Over a given 365-day period, most folks are going to have
days where they don’t feel like being seen. Today, I had to get creative to
meet my mandate. Fortunately yesterday, I was on a little roll writing tunes
and I conjured this piece as my special needs folks were coming in for their
time with me. You know you might be on to something when someone is singing
along before you even finished playing the tune the first time. Granted, this
friend is extremely enthusiastic, as star, in fact, but I’m always searching
for the signs. Everything means something and beyond that, everything means
everything, so it’s very important and such to do this…
I like the name “Tabling Why” and the little catchy hook
there at the end my friend sang on. She even does her imitation of what she thinks it sounds like when I sing at the end there. Pretty humorous. I like the thought of it. Maybe I’ll
revisit this tune and write it all the way through. Like remembering the words
and such… Wait. It just came back to me. D A E. It was meant to represent day,
which I believe I sang in the first line. It was supposed to be about a day.
Somehow it wound up about everything. It always does.
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay– Covers - 146 “Plantman” by
Gary Young
A classic early 90s fun thing for me to do was sit around
with my friends on our breaks form college and watch Beavis and Butthead and
laugh our asses off. It was great.
We cried. Those guys ripped this tune up good one day and like most of the
stuff they did back then, it cracked us up. The song stuck with me. I even
thought I wrote it by accident once. I was bummed. When I “learned” it just
now, I realized I never wrote it. My song was slightly different. Maybe it’s
not too late for it to come back to life. Hey. Worked for Jon Snow.
My new favorite thing to do is speed things up and slow
things down. Movie magic. Why not? Well, it takes more time when your computer
is as old as mine, but otherwise, it’s fine. So I’m writing this while I wait
for this video to catch up and allow me to play with my pitch. It’s time.
It’s amazing what you’ve got to do these days to get maximum
entertainment out of something. See Miley Cyrus, Donald J., Trump, and every
reality show.
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Words - 146 “TCB”
I am trying to take care of my business. Have to head to
host Open Mic at Winston’s shortly. I’m shaggy. Need to shower. Nigel has been
trying to take care of business himself lately. Breaking out. Destroying shit.
Leaping on to counters. All kinds of insane shenanigans. And everything we do
to attempt to curtail these behaviors, he outsmarts. It is no fun. He is sleepy
himself. I’m pretty sure that moment of “grooming” captured here is the only
time he’s moved in quite awhile. It’s quite exhausting, being free, apparently.
I hope this resolves itself shortly. Nigey has been a good
boy for a long time. This sudden departure from his norm has grown alarming. He
has gotten out on the streets many times as of late. I guess it’s good to know
he has survival instinct. We’re launching a new hashtag where folks can follow
this story up to the minute and share their wise words in the discussion
regarding Nigel. #prayforstay
Maybe he wants to go and find his mama. If this was a Disney
movie, that would definitely be the reason. That or spaghetti.
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