Worked a ton, didn’t seem to get much done, ran out of time  before I even started…you know how it goes, dear reader.  Gotta get back to it…just wanted to say hi.
Hi.

N.P.: “Rock and Roll Part II” – Gary Glitter

There have not been enough hours in the day for quite some time now.  But this is just getting ridiculous.  I don’t know what can be done about it, but something very clearly needs to be done.

N.P.: “Suzie Q” – Lemon

I simply Put It To this goddamn To-Do List that has been taunting me and growing daily for at least a year and a half, dear reader.  Kicking the shit out of it.  The To-Do List has no idea what hit it.  The new studio has been helpful in this direction.  But, speaking of the new studio…

I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to bitch a bit about Microsoft and Windows and everything else associated with it.  I’ve been working almost exclusively in the Google environment for over ten years now.  Not for music…everything music related is done on Apple software, but everything else has been Gmail and Chromebooks for many years.  And it’s been great.  Chromebooks boot up in one second (literally), and opening or closing apps is instantaneous, as is switching back and forth between tabs and apps.  I need to be able to do that because that’s the way I work…total monkey mind: while I’m writing this, I’ll suddenly think of a sentence for something I was working on three hours ago, and I’ve got about 10 seconds to get it down and in the right place or it will be lost forever.
So.  The new studio.  Completely windows based (due mostly to client needs, but a lot of the book compilation software I want to use is unavailable for Chromebooks, so….).  And I really wanted it to be amazing.  Sure, Microsoft was the absolute shits earlier in the century, but I’ve given them plenty of time to get it together.  That much time, it would be like they had to try not to just naturally improve.  But goddammit, dear reader, Microsoft still sucks.  Their products themselves are solid, but the time it takes to open any app, or to just flip back and forth between tabs…it’s absurd.  I’m kind of speechless.  Speeds like this should have gone the way of the dial-up modem.  These computers are, what…a month old?  They were like this out of the box.  People want to like you, Microsoft, but you make it ridiculously difficult.

N.P.: “Voodoo Child” – Tom Morello

I am not afraid of dying…I have no fear of death.  But I’m not entirely comfortable with the idea of not existing.

Due to a recent monsoon, Fecal Creek is absolutely swarming with mosquitoes right now.  It’s like summertime in Thailand out there, dear reader.  I was outside for maybe 10 minutes today, and killed at least 40 of those loathsome things.  Anhedonia County Vector Control announced the immediate deployment of “multiple military aircraft including murder drones” to dump chemicals, radiation, and gigantic “Bug Zapper Nets” all over The Creek in order to abate the menace just as soon as the weather clears on Wednesday.  In the meantime we’ve been advised to shelter in place.  Fuck I hate mosquitoes.

N.P.: “Cities In Dust” – Junkie XL

So many days begin with so much potential, and then just go right into the toilet due to Life and all its associated bullshit.
Some days I feel that I may never not feel completed exhausted again.
But crack on we shall.

N.P.: “Waiting on a War” – Foo Fighters

Whoa…I almost collapsed in exhaustion without wishing you goodnight, dear reader:
Goodnight, dear reader.

N.P.: “Sweet Jane” – Lou Reed

“Now is my time.  Everything I’ve done up to this point is just a warm up.  This is where it all begins.”
~ Rick James

The NyQuil did the trick.  The NyQuil always does the trick.  Despite being better rested, today was regrettably predictable and unremarkable.  Tomorrow there will be games.

N.P.: “The Hearts Filthy Lesson – Trent Reznor Alternative Mix” – David Bowie

Still haven’t slept, dear reader, and I feel like hell,  Deploying NyQuil.

N.P.: “Heldmaschine” – Volkerball

It was a dark and stormy night.  Today was disrupted.  But for a worthy cause.  Haven’t slept in a while.  That should probably happen.

N.P.: “Country Boy (Sonny J Remix)” – Johnny Cash

Things started off well enough today, all cold and gray and rainy.  But by mid-morning, the sun had come out and was in full effect, and that just ruined everything.  I wrote a couple thousand words, though.  So there’s that.

N.P.: “God Save The Queen” – Motorhead