 I'm doing 40 things |
| 1. |
brew my own beer
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616 people |
| 2. |
Move back to Austin
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17 people |
| 3. |
own a house
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2,033 people |
| 4. |
read every book I own
1 cheer |
2,116 people |
| 5. |
write a novel
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9,666 people |
| 6. |
visit all the 50 states of the United States
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98 people |
| 7. |
Learn to surf
1 cheer |
7,358 people |
| 8. |
visit new york city
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881 people |
| 9. |
be a best man
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10 people |
| 10. |
get out of debt
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11,035 people |
| 11. |
learn morse code
1 cheer |
249 people |
| 12. |
manage a band
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32 people |
| 13. |
listen to all Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums
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9 people |
| 14. |
have a garden
1 cheer |
787 people |
| 15. |
play drums
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307 people |
| 16. |
Get my hammond organ repaired
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1 person |
| 17. |
Do The Kerouac Trail
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2 people |
| 18. |
Start my own business
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8,596 people |
| 19. |
run a marathon
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10,448 people |
| 20. |
get a real best friend
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9 people |
| 21. |
run for public office
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214 people |
| 22. |
Blog every day
1 entry |
86 people |
| 23. |
bike 1000+ miles
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4 people |
| 24. |
learn to sew
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3,646 people |
| 25. |
get my ohlerking painting framed and hung
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1 person |
| 26. |
Buy and learn how to use a soldering iron
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1 person |
| 27. |
do something nice for a stranger
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12 people |
| 28. |
keep my room clean for one month
2 entries |
2 people |
| 29. |
run 3 times a week
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83 people |
| 30. |
host an open mic
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2 people |
| 31. |
listen to all my music
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24 people |
| 32. |
visit israel
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274 people |
| 33. |
go back to Scotland
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52 people |
| 34. |
Save 1 million dollars
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7 people |
| 35. |
Learn Spanish
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15,496 people |
| 36. |
read entire bible
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21 people |
| 37. |
write in my journal every day
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238 people |
| 38. |
write letters every week
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2 people |
| 39. |
complete a crossword
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5 people |
| 40. |
learn to play and sing the entire blue album by weezer
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1 person |
How I did it: I drove to Austin and took my receiver to Mr. Wizard's in Austin. There was about a month long wait and it ended up costing me about $100 to fix, but it was worth every penny. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Soil, seed, water, light, nutrients, time and voila! There is a reason they call it "weed." It grows like a weed and is remarkably resilient. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I wrote songs and recorded them in my apartment using a Korg D1200 recording workstation. I got pretty good sounds as well from a crappy casio keyboard picked up off Craigslist for $20. Read how I did it…
I’m a really big fan of tumblr.com. It seems to have a really stout network of bloggers and it has good tools to post.
Check it out:
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Where bad things truly suck, and the good things rule.
I’ve decided that the album is done. It gets to a point where you just have to say “I could work on this forever if given the opportunity.” At some point, however, you just have to release it out into the world.
I’m releasing the album a an EP. I have more than enough songs recorded to fill an album, but there are so many problems with those other songs that I doubt I will be able to fix within in the next year. It’s time to move on.
That said, I think this will be my last album. I recorded two others and had big release parties and did all the hoopla associated with getting a CD printed and there hasn’t really been much of a return. I like the idea of doing just digital distribution. If I can get a group together soon, perhaps doing a printing will be something I should consider for the future to have something at shows. I just like the personal freedom associated with selling products with ZERO overhead.
Having dispensed with the business end of things, I believe this is a good record. Good sounds, good songwriting, good instrumentation—I think it is a good representation of “indie rock.”
I’m hoping to get a good initial rush of downloads when I first release. The release date is set for 05.08.2009. I set this date because besically anyone who would actually buy the album is in law school with me. 05.08.2009 is the last day of finals, so I figured it would be best to not try to sell something to people when they are stressed out and tired. We shall see.
For those following this post and my progress, please follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/holliswebb
To hear some tunes and read some other blog posts, go to my MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/holliswebb
And finally, on 05.08.2009, this is where the magic will happen: http://www.hollismusic.com/
As of last night my room was clean. I feel better about life already. It was a pain in the ass to do it, but it’s done and it feels GREAT.
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imbrium wants to get out of debt
Own a car
Go on a road trip
lose 20 kilos
get braces
Improve impromptu speaking skills
become a stripper
Learn Polish
buy a house in France
build a keytar
figure out why I'm here
complex1 wants to publish a book
design my own tattoo
Buy a Juicy Couture bag
play tennis again
flirt more often
learn to pick a lock
become more social with interesting people
learn to drive
learn sign language
read as many books as possible, starting with all the books I own but haven't read
ejjote wants to Rock the GRE
be part of the holi festival in india
be more motivated
master cleanse
Put my photos in albums
