We just passed week my life is changed and all these little tiny ways.
My roommate just moved out making me the only president of this seven room house. Corona has taken a toll on my landlords income. He still nice enough and offered me a discount on my roommates old room which is about twice the size of mine. So I’ll be moving in there over the next three days.
Finally a room big enough to stretch, to exercise, invite friends over, use my desk and play guitar!
So in the end I didn’t decide to move to that other shared apartment that was super fancy. In the end I’ll be living in the same place with twice as much space, which is more than good enough for me right now. Actually I went over to that house tonight to watch a movie with two of the roommates there. They are really nice, but… they are all into very mainstream things. They can appreciate the underground but they can’t understand all the “weird” stuff I like. This is fine, I can be friends with them without a problem, but I can’t imagine wanting to hang out with them if we live together. It’s just too much for me. But getting to know them more without living with them sounds nice.
That’s thing one.
Thing two. I’ve been talking about wanting to DJ for years already, but I never put any effort into actually doing it. Of course the DJ well takes lots of practice, but just a DJ only requires putting enough songs on a USB, thinking about which kind of songs you want to play, and 15 minutes figuring out how the machines work. Once again, I want to state that being a good DJ requires much more than this. But since I have a friends turntable to practice on, why not practice?
Two weeks ago I went to the beach with those two friends who have a turntable at their bar. They asked me if I want to try DJing at a small gathering tomorrow. And so I spent the last two days gathering lots and lots of songs onto USBs. And with that, I’m ready to debut as a DJ. Today I went over to practice and learn how to use the machine. Actually I had learned a few years ago but I forgot already. I picked it up very quickly, the basics anyway. It will be a while before I can transition two songs at exactly the right timing.. But at least I have the USBs full of music to practice.
One of the most exciting things about starting to DJ is that I needed the songs. It’s been a very long time since I bought Music, and so it felt great to buy lots and lots of songs on band camp from independent artists. I must’ve spent US$150, and there’s still a bunch more that I want to buy. This felt good for two reasons, one is supporting others work. The other is being able to buy some thing that I want without feeling so nervous about using money I don’t have. It’s not as if I have tons and tons of money right now, but at least with a steady reasonable income, and a little bit of savings, and a little bit of crypto, I’m not too worried about it. That feels soooooooo good.
Little things...
I making more progress with my body, finding good stretches and exercises. I am slowly finding students, but not nearly as quickly as I had hoped. It’s still nice to have a real income again though. It’ll still be a little while before I can hire a lawyer and receive my visa without help from a part time job. I’ve been overlapping my time at home with my time on Twitter and Facebook. It seems I accidentally got two or three friends interested in the platform. They are not the ones I was expecting would be interested.
all in all, things are looking and feeling really good. I know the world is full of uncertainty right now, but I think we got this. I know it doesn’t look like we got this, but things never go exactly as you expect. They’re always pleasant and unpleasant surprises, and we’ve had enough unpleasant surprises. We are due for some pleasant ones.
Much love