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Day One Hundred Sixty Five (Year Two)

First of all.  I saw something today that made me smile.  Apparently The Black Keys aren't huge fans of Nickelback.  Here's proof: http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/01/04/black-keys-nickelback-feud/

My order at work came in today.  Didn't pick it up yet, if only because it's going to be part of a sale, and I need to find one more disc, or maybe a DVD in order to take advantage of the sale.

Also, I went back tonight to that DVD I'd exchanged at Half Price Books on a recent trip there.  It still skips a bit, but this one skips a lot less than the first one, so I'm going to consider that a victory and learn all that I can from it.  I bounced around to a few of the different licks, just to see if it held up a multiple points in the DVD, and it seemed to do okay, so that will be cool.

So, I have this devious plan for tomorrow afternoon.  It goes like this.  I'll be home by 4ish (I go in at 7 tomorrow for the first time in two months... yea!), even with running a couple of errands after work.  I really need to use the time after work as a chance to do some hardcore practicing.  I haven't really put in much time in the new year, and that whole 50 hours thing isn't going to happen on its own.

I'm over halfway into week 1 of the new year, it's time to shake off the holidays and step up the rock & roll.

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