Awesome man!
I'm doing pretty good too. I graduated in 06, worked in the schools recording studios for a year, and then decided to move out here to San Francisco. I'm coming up on one year here in February. I love it! After being surrounded by music for 6 years, I decided to just get a day job, so I can focus my personal time on the album... so I'm working as a barista at a cool little cafe in the city. I work 5:30am-1:30, so I then have the rest of the day/night to come home and work on my music. I don't have a set date on when I expect the album to be done, but it's coming along. It was kind of interrupted by the whole move out here, and other various life factors, but I'm pretty much working on it like a second job now. I'll keep you updated for sure
I got my TI as a scratch n dent and saved 550 dollars... otherwise I don't think I could have justified the money at the time... the only cosmetic flaw is a bump on one of the corners... barely noticable... I made a steal! I had been using just my nord modulars, but for better workflow I felt I needed a "go-to" kind of workhorse synth, and free up the nords for more specialized stuff.
Anyways, I gotta run to work now... but we shall talk more soon!