A few random thoughts:

Over the Christmas holiday I moved my office/studio control room out of the living room and into the smaller bedroom. I was sick of seeing visitors confronted with a bunch of black boxes and piles of cables when they walked in the front door, even though pretty much everybody I see is here for a recording session. I wanted a living room again, instead of always being at work.

One advantage of the new room is that it has two windows, while the living room had dark drapes (and I didn’t want to advertise all the expensive equpment inside by opening them). I find myself craving light these days, and I actually look forward to going into the sun-filled room in the mornings. Acoustically, the room has lots of standing waves, causing my speakers to sound harsh, but I have carpet padding and a couple of Skyline diffusors to hang on the walls, which should clear that up.

Meanwhile, I steam-cleaned the living room today; unfortunately that means moving large sofas and such from one side of the room to the other, clean, vacuum, and repeat. I wonder why I feel like I’ve been run over by a truck? Perhaps it is time for a drink.

And maybe some cheese? My brother and sister-in-law were in town yesterday, and they brought a selection of amazing cheeses from the Better Cheddar: English Huntsman (alternating layers of English cheddar and blue cheeses—it’s unbelievable), Spanish Drunken Goat, French aged Comte Gruyere, and Norwegian Gjetost (most people think it’s disgusting, but I got addicted to the stuff while touring over there). And crackers and chocolate. Yum!

I got more 4 Sknns photos from Richard tonight, most of which I had never seen before. Now I have way too much stuff to use, which is a good (and rare) situation to be in for a designer. Now I just have to come up with something. Oh. That.

Finally, speaking of the 4 Sknns (way more than I ever thought I would), one of our live tracks came across on iTunes shuffle play this morning, from a live recording that is not going to be included in the set for sale. Maybe I’ll post one or two of those just for fun.

Thus ends this evening’s random blabberings.