Bright lights

Mood: Moody
Listening To: Tarja Turunen - Into the Sun
Word of the Day: Momentous

I don't know why I chose that as the word of the day, I can't say anything truly momentous happened.  Merely a few things that reinforced that I may be looking down the right path.

A most interesting proposal came my way this week.  A door that I had previously thought closed for good, has started to open.  I don't want to get my hopes up too much, in case it doesn't open all the way.   There's variables that need to come into play in the positive for everything to work out.  But if they do, I'm going to jump in with both feet.  I know it's really vague what I'm writing, but life has this habit of taking what I'm hoping for out loud, and snatching it away.  However, I also believe I need to get my intent out to the universe, and that is in fact what I'm doing.

On a completely unrelated note, I really like this singer's voice.  I'm big into the operatic metal/goth metal/orchestral metal.  She was the lead singer of Nightwish apparently.  I may have to look for their older stuff.  I watched a video with the young lady that replaced Tarja, and wasn't overly impressed.  Too poppy for my taste.  I love female vocalists who have powerful voices and big range.  Amy Lee and Cristina Scabbia are two of my favourite vocalists.  Add their range to heavy guitar riffs and a great drum kit, and I'm lost for hours.

This music is just what I needed after the last week.  With the ups there were many downs.  Huge tribulations abounded and my tech support abilities were put the test.  However, I can now happily say, I can program a Harmony remote without being in the same room...hell, the same city.  I will never again suggest a Harmony to someone who doesn't have at least a basic understanding of...at least a smartphone.  Harmony makes a great product, but more and more, I'm finding that the "easy" technologies are quite above a large part of the CE consumer base.

I managed to land a nice little 2 channel system this week.  I had to fight hard for it, but I won out in the end with the lowest quote.  A nice pair of Bowers and Wilkins CM9's, and ASW610 sub with an Anthem MRX510.  Also did some follow up this week, and the Home Theatre I designed a few months ago, should be ready for installation in about 3 weeks.  The contractor overseeing the build has been a nightmare, and moves slower than a snail through molasses. 

I think I'm going to let the lovely Metal Goddess sing me to sleep very soon.  Have a great weekend!