dry run

a day full of adventures, loved ones, music, great booze and better food. hard to ask for more.

i've never seen little yosemite in sunol so saturated. storms had (i believe it's) alameda creek absolutely raging. most of the routes i take and jumps i clear were absolutely impassible, and half the jumps would have resulted in severe injury due simply to the fact that the eroded granite boulders littering the creek bed were horribly slick; this still didn't stop scott from climbing this near-vertical monolith just because i said "lemee see those climbing skills" as a joke. i made it three feet off the ground. i don't climb in the rain.

writing music has become extremely frustrating. every day (hell... every TIME) i pick up my guitar, i'm composing from a different place. tapping different influences. ripping different riffs. the problem is those different influences. they're TOO different. one day it's melodic metal (in flames/dethklok/black dahlia murder). the next it's noisy, almost dissonant punk (small brown bike/hot water music/early alkaine trio). those sounds simply don't mix. this is why i stick to "writing" video game music.

shameless plug: http://www.myspace.com/probotectorrocks

it's always fun and a little weird to meet someone you thought you'd only ever know in an online-fashion, without them ever knowing you. do you tell them about how you know about their recent vacation? about their great taste in music? does knowing this without them knowing you constitute a felony?

i've started a very happy and beneficial relationship. hopefully trader joe's doesn't pull the rug out on me. again. http://twitpic.com/ztrrw

still daydreaming about joshua tree. i know i'm into something when it becomes my lappy's desktop pic. heading out to REI tomorrow to pick up a map and guidebook. time to start waypointing.

i hope my backpacking buddies like ramen and trail mix. i may slum it a bit.