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Ms. Lauryn Hill for the Men’s Spring-Summer 2021 Show in Shanghai | LOUI...

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Tonight’ 7 PM 24 Hours of Music Jamboree Session Replay 6/23/2020. Tonight’s Performers are two jumpin local favorites: Howlin Poets a Rock Band with Blues, R&B, Funk, and Soul influences.and Positive Note a High Energy Party Rock Band that plays an incredible blend of music from Classic Rock to Pop Hits. @gregoryburrus See facebook.com/GregoryBurrus #musicians #live2020 #rock #r&b #fun #livemusic #livemusiconline #24hoursoflivemusic hours #fun #SouthOrange #gregoryburrusaroundtown (at Around South Orange, NJ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBy4Cxbgtho/?igshid=fzvxaxmgg7ii

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Announcing 24 Hours of Music Jamboree 5/30-31. We start broadcasting some great shows by some really cool musicians and we hope you can join us on Facebook @24 HoursofMusic . Learn more at 24hoursofmusicjamboree.com . . Thanks for this wonderful shot posted by our now official 24 Hours Of Music Photographer Mr. Albert Clark @alclarke_photography. You have to check his work out - it's fabulous. . . #24HoursofMusic #livemusicjam #livemusic #live2020 #livemusicevents #24HoursofMusicJamboree #jazz #bluesmusic #rockandroll #country #popmusic #essevcountynj #EssexCounty #lobelivemusic @tvrnvpcompany @greg2bpro @aroundsouthorange https://www.instagram.com/p/CAh8dqqgYa2/?igshid=1v6o7zze2r3s7

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The Thirty Second Day (4/20)

Song of the Day: Radio Ga Ga Monday. Ugh. I woke up at 7:45. It felt like a Monday for sure. My body ached, it was stiff to move. My eyes watered, excess moisture seeping through so I’ve been told. I feel like an old man. This must be how Egan feels every morning. It was another restless night. I haven’t slept well since this corona nonsense started. I don’t know what it is but I’d appreciate it if it stopped. I readied myself for the day and looked at my agendas for the day. I didn’t have any classes with zooms until last period. So I watched some TV and exercised. I had hit a new level of boredom. I felt like the whole world was at a standstill. I did my Arnie exercises and felt best after. I went outside and enjoyed the sun as my last class wrapped up. It was such a nice day out. I longed for the time I could be spending with my friends, and prayed it would be over soon. I walked upstairs and laid in bed. I was tired now. I woke up at 5 o’clock to a wonderful aroma. My sister had made cordon bleu soup for dinner and it was divine. I watched an episode of the Sopranos and started my homework. I wanted to go into work, but I remembered that I don’t have a job anymore and I don’t have a car to get there. (By the way, my car was stolen over the weekend. Very upset about it.) I’m writing my blog now as I debate which homework to do next in an effort to get to sleep at a reasonable time. This exhaustion is really bugging me and draining my enthusiasm. In other news, I’ve taken a more aggressive perspective on college and have checked off a lot on my to-do list. This week I’m going to finish housing and select my courses. I’m very excited about this next step in my life. It promises a lot of changes and developments that I’m very excited to discover on my own. My time in Ohio, which is real no matter what Brian says, is going to be a good time. I’m going to learn a lot and enjoy myself too. Anything to get out of my house for a little bit. Well, that’s enough for today.

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The Thirtieth Day (4/18)

Song of the Day: Wild World

T-Today until unemployment.

Today was the day. It was my last shift at Mariano’s. I’ve been working there for over a year and a half now and I need some real friends there. I didn’t know how I felt going into the day but I tried to be optimistic. My shift started at 2 o’clock, I worked an eight hour today which was fine. He gave me an opportunity to say goodbye to a lot of the people that I’ve grown to know there. The shift started out fine, it wasn’t too busy. I was hoping it would die out more later in the night. I got put on a register with my friend, Blanca. She was the first person that I met there and we’ve been fast friends ever since.  She insisted that she be fine but I think she was a little upset that it was my last day. Everyone was. 

Around 4 o’clock things really started to die down. We closed most registers and ended up with only four open which was unheard of. I felt like I was wasting my time but I knew not to take it for granted because I didn’t know if I would ever be back in this position at the store. I visited my friends in the front and in other departments when I went on my breaks. I got a lot of sad looks from people that I’ve brought in over the extended time there and I returned them with an optimistic smile. I was hoping I’d be back eventually even if it were just for a day or two over the holidays. Most college kids come back over Christmas and Easter just to make a little money, and I was sure that I’d be doing that. 

Around 9 o’clock we closed our registers but two and things were really really dead. We started to send people home but my friend insisted that I stay until 10. I eventually caved in and stayed. We all waited until 10 and walked outside. It was a brisk night out and I felt a sense of freedom once I crossed the threshold of the store. We all walked to my car and they started saying their goodbyes. I was told I had a bug in my car and I turned around to see none other than Mike Egan with a wide grin on his face. They had planned to surprise me. After that, most of my friends literally jumped on me to hug me and I felt a sense of warmth in the cold night. I knew I had done good to get all of these kind people to enjoy my presence. It was a bittersweet feeling and I knew I’d miss them all. 

Eventually the cold drove us to our cars and I started the last drive home. It was the end of an era, and it was definitely a bad day for rain. Well, that’s enough for today.

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The Twenty Eighth Day (4/16)

Song of the Day: Rock of Ages

T-2 days until unemployment.

I woke up today a little earlier than usual. Today was an A Day, one of my more busy and typically worse school days. I got up and brushed my teeth, and headed downstairs for breakfast before school. My sister made cinnamon rolls so I actually had breakfast to eat. I hopped on discord and talked to the boys. I had no Spanish today. I had to write an essay instead. Joy. I tried to write the essay as best I could, but it turned out pretty bad I thought but oh well. I turned it in and was decently proud of the length and the content I wrote in it. The next two classes I didn’t have any zooms or no additional work. My biology class had the next 30 pages of our packet, which was normal. My final class of the day was economics, which is always long. We always zoom in economics and we have to pick up the pace because the AP exams are coming quicker than we had anticipated. I finished the class and was faced with the rest of my day. I didn’t work today so I had all the time to myself. I decided to go for a bike ride and clear my mind of all the anxiety and stress that had accumulated in the world due to COVID-19. 

It was a nice enough day out, it was a little chilly but I dressed for the weather. I rode to my grandparents neighborhood through the wolf wildlife trail. I grew up in this neighborhood so it was nice to visit again. After that I came home and I started my new workout regime. It was from Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s Instagram, and my friend Brian suggested that I do it. I looked at the list of required exercises and I thought to myself, “What did I get myself into?”

The workout was tough. It was very core oriented and it was a lot to take in. I finished my work out by running my usual 2 miles, which I can do unless than 15 minutes now. This gave me a sense of pride because I had progressed since the beginning of this quarantine. I’m gonna take the rest of the day off and relax. Well, that’s enough for today.

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The Twenty Fifth Day (4/13)

Song of the Day: Takin Care of Business

T-5 days until unemployment. I woke up to the blinding sunlight. I felt an overwhelming sense of fatigue. I didn’t know what time it was. I either underslept or overslept, either would be bad. I get up and check the clock. 11 o’clock. Yikes. I walked around and found that everyone else in my house was sleeping too. My dad should’ve woken us up by now. I went to ask and I couldn’t find him. I called his cell and he told me that he was at work. Well, that would've been nice to know, I was depending on him to wake us up. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now. I played a couple games of chess, played Skyrim for a while and then got ready to go to work. I only had three shifts left and I knew tonight would be the last time I saw some of my co-workers.

I hopped in the car and drove to work. It was cold today, just as I was beginning to enjoy the heat, Mother Nature threw us another curveball. C’est la vie. I get to work and begin the usual ritual. My friend Chris started the shift the same time as I did, so I had one thing going for me. We got to work, which dragged on forever. The place was a ghost town by 7:30, and we only had two registers open. I know you guys don't know what that means, but we usually have three registers open until 9 o’clock, just to add some perspective. The clock struck nine and I was able to leave. I threw my coat on and walked out the door into the brisk night. I quickly walked to my car and started it up. It gave some resistance, but eventually gave in and gave me the rumble that I know and love. I drove home with the windows rolled up and the music down. It felt like a slow night. I got home and sat down in front of my computer to finish my last blog post when I got a text from the Discord chat to get on my realm. I hadn’t been on in a while so I would enjoy it. We played for hours again before I remembered to finish this. Well, that’s enough for today.

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The Twenty Fourth Day (Easter 4/12)

Song of the Day: Be Still

T-6 days until unemployment. I don’t work today, thank goodness. I woke up at a cool 9 with my mother screaming for breakfast. She had made her special breakfast casserole and I was excited for breakfast, for once. It was delicious and my parents told us that we’d be having a miniature version of our usual Easter dinner tonight. I knew what that meant: Prime Rib and mashed potatoes, however, dinner was in 10 hours and I had to find something worthwhile to do until then.

For some reason, I felt motivated and began to do my homework. I knocked out all of my math homework and finished an easy quarter of my bio packet. This was new to me, as I’d usually just do it all in one sitting the night before. After that homework, I decided to hop onto my college website, Xavier University, and check my To-Do List. I saw the two placement tests I had to take and figured there’d be no better time than now to get them out of the way. 

I started with Spanish which took my fifteen minutes, being honest I did not know a lot, but I felt confident with a lot of my answers. I finished the test and was alerted that my responses have been graded already. I was nervous when I saw my score of a 400 number. I looked at the rubric and realized that that score was actually in the highest category and I did well. This was a huge relief as the next beast loomed over me; math. I began the test and saw a sign for no calculator. Great. I put mine to the side and bagen the exam. It took me the better half of an hour and I finished right before dinner was to be served. The results wouldn’t be out until June so I knew there’s no point in worrying about it now. 

We sat down for dinner and dug into the feast that my parents had prepared. It was amazing. I was happy that our Easter was able to be spent together as a family still. I hope your Easters were spent well and in good company too. I am praying for you all and wish you the best in their trying times. I wish I could do like Danny Devito and offer you an egg, but alas. Well, that’s enough for today.