Evan Hayden

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When I bought studio monitors, an audio interface, and some cables from Sweetwater a couple years back, I was surprised to receive a phone call from a real human after each order, checking to see if I was satisfied...

But anyway, sorry salesperson, I definitely don't have the money right now, but I can dream of drums! 🥁 (Normally, my browsing a site leading to contact from a salesperson would vaguely creep me out. But in this artificial era, since it was from an actual human, I find it a bit endearing.)

When I bought studio monitors, an audio interface, and some cables from Sweetwater a couple years back, I was surprised to receive a phone call from a real human after each order, checking to see if I was satisfied...

I'm trying not to push my own opinions on my young son *too* much yet, but I'm absolutely a hardliner about AI & screen time. I've told him that if he grows up relying on AI, he's not going to learn how to problem-solve. How to THINK. Wild that this idea feels almost out-of-step with today's world.

A long time ago I convinced myself that I wasn't into cottage cheese, and then this past year, I've fallen in love with it. I guess the thing is that I'd never tried it with pineapple, or any other fruit before. Holy heck was I missing out! It's divine. Can't get enough of it. 🍍

Also, peanut butter & banana sandwiches. I'd heard of them, & love those ingredients separately, but I don't think I'd tried them together until recently. TOO DELICIOUS. Side note: I've loved peanut butter & pickle sandwiches my whole life. I know it sounds bizarre to most people, but it's amazing.

Sometimes I think that if modern social media existed when I was in my teens/20s, I might have flourished on it (or had a breakdown.) I see so many artists on here posting stylish, pretty manga-style ladies, & that's like 80% of what I drew from my mid-teens to mid-20s. (Kinda miss it, actually!)

I also got envelope-art-of-the-month from (I think?) Game Players magazine for some Super Metroid fan art I sent in. I was supposed to tell them if I had a Super Nintendo or Genesis, so I could claim my free game, but I forgot to include that - *d'oh!* (I had both!) They even mentioned it in print!

Sometimes I think that if modern social media existed when I was in my teens/20s, I might have flourished on it (or had a breakdown.) I see so many artists on here posting stylish, pretty manga-style ladies, & that's like 80% of what I drew from my mid-teens to mid-20s. (Kinda miss it, actually!)

I'm pretty embarrassed by most of what I drew in my teens (raging hormones & whatnot) but I think the stuff from my early 20s still holds up. Don't wanna disparage teen me too much though. That kid had raging passion for art & drew a ton every day. Hundreds & hundreds of original comic pages / art.

Listening to music while I work helps me to focus - to a point. The problem is, it also inspires me to want to MAKE music. That desire has been 🔥overwhelming🔥 this past couple years. I sated it a little when I finished "Psychic Battle" back in January, but I have 6 or so more albums' worth of ideas.

But I also don't want to deaden myself again, now that I feel like I've "come back from the dead", after years of trying to push my real self back into the shadows & trying make myself give up on big dreams. I have my mom to thank/blame for that. Her death filled me with acute existential urgency.

Listening to music while I work helps me to focus - to a point. The problem is, it also inspires me to want to MAKE music. That desire has been 🔥overwhelming🔥 this past couple years. I sated it a little when I finished "Psychic Battle" back in January, but I have 6 or so more albums' worth of ideas.

Even right now as I work, I have an idea for a music video for one of my songs, but it would require rendering & motion capture (which I dunno how to do), a model (don't know any anymore), and getting the crew to go up to northern Michigan with me, to shoot at a place by Lake Huron that I love.

Listening to music while I work helps me to focus - to a point. The problem is, it also inspires me to want to MAKE music. That desire has been 🔥overwhelming🔥 this past couple years. I sated it a little when I finished "Psychic Battle" back in January, but I have 6 or so more albums' worth of ideas.

Some of the old extra-annoying side of this creativity is coming back, in terms of the big multimedia ideas that require beyond what I can do alone. Stuff that needs collaborators / gadgets / props / locations / wardrobe / makeup / hair. Stuff that needs a real budget. Stuff that needs TIME.

Listening to music while I work helps me to focus - to a point. The problem is, it also inspires me to want to MAKE music. That desire has been 🔥overwhelming🔥 this past couple years. I sated it a little when I finished "Psychic Battle" back in January, but I have 6 or so more albums' worth of ideas.

I think it’s very dumb and bad that the Suica Penguin is going away. The world needs more cute penguin mascots, not less! 🐧 (I may be biased, as penguins are my favorite non-cat animal) japantoday.com/category/pic...