I’m alive! And I mean that in so many ways. Been taking a break from blogging about my life to just live it, and now there are so many things to share, I’ll just have to spill what I can…
First up, the end of 2009. As you know, I was invited to play in Bariloche. Suffice it to say, I spent 19-hours on a bus to end up in… Tahoe! Haha, it reminded me so much of Tahoe, it was crazy to think I was halfway across the planet! It was wonderful to be amidst the lakes and mountains and trees, however, and Maya & I found a great Mexican restaurant in town, enabling us to fill our tums with home-style cooking. (Yes, I know I grew up in San Francisco and not Mexico, but/therefore Mexican food is what I grew up eating.) Our last day in town, we took motorcycles to find waterfalls with some new friends, and I do wish I’d spent more time out of the center. I so dislike tourist traps. All in all, however, it was a great trip, and some very interesting things have resulted from it — like my new apartment!
Just this past weekend, I moved to Nuñez, a different neighborhood full of locals and their children. I’m living alone again, which feels great, and I’m sure Maya is also happy to have her own space again. (We both lived alone in the states.) I don’t consider the fact that we’ve separated any kind of failure. If anything, it’s a testament to our friendship that we were able to share a one-bedroom with no doors for two months with as little fighting as we did!
The flat, called a PH here, is the city home of the family of one of the new friends I made in Bariloche. The family lives in the country, and none of the kids are using this place right now, so I’m renting it for the next few months while I’m here. It’s pretty magical how it came into my life, and I started to look for other options and then figured that was silly… I have the opportunity to live in a family home, and it’s full of heart; you can feel it. It’s also got a ceiling fan (love those), terrace with plants, a piano, lovely colors on the walls inside and out… and a neighbor-kitty! It’s nice to be home.
I’ve had a ton of friends come through town in the last month, and it was wonderful to see them all and play ambassador a bit. Annie is one of my closer friends in San Francisco, and it was great to discuss love and life with someone who really knows me. I feel solid about my future plans now, and I’m starting to take some action for some big moves in 2010!
Professionally, things are really coming together well. I played at Cocoliche, which is the king of the undergrounds here, earlier this month, and in fact, you can find a part of my set up on my Soundcloud account: http://www.soundcloud.com/qzen. I played at Niceto again this past weekend, which is the same venue where I played for MUTEK, but this was a much different experience controlling that big room and sound system as a DJ. I truly love my job. I will post the part of my set that I have recorded from there on Soundcloud soon. I also finished my first remix, which was well-received by the band it was for, and it should be released this coming June.
I’m going to end there for now and let the photos speak for themselves. More soon! Two lots of photos up for this one entry:
