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[lifeofnickripley]

Blog post #13

Physical therapy hurt yesterday. I've have a rotator cuff injury since February and yesterday was my second day of the physical therapy annnd damn, still feel it today. Got some writing done yesterday, came up with a new chord progression I'm definitely putting in a song, watched the crap outta Samurai Champloo, annnd I do not wanna go to work this morning lol remaining cat Arya is a lil bundle of love. Don't feel like working too hard tonight, might start on webcomic for this Monday, other than that, chill night planned

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Blog post #12

Took me a bit to regroup after my cat's death, but I'm back. Dany, my deceased cat, meant a lot to me. I raised her since she was a tiny kitten and she died right in front of me so her death has been especially hard for me. That being said, I've been productive. I decided that a small instrumental in my new project would be dedicated to her, so I wrote that. I've had a nasty sinus infection since her passing, so I haven't been able to sing last few days. I did finally get a half stack and put a Marshall amp on layaway so I'm finally updating my rig to a more respectable one (it's about damn time). I put a DC-100 on layaway so I can't wait to get my hands on it lol I somehow managed to finish the Easter webcomic even tho I didn't want to. Just yesterday I finished another book chapter, plus I've made great strides in the actual Hirokua manga script. Haven't worked on this week's webcomic yet, but I'll get there when I get there. I wanna rehearse buuut again, this sinus infection makes trying to sing pretty useless. Guess while my voice is down, I'll just stick to writing for the time being.

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Blog post #11

Really rehearsed the crap outta my songs, dad told me about a dude my age who'd be down to jam, sounds like he plays everything, we'll see how that goes. Slept to an Eddie Vedder album and dreamt I was getting advice from Eddie Vedder on music so that was funny lol

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Blog post #10

Yo, you get the chance to watch the new adaptation of Dororo do it, it is BADASS!! Bout 5 episodes in and love the crap outta it. Got some of the book done yesterday but other than that I took a break from anything creative cause I've been fairly exhausted lately, sooo nothing much to update there. Today I will try to rehearse, get more book stuff done, try to finish up inking this week's webcomic and probably will send out some query letters for my first book. Hopefully I can accomplish all that today. Yesterday I also realized I'm bout 10 chapters away from having completed my book series. That is trippy! I've spent roughly five years working on the entire thing and I've been on the fourth and final book for bout a year and a quarter. In 10 chapters though my main characters' long and hard journey will be complete and I will be free to work on other stories floating around in my head. I need to push forward on trying to get the first book published, granted, but I can't help but be excited. It almost feels like the end of my own spiritual journey is near with the ending of the final book. It's a wonderful feeling.

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Blog post #9

Rehearsed last night, experienced a setback or two with this week's webcomic, good news is I finished a chapter last night. Most likely gonna review the chapter before trying to get feedback from my best friend. Softer music kinda mood today. Went to sleep listening to the Beatles' Help album. Because they're obviously an iconic band, I think I'll start sleeping to their albums since I've only really listened to 3 of their actual albums before (always have heard a huge amount of their catalog, just haven't gotten familiar with what songs are on what albums). Cats are needy this morning, but I suppose that's to be expected. Dreamt about Portlandia so that was pretty cool. Only solidifies the fact I wanna move to Portland, Oregon one day. I fantasize about it fairly often. Get involved with the music scene up there, see a lot of cool underground bands, go hiking in the forest, getting voodoo donuts. I've always been told I'm fairly hipster like lol maybe that's why Portland seems so ideal? Idk but I'd much rather prefer greenery to desert any day. Not sure how I'd adjust to the climate, but it's something I'd love to try to.

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Blog post #8

Got a lot done this weekend. Visited out of town friends, wrote a song or two, got this week's webcomic done just in time, and did a decent amount of writing. Also, spent the night working on a lil something for Easter Sunday which I'm still debating on whether or not it'll count as this week's webcomic. I stayed up like Uber later last night working on it and now I have to get ready for work -_- Scattered sleep on top of it all sooo yea gonna be a fun day at work lolol might try to record today but we'll see.

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Blog Post #7

It's an odd day, Game of Thrones day, Peter Steele's death anniversary. Saw a woman try to get a bus to run her over today. Strange sight, really. Gonna be going to the art fair in Boulder today. After that, gonna go to an friend's birthday, hopefully get home in time to watch GOT and color the webcomic, maybe put some guitar to the lyrics I wrote bout the woman and the bus. We'll see. Tomorrow I shall be posting the second episode of my webcomic, so stay tuned! PS: I also will try to get some writing done today hopefully (left my main character in a pickle) PSS: Leavin on a southern train, only yesterday...you liiiiied

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Blog post #6

I'm later than usual posting this buuuuut didn't have time today. Got a song written yesterday, got a decent amount of my book done today, inked this week's webcomic annnd I'm bout to play D&D