Hello, Jack and I are once again up in Paradise. There is a lot of snow up here. I just thought I would post a quick message to let you all know what has been going on.
I recently had to wipe our computer clean and re-format it due to viruses. As a result of this both mine and Jack's websites cannot be updated until we get Microsoft Front Page back on our computer. It may be awhile before there are any updates on those sites.
There are still people coming by to look at our condo once in awhile but no one has put in any bids on the place yet. Thankfully there hasn't been any shootings next door in the past two weeks.
Since I cannot update my main "music" website this blog page shall become (temporarily anyway) my "all purpose" blog.
That being said I recieved my new updated version of the Cakewalk digital recording software a couple of days ago. It looks pretty cool. It's recording capabilities have expanded from 16 tracks to 64 tracks so I am pretty geeked about recording with it. Now that I have a Mellotron I can really due some damage.
I also finally recieved my Paia modular synthesizer kit in the mail about a week ago. Now I need to assemble it all and I will have my very first modular system to experiment with.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Happy Birthday, Back Pain & White Trash Saturday
Happy Belated Birthday Sass! Jackie's Mom's birthday was on January 28th.
There have been some rather interesting things happening lately.
I start physical therapy for my back today. I haven't really mentioned it to many people but my back has been pretty messed up for about a month and a half now. I went to the doctor and he took some x-rays and told me to try the therapy and if that doesn't work he will take a MRI and we will go from there. I have alot of back pain which has been making it pretty hard to work on any music.
Last Saturday night the kid who lives next door to us shot both his mother and stepfather in the legs with a .22 caliber rifle.
Jackie and I had gone out to dinner with my family for my cousin Tina's birthday. When we got home we saw a fire engine parked on the main street of our condo complex. As we turned the corner to our building we saw a truck marked "Bomb Squad" parked outside of our neighbors house with a man in full Army camouflage gathering things together. Then as we pulled up to our driveway there were 2 Chesterfield Police cars parked outside our neighbors building with their spotlights on. The cops were inside their condo and they left soon after that. When they left no one was in the house.
These neighbors are to put it nicely "white trash" so seeing that the Bomb Squad was there we figured either the "white trash" kid was building bombs or perhaps he was operating a "white trash" meth lab in the basement. When there was no one left in the house after the police had left Jack and I figured that they had all been arrested and taken to jail.
The next morning I was cleaning the condo for an "open house" we were having that day to try to get someone to buy it from us. I was in the music/scrapbooking room when Jackie asked me if I had seen the Fox 2 news van outside. I hadn't. Jack said that as she was coming into the complex she had passed the van as it was leaving. We figured that the van's presence in our quiet, sleepy little condo complex had to have had something to do with the police/bomb squad activity that had taken place the night before. We did not fail to appreciate how lucky we were that Fox 2 News might be filming and more police activity might be taking place while "prospective purchasers" of our condo would be walking through and trying to imagine what their new life at Seaview Condominiums might be like. Thankfully no incidents occurred while the "prospective purchasers" were touring the condo.
Jack and I went to my parents house for dinner that night. We watched Fox 2 news and found out that the "white trash" son had in fact shot both "white trash" parents. I also read an article about it the next day in the Macomb Daily which is where I found out that they had been shot in the legs over a dispute about money. The son had left the condo after he shot his parents but was arrested soon afterward. Jack and I are still not sure why the bomb squad and fire engine were there though. I think that the "white trash" mother had to be laying in the hospital that night thinking "Damn! I really kicked ass at that Motherhood thing".
I tried to imagine the scene of the shooting myself the next day.....
White Trash Son - "Mom and Dad, I want that money. It's mine"
White Trash Dad - "We are not giving you this money so you can just go spend it on supplies for your meth lab"
White Trash Son - "It doesn't matter what I'm going to spend the money on, it's mine"
White Trash Mom - "We are not giving you this money"
White Trash Son - "Oh, O.K." (turning and walking into his bedroom, returning after a minute or two with a rifle)
White Trash Son - "You could have just given me the money but now you are going to have to feel the power of a .22 caliber rifle as I shoot both of you in your legs"
White Trash Mom and Dad - "Son, don't do it"
White Trash Son - (Thinking to himself, "Yes, this is the thing to do in this situation. They won't give me the money so I must shoot them in the legs. This situation couldn't possibly turn out badly for me", He pulls the trigger multiple times and shoots them both)
White Trash Mom and Dad - "You shot us you son of a bitch"
White Trash Son - "You bitches just got served"
I had more to write but anything else I would type now would pale in comparison to the "white trash" shooting story so I will stop here.
There have been some rather interesting things happening lately.
I start physical therapy for my back today. I haven't really mentioned it to many people but my back has been pretty messed up for about a month and a half now. I went to the doctor and he took some x-rays and told me to try the therapy and if that doesn't work he will take a MRI and we will go from there. I have alot of back pain which has been making it pretty hard to work on any music.
Last Saturday night the kid who lives next door to us shot both his mother and stepfather in the legs with a .22 caliber rifle.
Jackie and I had gone out to dinner with my family for my cousin Tina's birthday. When we got home we saw a fire engine parked on the main street of our condo complex. As we turned the corner to our building we saw a truck marked "Bomb Squad" parked outside of our neighbors house with a man in full Army camouflage gathering things together. Then as we pulled up to our driveway there were 2 Chesterfield Police cars parked outside our neighbors building with their spotlights on. The cops were inside their condo and they left soon after that. When they left no one was in the house.
These neighbors are to put it nicely "white trash" so seeing that the Bomb Squad was there we figured either the "white trash" kid was building bombs or perhaps he was operating a "white trash" meth lab in the basement. When there was no one left in the house after the police had left Jack and I figured that they had all been arrested and taken to jail.
The next morning I was cleaning the condo for an "open house" we were having that day to try to get someone to buy it from us. I was in the music/scrapbooking room when Jackie asked me if I had seen the Fox 2 news van outside. I hadn't. Jack said that as she was coming into the complex she had passed the van as it was leaving. We figured that the van's presence in our quiet, sleepy little condo complex had to have had something to do with the police/bomb squad activity that had taken place the night before. We did not fail to appreciate how lucky we were that Fox 2 News might be filming and more police activity might be taking place while "prospective purchasers" of our condo would be walking through and trying to imagine what their new life at Seaview Condominiums might be like. Thankfully no incidents occurred while the "prospective purchasers" were touring the condo.
Jack and I went to my parents house for dinner that night. We watched Fox 2 news and found out that the "white trash" son had in fact shot both "white trash" parents. I also read an article about it the next day in the Macomb Daily which is where I found out that they had been shot in the legs over a dispute about money. The son had left the condo after he shot his parents but was arrested soon afterward. Jack and I are still not sure why the bomb squad and fire engine were there though. I think that the "white trash" mother had to be laying in the hospital that night thinking "Damn! I really kicked ass at that Motherhood thing".
I tried to imagine the scene of the shooting myself the next day.....
White Trash Son - "Mom and Dad, I want that money. It's mine"
White Trash Dad - "We are not giving you this money so you can just go spend it on supplies for your meth lab"
White Trash Son - "It doesn't matter what I'm going to spend the money on, it's mine"
White Trash Mom - "We are not giving you this money"
White Trash Son - "Oh, O.K." (turning and walking into his bedroom, returning after a minute or two with a rifle)
White Trash Son - "You could have just given me the money but now you are going to have to feel the power of a .22 caliber rifle as I shoot both of you in your legs"
White Trash Mom and Dad - "Son, don't do it"
White Trash Son - (Thinking to himself, "Yes, this is the thing to do in this situation. They won't give me the money so I must shoot them in the legs. This situation couldn't possibly turn out badly for me", He pulls the trigger multiple times and shoots them both)
White Trash Mom and Dad - "You shot us you son of a bitch"
White Trash Son - "You bitches just got served"
I had more to write but anything else I would type now would pale in comparison to the "white trash" shooting story so I will stop here.
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