Admirable Traits

Daily writing prompt
What is something others do that sparks your admiration?

This is a tough one for me. There are a lot of things I could mention, but explaining them are somewhat beyond me. Maybe I’m just suffering from some minor brain fry today. Maybe I’m just letting the cold, damp weather get to me. I don’t know.

The one thing that comes to mind is focus. I am such a procrastinator that focus is an issue for me. Is work ethic a better term in this case? I don’t think so. I think my work ethic is okay, I just feel like I need a jump start now and then to get me out of procrastination mode.

Speaking of procrastination… it has more or less taken me three tries (and counting) to write the prior two paragraphs. Ugh.

What are some other things? I admire people who don’t have to eat all the time. Even post-gastric bypass, I feel like I am snacking on something all the time. I also feel like the length of time I can go in between snacks is getting shorter. Yesterday my stomach was yelling at me to eat all day long and it was annoying.

I admire people who are decisive. I am not decisive. I am Mr Indecisive. I constantly second guess myself. When other people do that I get upset because I have faith in their decisions, even if they are just gut reactions. I don’t feel that way about my own decisions though. I doubt and doubt and doubt.

I admire musicians who have the discipline to practice. I just can’t do it. I can’t sit down and practice scales or picking patterns or anything like that. I have to come up with a project and work on it. That’s one of the reasons I do so many song writing challenges. I feel like I won’t play at all if I don’t have a project to work on. I wish I could just sit down with my guitar and practice for the sake of practicing. I admire people who can do that.

Okay, there are a few examples. It took me almost an hour to write this because I am in full procrastination mode today. How’s that for irony?

Lights

We went for a drive tonight to look at houses with Xmas lights. We went back to the best neighborhood in the city. The one that actually stretches across the street.

Our city Xmas tree is in front of the library. It’s epic, but people are bitching about it this year? What the hell?

Finally, the obligatory clock picture.

Do Less

Daily writing prompt
What could you do less of?

I’m sure there are things that I could afford to do less of. The one huge thing that comes immediately to mind is procrastinating. I could really afford to cut back on that. Imagine how much stuff I could get done if I just did it. Wasn’t there a daily writing prompt about procrastination? Or was it just my answer to one of the questions? I don’t know. Regardless, I procrastinate a lot and could benefit from doing less of it.

What else should I add to the list? I could do less bitching and moaning about things that don’t really matter. That might make life a little easier for people who get stuck listening to me as I bitch and moan. I could watch less TV. I don’t want to (I’m watching an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* as I write this) but doing so would probably be good for me.

One thing I won’t be doing less of is pointing out examples of American fascism. For example, why hasn’t everyone, including a certain orange pile of fascist goo, who participated, planned, or caused the January 6 coup attempt in jail for the rest of their natural lives yet? Coming up on three years later, it sure looks like certain fascists are getting away with trying to overthrow the United States of America’s legally elected government, doesn’t it? Of all the crimes people manage to get away with, that seems like one that… you know… shouldn’t.


*Deep Space Nine season three episode 21. The one where the Cardassian and Romulan secret police forces team up to attack the Dominion. The end of a classic two-parter.

Are Bass Players Human Too?

I just watched the first episode of Geddy Lee’s TV show, called Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?

I freakin’ loved it!

It was about 20 minutes of Geddy and Les Claypool of Primus just hanging out. The two of them are just plain goofy and it was kinda delightful.

I’ll admit that when Geddy was reading from a script he didn’t sound particularly… professional. It’s clear that reading copy is not something that he generally does. When he and Claypool were just talking to each other it felt natural and… I’ll say it again, delightfully goofy.

There are three episodes left. One is the new guy in Metallica, one is (I think) a former member of Hole, and the third is some guy who used to be in some band called Nirvana or something.

I’m looking forward to all of them. I now need to know, are bass players human too?