Welcome back to school!

Hello everyone, looks like school is getting back in session again, which also means for some strange reason that I should start blogging again. I'm finishing up my guitar album before school starts for me on Monday. It should be around 6 or so tracks, and I think it sounds decent so far. I'm really just trying to get a rough draft out there so that people can hear how I play. I know that I can always record more music if I want to in the future, but I need to have at least something out there right now. Anyway, Monique is back at SRJC already this past week and a half and I start again at SSU on Monday. I'm looking forward to doing and learning lots of stuff this semester. No new pictures to post this time, but when the album is finished, I'll have it on here asap. Have a great day!

MacWorld 2007

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Monique and I made it out to Macworld 2007, and it was pretty dang cool. Not much else to say besides we saw a lot of mac software and ipod accessories. See that dog between us, yeah, I got that for her, just cause I'm a nice guy. Alright, the iPhone rocks too. Have a great day.

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Happy Sunday all. Today was a fun day with Monique and I spending a lovely, yet cold Sunday afternoon together eating some lunch and shopping at the mall. In the evening, I was invited to a dinner part at the Furtado house, and I had dinner with their family, along with two other familes. Everyone was portuguese, except me, and we all ate traditional Portuguese food. It was all really good with people talking, having a fun time together.

In Class

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Another day has come and gone. And it has been a few days since I've written anything online. There are plenty of reasons for this, but I'm not going to get into that. Maybe for another day. But for right now, I'd like to write on the blog again just to get into the swing of it again.
The semester is finishing up here at Sonoma State. I've found it both and learning experience, both at the school and out of school. Since my focus is film composition, I've sure been listening to a lot of music. One thing I found is that I start to understand music long after I am exposed to it. Along with learning music, I'm also learning about music history a lot more than I ever did in a classroom. I think a lot of what I'm learning right now, I'll start to understand it years down the road.
For me, Its a struggle to juggle all the "things" that I need to be doing. Things like being able to listen to music, listen to film scores, read through music scores as I listen, read books about music, and composers, and trying to compose myself. Its a very difficult task when I factor in everything else that doesn't have to do with music. My life, family and friends, along with all the other daily activities that enter all of our lives.
So this brings me to today...

Amazon Birthday Wishlist

For those who ask what to get me for my birthday, I've added a nice list to the right of this post on the main page so you can click on my Amazon Wish List and look around. There are books about music, music books, books about film composing along with a cd or two. I might add to the list so check back. Also, a lot of books I added to this list cause they were really kind of cheap and looked cool. Anyway, hope this helps! Only 9 more shopping days!

Amazon Wish List

Construction Photos

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For those who havn't seen, or those who want to see all the work being done, the photos are now online. Enjoy!