Author: robertjames1971

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Speed (Rough) Mixing Night

I have mixed a bunch of songs tonight. I’ve lost count. Four? Maybe? I keep thinking that once I get one that doesn’t suck I’ll post it. I give up so I’ll just post this dog just to share something.

Tough Day for Our Clan

Holy shit! I just learned of a couple of medical issues going on in my extended family today. The clan is having a rough one, indeed!

My cousin is in the hospital having sextuple bypass surgery as I type this. Sextuple! Holy shit snacks! That sounds terrifying.

Add to that, my mother’s sister, who has been dealing with cancer for years, is in the hospital too. Something about her meds not being effective anymore and causing new side effects. Lots of scans and blood tests.

What a familial kick in the balls.

Daily (stupid) Haiku for You #15

This one isn’t silly or dumb or funny or anything. Just a snapshot of my state of mind. My wife is working in the office today and I am at home. Two days ago I was in the office and she was at home.

I miss her.

Office day for Jen.
Is this becoming normal?
I am missing her.

Photo a Day Success!

Four years in a row with a successfully completed photo a day, 365 challenge! Here’s the last photo for this year!

365/365 SUCCESS!
You knew it was either going to be a cat or a guitar, right?

September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023
September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022
September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021*
September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020**

*One of these days had a video rather than a still photo. I decided to allow it.

**This was actually a 366 challenge. Thanks, leap year!

Third Time’s the Charm

Daily writing prompt
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?
View all responses

I’m pretty sure this is the third time we’ve had this as the daily prompt. Not exactly the same prompt, of course, but essentially the same. I’ve only been playing along for a couple of months. I wonder how many daily habit questions they’ve given us in total.

The answer, of course, is having dinner with Jen after work. That only works when we’re both working from home. I have one day a week (sometimes two) where I am in the office and the evening commute throws off the time table and messes everything up. Jen is now in the office once a week too, but she’s a lot closer to home and gets out a lot earlier too. She’ll likely be able to keep to the dinner schedule.

Honorable mentions go to getting up early, exercising before work, sticking to regular meal schedules (for gastric bypass reasons), spending evenings with Jen even if we don’t actually do anything together, playing music, watching good television. Stuff like that. It’s all good for the mental health.

22 Down, 28 to Go

I checked blog posts from August 30th in the three years that I finished 50/90 to see if maybe I mentioned something about how far along I was. 2020 didn’t say anything. 2021 had a post saying I finished mixing song #31. 2014 had one too and I think it was song #34.

Here in 2023, this is song #22. I feel like I am eons behind the pace. Probably because I took a little more than two weeks off in the beginning of August. Dumb ass.

Anyway, I actually like this song. It makes me wonder if anyone’s ever had a hit single in 7/8 time before. Could this be the first?*

*No. No it cannot be the first.