My Christmas and Birthday turned out alright. Spent Christmas day with my family including my nieces and nephew. The kids got guitars which made me happy. If I can keep them interested and maybe show them a thing or two it would be great. I received a bunch of audio stuff from my mother (she was my secret santa this year, and I was hers). I received a M-Audio Oxygen 8 MIDI controller, a Weeping Demon Wah Pedal, and a 10 channel mixer. I also received a power conditioner which will hopefully eliminate the dirty power problem I’ve been having with my apartment.

The Oxygen 8 is a pretty decent controller. It’s only 2 octaves, which makes it great for travel - but it hosts a bunch of knobs and transport controls that works great with Reason. Thankfully, it’s also USB powered - no power cord!

I’ve only briefly been able to play with the Weeping Demon wah pedal - but it sounds nice with my Micro Cube amp. I can’t wait to put it to use.

The 10 Channel mixer is for my apartment. I intend to hook up most of my audio components through it, including my entertainment center, so I can use my headphones for everything and have the luxury of routing everything to my recorder or computer if need be.

My birthday was good. I’m starting to feel the heaviness of getting older. I miss my twenties, and I don’t have much further to go before I reach forty. Time flies. Erika took me to see Sweeney Todd - and I highly recommend the movie to anyone that can stand the blood. I was a fan of the play and Tim Burton did it justice.

I hope everybody had a great holiday. Cheers.

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