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Day One Hundred Eighty Seven (Year Two)

Talked with B. today about everything currently going on with the band.

She agrees with J. and I about the EP idea, which, to be honest, really surprised me, as she has been a vocal proponent of the full album idea since we started the project.  Whether or not she entirely agrees with my song selections remains to be seen, however.  I told her to look over the list of songs and let me know what she thinks by my next day off (Tuesday).

According to the latest messages from J., he won't be up and running again until early February, which seemed like a long time from now, until I realized that early February is actually next week.  Still, this gives B. and I time to get some more work done.  Hopefully that makes it easier on J., as he will then have a lot to work on.

And, yeah, I was all set to play a lot of guitar today, and then I spent 3+ hours on the phone, first with my brother, and then with B., so the marathon guitar session will have to take place tomorrow after work.  Good thing I'm done at 5, and can make that happen.

I did, however, read some of Guitar Zero today.  Not terribly far in (20 pages or so), but I'm right.  It's going to be a fascinating read.  It's probably going to help me make sense of my practice habits/goals too, so that's awesome.

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