I'm taking a little break.

Just stepping outside to take the air, that's all. I'll be back before you know it.

too much time on the keyboard

and not enough on the fretboard. Too much time gaming, and not enough writing. Too little time spent reading.

There's lots to look forward to, however. My solo in the Brandenburg concert, a sizeable (yet discreet) role in my next play and two paid gigs. One of which is a concert of game and anime music! Very exciting business.

I've been jotting down a lot of things on the go, but they just don't make the cut. I'll come up with something soon.

up for an audition tomorrow afternoon

but my back's still killing me. Still has me clumping about like an AT-ST, despite the sciatica being a notch better. It is the swelling, however, that worries me; it has been a week since the injury, but the muscles in my lower back are still raised in tense, symmetrical humps.

If the injury remains as it is for another week, I will be headed for acupuncture at NUH; any longer than that, and I will have little choice but to see a specialist and have an MRI taken.

On a positive note, I can stand upright with minimal pain now, and do all my stretches with relative ease. Surely that has to count for something.

haven't been updating

because I'm in a foul mood. Re-aggravated my old lumbar disc injury on Tuesday and the sciatica is coming back with a vengeance.

This all goes to show that I can make the same mistake thrice.

have fallen sick.

Losing all the gains I've made in the past month. That aside, have no mood for writing. Will take a week-long hiatus.

I wonder how the Backs look like in the snow.

I will be taking a break.

Just finished two large concerts. Tiring.

Mind, body and soul are in convalescence. Trepidation of that which must come, insecurity and an all-too-familiar sense of inferiority have thrown open the doors for a relapse of damaging emotions. The prognosis is grim, but one must soldier on.

I thought about Shimmy, oddly enough, when I played the Rachmaninov. And you, always you.

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I will not be blogging regularly for some time. I hope, however, that I will be able to delight readers with a few choice updates from time to time.

In the meantime, there is Facebook.

updates

will resume shortly.

In the meantime, enjoy this collection of aphorisms. Well, almost.

have fallen

very, very ill. Will not be posting for a short while.

cleaned up a few of my previous posts. I'll work on my writing, promise.

I'm back.

What ho.

I have time once more for blogging! Some changes are due.

Original and informed opinion, I am sure, is key to good blogging. Aggregating is a whole lot of time-consuming awesomeness, but a readership cannot thrive on it. Neither can I. I shall be cutting down on the number of linkdumps from this day on.

I have preserved some of my original posts. I hope that this will be of some value.

It is good to be back.