1.  Everything is sooo much more fragile than we realize

2.  Things can be fixed

3.  Things are always changing.  Fast or slow, the one thing that is constant is change

4.  There is a process

5.  It never helps to add stress into the mix

6.  Give it time

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Last night sucked (I knew it would).  Plugged in new TIVO right on top of the old broken down TIVO, and went down the problem rabbit hole, troubleshooting E V E R Y single step.  Broken phone line, wrong number, wrong setting, wrong plug.  Midway through it froze, and we had to start the whole thing over.  Hours later, it's all set up, and we find out the bad news.  Works fine, just not possible to activate an account on it. So everything you want a tivo for, it won't / can't do.

Long story short(er), we ended up back the old one.  Ordered a new hard drive, and fingers crossed it works.

I don't know why I'm recording all this.  Not branddave stuff.  SO typical January stuff.  It just gets me thinking about how things change and break down and morph and decay and grow and come together and seperate.  Machines, bodies, companies, dogs, weather, clothing, cars, software.

I hate change.  But that is like saying I hate life.

Anyway, progress in the studio.  progress with drawing, and a better attitude today.  Things flowed easier.  Just want/need to come up with some new cards, so i can order them and get then in ASAP.  I already feel behind (6 days into the new year).

yikes.