{"id":330,"date":"2019-12-31T23:18:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T23:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2019-12-31T23:18:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T23:18:11","slug":"end-of-the-year-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/31\/end-of-the-year-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the year stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are about nine hours left in my 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s ending on a good note. Katherine is as awesome as ever. I still have the best damn job I could imagine, and a group of co-workers I actually like to hang out with. And I&#8217;m about 25 pounds lighter than I was last year. All good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world decided to give me a gift today: perfect bike weather. Sunny and warm, but not hot. And a second gift: almost no traffic. I had my highest ever  average speed for a longer ride. Another good note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t care for the whole New Year&#8217;s resolutions thing. It&#8217;s a high pressure recipe for discouragement. Instead, I&#8217;m going to try and keep doing what I try doing all year: adjust and improve as I go. I don&#8217;t expect to get it all right, and that&#8217;s fine. Whether you&#8217;re making a resolution tomorrow or not, I hope you give yourself permission to fail and learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 is here. I hope it&#8217;s great for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: 50 recent songs, mostly picked by my phone, including the best song of the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Walkmen - New Years Eve\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/14vH5W-AYzo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>New Year&#8217;s Eve &#8211; The Walkmen <\/strong><br>I guess my phone wanted to get into the spirit of things<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Commissioning a Symphony In C\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jRMgW8yzrac?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Commissioning a Symphony in C &#8211; Cake <br><\/strong>This would normally be a contender for Best Song of the Ride, but alas! It played before I left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Feral Cat Tribe &#8211; Tenement<br>My Three Sons &#8211; Elvis Costello And The Imposters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tu m&#8217;as encore creve\u0301 un cheval &#8211; Arlt<\/strong><br>This was in the last 50 songs as well. Why? Because Apple uses a crappy music randomizer. Thousands of songs on my phone, and this one comes up again right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part III &#8211; Crumb<br>I Wish You Would &#8211; The Yardbirds<br>Vaporize &#8211; Broken Bells<br>Who Cares? (take 4) &#8211; Cannonball Adderley With Bill Evans<br>Longer Boats &#8211; Cat Stevens<br>Coney Island Baby &#8211; Tom Waits<br>Schn in rosa und rot (Pretty in Pink &#8211; Psychedelic Furs) &#8211; Le anin<br>Dio &#8211; Tenacious D<br>Easy Read &#8211; Trashcan Sinatras<br>Baby Plays Around &#8211; Elvis Costello<br>Jump Boys &#8211; The Undertones<br>Cross-Eyed Tammy &#8211; The Dickies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen - Bicycle Race (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xt0V0_1MS0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Bicycle Race &#8211; Queen <\/strong><br>When a bicycle song plays on your bike ride, you have to point it out. Also: In this song Freddie Mercury sings &#8220;&#8230;and I don&#8217;t like Star Wars.&#8221; If he didn&#8217;t like the original, imagine how much he would have hated <em>The Rise of Skywalker<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fool &#8211; Cat Power<br>Crazy People &#8211; Luna<br>Until Death &#8211; Scout Niblett<br>A New Wave &#8211; Sleater-Kinney<br>Take It Easy, Greasy &#8211; Snooky Pryor<br>Porno Music &#8211; Freaks and Geeks<br>Straight Edge &#8211; Minor Threat<br>Most Precarious &#8211; Blues Traveler<br>She Wolf &#8211; Shakira<br>Get In On It &#8211; Antoine Diligent<br>Think It Over &#8211; Buddy Holly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X8nRpGHUzFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama &#8211; Frank Zappa <\/strong><br>Best song of the ride!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hot &#8211; The Regrettes<br>Haunted &#8211; Broken Down Golf Cart<br>Tu Mirada y Mi Voz &#8211; Susana Baca<br>Motherless Children &#8211; Eric Clapton<br>Big House &#8211; Young Fresh Fellows<br>Sky Phenomenon &#8211; Jens Lekman<br>I Feel Speed &#8211; Love And Rockets<br>Muddy Waters &#8211; LP<br>White Babies &#8211; Liz Phair<br>I Guess That&#8217;s Why They Call It The Blues &#8211; Elton John<br>I&#8217;m a Wicked One &#8211; The Hives<br>Neighborhood #1 Tunnels &#8211; Arcade Fire<br>Dereclict &#8211; Beck<br>Key Largo &#8211; Arbes<br>Loosy Lucy &#8211; The Steeples<br>Everyone Can See &#8211; yungatita<br>The Girl I Knew Somewhere &#8211; The Monkees<br>Daylight Til Dawn &#8211; All Night Radio<br>Stars on Your Nose &#8211; Indoorsy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silver Jews - I&#039;m Gonna Love The Hell Out of You (Demo)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CU-di7EmDzE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>I&#8217;m Gonna Love The Hell Outta You (Demo) &#8211; Silver Jews<\/strong><br>If this had been the studio version it totally would have won best song of the ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tal Uno &#8211; Barrie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> And here&#8217;s today&#8217;s ride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2971489528\/embed\/50d746b3fe0e376feecc8f91145cbc20a72a669a'><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things that happened this year, music I listened to, a ride I took. 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