damomoo

I'm really slacking!

It's not that I've been to busy to blog but sometimes I just don't get that push you need to start to document what happened to you or what thoughts you have. Been keeping busy with all three jobs.

The bank - I'm here monday through friday. It's a drag to get out of bed in the morning and put on a shirt and tie. Then to sit there in front of a computer and research this and that, get projects rolling or make sure they are in process. The good thing is I'm close to home and my schedule is pretty flexible. I truly have banker's hours. Plus, there's plenty of good places to eat around here.

The hotel - Things are ok at the hotel. I haven't been working too many hours there, usually 2 nights a week but they are graveyard hours so on the weekday I'm pulling all-nighters when I go to the bank. I try to do a shift here and there on a friday or saturday so that I can sleep in the next day. I haven't gotten burned by a guest lately either which is a good thing. We're already into June but we're still not selling out on most nights. The one hotel story I have right now is about a lady who was a guest at the hotel and was joining other guests for drinks at the bar. She got a little drunk and started pulling up her top and showing off (she wasn't much to look at). Later, they decided to go to another bar since ours closes early. Two of the guys left the bar early trying to ditch her saying she was too much to handle. One guy who did stay with her did it out of pity. The next morning (I just worked the evening shift so this was told to me) she wanted to get the names of the guys she went to the bar with because she claimed they drugged her and stole her purse and her phones. We knew she was lying and was drunk because the purse was given to us and I inspected it and found 2 phones and that's what we gave her back. Later she called the cops and wouldn't talk to them when they arrived. This was all at 5:30am. We never heard from her afterwards.

DJ'ing - I've done a couple gigs here and there. I'm trying to finalize using Serato so I ended up getting a new Macbook. I love this thing. It's fast, does what I need, has plenty of space and memory and looks slick. It's black. This past saturday I finally brought out the turntables with one CDJ as a backup. I used the turntables for mixing and it felt like old times. I'm going to bring these bad boys around more often. It is a little heavier and bulkier but once the party starts going you can tell the difference. I even bought new Ortofon needles that are DJ Q-Bert's model. I'm able to carry most of my music on a small portable Western Digital HD. I also got more music from my other DJ buddy, 45 gigs worth. You think you have enough space but then someone comes up with more music. Oh yeah, if you're wondering how the Hyphy movement is doing, it's alive and well in the Yay Area. It is all the kids around here want to hear.

posted by DJ John @ 3:37 PM