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  • Still Cleaning

    I’m feeling better than I did yesterday. Still not great. Disappointment and a feeling of being lost is what I seem to be swimming in.

    And nothing is exciting me, nor am I feeling inspired, which is rather annoying. Like, when my life gets stressful or chaotic, or dramatic events unfold, creativity is a well spring outta me. I am finding the opposite right now. I can’t get myself to write, or work on some old ideas, or submit to publications that I know will never accept me. Even posting this blog feels like a bit of a chore.

    So I am sticking to what helped me yesterday; cleaning. I got half of my kitchen taken care of – cabinets and the pantry. Today will be the shelves, refrigerator. Not too much, as I am pacing myself, as I feel that I will need some cleaning on Friday as well.

    I thought about going to the gym, but the idea of being around other people I find discomforting right now.

    No, what feels good right now is cleaning my home. Making this apartment feel taken care of and safe.

    I am also listening to every Beatles album in order, including all of their singles, while I clean. That makes me feel better.

  • Waking Up This Morning

    Not sure what, or how this happened, but it did.

    Today, I’m going to clean my kitchen. It needs it.

    Then, I’m going to watch a lot of Great British Baking Show.

    And tomorrow, I’m going to start to figure out what I need to do next.

  • VOTE!

    It’s the day of the election, ya’ll!

    Go vote!

  • Earworms

    (I’m talking about music earworms. This is your warning. What follows may get stuck in your head.)

    When you say “earworm” to my wife, she immediately thinks of the ear bugs from Star Trek 2. The one that Khan put in Chekhov’s ear. Which is awful and gross, and not what I am talking about.

    NO, I am talking about the earworm of a song that gets stuck in your head, and for the past two days, I have had “The Real Slim Shady” playing, ahh, pretty much non-stop. Now, what I am hearing isn’t the album track. No, I keep hearing this:

    Which is kind’a weird, right? A piano version of the song, no lyrics or anything else; just piano.

    Then, from time to time, I’ll get John Tesh’s NBA theme bouncing around.

    Sometimes when I’m walking around the City, this will play in my head:

    Does anyone remember “Riptide?”

    I guess I’m just talking about tv theme songs now. I always liked “Taxi.”

    Back to the point… “Summer Breeze.”

  • ODDS and ENDS: DMV Time, Tottenham Confusion, Merch Store, and Vote

    (I feel so bad, I got a worried mind…)

    My driver’s license is going to expire soon. This means that I need to make my quadrennial appointment with the New York State DMV. Unlike most people, I don’t mind wasting time at the there. Normally, I get some good reading in, or have a fun time people watching. In New York, they let you schedule appointments. It implies that you will be seen at a certain time, but really, these appointments are just guidelines; a mere suggestion of when service will be rendered. Hence why I bring a book. And it’s easy to dump on the people who work at the DMV. What I have found is that if you are pleasant and show up with the correct paperwork filled out, the DMV staff not only is surprised that they don’t have to explain the process to you, their actually relieved.

    So, let me get this straight… Tottenham can beat Man City, but they can’t beat Crystal Palace? Right…

    The Merch Store is open people. All items share my philosophy of the type of blogger that I am.

    You should vote, if you haven’t already. Make a plan. Tuesday is the final day, you know.