mood: scared music: Peter Gabriel - Down to Earth

So on my current tour as lighting designer for Big Daddy Weave, I've run into an interesting conundrum. Our front lighting truss flies from the same Genie towers that hold the front of house line arrays.

These line arrays normally fly at a tri...

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mood: thoughtful music: Vienna Teng - Eric's Song

Dear Grandma,

When I made plans to come back to Iowa for Christmas break, I had an a list in my head of everyone I wanted to see. My best friend Brian, my sister, my parents. Everyone that I had done life with over the past twenty-three year...

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mood: hopeful

I know that you get (offered) several thousand dollars for speaking engagements. I haven't that sort of money, but if you are ever in Nashville, Tennessee and have an hour to spare, you are cordially invited to tea. Picking your brain would be a marvelous experience.

Do call ahe...

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mood: hopeful

music: George Winston - Sky (Gōōbajie)

He stood behind the sound board, his mind a million miles away.

So many thoughts tumbled through his consciousness, like so many remote-controlled airplanes piloted by caffeinated investment bankers. Most of the thoughts were about his job...

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mood: bursting

music: Coldplay - Lost?

There's so much to accomplish in this life. So much I want to do and don't know if I'll have time for.

I'm learning violin but I also want to learn the drums and cello and hammered dulcimer. I want to go on more tours as a lighting guy, and tour as a so...

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