Hey June

i found this great new group. well, i was put onto them by my boss.

they're called 'the high kings', and they're from Ireland. It's four guys, and they do all of the classic Irish drinking tunes, but with these incredible harmonies and massive instrumentation and production. good stuff. it's so weird hearing them sing 'black velvet band' and always also hearing brent yell 'AND SHE WAS!!' with a cold'un in the raised hand... feels like home:)

you know, life's been just great lately! i haven't really been writing anything here because i've been too busy to have a sit down. work's been a lot of good stuff. still working with Lee daily on all the network promo reads, and i've also been doing various narration VOs for some Discovery long format stuff.. megaworld, etc. on top of that, i'm on to working saturdays now as well. I'm working on this show for Discovery HD from China about a river, and the culture and ecosystems that are created and sustained because of it... innnnnteresting!! except that... as i said, we bought the show from china. and the original narration is entirely mandarin. which means that every time i hit play, i hear this beautiful score and then just as i'm getting lulled into this incredible picture of the mountainous region just east of the river, the narrator pops up and says 'Nee tow.. chee mo su fat pe tow..' etc. etc. it's great to be working those sessions though, and i have a lot of fun working with VO talent.

outside of work, kar and i have just been doing s-s-summer living around here. going for walks after dinner, having beers on the patio with j and k, hanging out with home church friends, etc. chuck, on one of our walks, we found this crazy tennis club like a block from our house. everyone there is pretty serious. they all have 'racket bags', and they all serve like sampras. it was like wimbeldon all up in here. we watched for a bit, and then left, cause we started to feel like our shoes weren't white enough.

so that ends the first update in a long time. the basics: listen to the high kings, we're doing great, summer is going well. the details: first weekend 'off' without responsibilities or travelling, in a long time!! gonna sleep in, and then bike the DV with my chick.

to your health and mine..
J