I’ve been spending so much time stressing over my old Les Paul that I thought that today’s photo a day picture should be my new Les Paul. This is the one Jen gave me for my 50th birthday and I love it that much more because of her.
What was your favorite subject in school?
Daily writing prompt
Which school? High school? College the first time? College the second time? Junior high? Elementary school? Kindergarten? My favorite subject in kindergarten was learning letters. We had cartoon characters called The Letter People. I can’t remember if they were cardboard cutouts or inflatables. I think they might have been inflatables. They are also the only thing I can remember from kindergarten so I guess they are my favorite subject by default.
Let’s go with my favorite subject in High School. It was probably whatever social studies class I had at any particular time. History, civics, that sort of thing. I didn’t really like science, though the labs were interesting. I didn’t like math at all. It was my worst subject by far and I really wanted nothing to do with it. English was good. Literature, at least. Writing was something that sort of came naturally to me. If I needed to write an essay I could crank out something decent quickly. The only complaint my teachers generally had was that I didn’t write enough. Somewhere along the line I learned that the structure of the papers I needed to write was more important to the teachers than the content so I just cranked things out.
There was a period early on where High School Band was my favorite subject, but early in my sophomore year I started a band of my own and suddenly playing music that I didn’t choose for myself was tedious and boring while playing my own music was absolutely exhilarating. So much for High School Band. Jazz band was different, but that was an extra-curricular, not an actual class. In jazz band we could improvise and that lit a fire under me, musically speaking. One that still burns pretty intensely today.
History, government, social studies in general. Those courses were interesting, enjoyable, and fascinating to me. They still are. When I feel the need to do some non-fiction reading it’s usually either a biography of a historical figure or a study of some historical event. It’s been 34 years since I finished High School, but nothing’s changed in that regard. I’d still rather read some good sci-fi or horror though. Those didn’t really come up in English Lit though, so there wasn’t a lot of Stephen King and Clive Barker in school.
I just finished watching the second season finale of Loki on Disney+. No spoilers, just go and watch it. The whole season is very good.
The reason for this post though has to do with the guy who plays Loki, Tom Hiddleston. Simply put, is it time to cast him as the next James Bond, or what? I think he would be a great choice. He wouldn’t be the blunt instrument Daniel Craig was. He’d be something else, but he’d be great.
Just call me Spartacus and join my crusade. Hiddleston for Bond: 2024.
Cuteness overload warning:
It’s lunch time. I am running two culinary experiments today.
One: I cooked a hamburger in the air fryer.
Two: Sugar free ketchup. Yeah, you read that right.
Short term results. First, the hamburger is SUPER greasy. That’s a surprise. Second, the sugar free ketchup sort of tastes like ketchup. Again, surprise. It’s only been a couple of bites but so far it’s not disgusting. Shocking.
Today’s haiku for you is brought to you by the shitty weather here in my neck of the woods.
Crummy rainy day.
Freezing my ass off again.
Missing the summer.
Just looking ahead to this weekend. I need to make some music. I need to play some guitar. I need to play guitar through an amplifier and not just headphones. It is imperative. We’re getting to that point where not playing is affecting my mental state. Music must be made at volume. It is necessary.
There was a delivery guy outside when I took these two cat pictures. Robin was fascinated and stared at the guy the whole time he was near the window. Lily couldn’t have cared less. Those are pretty accurate summations of their personalities right there.
How do you manage screen time for yourself?
Daily writing prompt
Yup. Already done this one. Literally this time. I’m not saying this one is remarkably similar to a previous question. This one is literally a previous question. I got this three days ago when whatever bug in the system that is making this whole daily prompt thing not fun anymore first reared it’s buggy head.
I will answer again because I am a glutton for punishment.
I am 52 years old. I am not a child. I don’t need to manage screen time. If I want to do something on a screen I do it. I am a grown up. I work on a computer eight hours a day. If I want to go a-web-surfing after work or on the weekends then I do. Sorry, but again: Grown up.
If you need to do something to manage your screen time then go for it. Whatever gets you through your day. I will tip my hat to you and wish you well. I don’t do anything about screen time because I am fine living on the screen.
There. One question answered twice. Ugh.
