Wednesday
Aug242005
15 minutes before 'Lost'
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at 10:01PM
Ok, I've got 15 minutes before the show 'Lost' starts, and I'm really into it, but I want to write about my week really quickly. The rest of our vacation was great. It was so nice to sleep in, play in the ocean, watch old Pink Panther movies and finish a couple books. We got home Sunday evening and my friend Bobes got here an hour or so later.
Bobes and I went to high school together, and he just got back from a year teaching English to kids in South Korea. He has some great stories, none of which involve him telling the kids he was pregnant. Now he's in his first year at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis. It's been great having him here for a few days, getting to hang out again.
Monday I ran a bunch of errands, attempted to find a case for a hard drive I bought that my computer is apparently too old to use. It's currently on ebay. Please buy it. We hung out with the Weigels, and their new baby Zoe, that night, and then dropped by the Casellas and hung for a little while. It was good to get to catch up and enjoy some time with them.
Tuesday morning Bobes and I went over to Derek Webb's place. Cason is helping him produce his new record. They were doing some rough mixes that day and we got to sit and hear a few new tunes. The stuff sounds great and I think it'll be a cool record. Shane Wilson, who is an engineer I've long admired, is tracking and mixing it. We talked a bit about him helping me mix my record, which was one of the most exciting conversations I've had in a while. He mixed a few of my favorite records and I really hope it pans out to work with him.
We ran a few more errands and then went in the early evening to go hear Donald Miller speak. He wrote the books "Blue Like Jazz" and "Searching for God Knows What" which I thought was absolutely incredible. He read a chapter from that book, and then a chapter of a book he's currently writing about boys growing up without dads. It was really funny, well-written and poignant. He then took a few questions and ended by reading the preface to his newest book, a re-write of his older one "Through Painted Deserts." It was beautiful and really moving. I bought the book and can't wait to read it. He also mentioned Derek and Andrew Peterson as his hope for Christians making good music. I was proud of my boys.
Speaking of, Andrew Peterson's 'The Far Country' is releasing next week and I think you should all order it. Get it from his website, it will help him and his family. And it's incredible.
Today, Alison, Ella and I went to a photographer's place who had taken some shots of Ella. We were picking out some pictures to get prints of, when Ella had a little "accident." Let's just say: poop everywhere. We picked the rest of the shots out VERY quickly and came home to change. In the afternoon I went over to Paul Eckberg's, where Mitch Dane is working for a while, and played some guitar. I also attempted lap-steel, to some fairly humorous, and embarassing, results. I dubbed it: "the sound of slowly strangling a Hawaiian." I ended up ditching the attempt. I'll go back tomorrow early morning and finish up a few things and then work a day session with Jake Randall at my place.
Ok, 'Lost' is on. Bye.
I forgot to tell you, Monday night my friend, and neighbor, Kenny, and his wife Eileen, came over to see the studio. Kenny is in a big wheelchair, and it took a little wriggling around to be able to get him in, but he had wanted to see it for a while. He is mentioned in my new song "early in the morning" and I got to play it for him then. They really liked it, or at least acted like they did, and it was a great honor to get to play it for them. I'm excited about becoming better friends with them. Show's back on. Bye.
Bobes and I went to high school together, and he just got back from a year teaching English to kids in South Korea. He has some great stories, none of which involve him telling the kids he was pregnant. Now he's in his first year at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis. It's been great having him here for a few days, getting to hang out again.
Monday I ran a bunch of errands, attempted to find a case for a hard drive I bought that my computer is apparently too old to use. It's currently on ebay. Please buy it. We hung out with the Weigels, and their new baby Zoe, that night, and then dropped by the Casellas and hung for a little while. It was good to get to catch up and enjoy some time with them.
Tuesday morning Bobes and I went over to Derek Webb's place. Cason is helping him produce his new record. They were doing some rough mixes that day and we got to sit and hear a few new tunes. The stuff sounds great and I think it'll be a cool record. Shane Wilson, who is an engineer I've long admired, is tracking and mixing it. We talked a bit about him helping me mix my record, which was one of the most exciting conversations I've had in a while. He mixed a few of my favorite records and I really hope it pans out to work with him.
We ran a few more errands and then went in the early evening to go hear Donald Miller speak. He wrote the books "Blue Like Jazz" and "Searching for God Knows What" which I thought was absolutely incredible. He read a chapter from that book, and then a chapter of a book he's currently writing about boys growing up without dads. It was really funny, well-written and poignant. He then took a few questions and ended by reading the preface to his newest book, a re-write of his older one "Through Painted Deserts." It was beautiful and really moving. I bought the book and can't wait to read it. He also mentioned Derek and Andrew Peterson as his hope for Christians making good music. I was proud of my boys.
Speaking of, Andrew Peterson's 'The Far Country' is releasing next week and I think you should all order it. Get it from his website, it will help him and his family. And it's incredible.
Today, Alison, Ella and I went to a photographer's place who had taken some shots of Ella. We were picking out some pictures to get prints of, when Ella had a little "accident." Let's just say: poop everywhere. We picked the rest of the shots out VERY quickly and came home to change. In the afternoon I went over to Paul Eckberg's, where Mitch Dane is working for a while, and played some guitar. I also attempted lap-steel, to some fairly humorous, and embarassing, results. I dubbed it: "the sound of slowly strangling a Hawaiian." I ended up ditching the attempt. I'll go back tomorrow early morning and finish up a few things and then work a day session with Jake Randall at my place.
Ok, 'Lost' is on. Bye.
I forgot to tell you, Monday night my friend, and neighbor, Kenny, and his wife Eileen, came over to see the studio. Kenny is in a big wheelchair, and it took a little wriggling around to be able to get him in, but he had wanted to see it for a while. He is mentioned in my new song "early in the morning" and I got to play it for him then. They really liked it, or at least acted like they did, and it was a great honor to get to play it for them. I'm excited about becoming better friends with them. Show's back on. Bye.
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