The March Recap

I have tons and tons of things I want to talk to you all about, but I have no time right now. There will be like 3 posts made in the very near future about the past month, so keep checking back for updates.

Much Love,
J

PS - Egle and Megan (and Amie for a little while) were here last week from the East Coast, and that was an "amazing" time. I will talk a lot about that also so stick around folks!

Thank You 50 Times

I do think a lot, I know I shouldn't cause I may hurt myself, but sometimes I like to just sit and ponder some things that are important to me. Like tonight, I've been here playing my new game Sims 2 and just relaxing, but the whole time I'm thinking.

Then I realized when I logged on that this post, is my 50th.

Wow, 50 posts... Who knew I had this much to say, huh? So, with all this thinking I've been doing, I think it's fitting that with my 50th post, to reminice a little bit and talk about things I've learned. I also wanted to send out a few Thank you's, cuz after all - what's the point in writing if no one reads it?

My first couple posts, I was skeptical... I mean, who knew I would be so willing to release this much information over the open internet? I'm not a writer, not an artist of any kind on paper. I'm a musician, a DJ, which is an art form but nothing special... what was I going to say? I guess I wanted this blog to turn out more to the affect of a documentary. A Docu-drama of how a DJ starts from the bottom and inches his way to the top. Would it be interesting? To some - maybe if I was already a big star and talked about the past then it would be interesting... So maybe that's it, I have to keep this going until I'm a big star, then the documentary would be complete.

Then it got personal. What was once the doumentary, now began to mold into a soap opera. Things never get easier. I had already an increasingly complicated life as it was, I just thought finding this career was the answer to all my problems. It was not! That's where the REAL hard work began. That wasn't to mention monetary problems, relationship problems, friend and family problems on top of all that. My job(s) began to suffer, I started to change - to who I am today.

The blog took note to each step a long the way to my destruction. I'm sure I lost a lot of readers based on the October and December 2005 posts. It'll take a while to get some new ones back.

I guess it's also fitting that along with being my "Silver" post, #50, but as of a couple days ago marks an exact year since I started this blog. Even more interesting, a year ago today marked the first day I announced my first (and current) DJ job with SKM Entertainment, here in Scottsdale, AZ. Talk about feeling the love, since beginning the blog I had released 5 demos, with one still active today. I have gone from a lowly DJ to the Master of Ceremonies within a year at SKM, as well as given the honor of hosting the bridal fashion show. What a year...

What a year...

• 50 Posts
• 35 Events
• 3 Demos
• 121 Total pages
• 57,726 words
• 136 total refrences to "Serena"
• 20 of which she was named "Satan"
• 2 times I closed a post with "The moral of the Story is..."
• 64 uses of the word "Fuck" or derivative.
• Now 65 uses of.... that word mentioned above.
• 0 dollars raised for "the starving artist relief fund"
• 1,287 Grammatical and Spelling Errors
• 1,819 Visitors to the blog
• 30 of which were not me
• 4 total unique readers, we hope...
• 78 refrences to "we" as if there was more than just me working on this

What a year, from the highest highs to the lower than the low, this new DJ is headed for a tough road.

What's next? You all should know, the clubs, the stardom, the music... I have a lot to begin working on. There's still college left to take, money to make... there's a lot.

Thank You.

Thank you first and foremost to my friends. I don't want to list you all (not because there's SOOO many), you all know who you are. Through the past year I have lost a few good friends because of my actions, or theirs, friends will come and go. I have gained a few new ones, that have a lot in common with me, even when we are so different. I will always keep the memories of all my friends, old and new, they will always be dear to me.

Thank you to my brother, Brian, for being my best friend. For kicking my ass out of the house when I screwed up. For always paying for my beers, for being there when I needed it. It's always a good time out with my brother, sometimes way too much of a good time.

Thank you to my parents, who have allowed me to stay in their home now 3 times when I was in bad shape. Now that I am getting back into good shape I feel like I can do anything

Thank you to Serena, yes I said it, because of the lifelong lessons you tought me. Some were good, some were bad. All I can do now is look back and try to remember the good things. We've parted our different ways, but I think we both know now that it's for the best. Our lives got so much better after we finally split up. I did lose a good friend, I'll admit it, but the bad stuff... well I think you get it... good friend wasn't good enough I guess. Kudos to you, though, the sex was always GREAT! Wish me luck trying to find a replacement for THAT! lol!!

Thank you to Rod Carrillo, Lysa D, and the old school Energy KNRJ crew. The free tickets, the great nights... and Lysa even though you NEVER listened to my demo I still love you! Thank you for having an add for the DJ class up in your studio so I saw it when I came to pick up some winnings!

Thank you to SKM Entertainment. Mainly for putting up with me on a weekly basis; me always being late with schedules and stuff I'm sure you guys hate me sometimes. But then thank you for putting faith into me, allowing me to take on the MC role early, get my feet wet. Thank you for trusting me to go out there and do my best. I'll only get better and one day when I leave, the lessons you taught me as a DJ are very valuable to me.

Everyone else, Thank you for reading. Here's to another year of ups, downs, happiness and sadness, and of course... Music!

What a year...