Medical Trauma

On Monday I underwent ear surgery because I've had a chronic ear infection for about a year. I woke up with a big frickin pile of gauze around my head and what looked like a cup strapped to my left ear. I couldn't hear anything out of my left ear. (well, hardly at all). This totally sucked, folks. I encourage you never to acquire a chronic ear infection. The painkillers they gave me just made me puke so I've just been alternating between ibuprofin and tylenol. I finally took the gauze off a couple days ago and was unpleasantly surprised to find that it really didn't help my hearing much at all. However, it has very very very slowly been getting a little better. I just need to bitch I guess. The pain is subsiding. I will survive.

On the upside, then next day I had a heart checkup and I found out that my heart is still beating and won't need to be replaced anytime soon.

The next day I had a dentist appointment and while I found I do need to get my wisdom teeth removed (yay, more surgery), I didn't have any cavities. So that's cool.

I'm gonna play a show tonight. I'm a little nervous as to how it will go because I can't hear so well...but actually when I've played guitar here in my room I've been fine...so it will probably be just fine.

-TK

New Music

I've bought a ton of music lately:

Beck's Guero,
Tegan and Sara's So Jealous,
Stereophonics,
Bright Eye's Digital Ash Digital Urn.

I was a little dissapointed with the Stereophonics cd. That song Dakota that's on the radio is frickin awesome, but the rest of the CD (with a couple of exceptions) is less than what I was hoping for.

The new Beck CD is outstanding. Very deserty.

The one I'm really surprised about, though is the Tegan and Sara CD--man that's frickin great. Go and pick this up. It's been stuck in my car CD player for days. The tunes seem pretty simple, but somehow a kind of complexity seems to emerge from them. Most of the songs are pretty short, but there are some really killer melodies and...well...just some great music.

-TK

News

So today I found out that we are definitely playing our first show in the Twin Cities. I absolutely love that. There really is nothing else in this world that I love more than performing.

So...anway, now that weather is getting better out...I don't mind my job so much...I think I just have a really strong aversion to the cold. I don't know if I could survive another winter, though. Our music thing just better take off.

The music that I'm listening to most right now is:
THE MUSIC--Welcome to the North
THE VELVET TEENS--Elysium

I'm gonna try and do a better job of posting here. I realise there's not much here, but hey...if I can update from the road on tour...how awesome would that be?
-TK

Jobs Suck

So today I found out that I didn't get a job that I applied for. That totally sucks. It was an entry level position; you'd think that would be an easy snag. They went with somebody from within, so I guess there' really no way to compete with that.

I'm just about done finishing up a song I've been writing for months. I guess all of my songs take months, so that's no surprise. I played it for someone and they liked it so I guess that's a positive. Ah well, I'm stickin to it.
-TK

First Day

Hey, guy...this is my first posting. Sorry it's so lame. O'Doyle rules!
-TK