August 30, 2004

• Hi

  Not much to report from the last couple of weeks. Did 54 hours at work
  last week, but only 30 this week, and the unpredicatability of the pay
  is adding stress to my life, especially since there's virtually
  nothing in the way of excess cash in our current sitaution. A slow week
  translates directly into financial hardship. So, once again, I'm giving
  some thought to jumping ship to something with better pay and steadier
  hours. It's a constant dilemma, since in many ways I hate change, and I
  like my current work environment. Plus, at this point I'm most likely
  going to be jumping once again into something I don't plan to pursue as
  a career, which is tough -- I feel like I'm treading water, and maybe
  even losing valuable time...

  Haven't made much progress on the apartment lately. During the busy
  week at work I was only getting home at 8 or 9 in the evening, too
  tired to tackle any painting. We've decided that we're going to take
  the color we were going to use on the living and use it in the kitchen
  instead, and use a sort of cafe-au-lait for the living room. There's
  still plastering to be done in the bedroom, as well as hiding the new
  cable wires behind the baseboard mouldings, and then a bunch of paint.
  The bathroom's the furthest along, needing only a final coat on the
  ceiling to make it complete. Still not sure how we're going to be able
  to put up our posters and paintings, since the walls are made of cement
  board and can't be thumbtacked, but I'm brainstorming a few different
  ideas.

  The other thing I'm excited about is a concert I'm hoping to attend on my birthday. It's John Renbourn, one of the world's top acoustic guitar players, performing in a tiny venue that seats only 35 people. Byron
  and I saw him in London back in 2000 and it was a mind-boggling show.
  All the tickets are sold, but they said they're most likely going to
  open up a few extra standing room spaces, hence my suspense. I really,
  really, really want to get tickets, but I'm trying not to get my hopes
  up. The show is on my birthday (Sept. 17th), so I'm hoping I can use
  that fact to aid in my sweet-talking

  Speaking of music, I finally set up a site where some of my
  non-Ticklish-Brother music can be listened to. While the majority of my
  songs are intended as Ticklish Brother
  material, I also enjoy playing traditional music, and I do write the
  occasional instrumental piece. This new site makes those available to
  anyone who might happen to want to take a little listen. There are
  three pieces there at the moment -- a clarinet instrumental take on Amazing Grace, a British traditional song called Love Is Teasing, and
  an instrumental of mine called Trance Build, which is my first
  experiment with mixing computer-generated and acoustic sounds. If you're interested, check out the new site at http://www.soundclick.com/justinburnett and let me know what you think.

  Well, that's it for now. Hope you're all doing well. Thanks for dropping by.

  Take care
  -J-

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