One month later...it's starting to come together.

Hello everyone who reads this, the few of you who do or may stumble upon it wondering what's been going on. 

If you didn't notice, I released a new EP called Pentecost. This was my half of another split, but I don't think it's happening that way anymore. If it does, I will record new material, or I have plenty of recorded material that I'll use for it. 

I have a lot of half-finished or mostly-finished material that I just haven't had a chance to get around to again. A lot has happened over the past 2 months that caused wrenches to be thrown into the gears of the (somewhat) well-oiled machine I was operating with this project. God had other plans for me. 

First, I got pneumonia awhile ago. I was going to record some spoken word parts for another project (zine) and some vocals (for all of my unfinished tracks and the new album) and this, of course, didn't happen because my illness screwed up my voice for a long time; a lot longer than I expected. It's mostly back to normal now and my screams (and regular speaking voice/ability to do voice acting stuff) are back. Thank God. This was probably his way of telling me to shut up for a couple of months and take a step back from all of this. 

The records finally came in for my split with Blackhouse - and then we started working on our house. Ugh. This split is really great, I'm very proud of it and still super stoked that I got to perform on a split LP with Blackhouse, being one of my biggest influences. These (along with all the other merch) will be back up for sale soon. We will also be looking for reviews. 

My wife had surgery - it was minor and she recovered well, and I'm thankful that the gulf between what it could have been and what it was was extremely wide. She's okay, thank you for your prayers. 

I stopped attending the church I was going to. There are several reasons, most of them personal. I thought my mentor was going to kill me, but he's been nothing but continually supportive. 

I also had some friends and acquaintances whom I hold in high esteem depart from my life in a number of ways. This is probably God reshuffling things in a way that will be more favorable to my growth, but anyone whose lost people (not via death) knows what this is like. I'm not going to say I was perfect in every situation, and I can be particularly distant and aloof at times without realizing it. This is just a part of who I am, particularly when things get stressful. 

Finally, I got a new computer. This normally wouldn't be a big deal, but I've had issues making time to get everything set up and moved over and working the way I want it to. You know how it is, when you've had your previous computer for 5-6 years and it's time to move on from it and upgrade, and it's a huge thing. Usually you plan for it. I didn't, really - it was just time to upgrade. 

As it always has been, prayer gets me through everything. It will also get you through everything. Much more to come. Thank you.