Grinding Gears

For a vacation week, this has seemed an awful lot like a work week. Got a confirmation on a big order yesterday- A lot of emails and phone calls going back and forth between my distributor and the customer- all the while trying to enjoy the Newport Aquarium with Colette and Ethan.

One call while I was in the place where you feed the birds- which was packed to the rafters with people and grossly overfed lorikeets. Obnoxious parents beating their noisy children and while bird shit is flying makes for a difficult working environment. OSHA should really have a standard for this kind of work.

It's hard to balance personal and professional stuff when there isn't that dividing line between an office and home. There is a weird stress you try and switch from focusing your attention from the ones you love to the people that rely on you for your decision making ability professionally.

The only way I can describe it is like trying to change gears when the clutch isn't all the way down (GRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNDDDDD!). Anyone who used to drive a stick shift, knows what I mean-

Tried to take some old VHS's and DVD's into the local record shop, Phils records yesterday- He didn't take anything, but I gave him a Japanese video called "Meet the Fuccons", one of the strangest videos on the face of the planet (I gave it to him because I didnt want to have it in my house anymore, it might be evil)-

He gaves us $3 off a Police Squad DVD. Thought that was pretty cool- He isn't a Best Buy- It's kind of a "High Fidelity" kind of shop kind of shop, without Jack Black-really the last of a breed- I always go in there and ask him his opinion on new music- He's great and really excited about new stuff- Glad he is there-

http://www.philsrecords.com/index.asp?page=home

Trying not to work too much today- We'll see how long THAT lasts.