I think I am going to be making this into a real blog. I'm such a fan of fashion, design and lifestyle blogs. I have my favorites I try to visit every day. I am thinking I can do a part music blog (we go to a lot of shows, although I am not as clued in on all the local, cool small shows as I once was. I guess I could, but I am older and don't have the energy to go out every night! ha). Part fashion, part lifestyle. This make take a little while, so if there is anyone reading my little space, maybe check back in a few weeks/months. :)

Long time post, band stuff, etc.

I am obviously NOT good at being a blogger! Haha.

The band is doing well. We are called The Sleepingcar and we are playing our first show at The Smell in downtown Los Angeles on June 10, 2011. We are really excited. I hope I don't blank out on stage and forget where I am in the songs. I tend to get distracted and nervous and blank out. I need to really drill these songs for the next month. I have tendonitis in my right arm, elbow and hand, so it makes practicing frequently, difficult. I need to start icing it and taking ibuprophen a lot in the next few weeks. And resting my arm in between. We are all really excited to start our public band adventure. For the past year we have been in a band caccoon, just writing and practicing and working things out. Now its time to see if anyone else besides us likes the music. Its intimidating and a little scary, but really exciting. I love playing music and really love these songs and enjoy the people in the band. I am keeping my fingers' crossed that all goes well.

Ok, I am working at the Stagecoach festival in Indio right now, so I need to go and help people get their credentials. Have a nice day!
xoxo

New Band

Hello!

So I am in a new band! Finally. I have been looking for a long time for the right sound and musicians, etc. We are called the Sleeping Car. The music is lovely female vocals and dark, moody, music. I am playing bass and hopefully singing some backup vocals. Band members are: Circa, vocals, Rafe, guitar and sounds, Mischa, guitar and Me on bass. Its funny, because I only know Rafe! He is an old college friend of mine from the late 1980s. We have not kept in touch all these years, but we did run into each other about 5 years ago. He got my number from a mutual friend, Jim and called me up a few weeks ago. I guess he wanted me to play bass in this band...I am so glad he did! So far its going well. We are having a band dinner to all meet tomorrow. I am excited. I will keep you all posted!

Cris

Tonight

Hello. Yes, I suck at this! I am torn between writing about what is going on in my life, a lot of which is not too fun or good, or making some sort of music/fashion blog. I work in the music biz a little and am a musician and love fashion, but I think I suck at fashion and need to practice playing my instruments so I kinda suck at that too. I also am pretty much unemployed (well, employed incredibly part time, not enough to live on at all) so I have been stressed and a bit depressed for a long time. I hope this recession gets better, so I can get hired. I was thinking tonight, that I am pretty good at what I am doing now, and I wish I could be noticed by the right people. I am not sure I want to get into the details, but I am kind of "the almost" girl. I almost get the job. I almost am good enough for this. I almost am thin. I just seem to not quite succeed at things. I used to succeed a bit, but nowadays....I can't get above water, so to speak. Its incredibly frustrating because I went back to get my college degree, and I have never had this much bad luck with career/employment in my life! I thought things would get better with more experience and a degree. I am hoping its the state of our economy. I think a big dark cloud is following me. Maybe someone put a curse on me and I didn't know it? How do you get curses taken off?
Its really hard to keep a positive attitude when you keep getting rejected and nothing good happens. Its pretty much been 4 years. This bout of unemployment has been 11 months. I am behind on bills and cannot move forward with any of my dreams or needs. Its heartbreaking.

Anyway, so maybe this blog will just be thoughts, feelings, complaints, expressions. I don't know enough about fashion to do that type of blog, and frankly, I don't have it in me right now to write about music. Maybe if I get a job and become passionate about life again, I can make a fun blog.

Ok, well, that's enough for tonight. At least I have my tv shows and movies-Twilight, Vampire Diaries, True Blood, The Tudors, Merlin, etc. Trying to keep my mind occupied so as not to just sleep and eat all day and get fat and lose all muscle tone.

Goodnight All.

So, I am not too good at the blogging thing yet. I haven't been on here in a long time! Oh well.

Today's tought:

Whenever I think to myself "I wish I were just 5 or 10 pounds thinner" , I then immediately think of Stephen King's story called Thinner and I get freaked out!!!! I kinda get afraid that that may happen to me. :/

Gotta go. Bye.

Hi, I'm New

Hello, I am new to blogging. I don't really read them or understand how this all works. I am gonna just figure it out as I go!

Well, I live in Los Angeles. I love music, fashion, chocolate, films, books. Arty stuff.

I am 40. I am so far from being a normal adult, its hilarious. I look about 27 and act about that or younger. My personal fashion is of a 20 Something. Its kind of weird...I have that Ralph Macchio thing going on- you know how he is around 50 but still looks 30? And he always played a lot younger than his actual age was. That's me. Its a big thing in my life coz I feel I should be doing all these typical thing that 40 year olds do or have, and I am not like that at all. Good and bad.

Anyway, my intention for this blog is to just kinda free flow thoughts....or whatever. I am kind of random. We will see what happens.

Thanks for reading. :)

Me (signing Me until I think of what I want to call myself)

PS.

I'm back. I am getting ready to go out to the Chit Chat Club with my lovely friend Angelique. We are going to an art thingy beforehand also. I am listening to my ipod on random as I kind of reluctantly get ready. I am in one of those moods...not really feeling like getting dolled up, but want to go out and hang out with Angelique, but could be happy staying in also. Ha. Bat For Lashes is on. I like singing to her. I am a soprano, so its fun to sing the high notes.

The boyfriend is going to see Jay Z and then Metric tonight. When we get home, we can share our stories of our nights.

Ok.