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BTW, since this was sent to me earlier today, I figured I’d pass it on. I’m going to call it Why Presbyterians Shouldn’t Have Praise Bands Because It Makes Them Look Like Dorks (except these guys probably aren’t Presbyterians, but who’s counting?) :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8

Yes, I do still exist. But I’ve been busy with several projects, as well as our fiscal year end where I work. Yay fun…not.

I could complain about incompetent coworkers who would be better served working for the IRS where their talents could be appreciated, but I won’t do so. Except I guess I just did. Oh well. This is still Bush’s fault.

Well, I just finished editing a short story. It’s hopefully the last of the structural edits. Next up: the polishing edits. That’s where I go through on an adverb slaughter, brush up everything and smooth it all out. Then it’s off to submit it to ye olde publisher in the vain hope that I can some day con an agent into representing me so that I can make millions of dollars and then type extremely long run-on sentences in blog posts that ultimately end up not only being run on sentences but also incomplete sentences since no one likes an incomplete sentence like this one to go to waste when it could instead be used for nefarious purposes by those who have nothing better to do with their time other than examine such things (I blame Bush, and also the hamster-wheel philosophy; but who’s counting?) and therefore I shall do

I’ve been busy lately, but I promise that I will spend more time on my blog.

Later.

:-P

The Midi file I began in my previous post is now finished. It’s located here. Hope you enjoy :-)

The beginning of something new.

Yeah, I must be in a music writing zone at the moment. It’s fun at least :-)

Here’s the string section for the “anthem” portion of my riverrun midi file. (BTW: the anthem section in isolation can be heard here.

So now music lovers can see some of the behind the scenes aspects of the midi file.

I’m borrowing season 1 of The X Files from my brother-in-law and my sister. It’s been a while since I watched any episodes of it, and I had forgotten many of them anyway. In fact, given that I didn’t watch The X Files until roughly season 5, there were a lot of beginning episodes that I hadn’t even seen yet.

There is one thing about The X Files though. It gives me good inspiration for writing. Since the shows have to fit within an hour, they’re like watching short stories. And while that means sometimes the episodes don’t go into as much detail as we might like, they were still very well written for the most part (with the occasional turkeys that must come about in a nine-year long run).

Anyway, I’ll have to watch more later. But since my bro-in-law and sister have all nine seasons…. :-)

Today, after church, I went with my brother-in-law and my sister up to my grandparent’s house to celebrate the fourth birthday of my nephew. While there, naturally, we had to watch the Broncos play the Chargers too. And that game, as those who watched it would agree, was also extremely interesting! Once again, the Chargers managed to lose a game in the closing seconds (although not on the very last play this time). And the loss did begin on a fortunate (for Broncos fans) missed ref call where Cutler fumbled but was ruled an incomplete pass on the field, and because the whistle was blown by rule it ended up being the Broncos ball at the spot where the ball hit the turf even though the Chargers actually recovered it.

But then when Denver scored their touchdown and were down 38-37, instead of kicking the extra point Shannahan went for 2…and got it.

I have to say it’s nice watching him be a little less conservative on the field now that he knows his offense is good. (Broncos still have massive problems on defense though.) It was first seen in the final seconds of the first half when, instead of kicking the easy field goal, they went for the touchdown (and got that one too). And then the gamble at the end by doing the 2 point conversion. I think the Broncos have a great chance with their offense this year…but defense wins championships and the D feel apart in the second half.

Oh well. I just can’t wait for hockey to begin.

One last thing. Normally when I am at my grandparent’s home, I leave with a massive headache. That’s because I’m allergic to one of my grandma’s cats. However, apparently the cat that I am allergic to has disappeared. Most probably, it was eaten by some of the foxes that roam their neighborhood. So while on the one hand that’s a bad thing for my grandma, at least now I don’t get a migrane at her house….

Oh well. I just can’t wait for hockey to begin.

I think I said that before. Oh well….

Well, Colorado is not Texas, so we’re not getting a hurricane coming our way. Nevertheless, it’s been raining nonstop all day here. They even had to close a bridge over Sand Creek because it was considerably less sand than it was creek today, and it sort of eroded away the foundations for the bridge.

Oh well. The good news is that we could use the rain. The bad news is I’m pretty sure this proves Global Warming. Because it was snowing at the Eisenhower Tunnel, and it would never do that in September unless Bush made it do it, and the only reason Bush would do that is if he wanted to trick people into not believing Global Warming was real.

Stupid Bush.