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So I finally settled into what will be my home for the next year. My first two (or so) months in Melbourne were quite an adventure, at least in terms of apartment hunting. Little did I know there were only two apartments available in the entire city when I got here and anywhere between 10,000 and One Million people were desperate to find a place to live. It was an ominous task to say the least, one that finally came to an end about 10 days ago.

The way I see it, I've basically started a new chapter in my life, and as I was making the necessary preparations that a move such as this would encompass, I'd decided to make (what I call) a "New Life Resolution". Something that some of you may not know about me is that I'm quite the "Tree-Hugger", I've been a vegetarian for almost 4 years (which is something I'm quite proud of), and among other things, I've promoted several Environmental Organizations during my extensive touring days around the U.S.

So, back to the "New Life" thing, I've basically decided to try and lead a "Greener" life. Under the general circumstances of my "Old Life" ways, it just wasn't plausible to fully walk the "Green" path. During the years that I'd spent on the road (regularly covering about 50,000 miles a year), regardless of how hard I'd tried there were simply too many obstacles (which included my fuel gobbling van). But now that I've started this new chapter, blank pages and all, I can attempt to both ‘Walk the Talk' and ‘Talk the Walk'.

Melbourne happens to be a great city for those who chose the "Green" lifestyle. The public transportation system is vast, so the fact that I don't have a car doesn't bother me at all. I've always done as much as I can in terms of recycling which I continue to do, I'm using cloth bags for my groceries, and to sum this all up before I start to ramble on about turning off the water faucet while I'm brushing my teeth... Generally speaking, I do as much as I can to limit my consumption.

While sitting here and writing about this topic, a wonderful slogan has found its way into my head. This could be the title of a book, a movie, or just a cool bumper sticker I guess. I must gain copyrights to this expression at once because it could very possibly turn out to make millions for someone if they decide to steel it. Jesus, maybe I shouldn't be writing this in a blog... On the other hand, maybe this blog can be used as proof that I came up with it. And maybe, just maybe, I'm acting like a delusional fool...

After that strangely long introduction, here it is:
Walking Without Leaving a Footprint

I actually ran a Google search and found out that "Names, titles, and short phrases or expressions are not subject to copyright protection".
This means that it doesn't really matter whether or not I'm delusional, I can't copyright the bastard. With that said, it's 4:00am. I should be going to sleep about 3 hours ago.

I hope this post wasn't too weird for you guys, trying to communicate with people during these crazy hours is obviously not my forte. I'm now left with one very important question: "To Submit or not to Submit?"

Good night & Good week.
G I G S

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Due to some technical issues I've been having recently, I've decided to start posting my 'Journal Entries' elsewhere. To make a long story short, you can read the latest ramblings of my twisted mind @ iLike.com

If you are interested in the longer version of the story...
I'd realized that through the 'iLike - Blog' feature, I'm actually distributing my posts through several different avenues at once. So if you happen to have a profile on MySpace, Facebook, Hi5 or Bebo (for example), you can automatically receive updates informing you that I've posted a new journal entry, video blog, etc.

Of course there's only one catch (with a few simple stages):
   (1) You must have/create a profile on either one of the aforementioned
       'Social Networks' (above), or directly on 'iLike.com'.
       (Which are free for all - Just the way we "Like" it...)
   (2) You must have/add the 'iLike Application' to your personal profile.
   (3) You must have/add me (GIGS) to your personal 'iLike' list.
       (Which you can do by clicking on the image below)



Another reason for the change is to do with computer issues.
Recently, my PC had caught a nasty virus which made it virtually impossible for me to post regular updates (AKA - Babble freely).
Also, my hosting service had gone through some major changes and decided to move my files to a new server. My site was non-accessible for several weeks, and the entire platform had changed. * Not that I understand much of any of what they said... or what I just said for that matter...

Enough said...

Moving on now, rather than removing all of the old 'Journal' files, I'd decided to leave them here for everyone/anyone who happens to stumble across my site to read. I enjoyed writing them and I think it would be a shame to simply dump them all (and I know they gave some people a few smiles, laughs, interesting thoughts, and what-not).

Well, that's that. As a final note, if you're not interested in joining the "Social Network World" or adding the 'iLike' business that I'd just mentioned, you can always come back to this page and click here to read about my latest adventures.

Much love always,
G I G S

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Where to begin? Finding those first few words is always the hardest part I suppose, but once I get over that initial hump I am sure things will flow with much ease. I'm now an official Melbournian for 3 months, which doesn't mean much really, but who cares, I'm enjoying myself and if anybody has a problem with that you absolutely suck!!!

Studying has been quite enjoyable, which makes sense considering the fact that I'm studying something that I'm passionate about. For those of you who have been out of the loop, I'm going to the SAE Institute for a year, getting a degree in 'Audio Engineering'. If things continue the way they're going I might actually stay for another year and get a full Bachelors Degree in 'Recording Arts', which seems like a good (and very possible) option at the moment. The only issue I'm having, in short, has to do with the term 9:00am. I'm not much of a morning person, never have been, and after 6-7 years of being (pretty much) a full time performing and recording artist, waking up at 9:00am for classes is no piece of cake, more like a piece of Dry Veil!!! And when you add to the equation the fact that I'm a vegetarian, Veil is not really my proffered dish to begin with.

Anyway, back to reality. Mornings... I hate them!

And now seriously, studying a subject that you have a real interest in is a key element for anybody in Academia. I remember a few years ago, I decided it was time for me to study something, you know... Grow Up (and all of that spiel). For God knows what reason, I chose Sociology. Not to insinuate that there is anything wrong with that subject, but you have to understand that I was taking the subject in the form of online courses, while I was pretty much living on the road, and starting things off with a course referred to as 'Introduction to Sociology' and - whatever it was called - 'Something (?!) Statistics' is not really what I had in mind. To be more specific, it was a pain in the buttocks, and I never really followed through with that rubbish. (I'm NOT insinuating!)

The SAE Institute would be my version of - 'What School would be like in Heaven', seriously. A school where every single computer is a Mac with Pro-Tools installed on them. A school where during a class the sounds of beating drums are resonating through the walls from one of the studios downstairs and it's considered normal (this really happened the other day). A place where Acoustically Designed rooms, with top of the line Audio Equipment, a Grand Piano, and Headphones, is considered a classroom. Is it just me or are you feeling like Homer Simpson drooling over the thought of Doughnuts right now as well?

If only classes started at noon...

Which reminds me, it's about 3:30am in Melbourne at the moment, and I have to wake up and go to 'The University of Heaven' early tomorrow.
To be continued...
All the best.
G I G S

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Hello friends,
I just wanted to make sure you all know I'm still alive...
It's been a few months since my last peep, which in itself is quite shocking, but there is obviously a good reason.

Well... I've just moved to Melbourne, Australia
(which could be considered quite shocking as well)

I just moved into my new apartment this week, I still don't have an internet connection (therefore I cannot babble regularly), and I'm sitting in a laundry room (which also happens to be an internet cafe) writing this message... This is also quite shocking for me...

If you're wondering what I'm doing "Down (under)" here, I'm going to study some Audio Engineering at S.A.E. I figured if I'm going to do some learning I'm going to do it right and leave the U.S. of A. for a while. This is actually nothing new, but cool in my own mind, which is nothing new as well because I think I'm pretty cool in my own mind... (Oh the vanity - LOL!)

Either way, I'm having a good time for now and there is about one month left before my school year begins. I'll try to drop a line sooner rather than later and (of course) hope you're all doing well.

Much Love,
G I G S

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Hello Dear Friends,
Last week I'd performed 2 shows in Yokohama, Japan,
below are a few photos from those magical nights.
Much love,
G I G S

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Hello My Friends,
I wanted to bring to your attention another way to help the greater good:

"Start using GoodSearch.com as your search engine and online shopping mall. Every time you search the Internet or make an online purchase at one of our partner merchants, GoodSearch makes a donation to your favorite nonprofit organization."

It sounds easy enough, they have a list of over 45,000 different causes that you can choose from and they are powered by Yahoo! so your search results should be good.
It's just another simple way of doing something positive.
Much Love,
G I G S

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I heard a nice little story the other day,
The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air - until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore.
'My God, this is terrible,' the wave says. 'Look what's going to happen to me!'
Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?'
The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'
The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'

I read this in a book by Mitch Albom - 'Tuesdays with Morrie'
Just wanted to share it...

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