The activities app that comes with the Apple Watch was recording when I play drums as an Outdoor Run. That was good enough for me to get some credit for the effort and didn't think any more of it.

I noticed the other day that a fitness tracker app I started using had "drumming" as a workout choice. That blew my mind because it was the first time I have ever seen that in any fitness related app.

Last night at rehearsal I hit the Drumming button for the first time. Today when I look back at yesterday's info, it's very cool to see the drummer icon.

When I receive an answer from AI, I respond with some sort of “thanks” cause it’s kinda fun. It responds with a pleasant "you're welcome".

Is all that extra politeness band for the environment in the end? If I don't do it each time then the server doesn't have to use extra energy.

Dunno.

After ten days of quarantine and then testing make sure I am good to go, we went to Hokkaido around Muroran. Even after one day, I can feel the fog, I was unaware was there, clearing.

We have recording time set up for October and we need three more songs. If we want them to sound natural when we record, we really should be rehearsing them and playing them live for two months. So that would mean we need to get three songs written by August.

I figure might as well lean into the pressure and enjoy it.

Things that didn't exist when Biden and Trump graduated from university:

- Hip Hop
- Heavy Metal
- Punk Rock
- Arcade video games
- Home computers

This is just a short list for context. We need younger choices.