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While I was drawing yesterday, I had a small feeling inside that tried guilting me by saying, “You should’ve done this long ago, no one will like your shit.” I told it to screw off.
It’s never too late to follow your passions. I don’t care if you’re ninety years old and are just drawing for the first time. Good on you. Now keep going, and don’t throw away your work — put it in a nice, safe place so you have something to look back at.
Our friends came with us to the lake.
The community picnic had a very large turnout.
Many people that lived in the 'Bu' have moved there. Perhaps a step down in prestige; status. I wonder if they are part of the wave of 'entitled' that hit The Bu back in the Nineties? I'm so judgey.
Feeling uncomfortable, I helped Robert the caretaker move the beer tap down, and fill the half drums with char coal. I didn't ask about his son. He sipped a bit of foamy Miller and continued working, steadily; concerned... I hope they pay him enough. The crowd at Memorial Day had been perhaps the largest ever, he told me. Lots of new faces I didn't recognize.
As predicted, there were no fireworks. I mentioned that it was the County "and just like being in County ( jail)" , though I've never been. I'm a fake proletariate. My tastes are utterly Boojhee.
We actually won the boat decoration-parade. I'd thought for sure the boatload of Liberty statue gals, green spike headdresses on, and a big hand-lettered banner, would take it. So political.
Our friend ( the husband , of course) had said beforehand "It's rigged", and indeed it was, as FIL had indeed once been honorary mayor of the lake community.
Privledge is grand.
My wife smacked me.
Okay, the dangly decorated red white and blue Pinterest toilet paper rolls had taken it. "Handmade!" they had shouted in unison, as we went past the judges, showing some leg, smiling, doing the wrist movement and hand waggle just right. I, of course, had sat there frozen and stiff as usual. Someday I'll learn how to dance.
I wrote an unshareable limerick about work.
The AC wasn't working at home but astroandy figured it out -- it needed a new fuse. There are long-term issues that need resolution, but that's the immediate one. $3.49 instead of whatever a service call would have been.
Promoted my book via FB, with 20 bucks to see if there was any point. I got more likes than I expected, a few shares, and I still have about 7 dollars left on the promo. Not sure if they are just liking it, or clicking the link. The optimist wants to believe that they are clicking the link and reading the sample, then clicking like. Then the cynic says: It's FB, people just click like just because. But, I did narrow my promotion to people who love reading, so I think the first one is more likely.
I've invited them all to like my page, so hopefully I can build some sort of presence online. Hopefully.
So... yeah, day's going alright.
Soon be a hose pipe ban...I thought walking over the bridge..but on the other side
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Not yet as it's getting repaired
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People can be biblical
I crashed our organizations' Web site by testing something I was supposed to be testing ... it may, in fact, not go live Friday as anticipated.
Good start to my day. I beat Karen. Peter I'm coming for you. For those who do not know, Karen is the default score on Tetris once you reach level 11, and those bricks start falling at terminal velocity. I was maneuvering those bricks like a bus driver swerving through a land mine field in the Lincoln Tunnel.
I'm coming for you next Peter! Watch yo' head!
Walking past charity shop an saw a chess set..went in bought it...then bought a jazz album and book so I had to come back home....
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I used to play rated, competitive chess. Not well enough but well enough.
They fixed my bug and release was Saturday GMT but Friday on the US west coast so they still made it, technically, and since my bug was time-zone-related ...
I play it online ...5 minute games... I've not improved much but sometimes liking is enough..