I’ve been busy, though not so much that I can’t be making my weekly check-ins I’ve intended for Mondays. But I’m not. Anyway, I can still check in this week’s progress.
Health & Fitness: I’m feeling pretty good. My vitals have been pretty good and while my weight loss hasn’t resumed, I do seem to have begun rebounding from the extra Winter weight. I do have a few things I need to do and am dragging my feet on – I need to pick a few new doctors due to change in insurance, I need to do some maintenance (and maybe repairs) on my cheap walking pad, and I need to get back to consistency on a routine. I guess I need to establish a routine, first, but that’s never really been the way things work for me. I tend to sort of try things out and let the successes of my trial and error settle in. But let’s log some wins, not the least of which that I’ve been regularly (though still not consistently), getting back on my workouts. I’ve been walking almost every day for the last week and change and started getting out of bed closer to my intended wake-up time. Both of these are extremely useful for the rest of my life, and they even help each other. So that’s dope.
Academics: I’m about halfway through my Algebra class, and I’m doing pretty well. I most definitely still need some work. I’m still making some of the same dumb mistakes, usually sign-tracking or typos/copy mistakes. Really not great. Also, on the latest test I took, the biggest mistakes I made came from feeling rushed when I actually finished with some time left. I am pretty sure I know the solve for these and the rest of my problems, and that’s more practice. Which I am doing, but you know. Time sucks.
I’m also still not yet done with CS50. I have basically finished my Final. It’s rad, though in comparison to some of the projects other students turned in, mine is a little weak. But checking around, it seems like mine should be plenty, as long as I explain in my README and submission video how it works. I am really resisting making that video. I’ve had off-and-on thoughts of doing to youtubing that I always end up not following through on because it does kinda freak me out. In this case, most of that trepidation is tempered by being able to upload to an unlisted video, and I don’t think I actually have to show my face on it. Though I think I will show my face, I mean, might as well if it’s both unlisted and me showing off some work, right?
Other Projects: Have I talked about my other goings on in a while? I don’t think so. My friends and I have been playing music together for what we think has been about a year now. It’s been really rad, and we’ve all gotten much better. But also, I’m still not great, and we’re still not actually playing full songs just on our own. Given that my bandmates are basically coming from zero and we’re all self-taught, I suppose that’s still pretty good. But now we’re all interested in locking in, which is also rad. I’m more than ready for this.
A sub-project of this has been rigging up a pedal board. This is another thing that I’ve been off-and-on working on for some years, but this year, it’s actually a reality. I have a working and basically complete pedal board right now. I say basically complete because there are a few things left to work out. The main outstanding thing is dialing in settings on my pedals. And there are so many pedals. Next up is some rigging – all of the pedals but one are attached to the board with that ol’ hook and loop stuff and it’s all wired and cabled up, but I need to secure what’s left that’s loose. And the pedal that’s not secure is my Crybaby Wah, which is kind of always broken. I mean, I have it working(-ish) right now, but man… was that main switch always so stiff and shitty? Also, the bottom has them rubber feets, which complicates things. I could pick up a bottom plate that’s made for this sort of thing, and they’re less than like $20, so I really should. But you know. I don’t wanna. And anyway, I do still think I’m going to crack it open to see if I can do anything about that switch and maybe do some maintenance on that pot. But it’s not crackly, so that’s pretty dope.
Also, now I’m trying to learn how to play Funk. I love Funk, but rarely listen to it, and have never played it. And now that I’m trying, I’m realizing that I’m pretty bad at it.
Also, I can’t sing. I mean, I can sing, and I love singing, but I’m bad at it, and when I try to improve, I feel extremely self conscience, which does the opposite.
I should really get back on finding a new therapist, huh?
Well, alright, I’m going to try and get a little guitar practice and some reading in before I wind down for the night, so I’m going to cut it off here. Is anyone’s Crybaby Wah not at least a little bit broken?