No fun, everyone.

 I not only finished reading that one book and read the other, but at about 10PM last night I got some other books together and was going to go to bed and read until midnight, then go to sleep. But I went to sleep a little early, I think, maybe 11PM, and woke up around 7. With a few breaks for pees, grrr. What am I going to do in a rented room back in Hawaii? Keep a chamber pot? I'm sure no one will want to hear the toilet flush at 3AM. 

So I was well awake by 8AM, the ideal time to get up under the rules of my new schedule. Perfect for getting out there to busk during the lunch hour. 

I'm glad that poster on r/flute started a discussion that reminded me of the Rockstro flute alignment. Even all these years later, Jennifer Cluff is still the best person to learn flute things from online. People can struggle for years and a simple re-alignment of the flute parts can clear up difficulties that have had them ready to quit. 

I could fork over lots of money and go to a flute teacher, and maybe I'd get one who knows about these things but chances are I'd pay $100/lesson for a hack. Someone who can't even clue me into stuff I can find myself online. 

I almost typed "on YouTube" but the truth is, the decay of the internet is becoming more and more apparent. Video is not very watchable. Shorts ones on somewhat obscure subjects like Oh I dunno, playing the flute, are still watchable. Documentaries, things lasting maybe an hour, are an exercise in annoyance and movies are out, these days. 

The "Recycle Book Store" downtown has a nice wall of DVDs and I think if I'm going to watch video from here on out, it will have to be things I get from there. I kind of like starting a documentary or a movie and halfway watching it while doing my practice, and thus also knowing I put in an hour, or an hour and a half, etc. I'll have to get out of that habit. 

The Queen's funeral is on and it seems those in charge are determined to make sure her evil lives on. Medical appointments canceled, people being arrested for saying a peep against the monarchy, amateur footballers being punished for playing, etc.