I got the job. I'm still technically a contractor until the end of December, but I'm pretty positive that I'll be joining them as a full employee heading into the new year. O btw the name of the company is OurStage, Inc. Everyone should go to Ourstage.com and check out what the company's all about. They're helping up and coming artists get their name out there and maybe earn a few bucks in the process. Anyway the job is great and I'm doing everything an accountant would do. It's such amazing experience and it's such an amazing company.
Other than that I'm still painting on the side occasionally and I'm doing pretty well learning the piano. I can almost play the entirety of "Imagine" by John Lennon! Music's great so I'll probably write another blog about my newest musical influences.
But now it is time for bed. Goodnight All.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Bored
As usual it's been a while since I last blogged. Not even gonna pretend anymore that I'll do it more often lol. I'm steaming right now from a quick $50 loss online. Knew it was a bad idea to deposit again, but didn't think I'd run that terrible already. O well tomorrow's another day.
So my life up til now. hmmm..... Well I never blogged that I finished that awful temp job :) Yeah I went in one Monday morning and they said my last day was Friday. Apparently someone from the staffing agency was supposed to call me but didn't. Just shows how the company works, not the staffing company but the one I was working for. They must have known on Friday that I wasn't gonna be back the next week, but instead of doing the professional thing and telling me before I left on Friday, they told the middle man. And to top it off, I said bye to my boss, and she didn't even answer me! Just ignored me like I said nothing!! O well I am much happier not being there. Another funny note: I was browsing jobs on Craig's List and I found a job description that matched perfectly with what another girl at the company was doing, with some details that only pertain to Scooter Bug. Clearly she finally found a better job and now they're looking for someone else. I am very happy for her and I hope they realize soon that if they keep losing employees, clearly something's wrong.
Also, I'm typing this on my new laptop! :) It's amazing and gigantic and high performance and I love it with all my heart. And it's super fast and only takes like 20 secinds to fully boot up. It's about time too. Now I don't have to use a laptop with a broken screen connected to a desktop monitor.
There's probably more to talk about but I got things to do so maybe I'll blog again in a couple days. Hey it might happen.
So my life up til now. hmmm..... Well I never blogged that I finished that awful temp job :) Yeah I went in one Monday morning and they said my last day was Friday. Apparently someone from the staffing agency was supposed to call me but didn't. Just shows how the company works, not the staffing company but the one I was working for. They must have known on Friday that I wasn't gonna be back the next week, but instead of doing the professional thing and telling me before I left on Friday, they told the middle man. And to top it off, I said bye to my boss, and she didn't even answer me! Just ignored me like I said nothing!! O well I am much happier not being there. Another funny note: I was browsing jobs on Craig's List and I found a job description that matched perfectly with what another girl at the company was doing, with some details that only pertain to Scooter Bug. Clearly she finally found a better job and now they're looking for someone else. I am very happy for her and I hope they realize soon that if they keep losing employees, clearly something's wrong.
Also, I'm typing this on my new laptop! :) It's amazing and gigantic and high performance and I love it with all my heart. And it's super fast and only takes like 20 secinds to fully boot up. It's about time too. Now I don't have to use a laptop with a broken screen connected to a desktop monitor.
There's probably more to talk about but I got things to do so maybe I'll blog again in a couple days. Hey it might happen.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
life
My job sucks!!!!! I can't wait until they find a permanent person for my position so i can stop dreading going to work everyday! I actually kinda like doing the actual work but my boss is certifiably insane. She makes me hate going everyday. It's just really stressful when you know however hard you try she's gonna go out of her way to find something wrong with it. Her expectations from the beginning have been ludicrous. Anyway I'm just biding my time and letting her shit roll off my back until they say I don't have to come back any more.
I'm doin well with getting back into music. I'm about halfway through my piano learning book, which is getting harder but I'm hoping by the summer I'll have it done and be able to play full songs. Also, I've been talkin to my buddy Ken, who's living in Cali right now producing music and stuff, and he's agreed to help me out and listen to some of my stuff. He's also starting a project he calls a musical "quilt," combining all forms of art from multiple artists and musicians and "stitching" them together for one glorious masterpiece. He's asked me to be a part of it and i am insanely pumped about that. I've already got some ideas stewin about and i think we'll be collaboratin on it. All in all I'm pumped to be takin a step in the right direction towards my passion.
Also music related, I don't expect anyone to be into it but if you wanna experience something new I highly suggest an artist named Nusrat Fateh Ali-Kahn. He actually passed away a few years ago, but he was a singer from Pakistan, and it is Pakistani music, but it's geniously done and he has one of the greatest voices of all time. I think a good intro to him would be a song called "mustt mustt." I just downloaded one of his albums and I've really enjoyed it.
Anyway I think I've rambled enough for tonight. Now for the season finale of Sober House!!
I'm doin well with getting back into music. I'm about halfway through my piano learning book, which is getting harder but I'm hoping by the summer I'll have it done and be able to play full songs. Also, I've been talkin to my buddy Ken, who's living in Cali right now producing music and stuff, and he's agreed to help me out and listen to some of my stuff. He's also starting a project he calls a musical "quilt," combining all forms of art from multiple artists and musicians and "stitching" them together for one glorious masterpiece. He's asked me to be a part of it and i am insanely pumped about that. I've already got some ideas stewin about and i think we'll be collaboratin on it. All in all I'm pumped to be takin a step in the right direction towards my passion.
Also music related, I don't expect anyone to be into it but if you wanna experience something new I highly suggest an artist named Nusrat Fateh Ali-Kahn. He actually passed away a few years ago, but he was a singer from Pakistan, and it is Pakistani music, but it's geniously done and he has one of the greatest voices of all time. I think a good intro to him would be a song called "mustt mustt." I just downloaded one of his albums and I've really enjoyed it.
Anyway I think I've rambled enough for tonight. Now for the season finale of Sober House!!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
I have so much to blog about!!!
Wow I can't believe it's been a month since I last blogged. My bad guys.
First off.....I got a job!!! A temp job but in a week or two the accounting manager and I are going to have a discussion and assess if I am up to the full time responsibilities. Spoiler alert: I AM!!!!!! But yeah we'll see. The position is called Inventory Specialist and it's at a company called Scooter Bug in Woburn. This company provides the electric scooters that elderly people ride around in to places like Disney World and San Diego Zoo. Yeah they have a lot of big clients like those, a lot of other zoos, and a few casinos owned by Harrah's. (Yes Mike the Borgata is one of them) As you can imagine, inventory is the main part of this company, so I would have a lot of responsibility in a full term role as the inventory guy. I'm definitely up to the task.
You know that was such big news that I think I thought I had more to talk about than I really did. Hmmmm. I should prolly make some stuff up so I'm not a liar in the title. I could just change the title, but naw that involves like back tabbing or clicking away and that's more work than I want to handle. And it looks cool with all the exclamation points. Yeah. I ramble.
Ok I'm done. I'll blog more later and update on the job.
First off.....I got a job!!! A temp job but in a week or two the accounting manager and I are going to have a discussion and assess if I am up to the full time responsibilities. Spoiler alert: I AM!!!!!! But yeah we'll see. The position is called Inventory Specialist and it's at a company called Scooter Bug in Woburn. This company provides the electric scooters that elderly people ride around in to places like Disney World and San Diego Zoo. Yeah they have a lot of big clients like those, a lot of other zoos, and a few casinos owned by Harrah's. (Yes Mike the Borgata is one of them) As you can imagine, inventory is the main part of this company, so I would have a lot of responsibility in a full term role as the inventory guy. I'm definitely up to the task.
You know that was such big news that I think I thought I had more to talk about than I really did. Hmmmm. I should prolly make some stuff up so I'm not a liar in the title. I could just change the title, but naw that involves like back tabbing or clicking away and that's more work than I want to handle. And it looks cool with all the exclamation points. Yeah. I ramble.
Ok I'm done. I'll blog more later and update on the job.
Monday, February 15, 2010
feel like talkin
Yeah just one of those moods so i'll write a little bit...
I'm gettin my hopes insanely up about a job interview I'm going to on Wednesday. it's a Staff Accountant role with a private equity firm right in Boston. Basically a perfect position for me and pays pretty well so I'm getting really excited and just praying my job search is finally gonna end. Hopefully I'll wow this lady at the interview.
Strangely my compulsion to talk has ended pretty abruptly so i'll stop for now. Goodnight all.
I'm gettin my hopes insanely up about a job interview I'm going to on Wednesday. it's a Staff Accountant role with a private equity firm right in Boston. Basically a perfect position for me and pays pretty well so I'm getting really excited and just praying my job search is finally gonna end. Hopefully I'll wow this lady at the interview.
Strangely my compulsion to talk has ended pretty abruptly so i'll stop for now. Goodnight all.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Another random music blog
Yeah I've found some more good music and feel I have to share it with someone. I've been on kind of a spending binge on itunes lately. I started adding a lot for when I was painting cuz I brought my ipod docking station thingy and could listen to anything I wanted. Because of this, I decided to buy any musical I've ever heard of. Not literally of course, but I bought les miserables, chess, the secret garden, and 13, and downloaded wicked and little women and spamlot that I already had. All these are good musicals and I will have a great time listening to them.
The best purchase I made was Jason Robert Brown's "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes." JRB has been my favorite composer for a long time and this CD absolutely exemplifies every reason that I like him. I was already in love with his other musicals; The Last Five Years, Songs for a New World, Parade, and most recently 13. Wearing Someone Else's Clothes is basically a random collection of some of his songs that had not been put out yet, played and sung by him. The music is so diverse and amazingly put together I already can't stop listening to it. It spurs and inspires me to get my ass up and practice the piano or write something.
A couple other random great songs are worth mentioning too. Awake by Josh Groban is quickly becoming one of my favorite songs from him, and that's very tough to do. It was released on the deluxe version of his cd "Awake" and not the original (yeah figure that one out) so i never heard it much before I downloaded it. Another one is a song called "Flight" by Craig Carnelia. Apparently he's big in the musical scene too but I had never really heard of him before this song. It has some of the most beautiful harmonies I've ever heard and is overall so well done I, also, can't stop listening to it.
As you can imagine, I do a lot of listening with these new songs, so I am becoming a world class Freecell Solitaire player. prolly not a good thing but i can't help it! They're all so good!! Anyway back to Freecell and singing JRB at the top of my lungs.
The best purchase I made was Jason Robert Brown's "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes." JRB has been my favorite composer for a long time and this CD absolutely exemplifies every reason that I like him. I was already in love with his other musicals; The Last Five Years, Songs for a New World, Parade, and most recently 13. Wearing Someone Else's Clothes is basically a random collection of some of his songs that had not been put out yet, played and sung by him. The music is so diverse and amazingly put together I already can't stop listening to it. It spurs and inspires me to get my ass up and practice the piano or write something.
A couple other random great songs are worth mentioning too. Awake by Josh Groban is quickly becoming one of my favorite songs from him, and that's very tough to do. It was released on the deluxe version of his cd "Awake" and not the original (yeah figure that one out) so i never heard it much before I downloaded it. Another one is a song called "Flight" by Craig Carnelia. Apparently he's big in the musical scene too but I had never really heard of him before this song. It has some of the most beautiful harmonies I've ever heard and is overall so well done I, also, can't stop listening to it.
As you can imagine, I do a lot of listening with these new songs, so I am becoming a world class Freecell Solitaire player. prolly not a good thing but i can't help it! They're all so good!! Anyway back to Freecell and singing JRB at the top of my lungs.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Painting
So I just finished up a big side job at my aunt and uncle's house and I am insanely proud of my work. I basically painted their entire main floor; kitchen, family room, living room, dining room, front hallway and staircase. After every room they got more and more surprised at how well I was doing and especially how fast I was going. It built my pride up a lot and I'm very pumped I did a good job. I may be putting pictures of my work in a blog if my aunt ends up taking them. It was actually pretty fun to just go and listen to my music and paint with no real pressure. Good way to make a few bucks while looking for a job.
Which brings me to my next subject. I don't know what I want to do with my life!!!!!!! I know it's terrible timing but more and more lately I want to dedicate my time to music and becoming a composer again. It'll always be my true passion and I'm starting to reconsider sitting at a desk for the rest of my life. Probably mainly because I don't have an accounting job yet, but I just feel my interest in it dimming more every day. I'll just keep going with both til I get a sign or something. I'm teaching myself the piano right now so that I can better understand the fundamentals and make better music.
Other than that I'm looking forward to a relaxing week resting from the long hours I was putting in at the house.
Which brings me to my next subject. I don't know what I want to do with my life!!!!!!! I know it's terrible timing but more and more lately I want to dedicate my time to music and becoming a composer again. It'll always be my true passion and I'm starting to reconsider sitting at a desk for the rest of my life. Probably mainly because I don't have an accounting job yet, but I just feel my interest in it dimming more every day. I'll just keep going with both til I get a sign or something. I'm teaching myself the piano right now so that I can better understand the fundamentals and make better music.
Other than that I'm looking forward to a relaxing week resting from the long hours I was putting in at the house.
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