Howdy y'all! It may have taken a month or so, but I'm back. As promised I'm not in sad mode this time around. Hasn't been the prettiest month around, but it's ok. I'll get the bad stuff out of the way first. The day before my last post I got into an accident in my truck, the fourth collision in the old Ranger. Some lady rear ended me at a red light, and it still hurts from time to time. There were two small layoffs at work this month, and we lost some good people (and some half-asses.) That's all I got for that. There are other things I could mention that are negative or sad but I'm more about healing than discussion.. we've all been there.
Now for the good news - we got a kitten! He's solid black like Snowball was, but we got him at about five weeks old, and he's roughly three months now, and we named him Skittles because he jumps sideways and "skittles" around. He's growing! And he's biting and clawing like crazy! That's actually subsided this last week or so, but he's really a go getter and quite a fighter. I wouldn't mind more purring and catnaps. But for now, his plots to kill me are actually sort of cute. Plus he likes to climb in the fridge, which is hilarious. Because I can open it to get a water or a beer, or ingredients for dinner, and he just makes his way right in there. That's even cute, because that just proves he's a Texas cat. Live here, and you're running towards anything cold you can find when it's hot outside.
Service King is really expensive. They wanted so much to get a new bumper for my truck and patch the paint, the other lady's insurance gave up and wrote me a check instead. Totaled the truck but that's ok. I can spend a hundred bucks and patch that old ride up over a couple weekends and use the rest for other family needs.
Several weeks ago, I researched MIDI and I have to say it's pretty awesome. You can basically use a keyboard and have just about anything as an instrument. Samples, cats, loops, regular instruments, sound effects, anything! You could record yourself sneezing, and with MIDI you can pretend it's an instrument.
I know this is random tonight, but if you know much about me, random is sort of how I am. I've gotten to a place in my life where that's started to matter quite a bit. There's nothing wrong with following the rules when you have to and not following any rules when you don't have to. Creatively, it's the difference between Dave Grohl and Kim Kardashian.
I heard a song last summer by Daft Punk called Giorgio By Moroder, which explains this perfectly. He was in high school in the late 60's/early 70's like my parents were. And he wanted to make music for a living. Of course it didn't pay much and it was difficult, but his theory on music was spot on. Make music based on what is current and what you know, but don't let anyone tell you how it should sound or be done. Be yourself and share the gift you've been given creatively. He ended up being one of the greatest and most successful producers of music in that time period.
I think everyone can achieve that level of knowledge by way of interest in any subject or area of life.
The mafia's pretty sharp at what they do, could you imagine a world in which honest folks had that kind of bravado and collected talent together? Maybe it's out there... I'm just writing randomly, don't take me too seriously.
Anyhoo, I haven't had tacos in a while. I could go for a handful of tacos and wash em down with a nice Dos Equis or a really big limeade. Mmmm, tacos.
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