A Note on My Slacking

Okay, so I'm overly aware of the fact that it's been exactly a month since my last post. 

I'm even more overly aware of the fact that it's been 8 days since I was supposed to write a 29-type list.  I have had a TextEdit doc of ideas going for those 8 days. 

Lastly, I am also overly aware that I went to Maine a couple weeks ago, and while there I broke my music challenge.  Now at the time I didn't consider it a break.  I never made this stipulation, but I think it should only count when I'm alone because forcing other people to listen to that shit is just cruel, cruel, cruel.  I left on Beyoncé before going to Maine and I haven't picked up since I've been back.  Even worse... I've listened to other music.  But in my own defense, I've barely even done that.  Also, part of this whole challenge was for me to hopefully make some elimination decisions in the end.  Instead, though I simply continued to download new music, that I wasn't even allowed to listen to because it didn't come in the first 2 letters of the alphabet or something and so I was just growing my collection and making no headway on fitting any of that onto an iPod.  So, the night before going to Maine I just went ahead and unchecked a LOT of music.  Blink-182 (except select songs) is gone.  Stand-up comedians, gone.  Things I've listened to in the past and know I'm never going to listen to, gone.  However, there are a lot of things on there still that I probably COULD uncheck (the whole Pussycat Dolls CD(s)), but since I haven't listened to them really yet, I don't want to make that executive decision. 

So, anyway, this is all just to say, to all of my fans.  I AM SORRY.  I have failed.  These things happen with me, more often than not.  I will pick up where I left off though, someday, I will.  And when I do, I will continue, starting with Beyoncé's "Listen" and moving on (or moving backwards as needed depending on new artists) as originally planned.  Today is just not that day.  I spend too much time at home to not at least listen to music I feel like listening to. 

Expect a list soon though, I'm trying to complete a couple and figure out which to use.  Amanda Dolan said it best: twenty-nine is a daunting number (for lists).  The first one came easily, but it's already proving to be more difficult than I expected.

Peace.