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Day Three Hundred Forty Two (Year Two)

So, I'm up through the first 200 days of year two in reviewing the blog.  Funny thing that I noticed tonight.  Day 200 was the first time that I wondered out loud (assuming, of course, that you can do that in words) just how much I could learn from going back to the beginning and looking through everything to see what it is I've attempted or hoped for or wanted to really get out of the blog in the last two years.  That was 142 days ago.  I can't decide, for the life of me, whether it's ridiculous that it's taken me this long to get close to finished going through it all, or whether it can be considered a victory, seeing as I ignored that impulse for the year and a half before that.  Either way, I'm feeling good about where things sit right now.

I got some playing done this morning before work, which while short, was still good.  I'm looking at it right now more in connection with teaching than anything else, and I'm trying to figure out where (after the obvious basics of holding and tuning the guitar) I should begin.  I know that the opening point will change with each student, but that will be the fun part.

I put the Motion City Soundtrack record on hold today.  It was due to be returned, so I gave myself one more day to think about it.

Also, R. is seeing Wilco twice in the next 3 days.  Once in Rochester, MN, and once in Davenport, IA.  Kinda jealous, especially because the Sioux City gig I had initially planned to go to happens this coming weekend.  Oh well, they will be around again, I'm quite sure.

Really good day today.  Off to play a bit before heading to bed.

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