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Music Notes
A blog, generally about music, usually for projects hosted by Jeff  . I may also write about the 48-Hour Media Prompt Challenge if I don't feel like writing a story or poem inspired by the given song. Other bits of poetry or different topics of discussion might end up here as well.
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Over at my friend's forum, "Jack's Hideout"  , I mentioned that I should write an update to the top of my blog, since I left off on a frustrated and negative note. So, a quick rundown of what I've been up to...
I spent the first few days of July in a panic, because my old LG phone stopped responding to touch properly. It was my constant companion, the device I wrote nearly everything on for the last three years or so: journaling, blogs, poetry, stories. Using my "active" phone for writing is out of the question because of battery and data concerns. Which leaves me with... An iPad. An iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard, no less.
One might wonder why I hadn't already been using such a seemingly luxurious tool for my writing. Well, I don't know how to type. I can't drag an iPad everywhere with me to write in my spare time, and it's harder to prop up and poke at in bed at night. Plus, the larger screen is harder on my eyes, even with all the optimization features activated. Also, I'm afraid the more I use the iPad, the more likely I'll drop it or damage it or it'll stop working somehow. I've had it since 2020, when I won it in a sweepstakes connected to a research study on greeting cards. I daresay I haven't used it nearly to its full potential over the years.
With all that being said, I managed pretty well this month after all. I transferred Google Docs and Google Keep to my iPad and started using it regularly, eventually establishing new writing habits and learning how best to focus my screen time. By the end of the month, I'd written about 3400 words of stories, five Promptly Poetry entries, a 700 word prose poem, and seven private Google Keep notes, which each have some unknown character limit. Not bad for finger jabbing at a horizontal tablet screen, more often than not when I should be sleeping. Plus, I was able to ship out dozens of my exclusive MB when it dropped, a delightful experience I wasn't expecting. I even celebrated my second WdC anniversary.
So, knowing that I can accomplish my writing goals reasonably well with an iPad, even under a dismal pall of heat induced brain melt and a decided lack of inspiration, is a comfort. I pressure myself to meet or exceed deadlines, and the Rhythms and Writing story took me so long to get a first draft done, I was getting rather dispirited. Now, having all my writing goals out of the way, I can look back and realize the month went better than it felt like it did. I still plan to squeeze out an edit, rewrite, or second draft of the R&W story, because someone left me an insightful review that pointed out what I already knew instinctively about the plodding tone and flat dialogue. I've challenged myself to fix the issues before Max Griffin gets to reviewing it, so he can't point out the same things!
All in all, this was quite a month, and I'm glad it's nearly over, but I'm also satisfied with what I accomplished under some rather trying circumstances. I started the month of July, 2025, on a negative note; I can now say I'm ending it on a positive one 
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This month's 48 Hour Media Prompt Challenge is Colbie Caillat's Bubbly, from 2007.
I'm doing a blog post directly to the website, because my offline writing phone is suddenly defunct and I'll have to make new writing habits  I'll likely be stepping back from my intense content creation of the past few months.
I'm relieved it happened precisely at the end of the month, at least, after I've completed everything I wanted to write in June. Being an LG phone, I suspect their halting (on June 30th) of any support or upgrades for the phones they're no longer making, probably had something to do with it.
There's nothing actually wrong with the phone, except that the screen no longer responds reliably to touch. Which is frustrating, especially considering I only recently reached a zenith of managing settings, storage and app updates to create an experience as sleek as a brand new phone.
I've discovered that with technology, often what kills it isn't the major functioning components; it's the secondary things that you can't use the rest of it without, such as the battery mysteriously refusing to charge, or a broken, outdated charging port, or a screen decimated not by poor maintenance but by planned obsolescence.
Since July is my anniversary month, marking two years of membership at WdC, it's a good month to pause and consider how much engagement I really have time for anyway. I love every minute of it, but I think the demise of my primary writing device is a reminder to strive for balance.
Bubbly is one of those songs that I've heard way too many times over the years. I cringe every time it appears - it will appear virtually anywhere modern music is played - because it's such an "ooshy-gooshy" song. Her childish glee in the relationship is innocent and slightly embarrassing.
From a narrative perspective, I feel like she's being led astray by her emotions. It's cute, but I don't quite understand why it became such a "void filler" of a song. It falls into the same category as other female classics from the era, I suppose: the "thousand miles" song with the unmistakable tinkly piano line, or the "feel the rain on your skin" song. Sounds we're all familiar with but never gave much thought to.
There's nothing technically wrong with Bubbly, but it just doesn't resonate with me - much like the situation with my phone!
Written for "Note:
48-HOUR CHALLENGE : Media Prompt
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I’m fortunate that wasn’t my “calling” phone, just my “scribbling“ one. Hope I didn’t sound overdramatic 
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