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Day One Hundred Forty Eight (Year Two)

I picked up the Rich Robinson record today at work.  Got it essentially free.  Gift cards are cool.  I got through the first track on the way home, brought it inside to finish listening to, and then life took over for a bit.  I'm listening to his first solo effort as I type this.  I'm sure I'll get around to listening to/importing the new one in the next couple of days.  I'm off both tomorrow and Tuesday, and I'm excited for the break, both for musical and sanity purposes.  The holiday stress at work is starting to bubble up a bit.  What I need right now is exactly what I have time for: some serious time with a guitar.

That said, it feels really quiet here tonight.  Some part of me wants to fill up that quiet with listening (Black Keys, JD McPherson, the aforementioned Rich Robinson), but I'm feeling like a little bit of playing and maybe some examination of where I sit on the binder with 13ish days before the end of the month would be a good thing.  I know I'll get something more done tonight other than the bit of playing I got around to in between getting home and life taking over for a bit.

If I had a wishlist for the next couple of days it would have some work on the band stuff on it, and maybe a bit of sorting through all that's going on in my head to try and do some writing, music-wise.  That lyric blog post is still out there in the wind somewhere too, so that may well happen with a few days to reflect on the idea. 

Either way, the last few days have been kind of quiet.  Time to kick up a little dust and get some stuff done again.

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