Author: robertjames1971

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November Music

If I am going to have my number one guitar back soon then I should probably get going on a November music project, right?

November is National Solo Album Month. NaSoAlMo. The goal is to write and record 29:09 of original music and play all the parts yourself. I do that for every monthly music project so that’s not a big deal. I started one song idea last week. This morning before work I started another and came up with the gimmick for the month.

The first time I finished a NaSoAlMo project I came up with a way to link a bunch of songs together into one giant song. I think I am going to do something along those lines again. The idea I had for the first song had a phrase that was meant to be a coda section that was not used anywhere else in the song. The gimmick is that I will take that coda section and create a variation of it and make that the opening section of the song that comes after it on the playlist. Song number one ends with something, then song number two starts with a variation on that something. Song number two then ends with a coda that isn’t used anywhere else in the song. Song number three opens with a variation on it. Ect Ect. Get it? Then all the songs get smushed together into one giant song file.

Writing it out like this makes me think it’s a dumb idea…. I’m still going to try to do it though. Let’s see how long I stick with this plan.

Just Heard from the Shop

I just had a chat with the guitar shop. My Les Paul Custom is getting new frets. It’s getting a new bridge too. It’s also getting a new nut, but I guess that is a given when you get new frets.

It will probably be done some time next week and then we can start asking the real questions. That being, how does it feel and how does it sound? Does it feel like an entirely new guitar? Does it sound like an entirely new guitar? The most important question will be this one… do I still love it?

I have been afraid of this for years, and downright terrified ever since I finally pulled the trigger and started the process. Right now? Now I am still terrified, but I also have a new feeling… an unexpected feeling… excitement. I kinda can’t wait to play this guitar with new, clean frets. Oh boy, I am excited. Excellent!

Is This a Bug Or Are There Really Two Prompts Today?

When I bring up the Jetpack/Wordpress app on my iPhone the daily writing prompt looks like this:

When I bring up wordpress.com in a browser on my laptop the daily writing prompt looks like this:

Really guys? You let two different prompts out on the same day? Is this a bug or just really shitty implementation? Add this to the prompt not pulling into the posts on their own anymore, and you have me really not wanting to play this stupid fucking game anymore.

So which question do I answer? Who cares, right? Why even bother?

Aw, hell. Right then. How do I manage screen time for myself. I don’t. I work at a computer for 8+ hours a day and I am an adult. I don’t need to manage my screen time. I am not a child. I can do what I want.

Invent a holiday. I’ll give you one. It just happens to coincide with my birthday, but it’s not related to my birthday. May 8th. That’s the date that Germany surrendered to end the European portion of World War II. We can create a holiday out of that and call it Fascism is Evil Day or something like that. How about Death to Fascism as a Political Ideology Day. We can all celebrate by not being fascists. We can all celebrate by reading of the evils and horrors caused by fascism. We can all celebrate by throwing rocks at fascists, fascist collaborators, and fascist sympathizers. It would absolutely be my favorite holiday of the year.

There. I answered both daily writing prompts because Jetpack or WordPress.com or whoever is responsible for it fucked it all up and put out two prompts.

Fix the fucking bugs, please. Pretty please.

Date Night

Last night Jen and I had a movie date night in the living room. Tonight we had a dinner date night at a restaurant in Andover. It was an Italian place. We both got chicken piccata. It was wonderful. Both the food and the company.

Love you, sweetie.

(Not Quite) Daily Haiku for You #75

I’m in Thanksgiving holiday planning mode today. Can I turn it into a haiku for you?

Holiday planning,
Managing all those schedules*.
What are we doing?

*Okay, does schedule have two syllables or three? I asked Jen and she didn’t know either. I then asked Google and the answer is apparently both.

‘Schedule’ can be three syllables or two syllables.  The first syllable is stressed:  sche-, sche-.  So it can either be ‘schedule’ (sche-du-le) or simply ‘schedule’ (sche-dule). 

https://rachelsenglish.com/pronounce-schedule/#:~:text=’Schedule’%20can%20be%20three%20syllables,’%20(sche-dule).

In this haiku it is two syllables. If you can’t wrap your brain around that and need it to be three, then replace the second line with, “Manage all those schedules.” That will work for the haiku rules.