The Satyricon

Last Thursday, the Taxpayers played at the Satyricon. It's a small but important (in my opinion) venue in town. Pics are at my photolog. They're also playing there this Wednesday, with Whole Wheat Bread. You might remember I posted about them earlier this spring. I saw them open for the Bouncing Souls and was delighted by their sound. This marks a special occasion: my husband's band playing with a band I already knew about.

Concert photography is really working out for me. While I don't know anything about photography, and getting good shots is difficult, bands really appreciate my trying. It just makes my day when a band I shot photos of compliments my work or puts my photos on their website. I don't think I'll ever make one red cent off my photos, but I do think that one day I'll have them to look back on and remember a good time in my life, or show my kids just how cool (read: dorky) their mom is.

And yes, I realize that my last ten posts or so have been about the Taxpayers. Not a lot else is going on in my life. We had a period of upheaval at work, and now we're in a period of extreme business. Today, Nathan and I took the Max hiking in the woods up by Mount Hood. I've been dreaming of buying a lot and building a small home off the grid for vacation use ever since. Not anything close to what Steph's friend is doing - in fact, I'd like it to eventually be bigger than my city house - but still built cheaply and sustainably. I can't afford to do that though. Not yet.