claudio rivera

hey, blog. sorry, it’s been a while! lots has been going on, lately. where should i start?

i’m playing drums for jimmy robbins. check out his music! he’s a super nice and funny guy and we hit it off right away. jimmy has the potential to be huge, and i wish nothing more than that, because that would mean that i’m along for the ride. hehe. we have three fly dates, right now, but lots of stuff is in the works.

my week with motion city was amazing. mark hoppus is hilarious. chris holmes is the man. tony is an animal. eastwest studios are beautiful! easily, the most fun job i’ve ever taken. hehe.

speaking of motion city and hoppus, i’m also working for mcs for two shows in las vegas with blink 182. i’m flying out tomorrow morning to los angeles, picking up the van and trailer, and driving to vegas. couple days of rehearsal, couple shows, and i fly home. should be busy, but fun times.

i’ve been trying to eat healthy for about three weeks now, and it’s going alright. i’m of the opinion that even baby steps are a positive thing, and i’ve taken huge leaps in my diet, so i’m pretty stoked. i wish i could keep up with the excercise portion of it, but when i need to be in three places at once, it can be difficult to squeeze in a workout. at any rate, the scale says i’ve lost about five pounds, so something’s working! hehe.

jesse and jessica’s wedding is in august and i just booked my flight and rental car. this might be the first time i’ve ever done something so grown-up, all by myself. haha. probably because i’ve never had enough money to do so. oh wait, i don’t have money right now. what am i doing? ahhh!

lastly, i leave you with yet another submission to the blog of unecessary quotation marks that was either lost in the pile of submissions, or deemed not worthy enough. i happen to think it’s a “good” one.

it's a new law, alright... *wink wink nudge nudge*

i would like to hold this pug soon!

so, i’ve been home for a few days now, and it’s been pretty fantastic. been seeing and hugging lots of friends and a surprising amount of tour buds. i’ve also been co-producing a band with jordan, which has been pretty fun. last week, i did an in-place upgrade to windows 7, but i felt like a huge sellout, so a couple nights ago, i went ahead and did a clean install of it. so far, it’s been pretty rad. honestly, i don’t know if it’s worth $100, but it’s definitely worth the $0 that the year-long evaluation copy costs. hehe.

what else? my credit cards are all paid off. i just have $3k of medical bills left, but i’m not even paying attention to it, cause it’s at a pretty low apr. i’ve also heard a rumor that you don’t technically have to pay your medical bills, if you can’t? hah. well, i hope it doesn’t come to that. it shouldn’t. i’m actually sitting pretty comfortable, right now, thanks to the mcs shows that i played, over the last couple of months.

speaking of those, they’re over! if you missed it… umm, you missed it! haha. definitely a once-in-a-lifetime event. if you still haven’t seen the videos i posted earlier, they’re still up on my demo reel page.

man, i’ve been waiting for a while to write a huge update, but i can’t think of anything else to say right now. haha. sorry! maybe next time!