swell season

for you once/swell season/frames fans out there... here's a good link.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111679769


those kids played the tiny desk at npr and debuted a bunch of new stuff. i dig it, at least what ive heard so far. glen hansard is the musician i wish i could become.

onto other topics...

rei is really cool so far. i like the coworkers, the store, the attitudes. people just seem smart and chill and like the want actually be there. its great.

i'm writing so much music right now. i've probably written 30 songs in 2009 and have 0 professionally ready for release. i can't seem to get to that place where i feel like i have something worthy enough to share. grr.

some goals i have in place for the next few weeks:
summit baldy (10,600)
summit san jacinto (11+)
summit gorgonio (11,600)

i'm still doing p90x (2 weeks running) but not getting the results i want, so... more hiking, more cardio in addition to p90. plus i think it' be cool to summit some mountains where altitude starts to affect breathing patterns. it just shows progress. plus now that i work at rei, i can spend my paycheck on fun rei toys for that stuff. so bring on big mountains, new REI toys, 10% bodyfat, and free time to do stuff that isn't work or school.