i should be asleep

so tomorrow is the first day of my new job....a conference call at 730AM. man...i can't wait. that is followed by anotehr conference call. o well. it beats having to go to the office for a meeting. i'm just glad to be employed again.

as i said, i should be asleep, but i wanted to post a few thoughts here.

i am now officially working with the youth at my church here in griffin. not sure what all i will be doing yet, but i know i will be helping with their worship team/praise band. they are a good group of talented kids, who need some direction. hopefully i will be able to guide them, without coming off as the old guy telling them how to play rock music. i will probably have to bite my tongue some......but i look forward to doing it.

secondly, i am working on an idea to get some local concerts happening here in good old griffin, ga. i have a meeting scheduled this week towards that end, and hopefully the ball will start rolling fairly quickly. it's going to be a challenge, as i want to keep the local churches involved, without stepping on toes, or making anyone feel left out. i will say more about this as time goes on.

i should be getting together with hugh this week to record the first real tracks for our songs for this lost dogs tribute. it's going to be fun doing music with him again. he has a great studio, and puts out fantastic music. these tracks should be something i can be proud of....in a good way, of course.

that said. i am going to bed, so i can get up at a way-too-early hour for this morning call, in 7 hours.

so let it be written, so let it be done.

a job....one more time

so i think i have a job, finally.....

with a real company, doing outside sales. i think it will be a very cool thing. it should allow me the free time to do the things i enjoy, along with paying me enough to support my musical habits. i will be selling merchant services (credit card type) and payroll services to businesses.....my territory includes the area here where i live, and enough of the surrounding area that i should never run out of people to see. so there's that.

now....on to other matters.

it has come to my attention that my ex and apparently, some of her friends, drop by to read this when they are bored beyond belief. apparently i have made some disparaging comments that did not go over so well in that particular circle of friends. let me be clear : my ex is pretty cool person, and for the most part we get along just fine. i get to see my son pretty much whenever i want to, and without a lot of hassle. this past weekend, for example, much to my surprise, i didn't even have to leave the house, she brought him, and picked him up. we actually get along better now than we did when we were married.

so, that's out of the way. nothing has been very funny for me to tell you about lately. sitting at home all the time will do that to you. i feel certain that being on the road all day will bring lot's of humour to my life in the very near future.

also, please go buy the new johnny cash record. it will floor you. it's that good. i said so.

so let it be written, so let it be done.

ethics can be a real drag

so i went to my first day at the life insurance company. i had asked some very specific questions about things like lead generation, sales pitches, whether or not i would be going door-to-door, etc in my interview. the answers i received were satisfactory. the reality when i started training monday were quite different. in fact, they were basically the opposite of what i had been told.

i let the fine people there know that i would not be going to work for them. if they have a decent product, no deception should be needed. ever. i feel good about the decision, but now i really must find a job post haste.

i have an interview tomorrow that looks very promising. a real outside sales job. i will keep you, my loyal reader, up to date.

until then, don't call me for life insurance. and if you need me, i will be laying by the pool.

so let it be written, so let it be done.

a job...again

OK. so i mentioned i was taking one of two jobs. here's the deal.

i have decided to take a job selling life insurance. yea. life insurance. not what i always dreamed i would be doing, but after looking into it, there are some definite benefits, and i am pretty excited about it.

1. it's outside sales again. i get to be out and about all day, talking to people. big fun.
2. this also means i can largely set my own hours. this is something i have sorely missed while working for corporate america.
3. the money looks pretty dang good. i need more guitars, and someone has to pay for them!!

hopefully this will also leave me un-stressed enough to get back into a few other musical endeavors i have worked on in the past. look for something to come of that this summer, i hope.

i'm recording rough versions of the two songs hugh and i are doing, this week. i doubt these will be fit for public consumption, but they will be evidence of progress.

that's all for now. if you need life insurance, let me know.

so let it be written, so let it be done.

yea..so it's not winter

my sister reminded me that i haven't posted here since i said i hated winter, and it is now quite obviously summer, as evidenced by the over 90 degree heat we have here, coupled with over 90% humidity.

so since then, not a lot has happened, i promise.

wait....a few small things:

i moved home to griffin, ga. i am taking one of two jobs here. i will make a decision soon. i promise. this move was mainly to be closer to my son, who i do not see enough. this should make my ex-wife happy as well, but i assure you, it will not. she will find a reason to be unhappy if it kills her. ...and have no fear, i will be a part of that reason.

so anyway...yea....a new job. still in sales, since that's all i know how to do. pondering the idea of going back to school, and maybe teaching one day. time will tell.

music....i promised some music from me, didn't i? well here's where we are with that:

i just recorded a guitar part for a song for a guy i know. i thought it sucked. he liked it. it's his song, and if he posts it online, i will put a link here.

i am working on two songs with my old friend hugh cooper, for a tribute album for one of my favorite bands, the lost dogs. they should be really cool. samples will be online eventually. other tributes from the same group of people can be found here : www.bigdork.org please be sure to go to .org, not .com...the guy has called himself big dork for years, but apparently the term has other meanings, other places.

and finally, this fall, hopefully, i will be recording an album of hymns with my good friend, dylan higgins. (i wanted to put more commas in that sentence, but couldn't find anywhere to put them.) i am really looking forward to this project. it will be a ton of fun, will be some great music, and will let me work with dylan, who i have wanted to do something with for some time. check him out at : http://www.myspace.com/higginsmusic

is that enough for now? i will try to get here more often this summer. there may actually be something funny....i am living at my parent's house for about 2 more weeks....surely that will result in some fun stories.

until then......

so let it be written, so let it be done.