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A blog about Dave Gatchell.

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    Very thankful for the medicine that is keeping the cough that started last Wednesday night. I am so zonked from it though that I made zero progress on the video I need to finish before the cherry trees start blooming in Tokyo. I have about three weeks to get it done. Spent the whole weekend practicing animation in Rough Animator. Nothing but false starts though. I do thing each false start was one better than the last though...so progress?

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    I gave a music industry podcast a try today with some interesting results. Going into it my head was at even if it doesn't apply to me, I should really know about things. After one episode, I can't tell if I should keep listening to it or not. The two people talking were bringing up some things I hadn't thought/cared about. I even started to get sucked in for a second.

    Then I realized at a point that they both weren't saying any of my personal keywords for why I play music. The web designer side of me wanted to take notes, the punk/indie drummer side of me wanted to change to another podcast.

    I am going to try some other episodes to see if it was just the guest this week that was rubbing me the wrong way. If you want to know the podcast, send me a message dave@frozen-octopus.com.

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    My throat and eyes have been burning for a week.
    Allergy season plus days and days of howling wind.
    Sounds like a haunted house in our place.

    I have a bunch of things to make and write.
    None of it is happening due to arid brain conditions.
    Cactus are growing inside my skull.

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    There was a weird amount of streetcar riding in my dream last night. Enough that I looked up "trolley" on a dream meaning website *.

    Looks like it means that I am open-minded, starting to take a new journey in life, and are taking little steps toward your goals and pacing yourself.

    Wonder where I am headed to?

    * For fun