Operation 365 2... Blog 339

 Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Words – 339 “Nigel Vision”

So many networks these days, so little time. So many shows... So I propose “Nigel Vision,” a network devoted 24/7, 365 days a year to broadcasting the cuteness of this adorable beast. I believe it may be just what we need to turn the tides and make television great again.

Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay – Originals - 339 “Drawing Dead”

    

While playing a little for-amusement only poker with some friends last night, I became aware of the profundity of one of the many delightful axioms that colors this enigmatic card game. The hand was still going, but one of the players, probably me going by my luck yesterday, was “drawing dead.” That means they had no chance to win.

I have long liked trying to take words, phrases and concepts and trying to understand and grow from them in different contexts. If we are all one and everything is one thing, there can be no ONE right way to take anything. So I try to glean whatever knowledge and perspective I can from whatever I’m checking out even if it’s far from its original intention.

So I took this little metaphor and ran another way with it. Here I picked “D” the first letter in “Drawing” and “Dead” and I hatched a little alternate reality where a lady spends her whole life doing what she loves, drawing. In my little made up story, she dies doing what she loves with no regrets. It’s a nice little idea and begs the question is there even any difference between winning and losing. It’s only a matter of perspective. You can’t have winning without losing. They need each other. Then again, maybe we don’t need wither. Life is. Winning and losing in life, is nothing more than how you feel in your mind. May as well feel like a winner I say. This lady drew her whole life, lived over a hundred and felt like a winner doing what she loved. God bless her.

Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay – Covers – 339 “Only a Fool Would Say That” by Steely Dan

I love Steely Dan. I would have played all of their songs in this project if they were easier. I have been working on this fun little number for a hot minute, trying to get it passable for your pleasure. Played it a few times this morning. I love Steely Dan. They are funky, jazzy, witty, and I learn all kinds of cool musical stuff every time I try to dig deeper into the method to their melodic madness. Donald Fagen and I, both like to play with words.

Maybe I’ll have a kid some day. People seem to really enjoy having them. You never know what is going to happen. To plan or to follow the wind, pretending that’s a plan. Either way, what is meant to be will be. Save yourself the headache of pretending you control it. That said, the dichotomy of it all is you can do whatever you choose. Balance those biscuits, Buster.