I like to think I can be creative, even if I am just kidding myself.

First and foremost, there is this:

Robbie, much like Ziggy, plays guitar. He also writes a lot of third rate rock songs and records demos of all of them. That’s how he gets most of his creative ya-ya’s out. Playing guitar with a band is the most fun you can have without laughing*.

Robbie likes playing with cameras and pretending he’s creative through photography even though all he does is take crappy snap shots of everything. Once in a while he accidentally takes a photo that isn’t terrible, but those are very few and far between.

Robbie also gets to be creative with programming software but that doesn’t happen very often. He’s been a supervisor for about 10 years so he now lets his staff handle the creative stuff. Every now and then though he gets to sneak something into the works.

So there you go. I don’t know when this turned into a lame third person perspective kinda thing. Let’s blame David Bowie for that and move on with our lives.

Merry Creative Christmas.

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*That’s me paraphrasing Woody Allen, which makes me feel uber gross. I try not to associate with potential child molesters, but sometimes the line just fits and it has to be used.

Really? This is the best question they could come up with on xmas eve? Looks like I’m not the only guy lacking in spirit this year.

So influences on my life… There are different categories here. Musical influences would be Rush and Throwing Muses and about 100 other bands. Guitar playing influences are the big three, the three Yardbirds. Eric Clapton (even though he’s turned out to be an anti-vaxxing, racist, putz), Jeff Beck (may he rest in peace), and Jimmy Page.

Of course the original biggest influences are the same for me as they are for most people: My parents (or for those who don’t have parents, whomever played a parental role). They taught me how to function in society, how to be a grown up, how to walk and talk and eat with a fork. You know, the important stuff.

The real answer to this question though is the same answer I give to about a quarter of these stupid daily writing prompts. The biggest influences on my life are my wife and my step kids. They are the most important people in the world to me and therefore have the biggest influence on everything I do. As it should be.

In closing, here’s hoping the xmas day prompt tomorrow is more inspiring. If not, there’s always New Years Day next week.