So the re-launch of Rock It has been successful thus far, the first two in Sept. were good but didn't really blow up. Which left me a little disappointed, but they did provide a good segue to the one that just happened. Almost 100 people showed up this time and it seemed to be a really successful night, the dance floor stayed full and people looked like they were having fun.

While I love the fact that the Grad has all of its gear in a booth it is a bit of a pain because of the disconnect that it creates between me and my audience. Occasionally I lose the audience because I can't really read what they are feeling. But other than that I am pretty damn happy with the Grad's contribution to the night thus far, I just hope that they continue to support it. Because if they do I think that word of mouth will spread this year more than it did last year and that means more and more people.

I finished angel a few days ago, the ending was really good, but felt anti-climatic compared to the end of buffy. I have already started watching Rome, and have plans to watch/re-watch Deadwood, Carnivale and Weeds.

Little Miss Sunshine was one of the funniest movies I have seen in theaters in quite a while. I haven't seen Half Nelson yet, so I hope it hasn't left the Varsity.

Other than that I am facing a pretty busy next couple of weeks as I really try to lock in a solid crowd for Rock It, hopefully if that happens some of the promotion work will be done for me and I can concentrate more on the night itself.

man I am really bad at this whole regular updates thing...maybe i will try to get better, but I doubt it.

The big news is the Rock It re-launch, starting next week we are going weekly on Tuesday nights, it has been a bit of a pain in the ass getting that fully confirmed, the Grad keeps telling me one night and then switching it around on me, but now that the first one is only a week away I think that we are finally settled. I really hope this turns into a bigger and better night, I think the facts that it is weekly and not on Sunday will help. It is going to require more work, but I think the last year has prepped me pretty well for this, my mixing has gotten a lot better, and I think I throw a pretty decent party.

the other night I totally took over Amir's iPod at a party and proceeded to rock a very decent set for about an hour. During that time I managed to fill the dancefloor several times and had a couple people thank me for essentially monopolizing the music. I also had a random dude in Armadillo today recognize as someone who DJs at the Grad. And I am not going to lie, it feels good to get recognized for that shit. I still don't think I am that amazing as a DJ but as far as a dance party goes I think I am pretty damn good. I feel that DJ-ing is a bit of a double-edged sword in a way, I want recognition for being a good DJ and I want people to come out and have fun at my nights, but I don't think my personality is totally suited to it. I think I tend to alienate people a bit too much sometimes, and that can adversly effect the DJ-ing because then they won't come out. A few people who were once regulars basically stopped going over the summer, and I don't know if it was actions of mine, or if they just got busy with other shit. Either way, it seems like the Grad has faith in me and believes that I can hold down a weekly spot, and I believe that I can as well, it is just a matter of getting more people that I don't really know to start coming regularly.

that is that area where I really wish I had more help, I am really not that great a promoter and it is a lot of work for one person to take on, but unless I find someone totally dependable that I really mesh with I am going to keep doing it all by myself.

these next two weeks are basically just going to be prep for the big nights which will be the first three weeks of school, that is when everyone is going to be in party mode and that is also when you can lock people in so that they become regulars for the whole year.

in other news
I am still trying to finish off the whole Buffy/Angel saga, I am on the last season of Angel, and then I can really move on to some other extremely addicting TV show. I was in a rut as far a decent movies went, but I recently saw Brick, All the Real Girls, and Talladega Nights and am looking forward to Idlewild, Little Miss Sunshine and Half Nelson (especially since I think there is a cute girl who works at the movie theater).

I have been working more than is good for me recently since one of the managers at Armadillo took a vacation, and so I have only had one day off in the last pay period. But it means that I will finally have cash this friday which will help with all the assorted bills and shit that I have to catch up on. that and a decently successful first new Rock It are pretty much what I am looking forward to in the next week.