so, my machine has been very, very unstable over the last two weeks or so, which i'm quite certain is a consequence of a cyberattack by the american government, with an unknown level of collusion with canadian law enforcement. i believe that they think i'm working for a foreign government. because they're stupid, basically.

the idea is ridiculous...but cops are what they are, and they're not usually rhodes scholars. *shrug*.

i don't know if i've resolved anything or not in any meaningful way, but i'm going to try to get back to work now, and i need to kind of recap where i'm at, here, before i do, so i know where i'm going.

- i got back from toronto on the 11th and needed to sleep it off and clean for a bit. i was sick with something i'd picked up on the 6th or 7th..
- show reviews were done by the 16th
- the liner note releases for november, 2013 were completed over dec 15-26th.
- near the end of the year, i started sorting through a best of for 2019. this has only just begun.
- i started the master document for december over the last few days of the year, and it was done by the 30th.
- i started with the show lookahead for january on the 3rd. i wanted to multitask listening with rebuilding, but the machine kept crashing (starting on the morning of the 6th), so i did most of this on the chromebook.
- i did manage to post most of the month of december, 2013 between the 30th and the 6th. i need to get back to that.
- i have now cleared the month out and do not plan to attend any shows. i do not plan to attend any shows in february, either. so, i should be able to get back to the best of for a few weeks, at least.