the water falls through my fingers like beautiful poetry

[christinafairy]

Last night I had a dream that Liz called me and she wasn't in China, but she was really in Eau Claire and she was going to come up and visit me this weekend......I think that means I miss her. :/

I keep wondering why a ton of people read this journal but they always comment on IM or to my face...they hardly ever comment ON this journal....I don't know...it's weird to me.

hivpretty informed me that this journal is so "smart and beautiful" she just has nothing more to add...awww...

:: thank you, hugs! ::

Nicky and myself have been on the lookout for portastudios. He found this one. It's a 424MKIII and it's likely that will be the one, but you never know...

Instead of reducing myself to the patheticness that is the Wild Onion, I went to see the film "About Schmidt" last night.

I've been wanting to that film for quite a long time, and I'm glad that I finally did. For those you haven't seen it, it's about Warren Schmidt, a retired man who lives in Omaha, Nebraska and realizes that he's spent his entire life not living up to what he wanted out of life.

The look on his face at his retirement party just basically summed it up....he looked like he wasted his life "working for the man"...

He adopts a foster child from Tanzania and writes extensive detailed letters to this child, Ndugu....I think that's really sad. When you're 67 years old and the only person you can confind in is a 6 year old boy who lives in Africa.

The whole film spoke to me about how when you're young you have all these dreams but then society just kinda drags you into this rut and......before you know it. You're driving a Winnebago through the American midwest trying to trace back to your childhood.

Cons of the movie were I thought that Hollywood depicted people from Wisconsin to be too friendly. I mean, yeah, midwest-nice exists, but we're not THAT nice....last time I checked I didn't invite old men over for dinner just because...

I thought that Jack Nicholson's performance was brilliant.....He definitely deserves that Oscar.

Oh yeah, I've finally listened to Adam Green's solo work....erm....I'll take the Moldy Peaches over his solo career anyday.....Kimya's stuff is better too *imo*

But Adam Green gives me hope, no offence to Mr. Green, but when *I* play guitar and sing by myself I sound just as good......and that's really not a compliment. I'm not too great with the guitar....:p

Oh yeah, yesterday I got a box of homemade heart-shaped cookies from my grandma for Valentine's day. :) )ladygaia sweetie, if you want any, just come downstairs :)

and as I have a conversation with Nicky about how Ryan Adams might sound like Bono (???)....I'm off to the pharmacy and then to some cd shop...ta.

xxxxx

Comments

[ladygaia.livejournal.com]

soon! i was taking a nap :-)

[christinafairy.livejournal.com]

thank you for watching That 70s Show and eating V-Day cookies with me :)

I hope you're enjoying your painting...

home recording devices

[eire2000.livejournal.com]

C-dawg!

Yer home recorder - is that gonna lay yer tracks down onto a cassette tape or DAT?? Cassette will be sheeeiiiite, you'd be much better off with DAT...ehmm..I talked to Tristan about you guys yesterday and he says he'd be interested in producing some stuff for you...he might charge a bit but it'd probably be no more than €20 a session or something like that...I'll write down the name of the system you mentioned and txt him about it, maybe he'll know what the quality is...i want you to sound good :) anyway can't talk right now, call me SOOOOOOON! Any closer to London dearie? *MWAHS*

lurve,
heather

Re: home recording devices

[christinafairy.livejournal.com]

Hey sweetie!!!

Well, with no previous experience in 4 track systems except for one night in Dallas, TX a year ago......I think that digital is the way to go, personally, because then the CD is there for you...

I really don't want to do the cassette way...but Nicky says that analog sounds better....??? but neither of us have actually bought a system like this before.

If you want to talk to Nicky, his email is savemysoul@darksites.com .....I know he'll be more than interested in a potential producer.

Tristan is interested?!?!? ace :)

I'm subletting my apt. this weekend! *2* people are interested!! wayhey...

take care dearie and oh yeah, you haven't added me to your "friends" list yet ;)

miss you and we'll be hanging out on the streets of Oxford sooner than you think :)

xxxx

Re: home recording devices

[eire2000.livejournal.com]

Ah honey, analog is Jack White bullshit; if you want to have shitty sound like the Stripes then by all means use it but I think you've got far more ideas than recording to casette...its a vey bad idea (well i think anyway...). And think of it this way also - if you have 4 tracks, you can only record 4 things - in your probable case, vocals, bass, drums, guitar. that leaves no room for overdubs of any kind! now, you can cram everything onto one track and THEN overdub onto the other 3 tracks (it's called Dumping) but it's gonna sound inferior. you'd want an 8-track or 16-track but those are far more expensive...digital is cool...if you get the right equipment it sounds pretty damn cool...but yeah, so now you're subletting (YAAYYYY!!) yer gonna buy yer ticket, oui? any word about a job? or even interviews? the week you get to the UK i want you to flog your ass around all the pubs, resteraunts, shops, and galleries in London, OKAY? :) I finally got a job over the weekend, makin' pizzas. *g* miss you too!! talk to ya soon, LOVE YA! *MWAAHHHHHSS*

Love,
Heather

Re: home recording devices

[christinafairy.livejournal.com]

OKAY!!! Flog my ass all you want *L* I'm buying my plane ticket this week!! Scary, yes, but exciting, oh yes! *L*

making pizzas!?!? hehe..that's so cute! I can imagine you tossing the dough in the air and singing some Italian song *LOL*

Thanks for the info on the recording stuff...I'll email you when I have my plane ticket :)

Love ya too! *hugs*
Christina Fairy xxxx