Sleep
There are hundreds of reasons ranging from stress, anxiety, lack of exercise... well, I get decent exercise from work but not a proper work out; that's got to happen soon. Hopefully that will help with the insomnia, I really don't want to take a sleeping aid, I feel like my brain chemistry is jacked up enough as it is. We do have a neighbor one block over that works for a sleep clinic, I've been contemplating setting up an appointment although for one to study your sleeping habits one would actually have to observe you sleeping! I might as well take advantage of this health insurance which I'm paying for out my nose... maybe they'll cover it. Aside from getting wood or farting and snoring and drooling, what dignity could I possibly lose by having a stranger watch me sleep?
Work
So aside from being an insomniac I suppose I can go a little more into who I am; those of you with better things to do-feel free to navigate back into the ether from whence you came.
I'm the proverbial "jack of all trades- master of none"- I've worked in every trade from metal fabricator- I.T. network support and even sou chef. Sales seems to find its way on my resume frequently for some reason since about 2005 (hmmm... about the time my sleeping patterns started screwing with me?).
I started working for a wheelchair company back in March and it's a job that I really truly enjoy for several reasons. For starters there's the obvious sense of fulfillment as these aren't typical wheelchairs; they're "positioning" chairs that are primarily used in long term care and skilled nursing facilities. If someone is completely immobile along the Rocky Mountain region, chances are they're in or need one of my chairs. A lot of these people are simply waiting for God so it's nice to make them as comfortable as possible while they're here. Plus they're a hell of a lot more grateful than the overpaid blow-hards that we build a network infrastructure for... you're welcome very much.
Another reason I'm so fond of this work is that I am the only distributor in over a thousand square miles; Colorado and New Mexico are my primary area of focus. I have a spectacularly scenic drive to nearly everywhere I go, I'd take tons of pictures where I not so intent on getting there first… yet another thing I need to work on. With winter rolling in I do have plans of stopping at as many ski areas as possible as I'm quite an avid snowboarder. Not great mind you, just avid.
So you couple the above reasons and then add that the company is based out of Ontario and I see my bosses probably once a year and you have a win/win/win situation! I guess the only drawbacks to the job are having to clean wheelchairs that come back (trust me... ugh...), and the driving which can get me to my destination or home at wee hours in the morning. But hey, I guess there are advantages to getting by with an hour or two of sleep per night.
Play
Hmmm... I seem to have forgotten how to do that… more like vegging on my ass when I'm done with an 18 hour day. I remember enjoying it, I just need to do it more. I do play in a band called the Skivies, they've been around for a while I'm just the latest addition. I hope they don't wind up with a bass player's morgue like these guys http://www.themelvins.net/pics/morgue/bassistmorgue.html. Nah, just kidding... actually we're wrapping up recording 9 new songs… well, 8 and then a 30 minute noise piece. It's exciting because although I've recorded before, even in the studio with bands, this will be the first published work for me.
We were contacted by our friends in the band Action Friend who we've played numerous shows with, they told us that Toshi Kasai was coming to Denver to record them and he would like to record some other local bands as well. We had been working on lots of new material but we felt it was far from ready; this was debated heavily for a few days, then our singer put his foot down and said "fuck it, if we wait until we're ready we'll never release a recording!" I agreed although if there was anyone in the group that felt their (meaning my) material was sub par and needed work it was me.
Long story short, Toshi was amazing to work with, very patient and a wizard with his knowledge and equipment. We got the rough mixes back and were all floored! Hopefully we'll have the time to support the songs with some shows! Go to http://www.theskivies.com/, hopefully we'll have some new stuff up there soon!
That's it for now, I'll throw something else against the wall when I feel inspired to do so. Thanks!
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