Day Off

Today (Friday) was another decent day off. I didn't have any concrete plans except a workout, and my day went like this:

• I slept in until 11:30 am, and then watched last night's "The Blacklist".
• I worked out from 3:00 to 4:00, and then had a salad for 'lunch'.
• I broke out my guitar and tuned it.

• I bought two shirts from L.L.Bean with the $50 gift card Dad & Ma gave me for Christmas.
• I food shopped at 9:00 pm.
• I watched the season finale of "Undateable Live" as I broke in my Lakai shoes some more (ouch, they are tight on my right foot).
• I dragged out some indie comics to reread.
• I discovered that Miranda Lee Richards released a new album today! I hope she comes to Boston.

Night Stuff

I went to bed at 2 am, but instead of reading until I fell asleep, I threw in my iPod buds and listened to R. City's album "What Dreams Are Made Of". I sang along to my 4 favorite songs twice, thinking about how awesome it would be to learn them on my guitar (and improve my singing - Chumble half-liked & half-hated it). Then at 2:45 am I got out of bed and hopped on here. The songs:

1. "Crazy Love"
2. "Make Up"
3. "Again"
4. "Take You Down"

I'm going to tune my guitar tomorrow and mess around with it...

Day Off

I worked the last seven days in a row, so it was nice to have a day off, finally. Today has been a combination of lazy and fun and productive:

• I slept in until 10 am.
• Breakfast was coffee (Starbucks Sumatra) and cereal.
• I watched last night's "New Girl", "Brooklyn 99", and "The Flash".
• I went to see "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" again!

• I broke in my new black Vans.
• I did a sinkful of dishes.
• I worked out from 4:30 - 5:30.
• I had the rest of last night's Chinese food for supper (chicken fingers, scallion pancakes, and shrimp fried rice).
• I watched last night's episode of "The Expanse".
• I ran out to Hannaford to buy a few things (apples, bananas, tomatoes, peanut butter, ½ & ½, bread and a couple of apple fruit pies) at 9:00 pm.
• I watched "Expedition Unknown" (Kalahari Desert), a few episodes of "Friends" (Season 7), and "Angie Tribeca".

Lush Tickets

I went out on a financial limb for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see one of my favorite bands from my college years and beyond. I snagged two tickets to the Lush show at Royale Boston, on September 15th!

Sunshine

I love the sun, especially at low angles. So when I saw it coming in my kitchen window when I got up this morning, I did a staged photo with my cool spaceman figures.

Here are several views of them "exploring the cargo bay of a giant spaceship" (sheets of colored paper lain over the floor, in front of my natural gas heater and the dark bedroom doorway):

Busy Day Off

Today has been full of events and acquisitions:

• Jason called to set up a time for me to visit him & his family in California, and it is going to be a long weekend wrapped around Patriots' Day circa February 15th. Sweet!
• I got an e-mail about a live show featuring Best Coast and Wavves for February 20th, and I snagged two tickets.
• I used the remaining $22 & change on my Amazon gift card to help buy a new Norelco razor, and the first book in James S A Corey's "The Expanse" series.
• I went food shopping.
• I watched the first six episodes of "The Expanse" on SyFy (taped them all and waited for a free day).
• I went to Michael's to use my $25 gift card from Dad & Ma. I got the items seen in the image below (filling in some color gaps in my Prismacolor pencil & Pigma Micron pen sets).
• I worked out from 9 to 10 pm.

New Music

The first new music I bought in 2016 is R City's album "What Dreams Are Made Of".

I saw the video for "Make Up" on Palladia this morning before work, and Chloe Angelides' voice just captivated me. I watched it eight times!

When I got home from work I bought the whole album, and there are a few other good songs. I've listened to "Make Up" at least 40 times so far today...

Sometimes I Drink Coffee at Night

Star Wars

I saw the new Star Wars film today. It was pretty damned awesome.

They made a great decision to allow the new characters time to shine before bringing in Han & Chewbacca, et. al. I really like Rey and Finn, and even Kylo Ren is cool. There were a lot of surprises, even though I correctly foresaw the one big death. I am going to see it again soon, and I already cannot wait for the sequel.

The Work Week

I've spent this minimally-remarkable week very busily at work (Josh got fired for 'grazing' {eating without paying}), so when all has been said & done, I'll have worked about 53 hours by the end of Saturday.

When not at work I've been watching a marathon of all 5 previous seasons of "Downton Abbey".

Hopefully next week returns to normal.

2016 Resolutions to follow, probably tomorrow (my one day off this week).

2016

I've decided to do what I have done in the past (see: Voyage 42), and create a blog for a specific period of time.

I began some big changes in 2015, including getting into much better shape (I've lost 30 pounds since the end of July), thinking long-term financially (401k, etc...), and finding (and losing) a girlfriend (Karley).

I plan to continue the fitness regimens, both physical and financial, and I am going to continue to be more bold in my dealings with the opposite sex.

I am going to make 2016 the turning point in my life that it can be. Resolutions list to follow...