Daily Log 002

[saintdionysus]

Finally got to putting Rosin on my new bow, the hair seems a bit slack , but hopefully it doesn't need to be re-haired, I don't have the funds for it right now. Hands are cramping now though, my fingers greatly protest my counted use of the violin. At least with the Russian hold there isn't as much strain on my pinkie, god bless the folks out there using the Franco-Belgian hold, don't know how they cope.




Checked-in my zine piece yesterday, so a round of applause to myself for meeting that dead-line, here's to hoping I can finish the full piece by the 30th. I'm using paint tool sai for it, which isn't my preferred program to draw in, but it's where I started it months ago and I don't want to deal with converting it for Clip Paint Studio.

Haven't written all day, been feeling very down about creating much of anything lately. Figuring out stuff for my SSI case has been rather taxing on me as a person and not great for my depression, still have like 6 to 8 months of stuff to do and I haven't even shown up in court yet, so it's only going to get more and more tiresome I imagine. November is always my least favorite month and the SSI case is doing it no favors.

I've been consoling myself with re-watching Granada Holmes though, it's a small comfort, but it's what has been keeping me running the past few days as well as occasionally motivating me to write. I also recently re-watched The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and honestly even though it's only been a week, I might just re-watch it again sometime this week, I've just really been in one of those moods, you know.

Comments

[greghousesgf]

I love Jeremy Brett, he was the best Holmes.

[luthienberen]

Wow, you play the violin? Nice. It must be wonderful to play a musical instrument.

Good luck with your SSI case, I hope the stress reduces and you are successful.

I understand the mood - Granada Holmes is comforting and TPLOSH is good fun for the spirits with that undercurrent of longing throughout.

[saintdionysus]

Yes, he's certainly a favorite!

[saintdionysus]

I do! I play the violin, piano, clarinet (poorly), harmonica, Ocarina (sub-par), bass guitar, and the drums. I'm trying to learn the kalimba, currently! Music is one of my special interests, so I try to learn as much as I can, though I rarely master an instrument, I'm always to busy getting started on a new one, it feels like. It is really wonderful to play an instrument, if you're interested in any, you should give it a shot, a-lot of people are under the impression that once you get to a certain age you can't learn one, which just isn't true! You can find a lot of cheap starter instruments online, these days. They might not be the best quality of instruments, but they serve the purpose of helping people start.

Thank you, I need all the luck I can get. Hopefully, by May of next year it'll be all settled.

And yes, absolutely, Granada and TPLoSH are really the comfort foods of Holmesian content, for me. Sometimes you just have to drown out all the woe in life with the sort of fairy tale like wonderment of them.

[luthienberen]

That is a fantastic list! I had to look up the kalimba and it looks like fun. Thank you for saying that re learning to play an instrument. I admittedly thought that at a certain age it would be difficult to learn an instrument so you have given me a hopeful attitude! Maybe next year when I have more free time...just need to decide on a instrument!

All the very best :)


I watched Granada today and it was cheering while ironing (The Naval Treaty)!