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Day Three Hundred Twenty Eight (Year Five)

Today was a mostly good day. I didn't get to everything that I had hoped to, but I got to enough that I feel like I can safely call the day a win, and look forward to the chance to finish a few things off tomorrow.

First off, I made a lot of progress with both the iTunes organization on the new computer and the song list today. I know for sure that I am well into "R" where the list is concerned, and very close to the start of "S."  I know that I keep saying this, but I think that the list could be done by the end of the weekend if everything goes according to plan.

I got some good time in the studio today as well, some of it focused on finding a home for the CD rack that my mom brought down the last time she was here. With that in place  (finally) I was able to get all of the music in the "current listening" pile up off of the floor. And speaking of listening, I finally got around to starting in on the new Third Eye Blind record tonight. Nate Ruess will have to wait until tomorrow.

I got to spend a bit of time with the Hendrix today as well, just not as much as I would have hoped to at the start of the day. Even so, I still feel like I got some good work in today.


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