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Day 2,365: Baby House

Im listening to a little house mix I did before bed tonight.

I love house. I didnt really love it before when I DJd. I do now. I dont knowIve gotten less picky, I guess. More open to anything, particularly given that were paying a flat rate right now for all the music we play, and that means not agonizing over what tracks will or wont make the cut. I can play anything.

Heres a link to the mix, if you feel so inclined: https://soundcloud.com/twoguysonetrek......

Day 2,364: Increments

I had a very constructive, motivating thought this morning.

All because I did 80 push-ups and sit-ups this morning.

I did 50 in a row, then 30 more in a row. Doing that would have inconceivable to me just a few months ago, at the start of the year. But, I did it this morning almost like it was nothing. Almost.

So, how did I do that?

Incremental increases. I add one more each day, five days a week. Three on adding one more pushup and sit-up each day, one day off, and then two more days adding...

Day 2,363: Intensity Plus

Life is intense right now.

Intense in the way that my life feels turned upside down. I have to imagine that ALL our lives feel like that right now. Its certainly true for me. My routine has been totally destroyed, and that always makes me feel lost for a while.

I even forgot to write this entry last night!

I got sucked into filling out my writing journal, something Id been unconsciously avoiding because its rather depressing how much of it I cant fill in with color because Ive missed so many...

Day 2,362: Fresh Sheets

Goddamn if there isnt anything better than fresh sheets. Like for real.

Devs had its season (series?) finale this week and we watched it tonight. So gooood.

I also streamed a set to Facebook live. That was super fun. It was different, too, than just playing for myself. It was heightened. Like a performance.

Anywayits time for sleeps.

Night

Day 2,361: DJs

The DJ controller came today. Andits awesome.

Its so awesome, in fact, that even Liz spent like an hour and a half playing a set tonight, and shes currently loading up a playlist of her favorite songs to play more. Not tonight, but you know, in the future.

The combination of the controller with Beatports new streaming music service is game changing. For real. We couldnt have picked a better, more exciting time to get back into playing. (Almost) the ENTIRE catalogue of Beatports music is now...

Day 2,360: Drip, drip, drip

These nightly writing sessions have been my saving grace lately.

I wouldnt have written today with it. And Im glad that I did. I just wrote something dope.

Im realizing, in my current state of still-establishing-my-routine in these work from home timesthat I write my best in the morning, mid-morning, and at night. Perhaps I can leverage that. Precarious times when I have to work full-time, because I get so tired during those timesbut being just tired enough is a powerful thing. Inhibitions...

Day 2,359: Inspiration

Had a great talk with my friendo Josh tonight aboutwell, kinda about giving up. On projects. And how uncomfortable that can be, and how uncertain it is to feel like youre at that crossroads. Even if its temporary, which it always is with the deepest of creative endeavors.

And, somehow, its brought me full circle to the other side of that same coin: inspiration. Inspiration is the opposite of despair, and itswell, fuck. Its goddamn magic, of course. It doesnt feel of this world. Its like a...

Day 2,358: Cannot Contain

We got word this morning that ourand I do mean ourdj controller is on its way from Florida. It should be here Thursday by the end of the day. It got me so excited, I literally couldnt work this morning. I had to listen to a bunch of music to prepare.

Ive been out of the dance music scene for almost a decade. Like, OUT of it. I sold my CDJs, professional CD players, and my turntables when we moved into our apartment here. I needed the money, but Id also decided that I was going to give up...

Day 2,357: Fast and Loose

Good day today. Im not sure how particularly good my writing was, but Im also not sure if it was particularly bad. And thats good! Because I just sat down and wrote. That was my goal. To let go.

Thats the key for me. Just let the fuck go, Ira. Stop thinking. Stop analyzing. Just do it.

And so I did it.

And it was good.

Time for sleep. Gotta get up on time

Day 2,356: Future Perfect

Theres so much music Ive liked over the past decade or so that Ive never got the chance to mix into a set.

Im listening to one such track right now. Future Perfect by Way Out West. The Henry Saiz remix. I dont even know if Henry is still making music. I dont know if SO MANY of the artists I really loved are still making music. Its a hard business. Look at me: I didnt last. Case and point.

What Im saying isIm really REALLY looking forward to DJing again