I need something more random. But there is no randomness in Halifax. I already know anyone I find even remotely attractive. Anyone left is too old or too young. What does that matter? I'm not ageist, and age differences would increase the randomness. Besides, I could get away with playing a lot younger than I am. And older guys can be quite dashing. Obviously I'm rambling. Stream of consciousness typing.
Fucking Halifax.
I just need to get away for a bit. I can't afford to take time off work and travel just to travel, and there are no band travel plans until July-ish. I don't want to wait another two and a half months, and then I'll be in BC. Yuck. Hippies. Like I'm gonna makeout with one of their kind. Fuck that.
I want to go back to Europe again. The German boys. The Norwegian boys. Some of those Czech boys. Sigh.
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I'm in a studio. It's a good time. It's much more relaxing (for me) than I expected it to be. Not that I expected it to be stressful. I've been here before with the Hold. It's just that this was a hard work week and to have to record all weekend and not be able to recoup is not something I was truly looking forward to. But I'm not recording. We're doing drum tracks. I only have some parts for some songs and having another instrument (especially one that doesn't have everything developed) adds more chances for distraction and mistakes.
So, after my so good/so bad Tim Horton's breakfast sandwich, I half-slept on the couch until lunch break. Lunch was Tarek's. Very good.
I think I'm always pretty hungover (or drunk) when an album is recorded. The Briefs recorded twice. Neither count as "albums" but it was my first time recording something other than just a jam. First time was a party with Johnny B and KC in the basement under what was at one point Taz's Gottingen location. It wasn't then and it isn't now, but it was for awhile in between. The second time was with Handsome J in what was our jamspot then and is now Dog Day's jamspot. I can't remember, but I will have to assume liquor was there.
Noisebloodassault was next. I was a fucking mess that day. KC and I partied somewhere the night before. My hangover wasn't just from far too much booze, but it was a chemical come down as well. I'm not sure what chemical. Thinking back to when that was it was probably mushrooms or Ritalin. I spent the whole day lying on the couch in that basement of J's, only getting up to pee and play my parts. It was fun. I probably drank more again. Hair of the dog style.
I don't really recall the Need recording as much. It was in the Cornwallis street jamspot. It wasn't as crammed and I went in after work, often with just Christian, to do the bass. It was a time like many in my life with daily drinking and pot smoking. Perhaps it was my most sober recording experience.
The split 7" was recorded at A52, with beer. I was a mess then. I had been self-researching Asperger's for a year or two by then, but I was reading a book (and drinking beer) while Gilbert Switzer recorded that triggered a transformation in me. Instead of just looking at Asperger's academically, looking at it as one of those things that explains why some people are eccentric, I began truly accepting deep down that it explains why I am eccentric. Reevaluating how I felt about myself, and my whole self identity had me in tears. Wondering why my parents put so much effort into accepting me as I am and helping me to cope in a world that is not natural and instinctual to "my kind" and now (then) that I'm an adult who is realizing things on her own and looking for answers, they won't talk to me about it brought up many more questions and answers for me. I was definitely drinking when that was recorded.
Thank You was another hair of the dog day that had a hungover Crystal reading the newspaper and drinking whiskey coffee while everyone else recorded. My parts were added later and probably involved the usual substances.
Night Group was months of parties. Every night after work we would spend hours with our good friend, Watt. The album finally got recorded, but with much wasted time and wasted people.
The details of the Borden Sessions cannot be elaborated on. I've signed confidentiality agreements.
Now, something as yet untitled. Nobody really expected to see me this morning. I skipped practice last night to go to the Marquee, which clearly meant that I was up late and had too much to drink (I almost said "no thank you" to that tequila shot). But I'm here. I didn't even need my alarm clock to get me here. I haven't really needed it in a long time. I guess it's because I'm still not sleeping the best and I wake up multiple times throughout the night (I'm going to hope it's emotional and not worry about the possibility of sleep apnea yet). What's weird is, no matter what time I set it for, I wake up 5 minutes before it goes off. I didn't even set it tonight, and woke up at the perfect time.
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Posting a link to something from my archives every day has shown me there are cycles and patterns to, well, not necessarily the things I do and go through, but the things I say and how I express them (a long-winded post on the same day as another, a one sentence post on the same day every year). I often talk about circles, but it's weird when they are so obvious. My recent return to having an interest in astrology has been semi-serious, semi-kidding, but it would provide an easy explanation for this phenomenon.
Three years ago I wrote a long post about me and my writing and how I felt knowing my mother-in-law had recently read a lot of it.
Fucking Halifax.
I just need to get away for a bit. I can't afford to take time off work and travel just to travel, and there are no band travel plans until July-ish. I don't want to wait another two and a half months, and then I'll be in BC. Yuck. Hippies. Like I'm gonna makeout with one of their kind. Fuck that.
I want to go back to Europe again. The German boys. The Norwegian boys. Some of those Czech boys. Sigh.
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I'm in a studio. It's a good time. It's much more relaxing (for me) than I expected it to be. Not that I expected it to be stressful. I've been here before with the Hold. It's just that this was a hard work week and to have to record all weekend and not be able to recoup is not something I was truly looking forward to. But I'm not recording. We're doing drum tracks. I only have some parts for some songs and having another instrument (especially one that doesn't have everything developed) adds more chances for distraction and mistakes.
So, after my so good/so bad Tim Horton's breakfast sandwich, I half-slept on the couch until lunch break. Lunch was Tarek's. Very good.
I think I'm always pretty hungover (or drunk) when an album is recorded. The Briefs recorded twice. Neither count as "albums" but it was my first time recording something other than just a jam. First time was a party with Johnny B and KC in the basement under what was at one point Taz's Gottingen location. It wasn't then and it isn't now, but it was for awhile in between. The second time was with Handsome J in what was our jamspot then and is now Dog Day's jamspot. I can't remember, but I will have to assume liquor was there.
Noisebloodassault was next. I was a fucking mess that day. KC and I partied somewhere the night before. My hangover wasn't just from far too much booze, but it was a chemical come down as well. I'm not sure what chemical. Thinking back to when that was it was probably mushrooms or Ritalin. I spent the whole day lying on the couch in that basement of J's, only getting up to pee and play my parts. It was fun. I probably drank more again. Hair of the dog style.
I don't really recall the Need recording as much. It was in the Cornwallis street jamspot. It wasn't as crammed and I went in after work, often with just Christian, to do the bass. It was a time like many in my life with daily drinking and pot smoking. Perhaps it was my most sober recording experience.
The split 7" was recorded at A52, with beer. I was a mess then. I had been self-researching Asperger's for a year or two by then, but I was reading a book (and drinking beer) while Gilbert Switzer recorded that triggered a transformation in me. Instead of just looking at Asperger's academically, looking at it as one of those things that explains why some people are eccentric, I began truly accepting deep down that it explains why I am eccentric. Reevaluating how I felt about myself, and my whole self identity had me in tears. Wondering why my parents put so much effort into accepting me as I am and helping me to cope in a world that is not natural and instinctual to "my kind" and now (then) that I'm an adult who is realizing things on her own and looking for answers, they won't talk to me about it brought up many more questions and answers for me. I was definitely drinking when that was recorded.
Thank You was another hair of the dog day that had a hungover Crystal reading the newspaper and drinking whiskey coffee while everyone else recorded. My parts were added later and probably involved the usual substances.
Night Group was months of parties. Every night after work we would spend hours with our good friend, Watt. The album finally got recorded, but with much wasted time and wasted people.
The details of the Borden Sessions cannot be elaborated on. I've signed confidentiality agreements.
Now, something as yet untitled. Nobody really expected to see me this morning. I skipped practice last night to go to the Marquee, which clearly meant that I was up late and had too much to drink (I almost said "no thank you" to that tequila shot). But I'm here. I didn't even need my alarm clock to get me here. I haven't really needed it in a long time. I guess it's because I'm still not sleeping the best and I wake up multiple times throughout the night (I'm going to hope it's emotional and not worry about the possibility of sleep apnea yet). What's weird is, no matter what time I set it for, I wake up 5 minutes before it goes off. I didn't even set it tonight, and woke up at the perfect time.
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Posting a link to something from my archives every day has shown me there are cycles and patterns to, well, not necessarily the things I do and go through, but the things I say and how I express them (a long-winded post on the same day as another, a one sentence post on the same day every year). I often talk about circles, but it's weird when they are so obvious. My recent return to having an interest in astrology has been semi-serious, semi-kidding, but it would provide an easy explanation for this phenomenon.
Three years ago I wrote a long post about me and my writing and how I felt knowing my mother-in-law had recently read a lot of it.
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I know if I were to really believe things were that influenced by the "planets", it wouldn't quite explain having a super long post on April 19 years ago, since the planets aren't in the same place on the same day every year. However, the moon's cycle is yearly, unlike say, Saturn, and it will only be a little different from year to year. It would be a few years before the moon is in a different sign on April 19...And I know for a fact those other years I didn't post on the 19th were because I didn't have the time or didn't feel like getting into all the stuff that would pour out.
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