{"id":176343,"date":"2024-01-02T20:17:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176343"},"modified":"2024-01-02T20:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:17:16","slug":"welcome-2024-what-have-you-got-in-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/01\/02\/welcome-2024-what-have-you-got-in-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome 2024, What have you got in store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-light-brown-background-color has-background\">Dare I even ask. Perhaps I will just wait and see to avoid unnecessary stress as there is no defence against the future, particularly if you are a quantum determinist.  Its also at this time of year we always ask ourselves  what would Elvis do? Certainly not this. I just remastered this track from 4 years back to see if it could get it a bit more love.  Fingers crossed and affirmations made  \ud83d\ude42<br>  <\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/704746312&amp;color=%23e49864&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Why I Sing\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/why-i-sing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why I Sing<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As I write this the sky is crying a bit. Rain and lots of it.  Again. A typical start to the new year and my birthday month.  A day doing obscure stuff in the studio room whilst the wind kicks off mightily outside. Its really unsettling though.  I am wobbling uncertainly into 2024. <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a humorous twist of fate, I find myself pondering, &#8220;What would Elvis do?&#8221; in the face of stress. Remastering a track from 4 years ago seems like a good distraction. Meanwhile, the sky&#8217;s shedding a few tears &#8211; a lot of rain, to be honest. 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