Where the hell is Bo?!?!
Article by Bo

I'll tell you where I am….in the studio. The last several weeks of my life have been hectic and I have been neglectful to our loyal fan. I guess the best place to start is the beginning.

I have been to several pre-production meetings to shoot a video for a band. I have worked with several of these guys and others on their label, www.vssrecords.com. Please check them out since Columbus is trying to strangle art. This is the most boring place in the universe. I have never seen apathy like this. Ever. So the web site alone speaks volumes of effort these fine people are putting forth.

Which brings me to my merry band of minstrels. My company is now producing its first artist, Flood Water Brown. They are a blues band and I am finishing album as we speak err... read. So in true corporate whore fashion, I will make their album available to you soon. The tracking session was a blast. I had only worked with Diz, the dobro player, previously on the 48-hr Film Project. So to really mix things up I had hired Tim, a session drummer in about every band I know, to sit in with them. After Rebecca and I spent two hours re-wiring the studio we were ready to roll and perhaps even rock. We stayed until Sean couldn't sing anymore. Jason also had a pilot's lesson so after a mere 9 hours the guys left at 3 am to drive another 2 1⁄2 hours back to Milan. I am almost finished mixing and mastering but I have hit a glitch.

Computers. At no time has it been this easy to completely screw yourself. I have spent the last week and a half wrestling with a room full of cantankerous MACs. I can't wait to go back to scratching in the mud with sticks. At one point this fight degraded into an epic scavenger hunt for a startup disk for a G3. It was out of hand. So I lay down my best kung fu, I am 90% done. I have a couple of mission critical plug-ins that my Pro-Tools rig is not seeing on the new ma-chine. Those of you unfamiliar with the program, I have a magic fish and a chicken bone as reliable methods of de-bugging this software when it goes nuts which is frequently.
In the midst of all of this I have been holding down a lot of corporate gigs this year. I also work in the political arena as well so this year is going to be a big one for me since my clients are the Democrats. I have been working with them for over three seasons and it is very trying. Not because they are dems, I have worked for the Republicans too and the only thing that separates these two neurotic paranoid groups is when the evening is over the Democrats drink beer, the Republicans scotch. So to make a long story short, the Democrats that I am working with this year are the official John Kerry headquarters for Ohio. So stay tuned for more from the enemy base camp later…..

So that's where I've been. Weee! Bandwidth willing I will send ya'll a little something, stay tuned just not too closely…freak.

-BO

Valentine's Day, Ba-Humbug!
by Gigi Malone

Well, its that time of year again. The time that men get pains in the stomach and headache upon headaches give to them by the loved one, SO, wife, ball & chain, etc. It's Valentines Day once again. I have found in my lifetime as a woman-28 years-and my 2 experiences with having boyfriends, SO, etc on this particular day and from hearing horror stories from my friends-who always had boyfriends every year since before they were born of course. That most guys don't understand Valentines Day in the least or well even care. So I have devised a list of some ideas for any of you that feel like giving presents this year. Now, if your SO feels that these ideas suck here is my email address: gigi@redlor.net. Have her email me and yell at me. I don't care. Mostly because I can't get into my email account and probably won't read them until well into the year 2015. So here we go.

Idea #1:
Remember something about the girl and what she enjoys. If she is into Star Wars-a set of Stormtrooper Armor (@$500) will always be better then say a diamond (fake or real) something. This will also help not fund terrorists, since that is where the sale of diamonds helps fund.

Idea #2:
If her favorite football team is going to the Super Bowl buy her an early present and take her to the Super Bowl. This will hopefully be enjoyable to the both of you. Now if her favorite team is someone like the Pittsburgh Steelers (like me) this will most likely not happen until around the same time I read my emails.

Idea #3:
Find out-by asking questions, I know it will be hard-what she enjoys doing. Bowling, roller-skating, movies, camping, hiking, art museums, zoos, etc. Do these things. It will be better then going to a fancy restaurant. Plus most of the time you get crappy food at expensive restaurants.

Idea #4:
Take her to do something different. Bungee jumping, hot air balloon ride, a comic book store, your bedroom.

Idea #5:
Buy her a copy of Dave Barry's Guide to Guys and read it out loud to her in front of a roaring fire. Trust me, I am finding this book answers a lot of my questions about y'all.

Idea #6:
If you do buy her flowers, do not buy them from Wal-Mart guys. They are normally half dead. Go to the flower shop a week ahead and say I need flowers and I have 5 bucks what can you give me. But don't buy until the day of. Nothing is more insulting to some women then a half dead flower on Valentines Day.

Idea #7:
Rent a hotel room-a nice one, not Motel 6-and have a “romantic” evening in. Also rent movies with big explosions like Demolition Man-its so bad its good. But don't just jump her the moment you walk in the door.

I know some of these sound expensive. But if you care about someone do something special is not hard. It's better then not having her (or him) not talking to you for several weeks or crying because it seems you don't care. Even if you do. Some tips of things not too do. DO NOT have your sister-in-law buy something for your S.O. and then sign the card in front of your Significant Other. She will have most likely spent the entire evening before making a mixed CD of the songs you both like and made a hand made card. DO NOT buy her candy just because you can't think of anything else or if she is dieting. And DO NOT just conveniently forget about the day. She hasn't and she won't.

But maybe, just maybe you were lucky and you found a girl (or guy) who just doesn't care about Valentine's Day. And if you have, hold on to her and never ever let her go. They are very rare in the world.

 

Galaxies, part 2
by Gigi Malone

I have decided that I will be writing more about Galaxies since it is the only thing in my life lately then working and going to school-which reminds me I need to be studying at this moment. Anyways, the game is getting more and more interesting. I am still working on my first holo; killing people with a hammer basically-while my friends (who all suck!) are on their 2nd or 3rd or in the guessing part of opening the Jedi slot in the game. But, much to heir dismay the makers have decide that mastering classes is too easy so they are completely changing the Jedi slot system. Hahaha!!! I feel no sorrow for those who have worked hard. Okay maybe a little, but that's because Lor and Omar both own swords in the real world and both can catch me if I run. I guess I could flash them and they would pass out from fear.

Anyways, back to the article. At the moment we are getting ready to have Stormtroopers and other Imperials start harassing people in the streets-especially people with contraband and suspected Rebels. So, this means that I need to work more on Smuggler since they are going to be given the ability to help out people and be more covert and all that fun stuff. Which means I need to unlock more locked containers and kill more people so I can start shooting them in the crotch and my becoming a dancer is now something not going to happen anytime in the near future. Damn it! Course it will be fun to get crotch shot, especially when I go killing some stormtroopers.

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