You know those really bone-headed mistakes you make?  You know, the ones that you really should not have made, but you did anyway through carelessness or something similar?  Yeah, I just realized I have made one.  Somehow, with my indiscriminate spending, I forgot about paying $25 for gas last week, which normally wouldn't be a big deal, except that I had thought I would be spending the same $25 on gas to get back to Cookeville.  As it is, I have only $10 in my checking account now, but I've got about $100 waiting for me in Cookeville when I get back.  Most likely, I can get some money from Mom for gas, but I hate asking for money.  Ah, well...it'll make her happy that I'm opening up about my needs (or something like that...)

On the other hand, I've been screwing around with this sound-editing software and my old mic, as my new one is probably sitting in the TTU post office.  Anyway, by messing with different compression settings in the program, I have been able to amplify my voice without getting any of that nasty background buzz (you may know the sound...if you turn up a speaker too loud without any noise, or with a small noise, there's that buzz), thereby eradicating two flying vertebrates with one object of considerable density.  Only problem is I've been playing with it at, oh, 2 a.m., so I've been unable to give any volume to my singing.  As a result, I've had to hold the mic close to my mouth, thus giving my recordings those nice little bursts of breath whenever I pronounce a hard consonant.  Now, tomorrow, when I've got some free time, I'm going to sing into the mic from a greater distance with more volume.  The volume should be better than before, eradicating even more obnoxious buzz (I've gotten about 90% out already - this should kick it up to 95+%) and the irritating puh's and cuh's and stuh's and fuh's.  Result?  A semi-decent recording of me singing.  Then I can bitch about my tone and let people hear it and give me advice.  Anyway, I'm heading to bed.  Later.