Me and two of my friends have been working on a music CD this winter and we're starting to record some demos of the tracks. We play mostly blues and rock with a little funk thrown in.  I made a purevolume page today that has two of our songs; let me know what you think of them.

The Fishwives

I finally dusted off Metroid Prime today.  I promised myself that before the end of this vacation I would give it one more shot, because back when I bought the game I played it for a whole 41 minutes before getting bored.  So, I was craving an adventure game and Metroid seemed to fit the bill.

I can't believe I didn't like this game when I first played it!  Next thing I knew, four hours had passed and I wanted to play more (I took a break for dinner.)  It's funny how experience changes you.  I don't know, I guess I thought it was too hard when I first played it.  I love it now, although my one complaint is that it's hard to see my way around because the game is so dark.  I'm not sure if that's a problem with my TV or if the game was made that way; I'm thinking that it's a combination of both.

You gotta love music. I'm Billy, I play guitar, I love listening to blues, classic rock and jazz, and I generally am a huge fan of music in general. Nothing makes me happier than sitting down with a guitar and just playing whatever comes into my head.

My GS hiatus is finally over.  I haven't updated this blog in ages!  I guess the forum change-over kinda turned me off for a while, but now that I'm on winter break, I'm starting to devote some more time to getting used to this place again.

I'm not sure how I feel about the new website layout.  The new profile is pretty cool, but I miss being able to browse through UCBs...where did that feature go?  Also, Complete users kinda got ******* upon, but hopefully we'll get some more benefits in the future.

It looks like the stronger UCBs still have a following, which is good to see.  Unfortunately, I left my UCB, Langauge Central, out to dry, but I'm going to put an effort into reviving it (even though it'll probably be in vain). 

Well, 'till next time.

It's August 20 already! Where did summer go? Jeez, I can't believe school is starting in about two weeks.

This summer I have been working at a small bike rental shop. I live in a very popular vacation spot, so bike rentals are popular (especially since the roads are completely flat). Anyhoo, before today I only worked the mornings, from 8:45 to 1:45, on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.

However, today I had my first 8:45 to 5:00 shift. At first I was kind of worried that it would be really boring. Luckily, my co-worker is awesome, so I had a good time. Also, we had barely any customers today (I guess everyone was at the beach), so we basically just sat around and talked all day. I'm lucky that I'm having an easy introduction to working...though I bet my future jobs won't be so easy. I better keep this job while it lasts.