• got a golf outing this afternoon for work. i’m really excited about it, except that i got a rumor of who i am teamed up with and i think i might be the best player of the group. this is not a good thing. if that’s the case we will struggle to stay near par, which is pathetic for a scramble.

• deck is not quite done yet, thanks to all the rain. thankfully our basement is dry.

• heading to Mass. tomorrow morning for the long weekend and really excited about it. got a wedding on saturday where i’ll see alot of old friends. plan on climbing Mt Monadnock with Erica on monday, which i’m incredibly excited for.

• Red Sox are hot right now. 11 in a row. loving it.

• have a great weekend everyone, and dont play with fireworks! having all ten fingers is a good thing, i promise.

What I’ve been spinning lately:

• Snow Patrol’s Eyes Open
• The Fray’s How to Save a Life
  
• Andrew Osenga’s The Morning

Discs I plan on purchasing at some point:

• Eric Peters’ Scarce
• Keane’s Under the Iron Sea
• Mutemath’s self-titled
• Sleeping at Last’s Keep No Score, releases today
  
• Jars of Clay’s Good Monsters , releases 9/5

some bands i’ve been meaning to check out, and might soon:

• Keane
• Anathallo
• Rock Kills Kid

if you have a comment, question, or recommendation drop me a comment.

I had a great Father’s Day yesterday. It started off chilling on the couch with my kids watching Full House. Then i went into church a little early to do some demo recordings of songs we’ve been working on. I was in awe of Apple’s Garageband software the whole time. So easy to use and so cool. In 20 minutes we laid down drums, guitar, and vocal for the verse and chorus of Tim’s song. It was a rough demo, of course, but good enough for Chad to be able to practice with. Then we laid down the same thing for my song. The effect we used on my vocal was terrible, not to mention that my vocal was terrible (i’ll partially blame it on this cold i have), and the 110 tempo we used was way too fast. but other than that it sounded decent. i can’t see any scenario at this point where i don’t have these capabilities in my basement 6 months from now. it’s too easy and too fun not too.

after church we had a feast of chicken, ribs, and fresh fruit at the in-laws, preceded and followed by much swimming. the swimming refreshed us so much, that we talked ourselves into golfing. chad and i joined Buddy and Bob for 18 holes at Mocassin. I played alright, considering it was my first time out this year, and shot a 48-48 for a 96. i’ll take it. the finger i busted last august held up fine, except that the enlarged knuckle on that finger was rubbing up against my ring finger on my right hand the whole round. by the 12th hole i had a blister, by the 15th hole the blister was rubbed off, and after the 18th hole i was left with some raw skin. note to self: next time bring band-aids.

one other note from the weekend. the fireworks show on saturday night in intercourse was great. best part was that kylie and parker actually enjoyed them. kylie had earplugs in, but there was no screaming and wailing. first time the 4 of us have been able to enjoy fireworks together. call it a milestone for our family.

well, i’m headed home soon. erica has her pottery class and i’m dying to see how close to done our deck is. stay cool.

here’s a few more pics from the past few days

here’s the progress of the deck as of friday morning.

here’s kylie and parker with pop the builder.

my niece sierra, nephew landon, parker, and kylie

my three favorite people

and here’s one last treat for you. it’s a short video of kylie doing her hoola-hoop. Here’s the transcript of what she says: “Hi, I’m Kylie and I can hoop-de-loop really, really good. You have to come tryyy it.”

http://www.bryanallain.com/videos/MOV01646.MPG

-fireworks tonight at intercourse park, if my kids make it through them without being petrified it will be a miracle. really looking forward to being with my family today. gotta love saturdays.