{"id":178829,"date":"2025-04-02T19:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=178829"},"modified":"2025-04-02T19:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:45:45","slug":"whoops-a-daisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/04\/02\/whoops-a-daisy\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoops a daisy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-beige-background-color has-background\">A couple of weeks back I fell off a ladder fixing a light in the kitchen just before a run of 5 gigs. I managed to get through those OK. I did bruise my left hand but was able to get through it all, then subsequently I had a lot of bruising on my lower back and bum and later I discovered my right hand had also taken a beating. I seem to be functional and mending but I also did jar my neck a bit too just for added spice. Luckily I didn&#8217;t hit my head. A moments lack of concentration and I stepped into the void. Do not recommend. Shortly after this I heard a friend had busted a hip dancing. I do not relish the &#8216;random stuff happening&#8217; element that seem to increase with the passing of time. For the present I continue bruised and a somewhat battered. So in addition to my usual arthritic grumbles I have a had a few extras. On the plus side I got a higher than l was expecting PPL\/PRS royalties payout this quarter that has covered my car insurance for the year so I can still pretend to be a songwriter\/composer.<\/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\/2069222692&#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\/gaslighting-manouvers\" title=\"Gaslighting Manouvers\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Gaslighting Manouvers<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"178835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/04\/02\/whoops-a-daisy\/shirley-m-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?fit=1392%2C2475&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1392,2475\" 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;1743432822&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=\"Shirley M\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1-576x1024.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?resize=1152%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shirley-M-1.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Images are deceptive. What you see and what you get are no guarantee of quality so dear buyer beware of what you find there. <br>I continue to work away as ever on my musical diversions many and various as presented here above with a recent recording. The absurdity of knowing that there is so much one does not know, whilst listening to others attempt to school us is ever present too.<br><br>I am doing a few brief video chats to camera just for fun on some of my social media as an experiment. I am not sure how well that will work but its something different at least.<br>I think I have slightly fried my brain cells in the last few months. I have been thundering away writing and recording stuff at slightly manic level of output. I need to have a refresh of sorts. I am not too good at chilling out. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-beige-background-color has-background\">Last year apart from all the other music doings I recorded 132 of my own original songs and instrumentals. This year so far its 32. Some are good though a lot are very average. That&#8217;s Bi-polar for you, but you get to a point where you cant switch off. I have been deliberately listening to music this last week that I really like for a bit of inspiration and different directions. Not just the harmonic construction, melodys and so forth but also the production and sound. I am starting to chase my tail a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks back I fell off a ladder fixing a light in the kitchen just before a run of 5 gigs. I managed to get through those OK. I did bruise my left hand but was able to get through it all, then subsequently I had a lot of bruising on my lower &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/04\/02\/whoops-a-daisy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Whoops a daisy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-Delta-4.png?fit=1842%2C925&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-Kwl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177421,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/06\/06\/well-i-did-try-honestly-i-did\/","url_meta":{"origin":178829,"position":0},"title":"Well I did Try Honestly I Did","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, from the live music side of things I seem to be a little stuck. I have a few gigs with various people, but sadly nothing regular enough and it's quite depressing to be honest. I can't see it getting any better really either. 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I am still a bit fatigued though. But hey I enjoyed it and that's the point really. Also a friend who is quite reclusive came along and watched the first set which is nice. 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I played a fairly long gig and it went well but I really have felt it the day after. I was ok but very much aching all over. And it's lasted a couple of days. 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