{"id":178732,"date":"2025-03-10T21:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=178732"},"modified":"2025-03-10T21:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:37:55","slug":"world-of-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/03\/10\/world-of-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"World of confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what&#8217;s occurring then? Search me gov I haven&#8217;t got a clue? I had a good gig with Sonic Boomers and that really lifted my spirits. Like the old days for a moment or two \ud83d\ude42<br>At times like this is very important not to take yourself too seriously.My heads often buzzing with stuff. What it means is that I often can&#8217;t switch off and relax. Sometimes there is just too much mental racket going on. Bad back as soon as I got out of bed so I attacked it vigorously with the magnesium ointment and its worked? Extraordinary, perhaps magic pixies were invoked somehow as it worked very quickly. The last few months particularly I seem to preoccupied with stuff. There is nothing wrong with having a plan but one can get to the stage where one is just trying to obsessively control everything. My egos a bit fractured in a sense and often I am trying to prove something to people that actually don&#8217;t care anyway. I think that&#8217;s a hangover from childhood. Funny old day. Started feeling quite upbeat but now I am falling towards gloomy again. Strange old world. I have a quiet week but with 2 gigs at the end of it which is perfect really.  <br><br>I got a new battery for my old Citroen. The AA guy said the car started well, just did a 5 mile test drive and its running smoother on idle as well. It might that the fault was being caused by voltage drops, but I will drive it about a bit before trusting it too much. Maybe it will be OK. <br><br>I was a political moron for about 35 years of my life. I am fortunate to have been gifted a relatively quick and agile mind but I do tend to think in black and white terms a bit at times. My strength is also my weakness. Old Musky boy sees things as very simple, I am clever I should be in charge. Do what I say and it will be good for you because I have lots of brains, I have the best brains. Just ask the Donald <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t57\/1\/16\/1f609.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude09\"><br><br>Somedays its weird and I feel like I am in a film with a very unconvincing script. The one thing that no longer scares me is looking foolish. I am being to feel more and more like the court jester and maybe I will embrace that role a little more in life. Do no harm and maybe make people laugh a little too. That may all sound a bit gnomic but it means something to me.<br>I am getting  an increase in listeners on my music streaming on some songs. Its as if suddenly I have become &#8220;visible&#8221; over the static. I don&#8217;t know yet if it&#8217;s just a blip though. It may just be a weird anomaly or that I am for some brief moment reflecting things people are feeling. Perhaps it&#8217;s like a stopped clock being right twice a day&#8230;. More young listeners now too.<br><br>We are heading towards either a great enlightenment or a great disaster and disappointment.<br>I wonder which one? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2045409656&#038;color=%238c8cc8&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><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 href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/remember-me-if-you-can\" title=\"Remember Me If You Can\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Remember Me If You Can<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"178755\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/03\/10\/world-of-confusion\/bw-for-miles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?fit=1386%2C2463&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1386,2463\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1741615182&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BW for miles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles-576x1024.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?resize=1152%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?w=1386&amp;ssl=1 1386w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BW-for-miles.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So what&#8217;s occurring then? Search me gov I haven&#8217;t got a clue? I had a good gig with Sonic Boomers and that really lifted my spirits. Like the old days for a moment or two \ud83d\ude42At times like this is very important not to take yourself too seriously.My heads often buzzing with stuff. 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