Great Commercial

Sitting round the house firming up show details, and working out.  Saw this on TV and had to share. 

my doodle and was today a good day?

I haven't blogged for awhile, I need to get better about doing it every day.  Someday's though, even when things are going right there just isn't much to talk about.  I get lucky now and then when some idiot in Boulder has his energy crystals mailed to the wrong address but some days are just boring.

Today was one of those days.  I got a bit of work done, had a good jujitsu class, maybe broke a student's toe when I threw them (honestly I think he broke it - I didn't step on it, it just got caught on the mats), made a walmart trip and got a blender with the girl, and watched bit of Seinfeld while studying Japanese.  I worked out a little today but not quite enough.  So in some respects today was good, I did almost everything I want to do everyday - exercise, jujitsu, work, and got some healthy food, didn't eat out or spend money I didn't have to (well except the blender).  It doesn't feel like enough though and I have a hard time not getting frustrated.  There is just so much more I could be doing and I get a bit depressed when I feel as though I wasted a bit of the day.


While studying I came across a doodle I drew so I took a picture of it and cleaned it up with photoshop to make it look more artistic and less like it was drawn by the kid who passed art by the skin of his teeth.  I wish I could draw I think it would be a good creative outlet.  If I could take all my ideas and put them to paper I think it'd be a nice release.  Instead I get an overwhelming feeling in my head much like a can of coke must feel like when it's been shaken.

Strangely enough sometimes the cure for restlessness is sleep.  It's a good way to reset.  I leave you with my doodle.  Prints are available for $1,000 a piece and a certificate of almost authenticity and poor taste.  The bridge represents a very basic way of teaching jujitsu.  Set and go, set and go, set and go.  I'd like to think thats deep, instead it's just bit silly.

Slow Money

This weekend was pretty damn good.  We made a lot of money, it was the FocoMX event this weekend.  Close to 200 bands at a dozen or so bars and venues around town for two days.  It did really well for us last year and was also quite good this year.  There is a base amount of money we need to make every week to have a good month.  We made our weeks money in 3 days (Fri-Sun). 

What was interesting is that because we had the FocoMX event Friday and Saturday is that our doors were open at 6 instead of 8.  We were pouring drinks at 630 instead of the usual 930-10.  We never got really busy either night but we had great nights, it just goes to show you how important the early money is, if you can pour an extra 100-300 a night because people show up earlier than they would for most shows it really adds up.  We can't get people in early every night but as I think of new ways to make the bar money I'll have to look into taking advantage of times we can do that.

I was cleaning up my desktop and found a few pictures of foreclosed houses in Japan I was looking at.  I can't afford one now but I still like to look and found a few places I liked.    This one had a pretty low minium bid and was really cool looking.  It was pretty small house on a small plot of land but it's got a very isolated and unique look to it.

This next one has been my favorite so far.  Decent sized plot of land, has 2 additional building, looks fairly big, and isn't around any other houses.

 Not in the best of shape but it has a lot of potential.  But I don't quite have $120K to throw around right now so guess it's not happening. 

Lots of work today, but I'm excited because I'm feeling bit healthier and I'm ready to get back to work.  I've got a pretty decent amount of shows to get booked and a strategy to develop and pursue for summer.  Really looking forward to it.

Till next time.