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Even Exciting Things Are Repetitive
Jan. 22nd, 2025 09:38 pmOoh, Monday.
Like most who didn't vote for Trump, I spent the day avoiding media/socials and trying to pretend it was just another day while a bunch of tech billionaires watched their president get inaugurated.
All I can say is the same thing I said last time: I hope that four years from now, those who voted for him can look around and see how "great" America is "again" and feel satisfied.
Some of you seem to be expecting that things will get "better." That Trump will wave some sort of magic wand that lowers the cost of your groceries or something. Personally, I'd LOVE for things to get better for all of us poor cogs. But continuing to empower one of the worst humans on the planet and expecting him to do it for you, doesn't seem like it's going to work.
I mean, it definitely didn't work the first time.
I heard a quote this week from a Chinese person on social media: "Americans think they are free because they get to have opinions, but they don't get to have choice."
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What was I saying? Oh, Monday.
(A scale model of the entire Epic Universe park. It's so big that you can't get the whole thing in frame. CLICK HERE for a video of the model.)
Early morning, breakfast, rehearsal. We were supposed to be outside in our rehearsal space but it was cold even for Florida (54 with a windchill) plus they chose today to jackhammer the exact spot where we'll be performing, so that plan was ditched. Instead we got music/guidance for an interactive bit, and worked on that until lunch. Then we did a few play-throughs and more drumming stuff.
Afterward I went to Whole Paycheck for the hot bar since traffic was 5 minutes lighter than usual due to the national holiday. Back home, of course I was tired but packed lunch and dinner for the next day and then buckled down to do 30 minutes of bass trombone practice. Tomorrow I'll do both bass and Universal memorization (by packing dinner as well as lunch I hope to save some time getting home but we'll see.)
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Tuesday, the same routine. It rained all day so we were indoors and worked on a lot of blocking. In fact it was so much new blocking that by the end of the day my brain absolutely felt like it was melting out of my ear. After a point it feels like one cannot retain any more new info, and I was definitely at that point.
Packing dinner did save me a little time, only about 15 minutes but sometimes every little bit helps. At home I took the recycling out, practiced bass, did a load of laundry, downloaded some new show files from our Dropbox, and packed my lunch for tomorrow. I did not try to do more Universal memorization, recognizing that my brain was fried for today. I can see some improvement in the bass by doing these little 30 minutes sessions, which was cheering :) And I didn't pack dinner because tomorrow I'll get the egg white avo sandwich from Panera and call that dinner.
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Wednesday wash rinse repeat, except we started the day with a French diction/accent coach (I think it's no secret that the Ministry of Magic part of the park is set in 1920s Paris so there ya go.) She only got a little time to work with us today but it was quite helpful.
Most of the day was spent playing through our full set multiple times, taking turns, which was a best case scenario for me. Having one group perform gave other groups time to air-play along and memorize, which is exactly what I've needed to do. As a result I've definitely got more than half the music memorized and am in good position to reach my goal of having everything memorized by February.
It was cold enough that it could have snowed (39°F which could have given us a wet mushy snow) so we were indoors all day. I wonder if this storm system will be past by Friday so we can spend some time in our performance spot.
At home I did the same thing, packed lunch and dinner for tomorrow and took the trash out and practiced the bass and then slammed through about half of my Main Street Phil music at double speed just to make sure it still resides in my brain.
Flyover of the current construction at Epic Universe, taken about a week ago (I'd turn the sound off, it's annoying.) Can you tell which world is which? I think How to Train Your Dragon world and Super Nintendo world are the most visually impressive.
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Thursday and Friday: More of the same I assume.
Saturday: Hoping to take Jameson out to celebrate him having his stitches out! And chores and practicing.
Sunday: More chores and practicing, possibly making caramels and a visit to my friend Bill who repaired my bass, to return the case he lent me and give him some caramels.
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Like most who didn't vote for Trump, I spent the day avoiding media/socials and trying to pretend it was just another day while a bunch of tech billionaires watched their president get inaugurated.
All I can say is the same thing I said last time: I hope that four years from now, those who voted for him can look around and see how "great" America is "again" and feel satisfied.
Some of you seem to be expecting that things will get "better." That Trump will wave some sort of magic wand that lowers the cost of your groceries or something. Personally, I'd LOVE for things to get better for all of us poor cogs. But continuing to empower one of the worst humans on the planet and expecting him to do it for you, doesn't seem like it's going to work.
I mean, it definitely didn't work the first time.
I heard a quote this week from a Chinese person on social media: "Americans think they are free because they get to have opinions, but they don't get to have choice."
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What was I saying? Oh, Monday.
(A scale model of the entire Epic Universe park. It's so big that you can't get the whole thing in frame. CLICK HERE for a video of the model.)
Early morning, breakfast, rehearsal. We were supposed to be outside in our rehearsal space but it was cold even for Florida (54 with a windchill) plus they chose today to jackhammer the exact spot where we'll be performing, so that plan was ditched. Instead we got music/guidance for an interactive bit, and worked on that until lunch. Then we did a few play-throughs and more drumming stuff.
Afterward I went to Whole Paycheck for the hot bar since traffic was 5 minutes lighter than usual due to the national holiday. Back home, of course I was tired but packed lunch and dinner for the next day and then buckled down to do 30 minutes of bass trombone practice. Tomorrow I'll do both bass and Universal memorization (by packing dinner as well as lunch I hope to save some time getting home but we'll see.)
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Tuesday, the same routine. It rained all day so we were indoors and worked on a lot of blocking. In fact it was so much new blocking that by the end of the day my brain absolutely felt like it was melting out of my ear. After a point it feels like one cannot retain any more new info, and I was definitely at that point.
Packing dinner did save me a little time, only about 15 minutes but sometimes every little bit helps. At home I took the recycling out, practiced bass, did a load of laundry, downloaded some new show files from our Dropbox, and packed my lunch for tomorrow. I did not try to do more Universal memorization, recognizing that my brain was fried for today. I can see some improvement in the bass by doing these little 30 minutes sessions, which was cheering :) And I didn't pack dinner because tomorrow I'll get the egg white avo sandwich from Panera and call that dinner.
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Wednesday wash rinse repeat, except we started the day with a French diction/accent coach (I think it's no secret that the Ministry of Magic part of the park is set in 1920s Paris so there ya go.) She only got a little time to work with us today but it was quite helpful.
Most of the day was spent playing through our full set multiple times, taking turns, which was a best case scenario for me. Having one group perform gave other groups time to air-play along and memorize, which is exactly what I've needed to do. As a result I've definitely got more than half the music memorized and am in good position to reach my goal of having everything memorized by February.
It was cold enough that it could have snowed (39°F which could have given us a wet mushy snow) so we were indoors all day. I wonder if this storm system will be past by Friday so we can spend some time in our performance spot.
At home I did the same thing, packed lunch and dinner for tomorrow and took the trash out and practiced the bass and then slammed through about half of my Main Street Phil music at double speed just to make sure it still resides in my brain.
Flyover of the current construction at Epic Universe, taken about a week ago (I'd turn the sound off, it's annoying.) Can you tell which world is which? I think How to Train Your Dragon world and Super Nintendo world are the most visually impressive.
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Thursday and Friday: More of the same I assume.
Saturday: Hoping to take Jameson out to celebrate him having his stitches out! And chores and practicing.
Sunday: More chores and practicing, possibly making caramels and a visit to my friend Bill who repaired my bass, to return the case he lent me and give him some caramels.
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