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Day Fifteen (Year Two)

So, I know it's been a few days.  I took my birthday off, and then Saturday night I was out late enough at a wedding that, while I thought about writing, and felt guilty not doing so, I just ran out of energy.  Needless to say, it feels good to be back.

Much to discuss... B. and I have gotten some writing done in the last few days, although not as much as either of us would have liked.  That being said, we did make some definite progress on one song in particular, and I had a bit of an epiphany regarding another of our unfinished ideas.  It was one that has been around for almost 5 years, so that was pretty awesome.

Also, the rumors and worries about us not having enough songs have been gleefully debunked.  At this point, it's looking like we may well have enough songs for a double album, although I suspect that it won't come to that.  Tomorrow is set up to be a big giant writing day, as it's the only weekday that B. has off, so that should be awesome.  We will likely spend most of the day hiding out in my Mom's basement trying to get a lot of stuff sorted out.

Other important news: I stopped at my hometown's version of heaven... The Exclusive Company (say it with me!).  I remain fully convinced that it's the best music store in the world.  There's nothing like it in the WDM, that's for sure.  Picked up 3 Fountains of Wayne CDs, and the new Foo Fighters documentary, so that's awesome.  They had a lot of Wilco on vinyl, too, so I may well have to go back and snag at least some of that before I run away at the end of the week.

That's all for now, but hopefully there's big news to report tomorrow after the writing session!

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