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Day Sixty Five (Year Four)

I'll get the basic housekeeping stuff out of the way first.

1) Picked up Mechanical Bull, the new disc by Kings of Leon, today.   They have always been one of the bands that, for some reason, I can never remember which of their records I have.  I'm kind of hoping that picking up the new record will change that for me.  Side note, I just checked their discography, the records I/we don't have are the 2nd (2004's Aha Shake Heartbreak) and 3rd (2007's Because Of The Times).

2) Part of tomorrow's project needs to involve charging (and syncing) the ipod.  Not only is the battery running low, but it has been a while since it was updated.  Come to think of it, I should probably look into what of the newer stuff has actually made it onto the ipod, as some importing is probably in order as well.

The Mrs. works tomorrow morning, which will afford me the perfect chance to get into the studio early in the day.  I'm finding that, if I don't go chasing the rock & roll dream while she's out, it doesn't happen until way later in the day (like today, for example).  I got into the studio tonight, but didn't get much done while I was in there.  Still fighting internally with the best way to combine everything I've pulled for the lesson binder.

I'm frustrated with myself tonight, because I wanted to get more playing done than I did.  Another night where I picked up the guitar and didn't really get anywhere concrete.  Those need to come to an end tomorrow.  Along with everything that gets included in the binder, there needs to be some sort of daily practice routine, so it all gets utilized as well.

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