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I had a nice weekend this weekend. I spent the majority of it practicing guitar. Sometimes I feel like doing that is "fooling around and wasting time," but R pointed out that "If it's something that you really want to do, then it's important." Actually, she made it sound cooler, but basically that was the gist of it.
Anyway, now I have better calluses on my hands, though I might not sound any better than I did on Friday at 5pm! Seriously, though, I think it's always hard for me to guage my improvement on this sort of thing. It seems like I'm getting nowhere for a long time, and then all of the sudden I notice something that I couldn't do before. I keep thinking I should make a video so I can go back in six months and watch it and say, "Oh, you really HAVE improved, haven't you?" My bassist, who actually went to Berklee and makes a living playing, was encouraging me to actually play in a band setting live. I think that helped me feel some motivation. I would like to get to the point before much longer where I can do some adequate backup work. Hopefully that will come together this year.
I did some sculpture work this weekend for the first time in a long time. Unfortunately, it met with a certain amount of suck, as I drilled a massive hole straight through the base that I'm working on. Fortunately, this isn't for a paying job, so I'm not totally freaked out. I will, however, have to find some way to hide it. I'm pretty sure I've come up with something. It's also not in the most visible of places, fortunately, so hopefully it just won't turn into much of an issue. Note: never rush a job with a power drill.
Other than that, all is usual, I suppose. There may be some other news coming soon, but I have to sit on that for now. I'm feeling very behind on lots of things. I was so happy to have gotten to do a lot of guitar practice this weekend, as that's one of the things that felt like it was being sadly ignored. Getting some sculpture done felt better, too. I am still annoyed that I haven't gotten more than one book finished since Christmas. It's hard to find the time to read. I have a small stack in my house, and none of those are related to my poor, negelected "Dystopian Fiction List" of something like sixty books. *sigh* It's hard to do it all.
I would like to write and submit another fiction piece. I would also like to get back to welding. I was looking up info on getting grants recently for writing. I keep telling people I need to win the lottery so I can stay home and do things that are REALLY important! I can only imagine what I might be able to create if I had forty hours a week to devote to writing, art and music.
Anyway, now I have better calluses on my hands, though I might not sound any better than I did on Friday at 5pm! Seriously, though, I think it's always hard for me to guage my improvement on this sort of thing. It seems like I'm getting nowhere for a long time, and then all of the sudden I notice something that I couldn't do before. I keep thinking I should make a video so I can go back in six months and watch it and say, "Oh, you really HAVE improved, haven't you?" My bassist, who actually went to Berklee and makes a living playing, was encouraging me to actually play in a band setting live. I think that helped me feel some motivation. I would like to get to the point before much longer where I can do some adequate backup work. Hopefully that will come together this year.
I did some sculpture work this weekend for the first time in a long time. Unfortunately, it met with a certain amount of suck, as I drilled a massive hole straight through the base that I'm working on. Fortunately, this isn't for a paying job, so I'm not totally freaked out. I will, however, have to find some way to hide it. I'm pretty sure I've come up with something. It's also not in the most visible of places, fortunately, so hopefully it just won't turn into much of an issue. Note: never rush a job with a power drill.
Other than that, all is usual, I suppose. There may be some other news coming soon, but I have to sit on that for now. I'm feeling very behind on lots of things. I was so happy to have gotten to do a lot of guitar practice this weekend, as that's one of the things that felt like it was being sadly ignored. Getting some sculpture done felt better, too. I am still annoyed that I haven't gotten more than one book finished since Christmas. It's hard to find the time to read. I have a small stack in my house, and none of those are related to my poor, negelected "Dystopian Fiction List" of something like sixty books. *sigh* It's hard to do it all.
I would like to write and submit another fiction piece. I would also like to get back to welding. I was looking up info on getting grants recently for writing. I keep telling people I need to win the lottery so I can stay home and do things that are REALLY important! I can only imagine what I might be able to create if I had forty hours a week to devote to writing, art and music.