Insanity

Jen bought a new cat toy. Lily is flying around the house like an insane creature. Robin was too but she’s taking a time out before hurling herself back into the fray.

Probably safe to assume there is catnip in the new cat toy. Ah yup.

Geddy Lee: Two New/Old Songs

We’ve known about these two songs for a few weeks now as he’s been playing the recordings on his book tour, but Geddy Lee released two new/old songs today under the title “The Lost Demos”. They were recorded during the writing of his one solo record, “My Favorite Headache” back in 1999 or 2000 or so. He dropped them from consideration as they were a little two personal to share. One is apparently about an argument he had with his wife and the other is about the death of Neil Peart’s daughter.

After one listen, I like them both. Good stuff. Enjoy some new/old/previously unreleased Geddy Lee!

After two books and one TV show (which is out soon… possibly today, I think. Not sure) it’s time for Geddy to start writing some new music. Preferably with Alex Lifeson, but another solo record would be welcome too. We’re ready, Geddy. Bring it on.

Morning or Night

Are you more of a night or morning person?

Daily writing prompt

This one is sort of evolving. At least I am trying to force it to evolve.

Traditionally I am as much of a night person as one can be. I think I was in high school when I realized that I was better at studying later at night than I was in the morning. That lead to a lot of late nights with crappy sleep. It escalated wildly when I was in college the first time. I still often get a second wind around 10:00pm and that still leads to a serious lack of sleep on many nights.

I said this was evolving though and that is because I am trying very hard to change my routine. After weight loss surgery I was required to exercise daily. I barely ever exercised at all in the 50+ years prior, so that required a major lifestyle change. After a while I worked out a routine where I get up early and do all of my exercise for the day before the work day starts. As the amount of exercise I need increased, I had to start getting up earlier and earlier. I shoot for 5:00am most days even though I often (like today) don’t get out of bed until a little after 6:00am. That’s still crushingly early for me and my tiny little brain.

Is getting up stupidly early every day turning me into a morning person? Sort of. Maybe? I still feel like I am better later at night, but I am at least able to function in the pre-dawn hours and that is a notable change of pace for me. I guess the answer to the question at hand is that I am still a night person but I am doing my best to spread out when I am at my best. Let’s call it an on-going goal and put a pin in it until the daily writing prompt inevitably asks this same question again in a month or so.

Good to Go

I still need to bring a headset mic upstairs to use for conference calls, and I need lightbulbs for the two little lamps on the shelf. Other than that I am good to go. The swapping between monitors didn’t work the way we’d planned, but I found a work around that is almost as good. I am going to work here tomorrow and see how it goes. If nothing else, I will be a ton warmer than I am when I work down cellar.

I have a few more changes I want to make to this setup, but for now it’s good enough.

ADDENDUM: Light bulbs, candles, a foot rest, and iTunes.