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Day Two Hundred Thirty Nine (Year Two)

So, okay, I'll be the first one to admit that I might be slightly obsessed with the whole songwriting thing at the moment.  Or, at the very least, I'm obsessed with tinkering around when it comes to these chord progressions I'm coming up with that will one day be songs.

How do I know this, you ask?  Because I did it again this morning before work.  I sat down for at least a few minutes with the acoustic and tinkered again with the same progression I've been looking at for the last few days.  I really need to find a tempo for it, if not a drum loop that can work with the small piece of bass line that I found the other day.

That said, I really need to make the Clapton tune a priority tomorrow.  I set that as a goal what seems like 5 days or so ago now, and I haven't made anywhere near enough progress on it in that time.  I sit here and tell myself that it's okay, because I've looked at it before, but in reality that's nothing more than an excuse designed to get me off the hook.

The other thing that I've really been in the mood to find of late is a version of "A Long December" from one of the Crows shows I've got.  Adam stops mid-song to yell at security for trying to have his family removed from the show.  I have it in my head that it was this incredibly incendiary version of that song, and I really want to hear it.

Also, hoping that Dog Problems by The Format comes in tomorrow.  Five days is long for an order at work, and I'd really love to have it either tomorrow or Tuesday, so I can have time to check it out on my day off Wednesday.

That's really all for today.

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