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I Feel Like I Should Post Something

I feel like I should post something but I don’t know what. I was thinking about trying to sneak up to the ocean for some sunrise pics but I’m way too tired. Maybe Sunday morning. We’ll see.

I’ve done it (sunrise pics) at Salisbury Beach, which is in Massachusetts. I’ve done it at Hampton Beach, which is in New Hampshire. It only makes sense that the next one happens in Maine. Old Orchard Beach has a pier that is super cool and would look really good with some long exposure jazz happening in the water around it, but I am not sure that the sun actually rises over water there. The beach is actually in a bay and the land extends out into the water. If the angle is wrong, the sun would actually rise over the land. I spent some time looking at pics tonight both via Flickr and Google Images and it looks like it might be okay some days but not others. Either that or there was a lot of distance between the camera positions on some of those pics. I don’t know. The pier alone probably makes it okay, but if I am going to drive an hour to see the sunrise, I want to see the damn thing rise over the ocean, not the land. I can do that at home.

There. I felt like I should post something and now I have.

Self Motivation

I feel as though I am running out of steam on 50/90. 16 songs are finished and there are nine more in progress. That only totals to me being half way finished. I’m still committed, just maybe not as committed as I was a few weeks ago.

I need to self motivate. (I almost typed, “I need to self motivate myself.” hehe)

I’m not sure when I decided that 2014 would be The Year of Song Writing but at some point it happened. If I complete 50/90, and then continue to play the album-a-month game for the final three months of the year, then I will finish 2014 having written well over 100 songs. Granted they all sound exactly the same and not one of them is worth a damn to anyone but me, but they will exist. That’s all that matters.

As of right now the count for the whole year, starting in February, is up to 61. That’s a ton, for me.

The Bright Side

For the first 36 years of my life I was the undisputed king of pessimism. The glass wasn’t half empty, the glass was bone dry.

Then I met Jen. Slowly but surely my attitude toward everything changed. It was all her fault of course. Who knew that being nuts in love could affect your outlook on life and give you a sunnier disposition?

I’m going to have a super stressful day at work today. It’s going to be uber painful. Then this morning we had car trouble. Uh oh!

But this isn’t the old Rob, this is the new improved Rob. The issue with the car is being resolved lightning quick, Jen is coming to the rescue, but it does mean the kids and I have a few extra minutes at home this morning. Just enough time for me to shave off the two weeks of beard that had spawned on my face.

See? That’s me looking on the bright side. I’ve taken a negative and turned it into a positive! I’m not even remotely upset about the car situation. Instead I’m happy about getting to see Jen for an extra few seconds today, and not having an insanely itchy face anymore.

Rob is feeling positive. Who knew?