it's friday!

thank goodness, it's over, this week, well yeah, maybe, not yet. i woke up extra early this morning to prepare for an overdubbing session. it went great i think, considering... there is nothing i love more than waking up to a sexy studio. putting the reel on the tape machine turns me on, literally. there is still so much i have to learn though. i have to master my premature skills before i can move on to the next level. i definately don't think as quickly as i'd like to, but hopefully that will change with time. well i have a wedding to go to. party time!

"go ahead and flunk my ass"

everyday is a test. trial and error, i am learning. too much coffee, too much ignorance. i want to do everything efficiently. life is sticky. when my heart feels heavy i think about my past a lot. i'm trying to focus on the moment, but every thing revolves around every other moment. i would feel super lonely if it wasn't for technology or music. sleater kinney's "all hands on the bad one" is the story of my life right now.
"When you're in a room
it's all that i can feel
Get so used to loving
what's not real
There's nothing I can hold,
No real tears to cry
You can't breath life back into lie"

great love...

my best friend in the entire universe came to visit me this weekend. it was lovely <3.>
love,
nina
ps- red fairy dusters rock my world.

It's rained a few times in Arizona the last two weeks, it makes me happy. Hopefully my best friend will be visiting me this weekend. I have a lot of school work I need to catch up on, but I've been procrastinating. I really want to change things in my life drastically, but I keep with the same old routine. I drink way to much coffee, I really need to stop that. I want to eventually cut down on all substances, but then there's beer, and you know...
The last two songs I hear sounded like Jerry Garcia/Dead but they weren't, they were both current artists. Strange how music has a way to filtrate to through culture even subliminaly.
I have to type up a paper, and eat breakfast now. I'll save this conversation for another time.

birthday celebration.

today was beautiful. cards and wishes are warming to the heart. love is based on friends and family. i missed my family today. today, i kept them close. i treated myself to ethiopian food. i ate spicy red lentils with my fingers. then i bought a good amount of beer. my kitchen counter has a nice bottle display; unicorns, blondes, and fairies. the neighbors asked us to "keep it down," and i almost lost a kitty. i painted a picture of a butterfly giving birth to a cloud.
thank you and good nite,
nina

change has come.

holy cow, it's been forever since i've posted on line. i guess i have a lot of updating to do. my other blog is being a shit so i've changed platforms.

random scoop:

i've never seen a landscape in my life, like i have in arizona. i love mountains. deserts are gorgeous. i try to go hiking atleast once a week. i've met the most amazing people, musicians, engineers, artists, classmates, teachers, and everyone else. i miss my friends in all parts of the country, where ever you all are... i've recently discovered the greatness of independent internet radio. i'm absolutely in love with dada swing. i'm currently writing new material, completely different from the electronic bus i was on last year. i am re-discovering the art of playing with other musicians. i stepped down my recordings from pro tools to a tascam four track. i've been in a wierd head space for obvious reasons and for reasons i don't quite grasp yet. i have a lot of things i'm working through within my self, revolving around feelings of intimidation of being unsure of things. i still haven't quite established the line of feeling comfortable in my own skin. i have trouble falling asleep at night even when i don't get enough sleep during the day, but sage tea rules. i told you this would be random. there is so much that's going through my mind and i feel very incoherent now. i went to a really cool show last night at the trunk space. got to see "they shoot horses don't they," and "dada swing." it inspired me even more to merge into the underground and also rise above the corporate horror that the music industry is right now. i decided that compression is the scariest dynamics processor. it's scary for the obvious reasons. i need to recap again tomorrow. tonight i am tired. maybe sleep will do me good.