winter brlog

so, completely stealing kevin's blogging idea, i've decided to write a winter break blog. it seems that kevin and i have similar goals for our respective winter breaks. my break is longer, however, and i mentioned from the beginning my three main goals to accomplish before spring semester starts in late jauary.

1. drum lessons

this is something that's been on my mind for a while. i am an OK drummer right now. i didn't start playing drums until i was around 21 or 22 years old, and i pretty much taught myself with a little help from people around me. i wanted to get some lessons in january to maybe learn some basics that were never burned into my brain from a young age as is the case with like, real drummers. i do this with the hopes of drastically improving my speed/tightness ala mitch mitchell, or at least get some solid technique down.
i have extra motivation to do this, since my friend steve's girlfriend amanda coordinates lessons at the place i'm thinking of going to.

2. get into shape

this past semester of school sort of fucked me up. i worked like 25 hours a week on top of a 12 credit schedule. i also happened to be taking a history class (latin american history-awesome) and a literature class, so this spelled tons of reading for me. this being said, i often found myself eating quick, shitty foods instead of cooking something healthier for lack of time. this also sapped my motivation to exercise. for a while i was banging out 3-4 mile runs a few times a week, but the one-two combo of louis moving out plus my lack of time has caused me to do more sitting around than running. it's okay though, this week i've gone running a couple of times and have been cranking out some serious pushups. i rule.

3. write/record my folk album

i find that when i do record something on my own, it tends to be not bad. i always seem to find an excuse to not do it, but this past semester i actually had legitimate barriers to productivity. no excuses now, however. i want to work on my Fell Winter project, but i sort of want to just write a bunch of little folk songs and make an album. both will be possible, perchance?

so yeah, those are the three main goals i have for winter break. this friday i leave for san diego to visit my sister for a few days. it will be cool to get away for a while, hang out with sister and eat some good food.