{"id":179658,"date":"2026-01-03T21:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=179658"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:01:15","slug":"hello-its-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/01\/03\/hello-its-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Its 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2239022543&#038;color=%23400e0e&#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\/show-me-something-i-can\" title=\"Show Me Something I Can Believe In\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Show Me Something I Can Believe In<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a lot of really unhinged mostly xenophobic people on Facebook and for some reason I seem to get a lot of friend requests from them. Quite why I should be honored in such away I am unsure. I am also a tad mentally becalmed or at least making very little headway but for very different reasons of course. Creatively I have had a busy year and now I feel a bit drained. As I said previously I need to get out a bit more where people are but I feel a bit reticent to do so when it comes to the act rather than the deed at the moment. It&#8217;s that fear of rejection thing in my case. I do need to expand my comfort zone as I have been trying a bit too much to avoid stress and sort of shut myself off with a bit of a wall around me. I need to loosen up a bit I think but the question is how though. Still ploughing on with the day to day though, music and what not. And oh my it&#8217;s cold out&#8230; I had a migraine this morning but the visuals have worn off but my head still hurts and I feel tired. I have plodded on with things a bit though.<br><br>Here is my wish list which I feel can only be achieved by an occurrence of serendipity. My ideal musical partner (to expand my horizon) would be someone that can play a bit (preferably guitar but ability on other instrument as well might be a plus as that will complement violin and or keyboard) maybe also sing in tune. Read a lead sheet\/chord sheet so that they can learn new stuff without it taking forever. I have met people who play well but just cant learn anything other than what they already know. Happy to play\/sing originals and covers. If they were also a writer\/composer that would work if not an ego tripping loon. Not frightened of their own shadow. Ideally a male musician as doubles as chaperone\/bodyguard assistant lifter of heavy things. Also particularly in a duo format it tends to look right. Not frightened to busk (as in play stuff you don&#8217;t know really well, not the freezing you extremities&#8217; off with a hat in street) or improvise a bit. There are lots of people like that, but guess what they are all already in a band it seems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"575\" data-attachment-id=\"179676\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/01\/03\/hello-its-2026\/its-cold\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Its-cold.png?fit=426%2C575&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"426,575\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&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=\"Its cold\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Its-cold.png?fit=426%2C575&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Its-cold.png?resize=426%2C575&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Its-cold.png?w=426&amp;ssl=1 426w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Its-cold.png?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In my dreams santa brought me this even though I was very very naughty  \ud83d\ude42 <br>imagine all the fun you could be having if you were in my band&#8230;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"179681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/01\/03\/hello-its-2026\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano.jpeg?fit=1181%2C2421&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1181,2421\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&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=\"turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano.jpeg?fit=500%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano-500x1024.jpeg?resize=500%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179681\" style=\"width:423px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano.jpeg?resize=500%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano.jpeg?resize=146%2C300&amp;ssl=1 146w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano.jpeg?resize=768%2C1574&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano.jpeg?resize=749%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 749w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano.jpeg?resize=999%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turn_the_keyboard_in_to_a_piano.jpeg?w=1181&amp;ssl=1 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Show Me Something I Can Believe In There are a lot of really unhinged mostly xenophobic people on Facebook and for some reason I seem to get a lot of friend requests from them. Quite why I should be honored in such away I am unsure. I am also a tad &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/01\/03\/hello-its-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hello Its 2026<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179658","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\/2026\/01\/DSC00292.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-KJI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175588,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/12\/01\/gosh-its-getting-busy-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":179658,"position":0},"title":"Gosh its getting busy now","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a lot to learn. 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