The work week itself has been exceedingly dull. Other than chasing around one of the data trading partners’ sending of a bunch of duplicate transactions and checking on the status of the few remaining FY21 requirement acquisitions, there’s not been a lot, because, as I said, my pile is largely worked through, and everyone else is rushing to get their last-minute stuff in, and although I’ve offered up, as is my job as the IT acquisition expert, my assistance in clearing the decks, no one’s taken me up on it or assigned anything.

Otherwise, it’s been dealing with the busted AC (which should be fixed today), and agonizing over the looming clutch replacement, which, as of last night’s interaction with the service techs, is coming in quite a bit more expensive than I’d planned for, based on all the research I’d done (because there’s only so much staring at the email inbox one can do before opening a browser and feeding one’s anxiety).

So yeah; it’s not going to break me, but my savings are definitely going to take a hit, though that’s why we save, right?

That said, if anyone reading this has been on the fence about buying any of the records I’ve put out over the last few years, now might be a good time to visit my humble BandCamp site and take a look. It’s all “Pay What You Want”, of course, and it’s up to you, though if anybody decided to invest in some indie music that I’m actually kind of proud of having made right about now, my savings account would definitely appreciate it.

That’s it, really. Honestly, it’s probably enough.

As for tunes this week, I can tell I’ve been listening to these “Best of Rock, 19xx” playlists on Spotify lately, because there’s a lot of cool ’80s stuff in there. Also, #7 is not nearly as dirty as the title suggests:

1. “Rain on the Scarecrow” – John Mellencamp
2. “This Beat Goes On” – The Kings
3. “Dirty Creature” – Split Enz
4. “Mental Hopscotch” – Missing Persons
5. “Kick Out The Jams” – MC5
6. “Starry Eyes” – The Records
7. “Can Your Pussy Do The Dog” – The Cramps
8. “Apollo 9” – Adam Ant
9. “I Wanna Destroy You” – The Soft Boys
10. “Doctor, Doctor” – UFO
11. “I Want A New Drug” – Huey Lewis & The News
12. “What We All Want” – Gang Of Four