The Notebook, 2012, and a Goal

Let me start off by saying that I’ve totally blown a few of my new year resolutions. One of those was to write – music or lyrics – every day. Hasn’t happened. I’ve just lost the routine and now I am on a quest to find it again… Here, routinie, routinie, routinie… come here, boy. Wheredja go?….

Next, during the blizzard of 2011, Megan and I watched the movie 2012. Awful. I like Mr. Cusack, but this was bad. Two hours I can’t get back.
Finally, in addition to trying to get back on the horse called Resolution, I have a crazy goal of having one article printed in a newspaper, ezine, or other medium every-other week for the next 12 weeks. So far, so good. Here’s what we’ve had so far:
10 Jan 2011 – Chicago Sun-Times
18 Jan 2011 – Daily Herald
28 Jan 2011 – COD Courier
And next week (Wednesday), I’ll have a pretty big spread in the Lombardian.
After that, I’m not sure where the next coverage will come from, but I’m optimistic that I can keep this streak going!
Talk to you soon, and look for me in your local paper!
-Jay

It Comes from Somewhere Deeper

In the exact opposite way that the dwarves of Middle Earth awoke something from the deep, driven by their greed for mithril, in these past 48 hours, I have found something deep within that has allowed me to work late in to the night promoting my art. I actually can’t say what it is at all, or that I’ve even found it. Maybe it would be best to simply say that when I needed the grace to continue, it was there. It never failed.

Good night, Chicago.