Progression...

First, a quote from the Stuart Smalley School of Simpering Sayings.

"If you have a small 'yes' inside of you, you sometimes need to protect it with a wall of no's."

So there.

Anyhow, how have things been with me? Glad ya asked. Drinking black coffee in the mornings is not particularly pleasant, but it could be worse. A stick of cinnamon bark floating in the coffee during the day makes later cups more pleasant, even if there's no sugar to leaven things. Still, it makes me a bit nauseated by early afternoon, when I eat, and it makes me want to have something fibrous or bulky to push whatever is in me down and outta me. But I think that's kind of the point. It feels like my liver is emptying out and by 1 pm, I'm ready to eat something to soak it all up. I think there's some health going on here as a result. I mean, I have good energy regardless, and am not unduly hungry. Also, the urgency with which I eat those last allowable morsels from 8:45 to 9:00 pm is rather amusing.

Anyhow, today was yet another day in which I was glad to push myself further from The Bee. I unfollowed Scripps, North/South, and South Asian on Instagram. They do nothing for me, and I do nothing for them. It's me peeling off the last octopoid suckers from my skin. I do, unfortunately, still check on BeeNN from time to time, but I suspect that, too, will eventually die away. It's as life-giving as the Enquirer. Life is going on quite fine without the bee for me, thank you very much. The 2010s were good to me in that regard, but I am done. And that is why I put that quote up top. I have a life inside of me, and it's now going to be protected against bee goings-on. Or something.

Music? Yes! Auditioned for—and on July 31, was accepted into—Ars Nova! Super excited to see how this goes. G0t an email today where the director actually exhorted us to "start getting your voice in top form again." Never had that before. So I'll have to figure out how to do that. I think this video on straws may have something to do with that. Also sent along links to three of the four songs we'll be doing in just over a month. Exciting! But also a bit nervewracking. I've noticed a slight uptick in anxiety over the past few years, and that may have to be dealt with especially before and during concerts.

Well, that's it for now. More later on.