Checkpoint: Autumn, 2013

Here is an account of what I have been up to since my last post in June. I will also provide a quick look forward.

After the trip to PEI, my commitment to cycling waned. My injury bred apprehension and I only rode sparingly for two months. As the season came to a close, I gained back my strength and confidence and purchased an indoor bicycle trainer. So far it has allowed me to get into better shape. Since I have set it up in my living room, I have been able to take in the latest NatGeo videos and monitor my phat level in real time.

The cottage was another obstacle to my cycling regime. Trade-offs.

Trip to PEI, Retrospective.

I went on a trip with a few of my friends to Prince Edward Island for a week. We decided to drive there and we departed on June 1. 

The fog in New Brunswick was thick on the way in.

The drive lasted for 15 or 16 hours. Landmarks of note included a multitude of moose warning signs, an actual real life moose-youth, the demolition of the landscape at Notre-dame du lac (side: supposedly for a highway? I bet the NSA is behind this one), all cut between thick fog and strange mixed languages at rest stops.

We arrived at the cabin-cottage, the cabbage, and were treated to a restful sleep.
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Album Released! CPI basket in production! Website announced!

March has been a great month for many reasons:

• Winter lasted a lot longer than expected 
• I finally figured out how to present myself online 
• The project I have been working on for six months has finally been approved to be used in our production environment (see note in blue box) 
• I gained enough courage to release an album which I have named youth grey existence. 

I am particularly excited about that last bullet as it has always been a goal of mine to actually make a concept album. I have made it available in .mp3 format, and you can also plug into it on Soundcloud. In the future, the plan is to add some acoustic, minimalist, and/or experimental tracks on Soundcloud.

Most of the links on the main site wok; keyword most. I expect the links that are not functional to be fixed or removed in the near future.

I have also started using Twitter. I am not sure how it will evolve for me, but I do like that it is quick (the Android app is seamless) and focused (140 characters=get to the point).

In the near future, expect accompanying prose for the album; think of it like a forward in a book.

Snowmen, Calvin and Hobbes style.

The inspiration (panel 2).

The build.

My friends Pat and Catherine replicated a few Calvin and Hobbes comics after the most most recent snowfall in Ottawa and Gatineau. I wasn't able to get a pic of them all, but here is one with the comic that inspired it.

Youth Grey Existence: credits, tracks, lyrics.

YOUTH GREY EXISTENCE David Hardie, 2013

Produced, edited by David Hardie
Recorded at Kashabog Lake and Ottawa, Ontario by David Hardie

1. rings of saturn.
2. fateful days.
3. wind in autumn's rain.
4. no medium.
5. Queen.
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