Ask me anything. I have died twice in 2017

It is hard to describe. You kinda get a halo or odd feeling. And you stop. No ifs. You stop.

When things go sideways, it fine to call for help. You get a great story, and 911 is amazing.

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Did anyone kiss you while you were out?

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Do you feel differently now? Do you have a hard time, like, going to work because life is short?

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Did you come back to start the Rapture? If so, I know a few asshole “Christians” that need to go.

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Shit. What’s your situation now, and what is it likely to be in the future, if I may ask? I hate seeing a musician relegated to just listening. If I can help in some way, let me know.

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So, you only eat vegans?

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I do feel profoundly different. I didn’t come back as the same person. Sure, still the same terrible sense of humor, and I’ve had checkups with neurologists, but I am not the same person.

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I thought we agreed you wouldn’t tell anyone that.

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it’s between you, me, and Circe, sir Mountain.

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My hands tremble too much. The days of precision are over, but let’s look at it positively–ive still got hands :slight_smile:

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hands are wicked handy, I’d keep two on hand if you possibly can.

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What else would I high five with? No, that isn’t a dare. :upside_down_face:

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Heh, if anyone did it was a dude. So given my mug, magic eightball says Highly Unlikely.

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Hmm… Bear the EWI in mind should you come to feel more confident about using your hands - capacitance plate keys, so a firm key press isn’t necessary. Others don’t like this, but I find it makes the instrument quite agile, and the available sounds aren’t bad. (I like pianos “Horowitz-ed”, i.e., a very light touch, as well.)

If you want to keep your hand in until such time, composing is always a possibility. You don’t need really anything but a working brain, and you don’t have to be good to enjoy it (although, for all I know, you already are), just willing to try things out and learn. Here I can help you.

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Composition has crossed my mind more than once. It certainly helps to sketch things out on a piano, but as you correctly observe it ain’t a requirement. Heh, Harmony, a transcription of all of Charlie Parker’s works, the well tempered clavier, and more Dover books than I can count gathering dust on the piano :smiley:

This was my first composition. It was very popular in it’s time.

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That is one of the great secrets, which I guess I’ll reveal.

After going through the normal series of tests (what is your name, where are you, what is the date, can you draw this shape, etc… I scored about a C- both times), the first thing one mutters is: damnit.

The other side, well there is nothing to fear. No judgement, no hate, nothing. And both times it has been a bummer to come back.

I do not wish to hasten the demise of this meat suit. But there is nothing to fear when it happens again.

As an aside, being immortal would be the definition of hell.

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Hehehe! Go for it!

I’ve had some things going on, although between helping my translation partner with her MA (I just check the English and French in her papers - the degree programme isn’t in translation), and my own medical appointments (looking good, but still a bit early to use the “remission” word), maybe not as much as I could. I’ve got some samples here.

Edit: You young buck, you! That’s too modern to be my juvenilia. :wink:

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Must I demand answers from you? Can I just say I’m glad to have you among the living? Because I am.

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So are you more like Buffy or Beric Dondarrion? I guess Buffy only died twice, and Ser Beric, like 6 times? Plus,he had a cool sword…

Beric-Dondarrion-lighting-his-sword

Glad you rose from the grave though… please take care of yourself and get this sorted out so you don’t die any more.

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