I sat down to start writing this on 1/17/08. A lot of things have happened since I started this blog. As you can tell I have a very short attention span. It is now 3/29/08 and I am just now getting around to completing this...............

The year started out pretty normal. BtV, our new band, started writing and practicing like we always do. Brian, Jason, and I are hard at work knocking out some good music. Last Wednesday we tried out a vocalist. It went pretty good. I can't wait to work with him again. About a month ago we jammed with the remaining members of a local band called The Phoenix Syndrome. The vocalist thought we were too heavy but the bass player was in to it. Needless to say, he was a no show at our last practice. I guess he took himself out of the picture. Too bad, he was a rock solid bass player. This time around, it has been very difficult finding new people to jam with. Thus far we have tried out 6 vocalists and 3 bass players. This process is quite trying, especially since I have about as much patience as a new born. Luckily Jason has been working out since day one!!!

My brother passed just right before my b-day in Feb. Sadly, I did not know him all that well, but it was painful none the less. His life was tragically plagued with non stop drug and alcohol abuse. He finally succumbed to the demons that have chased him since childhood. Now he feels no more pain or sorrow. May he finally rest in peace.

In mid march I finally got some new ink. Check it out in my pics section. It was done by Jeremy Shock at FATCO. Since then we have started to become friends. It is extremely hard to make new friends at my age. You don't have that innocent trust like you did as a younger person. He is a real cool cat. We are tossing around some more tat ideas. Very soon he will be fixing some older tattoos of mine.

The fam is doing fine. Kids are growing and life is flowing right along. This is all I have for now. Until next time........

John Ø.