Memorial Day Weekend Trip

We decided to visit our good friends, Irene and David, for the Memorial Day weekend. We usually visit them every couple of months since Irene is one of the Scrippsies and David and I have been friends since junior high.

I wish I could say we got into a lot of trouble and painted the town (Denton, TX, which if you know anything about Denton, TX, you'd know it doesn't take a lot of paint) but we did what we normally do--and love to--and just plain hang out at the house and watch movies and TV series' together. We actually do leave the house for food and for walks around the neighborhood. David and I got a lot of yardwork completed on the first day we were there.

Of a bit of a dull surprise is what we ended up watching the most. Last time we were there, we watched the last several episodes of Fringe Season 3. This time, we made plans to watch the Firefly series. Though we watched a small handful of the quirky comedy/drama, we ended up watching several hours worth of Blue Planet.

Blue Planet.

We watched Blue Planet.

It was terribly fascinating and educational, a combination that isn't usually associated with holiday weekends typically associated with BBQ and drinking.

Lastly, so much gratitude to all the fallen soldiers and their families for the sacrifices they made to protect all of us. A Wonderful and Happy Memorial Day to all.

SuperCollider: Day 1

I worked with Supercollider some 6 years ago at Colorado and I remember very little from that single semester crash course. I've taken it upon myself to try and re-learn to do the basics and then use it as a legit composition tool. Here goes nothing...


{Pan2.ar(Mix(SinOsc.ar([400,660],0,0.1)),MouseX.kr(-1,1))}.scope



Did that do anything for you?


PS...hopefully there will be a "SuperCollider: Day 2" post.


PPS...hopefully "Day 2" will be relatively soon and not sometime in the fall.

Back from another Galveston "Residency"

Jac and I just came back from another wonderful trip to Galveston beach. This year was a little different because it was just the two of us this.

Normally, Jac's parents are gracious and awesome enough to come out and rent a beach house in west Galveston for several days. This year just didn't work out with schedules and things going on, so Jac and I decided to go ourselves. What a different experience! It felt touristy this time around. We didn't have the luxury of a house with a seemingly private beach for a back yard. But we did get to explore more of Galveston, eating at different spots and visiting different parts of the beach. I even got to work a bit on another piece, as I have the last 3 times we came out to Galveston (Suite Bennington, ...we will not wander more..., and Foozle all started out on the sand and breeze of Galveston).

It was a very relaxing trip for the both of us and we hope to do it again next year, either or!