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Day Eighty Seven

I did a lot of reading today, music-wise. Not necessarily as a way to wind down from the emotional highs of the last few days, but more so because after all of the action in the last 72 hours, I was kind of worn out. On the plus side, I'm very nearly done with the book on Merge. And speaking of the intersection of music and reading, next I really need to finish that big book that Keith Shadwick wrote on Zeppelin. THAT has been sitting, basically untouched, since before vacation in the end of June! I've picked it up here and there, of course (as mentioned in the last three months or so), but never for an extended period of time.

Also, I'm not beyond the realization that I'm fast approaching the 100 day mark here. It's been an amazing run so far, but there is still so much progress to be made, so much to learn, and so much to play. In an odd sense, thank god that winter (a season I usually dread) is coming, because it will give me less excuses to be doing anything but music stuff. This is me, firmly hoping that the winter of the giant leap forward is coming.

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