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Day One Hundred Ninety (Year Two)

I realized today that I've had Guitar Zero for a week, and I'm made a whopping 3 pages of progress in it per day.  Really, really pathetic if you ask me.  So today before work, I sat and read for a while.  Now I'm up to about 6 pages per day, so that's progress, I guess. 

I've been thinking all day about my statement that I need to play more acoustic/play live this year.  In that spirit, I went back tonight to an itunes playlist I made last year sometime called "SetList," the theory being that it contained all of the stuff I'd like to play live somewhere.

Songs on this list include:

Tombstone Blues - Bob Dylan
I'll Be The One - Warren Haynes
Sister Luck - The Black Crowes
Deep, Dark Truthful Mirror - Elvis Costello
Forget The Flowers - Wilco

Between those 5, and the 4 I worked on for a bit the other day, I figure I'm on my way to having a decent list of songs I can approach feeling comfortable with.  Every time I get antsy or frustrated, I remind myself that small steps lead to big things.  These steps keep feeling better and better.  Keep pushing, I tell myself, and you'll end up where you want to be.

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