i'm doing ok-ish... thanks for asking. i'm in a bit of an existential crisis between trying to get back to my programming project in C# and singing. the first i need for practical reasons but am feeling down about it, the second i need for spiritual reasons, but literally do not adequate place/space/situation to practice regularly (spring allergies are not helping, either). then today i started thinking what the heck am i doing programming i need to be looking at music more seriously. but who am i kidding i'm not 20 any more... performing arts? yearrrright. but but but but... sigh.

step one, i am thinking of looking for a choir. ANY choir. someplace where they will let me open my mouth and ... howl... or whatever. so i can retrain my voice. it's been 2 years now since i quit smoking completely, have regained a lot of vocal range now, but i'm still totally out of practice.

since i need a job and that ain't ever gonna change, i need to get back to coding on my project. I started a couple weeks ago, with the intent of just doing a bit a day but i ended up working on it almost non-stop for several days. eat, code, sleep, code, watch 1 hr tv, code, eat more, code etc etc etc... wake up with ideas in the middle of the night... code. (that is what i was so busy with last week!) then, i had an exchange with a friend on general design considerations and somehow got down on myself even though my friend did not criticize what i was doing at all. then i put things down.

i think, i need to put blinders on and just put my hands in it again, maybe limiting myself to the 1 hour daily. i also need to avoid considering the results, how fast i am or how good it is overall. the point is only to learn the stupid language, period, not win a contest of any sort.

i am glad you got to spend time with Cocky after all. It sounds like you had a good weekend.

And that cheese, oh yes... the Vermont Sharp White was my favorite, but they were all good!

~ waves ~