Finally

I was finally able to get back into the studio tonight. It's been a very long time since i was last in there. Hurricane Ike was a big reason why i haven't been in there.
I felt pretty good and didn't get frustrated with myself. I plan on getting back into the studio tomorrow to do some more work. I hope to keep the trend up for the next few months. I've got a lot of work to do in there.
See you soon...

It's Alive...ALIVE!!

I'm finally home. The Horelica House of All things is nearly back to normal. All of my utilities are functional. Now all i have to do is some cleaning...I also need to contact the insurance company about my roof and fence...mow the lawn...wash Delilah...restock the refrigerator..and GET INTO THE STUDIO!

I'll keep this post short since i have much to do. I hope that you are doing well. I hope that you have power back. I hope that your life has been restored to some state of calm and content.

Call on me if you need me. Peace.

Something in the Works...

Details are sketchy at best. But there is a fund raiser event in the works.
Potential band line up includes those from JenFest 2008 (Liquid Casing, Death Carpet Trio, Less Than Serious, and Finding Reason). Joining the lineup may be The Muzik Cooks.

Location and date not yet set. But this festival would be an all day event with the primary goal of raising funds for a charity to help those victims of Hurricane Ike. We'd like the donations to stay local so the thought is to donate to the Houston Food Bank as opposed to the Red Cross or Salvation Army.

But as I said before, all the details are sketchy at this point. Expected date will be mid to late October.

I will definitely keep you all informed...as this will be a public event (that's what we're shootin' for anyway...)

The Great Gig in the Sky

Farewell Mr. Richard Wright! You will be missed. I know, you are wondering who this cat is?
Mr. Wright was a founding member of Pink Floyd. I consider Pink Floyd to be one of my musical influences. Amazingly weird stuff...
Here is the CNN article.

Now it is off to The Great Gig in the Sky.

Post Ike

Well, the damage was minimal...almost amazingly so since the eye walked right up Galveston Bay. The house did suffer some minimal damage. I lost small sections of shingles on the north side of the house...in two different locations. I don't think there was any water intrusion. I did notice a water spot in the garage...but i can't recall if that had been there before or not. So, i'll be getting a new roof, i suppose. That's not that bad...i can still live in the house!!

I lost nearly all of my fence. The fence between my side neighbor and the fence between my back neighbor are nearly all gone. Well, not gone...just laying on the ground. Most of the fence on the street side is down too. Oddly enough, the neighbors on the side street have no fence damage at all.

Here are a few photos of the area...



I'm guessing there were some tornadoes spawned out in our area. There were houses that were seemingly untouched...and then there were houses with substantial roof damage...the untouched and the damaged houses stand next to each other.

Mom & Dad came with me to inspect the damage. Those people that stayed or already had come home were outside busy with chainsaws. There is a lot of tree carnage. But it was neighbors helping neighbors...

The area around the house has been cleaned up and the protective window coverings were placed in their holding area (in hopes of never being used again). The refrigerator was cleaned out...ugh. There was some nasty funk starting to develop in there.

According to neighbors, the power is supposed to be restored in our area today. There is power on the north side and power on the south side of me...hopefully the gap is filled in today. But there was not power when we left.

The house did get aired out by a glorious north wind. My favorite time of year is nearly here...that first cool front sure made the clean up tolerable.

Despite getting some minor damage, i consider myself lucky. It could've been a lot worse...or worser.

The Waiting Game

Well, we survived Ike here in EB. Turns out going 80 miles west of Friendswood was just enough distance. We received some wind and a little rain last night/this morning. Lost power for about 6 hours...but that has since been restored.

Now comes the waiting game. When do I travel back to inspect things? Not much use in going home if there isn't going to be power for several weeks. Perhaps i'll drive home (assuming the law officials are letting people in the neighborhoods) inspect the houses and secure anything that can be secured. Then drive back here to EB where there is power? Hmmm...what to do? Hopefully power is restored much more quickly than anticipated.

The word from the Friendswood fire department is that there was no flooding in homes...so that's good. But there were a lot of trees downed...hopefully not on my house.

There are reports of my friends' houses and most of the news is good. Minor damage is all that has been reported. I bet my fence (one that i have been wanting to replace) is gone...

Hurricane Run

This morning i went for a run. I needed to calibrate my new Nike+ Sports band. Although the Nike+ Sports band is quite a nifty gadget, they are poorly constructed. The display went out on my old one. Evidently they aren't as waterproof as once thought. Nike is aware of this...but i'm not sure they'll do anything about it. The good news is that it is an easy return to the store.

Anyway, i went for a run this morning. I went to the local school track to calibrate with known distances. It's been a just over a week since my last run and this one was a little tough. My knee was giving me problems again.

So, it appears that the eye of Ike will be going right up the I45 corridor...peachy. I guess I'll know how much damage there is on Sunday or Monday.

Hope all are doing well...where ever you are.

Here I Am...

...in EB. After saying goodbye, i packed up a few things and Bowie and I headed to EB. There will be some wind (possibly hurricane strength) and rain here...but no storm surge.

I'm really hoping that Ike keeps tracking east. Right now, the eye is supposed to be heading over the galveston area. The further east Ike goes the better off we'll be west of I45. The storm surge won't be as bad.

The drive here was easy. In fact, the most traffic I encountered was on the main drag going into EB. Normally i could zoom around the slow cars, but the train of cars was too long.

I hope that you are safe where ever you are. Hopefully we'll all be home soon...home with little or no damage.

Be safe. I'm thinkin' about you.

Delilah Stretches Her Legs...

Yesterday, I took Delilah on a road trip to San Antonio. I've been wanting to take her out for some time now. She only gets to do short sprints and really hasn't been tested in the long road trip category.

She performed marvelously. The total trip was around 450 miles and there is still about 50 miles of range left in her. Although that range will come down with city driving. I didn't feel any discomfort during the trip. Because Delilah isn't out of gas just yet, i don't have the numbers on her gas mileage, but i estimate them to be around 26 mpg.

I got to see my brother yesterday...even if for only a few hours.



He was stuck at work all day, so i spent some time there. And of course, i bought some righteous kicks.



Today, i rewarded Delilah by giving her a much needed TLC. She was due for a good detailing. Unfortunately, when you clean a car, you reveal the imperfections and battle scars. I found a few new nicks on Delilah that hadn't been there before. Annoyed...yes. But there isn't much you can do about that...other than keep her garaged. Delilah needs a little more TLC though. I'll finish that tomorrow.

I'm quite tired...with yesterday being a very long (but oh so enjoyable) day, and this morning's gym workout...followed by some lawn work...

I intend on relaxing a bit...you should too...