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Jan. 14th, 2026 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asmanydogsaspossibleWent to mail my paintings.
Van started rough and did all kinds of wacky shit when I first turned it over, idling unevenly, etc. This has been happening. I think it’s because I've been letting it sit too much. I think it’s a fuel delivery issue. The lines are totally dry and cold at first. Once I drive it around for even a minute it seems totally fine. And every subsequent start of the day was much more even. I guess I really do need to try and start it every few days and run fuel through it even if I’m not driving it. Annoying.
Bought Mom a sketchbook. For Christmas I got her colored pencils and some adult coloring books since she had expressed interest. But why stop there? So I got her a blank book, too. I suspect she would be a pretty good artist if she let herself get into it! Maybe she will.
Was tired as shit early in the evening and felt myself spiraling into some kind of depressive pit. Smoked weed. Practiced the Dax Riggs song “I hear Satan” on the octave mandolin. Been trying to learn it the past few days. Tried to record it but I don’t think I can make a good version right now. The timing of the melody with the riff is difficult to keep straight. I'm getting it, but it's going to take more practice before I feel like sharing anything. It's one of those songs where I suspect the musician wrote it by playing the parts independently. You know how that goes. Then you have to spend a lot of time actually learning how to play your own song. Agh!
Van started rough and did all kinds of wacky shit when I first turned it over, idling unevenly, etc. This has been happening. I think it’s because I've been letting it sit too much. I think it’s a fuel delivery issue. The lines are totally dry and cold at first. Once I drive it around for even a minute it seems totally fine. And every subsequent start of the day was much more even. I guess I really do need to try and start it every few days and run fuel through it even if I’m not driving it. Annoying.
Bought Mom a sketchbook. For Christmas I got her colored pencils and some adult coloring books since she had expressed interest. But why stop there? So I got her a blank book, too. I suspect she would be a pretty good artist if she let herself get into it! Maybe she will.
Was tired as shit early in the evening and felt myself spiraling into some kind of depressive pit. Smoked weed. Practiced the Dax Riggs song “I hear Satan” on the octave mandolin. Been trying to learn it the past few days. Tried to record it but I don’t think I can make a good version right now. The timing of the melody with the riff is difficult to keep straight. I'm getting it, but it's going to take more practice before I feel like sharing anything. It's one of those songs where I suspect the musician wrote it by playing the parts independently. You know how that goes. Then you have to spend a lot of time actually learning how to play your own song. Agh!
