La Bene Vita

Saturday

Is it sad that I'm sneaking a Wizard101   break while the middle schooler is at Grandma's house, since he's grounded from Wizard101 today?

Post at MichelleTuesday.com   at least once per week.
Goal met.

Grow MochaNotes.com   blogs.
Dabbling in Domesticity  : Up to date.
SEO: Alexa rankings MT.com 853k, MochaNotes.com 849k.

Launch one new performance repertoire song per week.
Goal met. I have a long-term goal with my repertoire, which I think of when I'm at Potbelly playing, but rarely otherwise. So I thought I'd capture it while it's on my mind. I'd like to sift through my songs and can the ones that don't fit the image I want to portray. Janis Joplin said that people, whether they know it or not, want their blues singers miserable. I'm fantastically grateful that I'm not a blues singer.

...and yet, I do sing some Joplin.

So I'm starting to think about my image - my BRAND as a musician - and wondering if songs like the Joplin tunes shouldn't be eliminated from my rep. They would not be my first choices as unique covers on a mostly-original album. I think I prefer songs with a positive message (damn! there go my Nirvana and Linkin Park lineups), and ones that display my voice in a soothing, pleasant manner (James Taylor, anyone?) Well, I'm not sure if I prefer that so much as my fans prefer that.

I've asked before, and I'll ask again: Please offer comments about this if you have them.

Write one new original song per month.
Pending.

Brand the biz(es.)
Goal met. I still have lots of work to do on my website. I think I'm just a tinkerer.

Perform one household chore per day.
Goal met.

Read a book in print 15 minutes every day.
Goal met, and I'm moving right along in "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 7/1/10.
Weight: Still hovering around 159.