crows to burnaby

For the past week I've been thinking "Right, I really should get a blog post up there" and then getting distracted and doing something else instead.

And really the only reason you're getting something out of me right now is because I'm avoiding finishing up my taxes.

I hate taxes.

I've had a good but hectic month whilst not blogging. I moved at the end of March, and am loooooooooving the new digs (now that I've dug myself out of most of the cardboard boxes). I'm further east now, closer to Commercial, and I think it suits me nicely. There's a lot going on in this neck of the woods - lots of choices for food and entertainment that you just don't find near Main & Broadway where I was. I loved Main Street, but seriously, not many choices for places to grab a quick cheap bite. Even the dollar pizza places close early, and they aren't very good.

I'm decorating and refurnishing and loving that too. My challenge is to get as much stuff used as possible. This is partly to be eco-friendly and not be buying new stuff when there's perfectly good used stuff to be had, and partly because it's just way, way cheaper. You can find some pretty high-quality stuff on craigslist - good stuff that lost 30% of its value the instant it left the store. The catch is you have to do a fair bit of digging - I'm still searching for just the right comfy chair for the living room. And selling is a pain in the ass, because half the time people flake out and don't show up to look at or pick up the item. And don't even talk to me about the 45 minutes I spent trying to get the old couch out of the old apartment, along with the woman who bought it and two twelve-year-old boys. Not sure it was worth it.

My other preoccupation is the ARCTIC tour in May. We're now past the main booking phase (though we'd still like to pick up one or two more Ontario shows, if anyone can help?) and shifting into promotion. Posters, publicity, press releases - we've got a publicist helping us out and I'll be doing most of the online stuff as usual. Oh yeah, and there's rehearsals, too. Oh, and we did a photoshoot, which was a ton o' fun. You'll see some of the shots eventually. *hops from foot to foot*

So I don't think blogging will be at normal rates for a little while yet. But I'll pop in if the mood strikes me, I happen to be near a computer, and not completely preoccupied.

Guess it's on to those taxes now. Ugh...