Sunday, January 31, 2010

new job + new apartment = not sure yet

It has been a busy week for us. My friend Rox got me a job at a software company called Infor. They do descriptive things like "technology solutions" so I am still waiting to find out what kind of place it is. I have a temporary position doing some kind of data-entry full time. Rox has been working there for a few months, and the report is that it is really boring but it's a job and it pays decent. I think I start later this week, although I will be going in tomorrow to do some paperwork.
I will start working downtown so we decided we needed to be closer and moved back to the city. We're living a few blocks away from North Park, so the same neighborhood we've always lived in, more or less. We found a very spacious 1 bedroom apartment that is only a 3 month sublease. Because I don't know how long my job will last this will be a good option. So we are unpacking all of our wedding gifts for the first time (hooray) and figuring out the ins and outs of a new place. Anders will continue to do some building work for his uncle in addition to working on remodeling part of his grandparents house.

Interesting things so far:
-I think that our kitchen cabinets were put in in the 1950s. They are metal and really funky and the drawers need some WD40.
-We live a block away from a 24-hour Mexican bakery. This means they make fresh bread every hour, and it's 10cents a loaf. mmmmmmmm it smells so good in there.
-Previous owner left her couch for us, it is the ugliest southwestern couch imaginable.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Waterskiing Music

This is part of my experiment with online music marketing. Most of you have heard the BLST Anthem that Jeff wrote last summer. I uploaded it to the music site iTunes where it can be purchased ffor $.99. Admittedly this is not going to appeal to a mass-market audience, but for $10 upfront cost I got it on iTunes and we'll see where it goes.

I am posting on some of the busier water ski online forums to see if I can generate interest and some downloads. Maybe even generate some income? (70% of sales go to the artist) Posting a link to Blogger was one of the options with this audio preview so I am trying that.

I've gotten some downloads or at least a listen and comment from a few pro waterskiers and the editor of WaterSki magazine. It is a pretty small community really ...and I have my connections.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010