I see Poal is being festive. So, I figure it's a good time to share this with you.

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Very nice.

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Thank you and I hope that you enjoy your Christmas.

I will probably drop a few more Christmas carols over the next few weeks. I'm not actually a Christian, but I sure as shit love me some Christmas carols! I know many of them! I'm not even kidding. Just recently, I was singin' 'em to Nadesdha over the phone! I even know some obscure ones - and absolutely love going caroling. I won't be able to do that this year, unfortunately.

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Looking forward to hearing them.

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One of my favorite Christmastime music pieces. Good stuff ... are you the artist?

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Yeah, that's me. I have a few more Christmas carols. I'll drop 'em here and there over the season. I might even record a new one but I'll be a little busy this time of the year.

Classical guitar is actually what I formally studied. However, nobody pays for that. Well, so few do and the market is really small. Unless you're one of a very good, and very fortunate, group of classical guitarists, you're going to be hungry and poor.

I have never hidden the fact that my goal was income. So, you can draw the obvious conclusions!

How's by you? I haven't seen you around much.

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I'm doing well. Been taking a bit of a sabbatical from posting, but have been in the mood for a couple of days now. I do intend to drop off for a spell again though. I was wasting too much time posting and needed to clear my head, so to speak. Even when not posting though, I drop by to lurk and check mail. So I'm ghost-like at times of late.

How the restoration of your mobility coming? I hope all is going well and you're on the mend.

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The truth is a bit dramatic and may be seen as attention-seeking.

The truth is, I'm pretty fucked. No, I am not mending well - unless you really squint and say things like, "Well, under the circumstances it's pretty good!" Which is kinda fucking retarded.

No, I'm pretty fucked up. I will be fucked up for a long time. I am still in significant pain. I am still very severely limited with my mobility and comfort. I still use three different tools to get dressed, but I can at least dress myself and putting on socks is now less than a ten minute ordeal.

I still can't walk, of course. It will be another year or so, quite likely. It is a long and difficult journey ahead of me. Even after that year, I'll just be learning to walk. It will be up to 18 months and a full recovery is only about 20% likely.

I kind of hope I end up needing a cane. I'm pretty sure I can add a cane to my wardrobe and rock it like a rock star! I'm gonna get a collection of canes and have one for every occasion! I am, too!

Mentally, I'm okay. I should be dead and this is a small price to pay for a life of bad decision making. Mentally, I'm squared away.

Physically, I'm well and truly fucked. But, someday, I will run again.

So, that's the reality of the situation. I'm still very much broken. I will remain broken for a significant amount of time. My physiatrist used to work with the US Olympic track team teaching them to optimize their strides and run the most efficiently. I'll learn new gait mechanics and things of that nature.

I ain't scared.