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What the Hell was That?

The Bruins had a 3-2 lead in their 2nd round series against Montreal. How did they respond to their chance to eliminate their arch rival in game six?

They sucked.

They sucked so bad that I can’t see them winning game seven tomorrow. If that’s how you play in an elimination game, you almost don’t deserve to advance. Just put us out of our misery now.

Even the deer that’s grazing on bushes behind the house right now says the Bruins sucked last night.

Montreal scored the game winning goal less than three minutes into the first period. Pathetic.

Two Songs Mixed

I mixed two songs tonight. Both include the sound of the new Fender guitar.

The first is from March. It’s called “The Universe Next Door” because I can never sound pretentious enough. The title came from a news story I read back in March. I wrote the name down, but not the link to the story. Sorry. I don’t know what any of the lyrics are actually about. Paranoia? How rock and roll!

http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/the-universe-next-door.mp3%20

The second song is from the April list, but it is actually ancient. It was written in my bedroom back in 1993. Maybe 1992. I guess it might have been 1994. Who the hell knows! It’s old! It was played by all of the short lived bands that came after Tempest Fero but before Prime Meridian. Maria the drummer didn’t like it (I think… it’s been a really freakin’ long time) so Mike and I agreed to drop it. Almost immediately we wrote another yipppeee dance song to replace it. That one might be included in the next album in a month batch.

http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/falling-star-1.mp3%20

Mother’s Day Music

I put rhythm guitars onto the one song left that needed them, and I added leads to two additional songs. I now have five that are ready to mix.

I used the new Strat for everything today. I haven’t changed the strings yet, and those that are on now are heavier than I’m used to.

Ouch.

More Tablet Fun

I mentioned yesterday that my wife wanted to shake up her tablet using ways. This directly affected me in two ways. First, as mentioned yesterday, I inherited a Nexus 7. The second, much more important way, is that I just inherited her iPad Air. Ah, retina display! I was using the second iPad 3. The one with the lightning connector. This one is newer, lighter, and smaller but with the same size screen. Jen, my love, has switched to an iPad Mini. So far we are both pleased.

I restored the Air with a back up of the 3 I made this morning. I’ve had some trouble restoring in app purchases. I hate those things. The big issue is that iTunes is telling me I can’t access iTunes Match for 42 days. Whatwhatwhat???

In unrelated news, while cooking lunch on the grill outside, I think I found the hawks’ nest. It’s really close to the yard. I’ll be camping outside with my camera soon.

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms out there, everywhere.

Most importantly, happy Mother’s Day to my mom who is a Saint for putting up with my goofiness for 43 years. Also to my mother in law, my sister, and my sister in law. Happy Mother’s Day to you all.

Most most importantly, happy Mother’s Day to my lovely bride Jennifer. No mother works harder or does more for their kids than you. You never cease to amaze me.

Tablets

Since the release of the first iPad my family has lived in a tablet crazy house.  My beloved wife Jennifer has spent the last two days coming to grips with the fact that she’s not a big fan of the iPad Air.  Last night she bought a Microsoft Surface Pro.  Today she returned it.  She also traded in two old iPads and an old iPhone.  She tried to trade in her old Nexus 7 too, but Best Buy would only give her $12 for it.

That seemed too small an offer to bother with, so I once again put in a claim for it.  I am typing this post using the Android version of the WordPress app.

I want to like Android systems.  I just… Don’t.  That doesn’t make me a bad guy, does it?  Does it?