I laid out index cards of all the scenes in my new book...

...what the hell was I thinking?

polar bears on endangered list?

Magnet, at the Baltimore Zoo, courtesy of 1L Productions

Polar bears are now being considered for the United States endangered list. It makes me sad but hopefully this will wake people up about the state of the planet. When a large animal with no natural enemies (except for the occasional human or other polar bear) who lives in a frozen wasteland (and is adorably cute) is endangered, something is very definitely wrong.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0210_060210_polar_bears.html

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R.I.P Tomou

I have written a few posts about Tomou, the Cat, and it saddens me to have to inform the readers of her passing yesterday, due to chronic kidney failure. She was old, and we did not have her for a very long time, but we will miss her very much.
Tomou was very vocal, friendly, and liked to follow me all over the house. She loved to step on my laptop keyboard while I was working and she also loved to jump on my Kawai X20 keyboard as I practiced. She jumped into any hole she could find--whether that be washing machine, dryer, garbage, sink or toilet--always making me laugh as she purred so loudly as I picked her up to get her out. For the most part she seemed happy.
I would like to think that I made the last few months of her life easier as she was undoubtedly confused after the passing of her original owner. I love animals and neither the fact that she was very old nor the fact that my time with her was short made it any easier to part with her.
R.I.P Tomou 1991(?)-2006

Tomou

While trying to practice, Tomou the Cat came down to the "studio", jumped up on the keyboard, and just started playing her own thing--something like “Atari Generation” with a more John Cage/Henry Cowell edge. I thought I’d go with it for awhile, but she wouldn’t listen to my suggestions (e.g., “get off the keyboard, Tomou,”). I wrote a half- baked little song about how Kitty Cats can’t play Keyboard. Ultimately, I decided Davey G. and the Keyboard will remain a duo (sorry, Kitty).

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more Davey G History stuff

I wrote like an insane person yesterday, in part due to my new cat,
who gave me a reason to stay inside and keep her company. So here is a bit that talks about my dry spell in Davey G. The other stuff I wrote fleshes out my early days as I re-write the History of Davey G.

Part 3: 2002-2005--the drought
It was an expected part of the cycle. After the good 2 years of my rise, it was pretty much obvious that I couldn’t keep it going. I think I just got sick of doing what I was doing, or I ran out of ideas, or I lost some confidence. Whatever, I just decided to retire. I had sputterings of appearances, an open mic here and there. But nothing serious, no new material, nothing that really charged me.
I can’t say it was a bad time: I did so much in other areas of my life, traveled, finished college, wrote. But Davey G and the Keyboard was not a part of my life, and as I’ve come to realize, my performances may disappear, but the desire for them never does. It is what I do, it is who I am. I treat every show seriously, I put all that I am into every single performance. I don’t care if 5 people show up and hate me, I am still giving all that I’ve got. Because like it or not, for better or worse, I am a performer, and that can’t be snuffed out, not even by my own occasionally apathetic self.

I felt downright religious writing that. I hope it’s not too much.

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