busybee fluffy rambles

I did finally take the Corolla to the mechanic and got it inspected and some overdue maintenance. They said that the brakes have been badly-neglected and it’ll need a $650 brake job. This doesn’t surprise me at all, and I was planning on needing to put a bunch of money into it to get it safely drivable. The purchase price was significantly lower than the KBB value and I figured there was some sort of “round tuit” thing that the previous owner was putting off that was his last straw for upgrading vehicles. Totally fair.

Even with the cost of this brake job and the other upgrades I’ve put into the car, I’ve still spent less on it than it would have been to get the Niro operational again, and I also got a bunch of cash and a nice ebike out of the deal. I do still resent having to own a car at all though. Maybe in a few years there will be cheap third-gen LEAFs available on the used market and I can go back to an EV.

I’ve been super fatigued lately and having trouble with actually doing things, but today I at least spent some time rehearsing for my weekend shows, and also finally figured out a better way to do soundchecks which will make future things a lot easier.

I also keep finding that 60-minute sets are way too long. 30-minute sets are a bit too short, though. It’d be cool if VR shows would split the difference with 45-minute sets which would be Just Right. Maybe that’s something I’ll mention to the folks who book me most often since they’re also the ones running most of these shows.

I should also re-document my live show setup for the blogpuppet since it’s changed significantly since the last time. UPDATE: done

Anyway. I’m still feeling super fatigued and I would really like to figure out what’s going on and, more importantly, how to fix it. It’d be super cool if things like fibromyalgia and ME/CFS got proper study or even had things like objective tests that weren’t based purely on Vibes and personal experience, especially since those very things make it super difficult to get help.