I haven’t felt like writing much lately. Maybe it’s post-election blues or maybe it’s the end of year rush.

My band moved into a new rehearsal space last week. I’m excited to have more room. One practice in and I know I can hear things better. I’m hoping to use the space a bit more for my own practice and writing as well. Our first show is in just over a month.

Of course, Black Friday combined with my renewed interest in music led to some new purchases. I added a “blemished” Walrus Slö, which I’m sure I’ll dig after how much I love the Walrus Fundamental Ambient Reverb. I also bought into that Chase Bliss mystery box. And I grabbed a new Focusrite interface to put in a rack at the rehearsal space to help us record more.

I bought a Tele. It sounds great. I’ve got to get some work done to it. The pickup height catches the high E string sometimes. I think it could just use a setup overall. And even though the stock pickups sound great, I’m Fralin curious since I love their single coil pickups (this is a Thinline with the wide range humbuckers).

A couple of weeks ago I got the Hyundai Ioniq 5 I’ve wanted for 2.5 years. Our lease on the Honda HRV, which is our third leased HRV, is up in a few months and I panicked that EVs will be in some trouble during the Trump administration. I’m really happy with my choice, but I don’t really have a lot to say about it. Thanksgiving travel was a bit of a pain, mostly because there were very few fast chargers on Long Island near my parents. I had no trouble charging along the ride (Delaware on the way up, New Jersey on the way down). We are going to get the 240V charger installed at home, although I was taken aback by the cost of the electric work considering we have a garage and the fuse box is so close.

I weigh less than I have any time in the last 20 years and it’s wild. I’m going to transition more to maintenance mode soon and I’m definitely a bit worried. I generally do well for about a year when I hit a new low weight, gaining back just a little bit and holding before eventually yo-yoing right back up.

I missed one concert because I messed up reading the calendar and we were actually out of town. Another one got cancelled a few days before hand due to the band getting sick. Tonight is attempt three for the fall, it’s a couple of bands from my hometown area, one of which I last saw 20+ years ago. I was shocked to see either of them still exists in some form, and when I saw they were playing about a mile from my house, I had to give it a shot.

Shrinking is great. Silo is great. Sunny? Why is no one talking about that great show? Jury is still out on Dune: Prophecy.

Lately, I’ve become “3D printer curious”.