Jay Def

I did get through Green Grass and High Tide (barely), and am doing pretty well with the drumming. Though, I’m still on medium. I haven’t gotten much further in the game as I’ve spent most of my time lately in practice mode.

I also got through medium on the guitar. I’ve done some singing but I’m still feeling a little awkward about spending time in my bedroom singing.

The portable air conditioner in my bedroom has decided to go tits up on me. Well, not totally, but it doesn’t spew out cold air any longer. Of course, it has started getting hotter just as this happens. The air conditioner actually belongs to my roommates. I’m considering taking out a small personal loan and buying my own. The nice thing about the one I’m looking at is it mists out the extra water so you don’t have to constantly empty it. I hope I can get this done soon.

Well, I finally went out and bought Rock Band. It’s fun. I’m mostly playing around with the Drums right now. However, I have done a bit of the karaoke part of it as well. I haven’t played with the guitar yet, because it’s a little too much like Guitar Hero, and I’ve already played the shit out of that.

I’ve gotten to medium level on the drums, and tonight I got to Green Grass and High Tide by the Outlaws. I’m pretty much stuck due to the final solo section where I don’t seem to have enough rhythm to keep up with it that fast for that long. I end up getting booed off stage and I want to throw my sticks. I’m not sure if I’m going too fast or too slow, but I just can’t stay on rhythm.

Oh well, I just need more practice.

One thing that I don’t like is in practice mode, I can’t work on individual sections at full speed and that kinda bugs me. I wish I could just play part of it at full speed to get better at it.

Other than that, this has been a fun game. I’m going to see how my brother does with it, since he’s a drummer.

I flew into Phoenix last night at about 11 PM.  Pagne and Nelly picked me up from the airport and we drove to Pagne’s condo and had tea and talked for a while.  Then Nelly and I drove to her place and I met Qelyn and then crashed on Nelly’s couch for the night.

So far I haven’t seen enough of the city.  Today we’re going to the Arizona Ren Faire.  It should be fun.

Tomorrow, I’m leaving on a Jet Plane for Phoenix, Arzona.  I’ll be hanging out with some friends from Consumating.  This will include my friend Dave who I’ve known since high school.

On Saturday, we will be going to the Arizona Renaissance Festival, and then we’ll be brunching at Lolo’s Chicken and Waffles on Sunday.  Then it’s back to the ol’ grindstone.

This begins what I will now call Jay’s Year of Travel.

Consumating co-founder Ben Brown is back again. This time, he has formed Go Team Internet! This is a new social networking which, to me, seems to combine aspects of Twitter or Pownce and Consumating. The idea is to create an account and then form other users into a Super Team.

Go Team Internet! is still pre-beta, but it is functional and the design is pretty nice. With the upcoming demise of Consumating, this site could become a prime contender for my time that needs to be wasted. It’s good to be back under the Internet Rockstar umbrella.

So, if you haven’t signed up there yet, do so. Then add me to your team.

I’ve been meaning to write this for some time now, but haven’t gotten around to it.

It was announced earlier in the month that my favorite social networking site, Consumating, is closing it’s doors. The official end of the site is supposed to be March 15, which is fast approaching.

I will give my salute to a website that has really been a big part of my life since I joined.

My History with Consumating:

I was introduced to Consumating by Apollo Lee in May of 2006. At first it seemed a little weird, and I wasn’t sure what to make of it. My experience with social networking along those lines had been mainly with MySpace, and it always seemed a bit impersonal to me. I soon realized that Consumating was a little different. Before long I had met some really great people that have truly become my friends. I have spent hours on end in Consumating conversations. I have travelled (and will be travelling again) to different parts of the US to meet some of these people. I have made some very good friends.

Flash forward, 2 years and we’re coming upon the end of an era. Of course, that seems to be overly dramatic, but it truly feels that way to me. To be sure, there will be a replacement, and when it is running and available, I will be there. I hope that everyone I have met either online or irl will also be there and we can continue as always.

Without going overboard on this, I would like to thank everyone I’ve met and everyone I’ve yet to meet. If you have a Consumating account, and I’ve spent time on Consumating, on IM, in Text Messaging, on the phone or in person, this means you.

To end this in the most sappy and melodramatic way I can, I will say:

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end.

I will definitely be travelling quite a bit over the next few months.

• On Feb 29, I will be flying to Phoenix, Arizona for the weekend. This is a ConsuMeet (where a bunch of people from Consumating get together). This particular meet is called FatSumeet, where a bunch of us fatties get together and get our eat on. (God, did I just type that?) On Saturday, May 1, we will be going to the Arizona Renaissance Fair. Then on Sunday, May 2, we’ll be brunching at Lolo’s Chicken and Waffles. After that, it’s a flight back to Boise.
• On May 9, I will be flying to Las Vegas for the Skank-Ass Ho Down II (Electric Boogaloo) Consumeet. This will probably be filled with debauchery and fun.
• Thirdly, in July I will be going to New York for 2 weeks. This trip with be a combined family vacation (with my parents, my brother and my sister and her family) and Consumeet where I’ll be hanging out with some of my friends back there. Apparently we’ll be spending a week at a cabin in the mountains. It’ll be interesting to see what the woods are like back there, and how they differ from the woods here. The second week, we’ll just be staying at my sister’s place and I’ll get to see more of the city.

I’m really excited for this travelling. I don’t get many chances to travel, and it’ll be nice to get out and see more of the world.

So, today, Jonathan came over. He’s moving to Portland, Oregon next week. So, we played some card games and talked. Patrick was also supposed to stop by, but he never did.

He did call to invite us to go see 30 Days of Night but not until 10 PM. The others didn’t want to go, but I really wanted to see that movie. So, I met Patrick and his brother-in-law at the Majestic Theater in Meridian. The movie was pretty good.

So, I think I’m starting to get sick. I’ve kinda started to feel like I’m getting a sore throat/cough coming on. So, when driving home from the movie, I stopped at Wal-Mart and bought some Zicam. We’ll see how well it does at making colds go away quicker.

Anyway…going to bed soon. Enjoy.