Until the end a perspective

I found me interesting today

Occasionally I look back at my blog, to see what I wrote about on this very day some years back. Five years ago on this day I wrote this, and I still like it today:

Dear Friends,
I find myself wanting to write down all the things you've done. I want to copy paste your entire life into multiple formats in the case of fires and floods. I know this is not possible or logical but I'm amazed and feeling alive with all of you, I see other people who don't feel their lives like this, and I don't want to find myself within their ranks.
Are all these memories only possible because we are willing to pay for them with forgetting?
I know that a precious item held close to the heart is a joy to have, but I must keep in mind that if my arms are full of too many precious items I will never have free hands with which to pick new ones up.
I rely on this blog as a means of recording things that are important to me, they don't all fit here, and the most inspiring items can not be expressed in word form. Our minds are big. Friends, lets all remember to listen to each other and to talk to one another, you never know when your going to need know something your friends have already learned.
Thanks

I Have an Extra Set of Arms

I am a firm believer in taking naps. I was talking with a friend last night about how it is basically the equivalent of hitting 'reset' on a piece of electronic gear which has ceased to function normally. When it comes to naps, I am blessed. I can benefit from a very short nap. I can lay down feeling beat for just eight minutes and get up feeling new. The result isn't one hundred percent, but it's in the seventies for certain. And considering I play hard an fast with a night's sleep it's understandable that I would occasionally be so far overdrawn from the sheep bank that I nothing short of death would lead me back to rest.
This isn't what I meant to say about naps at all. I wanted to talk about my extra set of arms. I think naps are great for more than the rest/reset reason. There is something to our sleeping life that is mystical. Yet in the course of a long sleep we go so far that most of it never travels back, least of all the body sensation of how it felt to be there, or when we are deep in it, the sensation of our physical body at rest is forgotten.
At work on my breaks I will lay down on some chairs I have pushed together in the warehouse and set my alarm for 12 minutes. I will then pull my hoodie down over my eyes, but not my nose, as I cannot sleep while I can't breath. I will cross my arms over my chest and shut my eyes. I don't try and fall asleep, I just sink into the dark. Soon my thoughts completely drift and I am on the edge of a dream. What I've noticed lately is that very often my mind comes around to encountering an object, I seldom know or remember what the object is, it's usually something mundane. What I find striking though is that I am physically manipulating the object with my hands, yet at the same time I can feel my arms and hands folded across my chest.
Today when I awoke from my nap I thought to myself, is this how it feels to be an amputee? Obviously not, because rather than a lack of limbs I have an abundance. It is a very powerful feeling to have four arms and I now look forward to the sensation as much as the resting.

Late night dinner.

Malibu sunset.

Goals

I'm going to have a good week. I tell myself this and I'm aware that such notions disolve rapidly sometimes. This time I have it on good authority. Yesterday I did good work at work, which felt nice. Then I went home, had a puff and went for a run. I ran along the LA river, doing interaval sprints. My lungs were burnin, it felt great. It was a clear winter sky laying over top of me, and I had the familiar feeling of this season. A reminder of long walks I once took in Hays, Kansas to watch the sunset in the winter sky.
After the run Angela and I ate a fine meal which she prepared while I ran. We then went to two different home depots in order to find more protective coverings to bunny proof the wires ran here and there about the apartment. We then went to another store and picked up a few more supplies, and took a short drive to check the progress of some crazy fellas halloween display in glendale. He has a lot of work to do, but he was out front working by shop light at 9:30 when we drove by, so I have faith he can get it done.
We returned home and I started moving the furniture around. We've decided to add a desk in the corner of the living room where Angela will work on her projects, while I work at the other desk on mine. I moved the heavy ass television and it's lardo cousin the book shelf. Then it was time to re-wrap many of the wires, while I was at it I decided to splice out a section of the cable. I had doubts about it's continuity, since Bettina had chewed through it rather well.
Finalaly around 11:30 I finished my tasks, this is when I meant to start working on finishing the mix of Devin's song "sleepytown", but I was beat so I just joined Angela in bed and watched a few episodes of "It's Always Sunny".

Tonight I'm headed to Malibu after work to help revamp Seamonster Sounds.

Buddy and I headed to the bank

I'm clearing my phone of pics and dumping them here

I moved from a farm to los angeles

And still when I walk out my apartment door this is what I see 50 feet from my door.

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Heard You Call Me Radio Frequency

Friday Night I Angela and I went with Marc, Devin and Dylan to see the Electric Six. It was such a great show. They are one of my all time favorite bands and nothing is more fun than watching them do their thing. So many of their songs are absolute classics in my personal history that I can't help but feel totally overjoyed to stand ten feet in front of them and bop around. It was a super fun show and a great night had by all.
We slept in a bit the day after the show and then headed over to hang out with Devin and Dylan while Devin worked on his costume for the "Alien Nation" video shoot the next day. We watched some television and chatted. Eventually the boys needed to leave to go see Spencer day and Angela and I headed home early to eat pizza in bed and crash out since we had to wake up really early the next day.

Sunday was a day of magnificent adventure. The alarm went off at 6:30 am and I damn near threw it across the room. Angela was calmer than I, and rose from bed and began to work preparing herself to be filmed. I slept another half hour and then joined her in preparations. We selected outfits, applied some make up and teased our hair, it was then off to Santa Clarita. We left the house a bit after 8 and as soon as I walked out the door I was glad the alarm had allowed me to wake up.



We met the video director, Shawn at a Starbucks in Santa Clarita and then headed out to Vasquez Rocks to shoot our scenes. We didn't shoot long before a ranger came down and pointed out that perhaps our live music and skimpy outfits might be offensive to some people and that she should perhaps call the sheriff and have a deputy come work it out. We took a quick poll of the people gathered about and it was deemed the only thing offensive was the noise. We agreed to accommodate the other people at the rocks then and moved further out and used a quiet cell phone to sync the performance.
We only shot for about half an hour, and then we climbed the rocks for kicks. It was a very painless video shoot.
After leaving the rocks we took a scenic drive back into Santa Clarita to meet up with our cars and have some lunch. It is so nice to be in a band minus ego, such a rare and wonderful thing. Lunch was fun and laid back, we laughed and enjoyed each others company.
After lunch Devin and Elene left to head back to LA but Angela and I went with Shawn to flea market. We found a wine decanter, socks, a hat, a ring, two tennis rackets and a machines of loving grace album that I've been looking to find for a very long time.

Later in the day we drove back and watched the Social Network at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences theater. I enjoyed it very much.

Back at home we did laundry and paid deep attention to our pets. Angela made a terrific meal and we ate and then slept.

I'm back at work, listening to the score of the Social Network, loving it.

while I blink

Last week went by and there wasn't so much as a blurt and nary a blog. It was a pretty decent week it seems.

The show I blogged about went well last Saturday. I recorded the entire thing and spent sunday mixing it and running a few errands. Devin put on of my recordings to the video and we came up with this.

Monday was spent I presume in some sort of resting capacity. I recall working and getting home from work. I then went for a run. I wanted to go for a run through the Corralitas Red Car Property which I had recently discovered while reading the internet. It's a beautiful patch of nature in the middle of the city and I was suprised that I'd never heard more about it. The run was uneventful but very pretty. On this night I explored the area south of fletcher ave and west of riverside drive.

Tuesday I went to Malibu and worked on the studio rebuild with Hoagie and Ben. We poured concrete in an effort to level one section of the floor. The work went pretty quick and I found myself home faster then I expected to be.

Wedenesday we had a spur of the day invite to join Devin and Dylan at the TV Academy theatre for a viewing of "Let Me In". I was cautious, because I loved the original film and the remake seemed a bit too soon, and shortening the title scared me. It was well done though and I enjoyed it and have no complaints.

Thursday after work I went for another run to go explore some more of the redcar right of way. This time I ran down the LA river again taking a look at where it used to cross the river, and then went north of fletcher up the public stair case to waverly. Fun run!

Friday I stopped off on my way home and got my oil changed. I always feel lighter after performing this task. I then picked up a few supplies and sundries and headed home for a night in with my significant. She made Mahi Mahi tacos and we watched some television.

Saturday I woke up early and went to Craig's house to work. We trimmed trees and raked the yard. Saturday night Angela and I went to the scream awards at the Greek Theatre. We followed it up with a late dinner at the house of pies. It was soo much fun.

Sunday We woke up and worked around the house.

Now I'm back at work.

Demented Disney

Sitting out front of the palms, waiting to set up and then play with Devin Tait & the Traitors. I'm nervous about the set up and a tad buzzed, its one of those emotional combinations that feels like life.
I'm not so nervous about the performance, separate from the sound, I have practiced many times this week and even though the band is only a week old I feel prepared.
I love to play my guitar.

First Rays of the New Rising Sun

Invisible Material - Grown Man Cries from Richard Skrip on Vimeo.

Wednesday night was great. We had a premier party for the new Invisible Material video, which we filmed back in March. The premier was at Fubar, and it was well attended, which felt nice. People seemed to relaly enjoy the video which also felt nice. It was a bit odd to be going to the premier part for a band I'm no longer playing in, but it also felt nice that I could meet my old band mates with a hug and smile and not have any bad feelings. I sometimes feel like an adult, an always surprising sensation.
After the video party was over our friend Myles was spinning at the Plams. It was his electro night, and the playlist was on fucking fire. There were only about 8 people in the bar total, 4 of which I didn't know, and by all accounts one of those lucky people left with my phone. So it goes...
So the absense of my phone made it really inconvienient when I blew a tire on the 5 freeway the next morning, while nursing a hangover. UG.
I handled it, it was a bit stressful. Today is way better. I feel great. I got home last night and Angie had cleaned the entire house top to bottom. We made a short trip to Devin and Dylans for a quick visit then came home, watched some tube and crashed like the dead.
We have a rehearsal tomorrow night for Devin Tait and the Traitors. I'm so excited that we have 2 gigs next week! More on that as it happens.

Back to work.

Keep Blogging Weird.