KyleRay.net

One of the perks of working with a company that builds blogs is that the build one for me. So this will be my farewell post from here. I will now be posting over at www.KyleRay.net. I am very excited about this and I think they built me a great looking blog. So head over there, check the place out and let me know what you guys think. I will be getting my blogroll up pretty soon, so if you want to be on it let me know. Now go change all of your links (all six of you linked to me) and update your readers or bookmarks or whatnot, and I'll see you in a greener pasture.

The Rock & Worship Roadshow

As you all know, I will out on the road for a little over a month with The Rock & Worship Roadshow. The purpose of this trip is to help create an online community and online interaction that all surrounds the tour. There is going to be some amazing talent performing 21 shows and the great part is that you can be apart of it. All you have to do is check out the tour online. There is a

facebook,

myspace,

YouTube channel,

blog,

flikr,

twitter

plus more things will come about as the tour progresses. So check it out. Stop by and watch and say hello, come out to a show in your area, if nothing else stop by and be apart of the community who knows what is going to happen?

Wireless Electricity

Several months ago I was trying to find my phone charger, which wasn't where I left it, and wished that I did not need to plug my phone in to charge it. As the imagination grew "my dream" turned into a house or office where I could just walk in and my phone would just start charging. No need for messy wires tethering you down, it would be quick and easy. The only problem is that I am not smart enough to invent such a thing. So "my dream" went to the back of my head until I was sent this article.

I wish I had thought of this when I was born and invented it then and now would be rich.

Another idea that needs to happen: the iphone needs to have a camera on the face (?) for video chat. But somehow I think the smart people of apple are already thinking of that.

The Jordan Emmans Band

On Tuesday morning I received a text from Jordan telling me that be had added another show will his band is out here on tour. This is super cool for me be because Jordan is one of my favorite guitar players. Plus the players in his band are from around the world and they have been living in Korea for the past two years. This was my first opportunity to see the play live and they did not dissapoint. They played my favorite songs off their CD, some great new originals and some well played covers. Anyway, they are playing again this Friday at nine at The Club Car in Auburn, ca. I will be there with my wife and baby and think you should come to.

New phone

I can't believe I did this, but for Colette and my anniversary of being together for five years I bought us iPhones. This is something that I never would have imaged doing. But we looked into and it was feasible. It just means that instead of by congas, I bought two phones. I would like to thank Brody of Skör (i.e. my new job) for giving me a reason to actually need the iPhone not just really really want one.

The last shows

As with normal The Art of Whimsy fasion, the last two shows were not without some adventure. The first show was up in Truckee, about an hour east of auburn. The plan was to leave at four, get there by five and start playing at seven. Well we didn't leave until five, no problem though that would get us there at six with an hour to spare. Half hour into the drive nathan realized that he forgot his guitar. This meant turning around getting the guitar and starting the journey all over again. On the way back, the windshield wiper fell off. So driving through the snow, then rain, then snow again on the way back up the hill to truckee was not ideal with no windshield wipers. Bit we made by seven and were playing music only about thirty or so minutes late. Plus a friend had tried to come to the show but got lost and tried unsuccessfully to get a hold of me. (my phone was not working well at the moment).

Playing at the paradise grill went well except for the fact that ownership changed the week before so there was some confusion as to whether or not we were going to play. As well, shock of all shocks nathan was an hour and thirty minutes late. Though he does have a really good excuse; he Moved to Hawaii the very next day, leaving at 8:30 in the morning. I would have cancelled the show, but I am glad he didn't since a good time as had by all who came including me.

Roll Over Beethoven

A couple of days ago Bella rolled over for the first time. Colette and I were both there to witness this and can't wait for her to realize what this new found skill can mean for her. I know this will probably take a little while as she hasn't even attempted to do it again. She loves to roll onto her side but stops there.

She has also started eating "solid" food. She loves banana and avocado so far and I am sure more will be added to that list as time goes on.

She is also currently filling her diaper with poop. Isn't that exciting?

A Welcome

The people that read this regularly and are wondering what the exciting news is, I am about to tell you.

I am the newest member of Skörinc. I will be working for and along side my long time and good friend Brody Harper on the up and coming Rock and Worship Road Show. It is going to be an awesome time learning what he does, helping along the way and coming up with a few cool ideas of my own (hopefully). This does mean that I will be on the road for a little over a month. It is going to be very difficult as I will be away from Colette and Bella. But we are going to burn through cell phone minutes and hopefully some jet fuel as well. If you don't know what Brody does, he creates a web presence for the bands that he regular works with, and will do that same for this tour. This means things like blogging, live streaming video of the shows on the tour, behind the scenes videos, twitter updates from the band on tour, regularly uploading of photos, and anything else we can think of. The idea is to make this tour as interactive as possible. No matter where you are or who you are, you will be able to find something to watch/read about the tour at anytime. So check it out and find something that you like.

To those just coming over from Brody's blog. Welcome! I of course am looking forward to working with Brody and I am definitely looking forward to working with you guys. Brody has created a grass roots company and you guys are its strength. Any all comments are going to be a great help to us. Thanks for stopping by and let's make this the biggest online tour yet. Thanks for stopping by.

Dan in Real Life

Colette and I just watched the movie Dan in Real Life. If you haven't seen it, I recommend that you do so. It is funny, romantic (for lack of a better word), well acted, etc. Not much else that I can think of saying, but it is a really good movie and I think that you should all see it.

Music over bikinis

A few months ago I got a subscription to Spin Magazine. It was meant for a gift and eventually that person will get that gift. A few days ago instead of getting my Spin magazine I received Maxim instead of Spin. And not just one but two, one of which being the swimsuit edition. My step-dad handed me the mail. I am not sure he knows what Maxim is, but i waiting to get talked to about it.

I want my Spin back.

An Epilogue

If you haven't heard my band mates, Nathan and Jess, are moving to Hawaii in less than two weeks. If you knew this and haven't realized, this will make playing in a band together very difficult. (I am not moving to Hawaii). So this will mark the end of my playing with The Art of Whimsy, at least as a permanent part. Nathan plans to continue playing under the name, so The Art of Whimsy will continue on.

We do have two shows left.

Thur, February 12, 2009 @ 7:00 pm @ Cottonwood Restaurant in Truckee, Ca
Fri, February 13, 2009 @ 7:00 pm @Paradise Grill in Roseville, Ca

Hope to see you there.

Pray

My friends son is having some medical tests done so please pray. Here is the story.

If I was cool I would use bullet points

For the past month I have been a stay at home dad while colette makes the bacon. this means that i should have tons of time to do things like blogging but usually end up holding bella and spending my time with her. that means typing everything with one hand. that is really slow and explains the lack of capitalized letters. to make matters worse i just singed up for twitter. unlike myspace we can't be friends, but you can become my stalker (took me forever to remember how to spell that) and follow me. i might follow you but maybe not.

i need an iphone and unlimited text messaging. last time i asked for something on here i received what i asked for, i can only hope.

my parents changed to dish network so we now have satellite t.v. in our room. i love watching t.v. and movies.

i will have some cool/exciting news that will wait till a little later.

the monster is awake....

Sorry

OK it has been a while, but with a new baby time seems to have changed completely. The past couple of weeks have been very busy between visiting with family and taking care of the baby. All is well and Bella is the star of the family and loving every minute of it. She is growing too fast, already out of newborn clothes and her bassinet. I put together her crib, putting one more thing in our tiny room. She looks so small in such a big bed though I know that won't last long.

We are now down in Southern California (taking only 10 hours!) visiting more family and friends and having a shower/meet the baby party on Saturday. As always Bella is being a champ sleeping well and adjusting great to the new place. She loves her Grandparents already. On the exciting side, she got a travel bed with a mobil that she absolutely loves. She will lay there are just watch the animals go round and listen to the music. She also received a swing that she is not too sure about just yet.

Anyway I am going to go post some pictures over at booterbabyblog. If you want to see our little champ you can go there.

Thanksgiving

I love this time of year. The weather is changing, the holiday season puts people in a good mood, and there is lots of good food and family. This year for Thanksgiving Colette's grandparents and are passing through town and taking us out for dinner tonight and then breakfast tomorrow. Plus it gives them a chance to meet there great-grand-daughter (that is so cool). Then we are having Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's new house. They are very excited to host the family meal at their first home. Friday is shopping, though we are broke and are done with christmas shopping it is still fun. Then Saturday night is dinner with Colette's grandparents yet again and breakfast on Sunday morning. Later on Sunday we are going to have another Turkey dinner at my parent's house in celebration of my birthday.

So my week is going to be filled with family and amazing food. What are your plans the holiday weekend?

The joys of parenting

So far I am having a blast with our little Bella. She is amazing and is being such a great baby. So at risk of jinxing how great she is doing I will brag about how great my baby is.

She hardly every cries. It is rare that she cries for no reason. The first few weeks we were thinking she was finding her voice and the crying would start later. "They" say that it takes a couple weeks to really start the crying. Now that we are going through our third week, she still doesn't cry that often. The only time that she really does a lot of crying is when she is starving to death and let's be honest, I cry because of that too.

She is a great sleeper. We had our mind set that we would not keep the house quiet when she was napping. We wanted her to be able to sleep through noise and she is doing great. We have brought her to church where 2 out of 3 times she slept through the entire service. She came to one of my concerts and slept through 2 1/2 hours of live music. And most exitingly, she sleeps about 6-7 hours throught the night. As soon as well left the hospital we started letting her sleep as long as she wanted, no waking her up every two hours to feed. So for the past week or so she slept from about 10 or 11 at night until about 4 or 5 in the morning, eats then goes back to sleep. Very nice.

She is also a great eater. She loves the boob and is also ok with a a bottle and has taken one from a few different people.

So now that I posted this, it will all change. But I had to brag a little. She is just too perfect.

Baby Booter Blog

Colette and I have a lot of family and friends that live far away from us. Because of that we opened a blog up just for our little Bella. We aren't going to be sitting her in front of the computer and letting her type. She wouldn't have much to say, at least that we could understand. We are going to be posting a photo a day. Thanks Bre for the idea. So go to Bella's blog and check out how cute she is.

Welp see ya later!

No I am not leaving the blogging world. I know I had you all worried. This post is about ending phone calls and emails. I can't do it to save my life. Brody knows what I am talking about and has even made fun of me on occasion. The time comes to say good bye and I am clueless what to do. A friend of mine used to just hang up and not say good bye. I tried that with him, just hang up no messy good bye. He said good bye, so once again there was the awkwardness of him saying good bye and me just hanging up on him. So I am almost 26 and I cannot say good bye on the phone without sounding like I don't talk to people often.

Then with emails, I always feel like they are just getting cut off. I blame this on school and writing essays. There has to be a conclusion. but with personal emails, what am I going to do, recap the point of the email? that might be funny the first time, but not the second time. I hope I am not the only person to struggle with this social ineptitude. (wow, I'm smart, unless I used those words wrong) So tell me your saying good bye problems. (is "good bye" hyphenated? I think so, but I am not going to change them all, deal with it).


conclusion:

1. I can't say good-bye
A. Phone
B. Email

(Not even funny the first time).


bye

Paycheck Friday

Playing in a bar on paycheck friday can be a good thing. At our show on friday, a patron of the bar decided to pay us a large some of money to have his friend play three songs at the end of the night. The only condition was that I play with him on percussion. I certainly wasn't going to turn down the money, so up the the man came. At first I was a little worried, you never know how good they are going to be. (Can they actually play guitar and/or sing or are they going to clear the place out?) Then he grabbed the guitar and slowly started fingering out the chords. I was thinking this could be a long few songs. Once he started the first song I knew we were going to be all right. Folsom Prison Blues. He nailed the song and went on to play two other country songs that he also nailed. All in all it was a lot of fun. At least I had fun and the crowd seemed to be having fun as well.

So thanks for the good times, and for paying me to do it.

Pet Peeves

There are a lot of things that just drive me crazy. Getting hit in the back of the head is one of them. It doesn't have to be hard (obviously that would bug anybody), a light pat will do the trick and instantly drive me crazy. For this reason I could never play football. You do something cool, you get hit in the back of the head. No fun.

Yesterday in Target I heard another thing that drives me crazy. "Libary" I think it is just ignorance (not that I am super Smart) or maybe incompetence? Saying library incorrectly just screams "look at me I am stupid!" Now I realize this is very hypocritical. There are plenty of words that I say wrong or things that I do wrong that I could care less about, or that I just don't correct, but "libary" just bugs me.

What bugs you?