So I woke up pretty early today. Around 4am. Actually, that’s about the time I usually wake up. I like to be up before everyone else. I wish Ralph’s and Walmart were open that early so when I need to get water, cat food, or something else, I can go without dealing with a huge traffic jam of people that you normally find during the day hours.
It’s Sunday and I plan on spending the day at home. I’m going to work on music and DJ, as well as read a few books. I just finished reading “Making Beats” by Joseph G. Schloss and it was a good book. It didn’t teach you how to make beats, rather it gave you an insight to the history of beat-making and the mindset behind being a good/great beat-maker. I really enjoyed the read and it’s another book I can add to my collection as completed.
I bought an Ethiopian Bible recently, and I want to read that from cover to cover as well. A lot of people say it’s the “real” Bible, as opposed to the altered King James version. From what I’ve read so far, I can definitely see that being the case. The Ethiopian Bible has books like “The Book of Enoch” and others that were omitted from the King James version for some reason. I’m looking forward to reading it and seeing what knowledge I can glean from it. Hopefully there’s something in there that will be an “aha” moment.
I bought a notebook from Walmart that I’m going to be using as my rhyme notes. I want to write my lyrics in it that I’m going to use over my beats. I enjoy writing, but it’s definitely not easy to write a decent rhyme. It’s completely different from the journalistic type approach I typically take in writing, so it will be interesting to see if I can adapt my style and make something worth listening to. I’m trying to avoid swearing/cussing, as well as trying to avoid negative topics like killing people, degrading women, and hard drug use. I have to keep to those tenants and make good, informative, relatable music.
I also need to study to take the Security+ certification so I can hopefully land a job in Cyber Security at some point. We’ll see how it goes, and we’ll see if I’m able to do what I need to do to achieve that. I pushed myself to get an A+ Cert back in the day, which is still “good for life”, so I’m sure I can buckle down and study for the Security+ cert and pass it.
That’s the end of this entry. To you reader I’d say enjoy the rest of your weekend, find something fun and creative to do, and don’t let the “Sunday blues” get you down. You’re blessed to have a job in this climate, so just keep marching forward and doing your thing. Til next time!