twenty-two of eleven: turn of an age

I think some of the most undervalued things in life are friendship and family - they’re so easy to take for granted…

That’s why I want to use my (belated) birthday post to write this for you.

_{Disclaimer: If I write everything my heart means to say here, I will firstly make myself cringe, and secondly make you close the browser (collectively). =P So I’ll try to be succinct.} 

No matter what happens in the future, what we’ve been through in life - why I know you, why you’re more than just another face and name to me - those things don’t change anymore.

So that’s why even if:

(a) you can’t be there for me; or
(b) I can’t be there for you; or 
(c) you never see/talk to me again,

I’ll still count you as a friend.

Because… remember those times we laughed together, struggled through life together?

I do.

Life never happens in the same way again, and you are/were an essential part of mine. So thank you… <3

Thank God you’re in my life. Stay for awhile? =)

^ My presents! 

Michael (ft. Sam & Elisha)’s mushrooms deserve a separate post for the novelty of being Sharpie-coloured REAL mushrooms… anyway here they are!

Red mushroom.

Yellow mushroom.

Green mushroom.

And no, I haven’t forgotten Joel’s present =)

Tiff and Jess - thanks for sleeping over on my birthday weekend… we should catch up/ break more often!! Also, profiteroles are good… thank you~

Everyone at the Covenant Church - thanks for the card… your messages are so sweet. (Thank you, Nam =) Michael, seriously, I nearly looked out the window… but I don’t really need another mark on it!!

Thank you everyone <3

Specially thinking of Shan, Beth, Ruth, Jeni, Candice, Steven, Audrey, Viv, Jenai, Christina, Joey, Ronny, Ad and Vicky… some of whom I haven’t seen for inordinately long time. Michelle, who’s overseas…

If only life happened like one dreamt it would!

But I wouldn’t have had it any other way. 

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

[ 1 Cor 13:11-13]

of microphones, birthdays and other

So I’ve been looking into mucking around with sound and recording music! Since I got my audio interface for my birthday, I couldn’t wait to use it. But then a whole host of problems presented their hairy noses, and I’ve been slightly bogged under with uni and other commitments…

I did try recording my guitar, and then realised I didn’t have a way to playback the recording since it outputs from the interface - doh! And then I realised last week that I have the right kind of adapter to use my headphones on the interface output after all - double doh!

For the record - I’m definitely not going to use my headset mic for any sort of recording: it cuts out every other note with a buzzing noise!

And using the built-in laptop mic records every other sound present in the living room (including cooking, talking from other family members, and noises from the tv on occasion).

I figure I could use my room, which is as well padded as a walk-in wardrobe, to record in. Or the bathroom…

Problems? 

1/ Buy new laptop battery - currently running on mains. Old laptop = dead battery. This would mean $100+.

2/ I should probably find an extra extension cord for all my various electronics. $10.

3/ Condenser microphone with stand - at least $180.

4/ SPACE - clear desk for especial use as recording studio? But that area around my desk has weird acoustics!! Unless I rig up some outlandish thing that I can just cart around all my equipment in, plug the power in and we’d be good to go…

I know, right, SJ?!

Macrobbians <3

——-LAN’S AWESOME PRESENT——-

What the VCP gang got me!

Plus miscellaneous other :D

My cup and my saucer, they overflow…

Ernest left his coke behind… an unwelcome present

To sum this post up - the photos are slightly related to this post…

The chickens everyone wanted to play with.

When you get whole symphonies and bands playing through your head, it’s so frustrating not to release it into reality…

And that’s changing!!

I’m so glad I have awesome friends and family…  I should be more thankful more often.

I couldn’t agree more, Jase.