Friday, November 30, 2012

DAY SIXTEEN (11/30/12)

One day over the halfway hump and I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed.  This is becoming a lot of work.

1 - Wake Up @ 6:00am

     Waking up early has its benefits, but it's hard to remember those benefits when you wake up so warm, comfy and in a half-comatose daze.  The sun hasn't even gotten his ass out of bed (in my time zone), why should I!?!  But I do...barely...and I'm thankful later.

2 - Scottish Shower

       The ground temp has made my coldest setting even colder.  Today I had to turn the knob two taps to the warm.  I'd rather not lose an appendage to frost bite during this Challenge.

3 - No Television

     Rachel is in Edina taking the GRE for grad school and as of 12:30pm, she will have a huge weight lifted of her overbearing load.  I believe it's time for a celebration.  Probably steak!  (No TV!)

4 - Clean My Room

      Room is clean and I need to get cookin' on recording my songs.

5 - Write A Song Every Day

      Usually the first thing people ask me when I tell them about this 30 Day Challenge is, "How do you write a song every day?  That's crazy!  I could never do that." 
I wish my answer was something like this:  “If you want to do something, just go for it and give it a try! You don’t have to be a professional to do something. Amateurs started Google and Apple. Professionals built the Titanic.”  But I usually reply with something stupid like, "I just do it."  I don't have a lot of education in music and I'm not very good at it, but I love it and it's fun.  I thought I kind of had most of it figured out when I started this challenge, but HOLY SHIT I'm learning a lot about structure, styles, voicing, sound waveform and audio software capabilities.  NOW THIS IS FUN!

6 - 30 Minute Workout

     Neck is still really sore, but I was able to do some push-ups and worked out the legs (squats, stairs).  I don't feel as good as I did a few days ago, but when my neck is better and I can do a full workout, I'll feel better.

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