No. 1

This weblog isn't (necessarily) a personal journey, a purging of ideas, a bleeding of valves, or anything more than a cloud of mess. It will certainly be some of the following: a realtime measure of advancing mental fuzz; a shot in the arm to more quickly advancing repetitive stress injury in my hands; the electronic equivalent of morning pages; a virtual dovetail of my disparate interests; a way to mark my different moods pertaining to (mostly) design and music, and undoubtedly other junk which I can't even begin to predict, or may not yet even understand.


Some reference background: I was born singing. I taught myself to play piano by ear, and once I had learned ear training, it was an easier jump to guitar. I sang in choirs, got a half of a music education degree in the early 80's, and subsequently mired my gift in a haze of alcohol and pot smoke for a couple of decades. I learned photography, graphics and illustration, and theatrical design. (I once lived in the attached residence of a small dinner theatre in Little Rock, where I designed and stage managed, and did some untoward things that are known to few, and shall not be revealed here, probably.) I moved from my hometown of North Little Rock, Arkansas to Atlanta, Georgia in 1992. There awaited my destiny - only in order to find it, I had to dig through a pile of distractions that included more jobs in music than I ever had back home, a bunch of girls, a bunch of restaraunt jobs, a couple of near-death experiences, and a few star encounters. The biggest star in my sky became my great love, Debbie. After eight years in the Atl, I followed my star and her Siamese cat, Blue, to the mountains of Colorado. I eloped to Italy, just in time for 9/11. (Wheee!) Having never focused intently on becoming a really great musician, I lost a lot of my musical junk in a pile of other stuff. I began to treat myself to the backlit indulgences of graphic design, and eventually pushed through a degree in Industrial Design. I am currently building a furniture company, and concurrently learning how to be an entreprenuer. I am many things, not the least of which is this - a know-it-all hipster doofus with a BA.



So - these are some of the things about which I may spout: art, design, music, books, travel, dogs & cats, and husband-ness. It will be inconsistent, but it will mean something to me. I will make no attempt to protect the guilty or innocent, except for my family, my wife Debbie, and my great 2nd best friend, Darby (Australian Shepherd). She's here right now, no doubt dreaming of a time when I will finish typing, and take her to the p-a-r-k for some F-r-i-s-b-e-e. I am now of a mind to follow dreams, so here I go.