RPM Revvin' up

Well, tomorrow starts the RPM Challenge 2008. For those of you who do not know what the challenge is all about, it is a call for artists to record an album of at least 10 songs or 35 minutes in the month of February. It's not a contest (as if it were, no one would seriously limit their work to one month,) instead it is more of a way to get songwriters/bands off of their duffs. My buddy, Patrick, turned me on to this whole thing. He's stuck in the umpteenth year of recording a triple album, and this is his way to clear that log-jam. For me, it comes down to learning how to write/record at home with the baby. There's no way that I will have a huge amount of time to do this, but I'll make my best go of it. The thing that most intrigues me about this challenge is that people from all over the world are doing it for so many good reasons. Aside from the aforementioned "get off your duff " stuff, people have some pretty compelling reasons to put music first for one month of the year. I'll keep you posted...

In other news, yesterday was Melissa's birthday, and we headed out to see Juno up in Ballard. The actress that played Juno looked familiar, and it did not hit me why until I filled up my mug at work. The mug has all sorts of comic book pictures on it, including Kitty Pryde from the X-Men, which solved the mystery, as she played Kitty in the X3 movie. Anyway, back to the movie - we both laughed when the guy next to us made some weird growly sort of noise. He also kept belching loudly the whole time. Gotta love going to the movies! Anywho, we both really enjoyed it. Afterward, we headed to a little place called Hazlewood on Market street. As advertised, it was impossible to find, but once we found it, it was pretty cozy.