All but 2 instruments are installed

in my copy of Komplete 12 Ultimate: Absynth 5 and Massive X. I don't get Absynth 5 because it was in my copy of Komplete 8. I really want Massive X, but at least Kontakt is installed. I'm happy about that. 

I hope you all had a good Christmas. I've been so busy trying to trouble shoot Komplete 12 etc I didn't get much done. I took the wife out for our Christmas dinner. I got a new Oilers calendar for 2020. We got 3 6/49 $3 tickets and not one number matched, lol. I got one more software package to get as soon as I get to the bank: Arturia's "Pigments 2." Anne's Working New Years eve. I get to follow the last Oilers game with the Rangers in town. I don't even watch anymore. This team is on a downward slide.

In case I don't get to post this week, I can be grateful its been a decent year full of ups and downs. A good friend walked out on me thinking I was obsessed (me a married man? Yeah right), I put her in a bad spot (Like she wasn't complicit with me?) I lied to her yes, so she'd get the hint I just wanted a casual friendship. I never lied to my wife. I'm still trying to recover from that loss but she's still welcomed to call me Thursday's, Friday's, Saturdays after 3pm, when I have some privacy. Not that I doubt she reads this. January  was my first time in a casino. I attended "Band of brothers," at the church just down here. I got to do some exercise and got my GIS, so Anne gave me a bit of an allowance. I rode a bike for the first time in over 50 years and fell off it, lol. I almost got the Nintendo Switch but had to give it up because I couldn't afford to keep it. I got my own Visa card. I bought a iPod Touch but lost it shortly after. Our lodge had Octoberfest, that was fun. I got 14 badly decayed teeth removed and an upper denture. I managed to get some work. I got a new Sony Vlogging camera, but had to exchange it for a refund. Too many issues with it. Anne and I ordered our first Amazon orders, delivered to the Post office. I got Komplete 12 Ultimate. Its been a year of plus and minuses ups & downs. I got through it for the most other then some cuts and bruises, which over time will heal. 

The above year in review, yeesh. So this week, I've got lodge practice tomorrow. Tuesday, bank and a Doctors appointment for an ultrasound set up that same day, Thursday lodge, Friday < maybe> and Saturday off as I'm hoping work possibly on Friday, hopefully Monday, in which case if I'm called back to work, I hope to be working all that first week so get caught up in my bills. Anyway, Happy New Year, that's all for now.  

Just in case this is my last post

for the year, I thought I'd get an early start. I still haven't got my full installation of Komplete 12 Ultimate installed. I'm going to try chat today to see if I can get some trouble shooting tips.

I think the only environmental crisis we have on this planet is 
plastic. I read somewhere that plastic (if nothing is done is done will out populate fish by 2050. Plastic micro particles is even in carried by trade winds. This from Google is particularly scary: Microplastics have long been known to damage lung tissues, leading to cancer, asthma attacks and other health problems. What's more, these particles often contain toxic chemical additives or contaminants known to change the way human hormones work. What's a good replacement for plastic? Silicone, or a hybrid solution. And this from Wikipedia: Proposed solutions Some researchers have proposed incinerating plastics to use as energy, which is known as energy recovery. As opposed to losing the energy from plastics into the atmosphere in landfills, this process turns some of the plastics back into energy that can be used. However, as opposed to recycling, this method does not diminish the amount of plastic material that is produced. Therefore, recycling plastics is considered a more efficient solution.

Tonight I got Oilers/hockey, so it should be a fun night ahead. Then of course its Christmas eve and Christmas. I get 4 days off  without the wife.😃 Next week beginning Sunday, we have lodge practice, a Doctors appointment on the following Monday, Tuesday is New Years Eve and Lodge Thursday. Anyway that's all for now. 

For the most part installing

Komplete 12 Ultimate was pretty decent except I have 6 stubborn products that I can't seem to install. I'm having a real struggle here.  I searched the knowledge base, tried just about everything. I even tried going into my anti virus program thinking my firewall prevented anything installing. The main program I want to install is Kontakt 6. I deleted Kontakt 5 from Komplete 8, which was a huge mistake in my early trouble shooting woes. One of my biggest headaches was lack of space in my C drive, which ad initially 111Gb of space just for Windows. My E drive has 2 Tb of space. So late tomorrow I'm going to get onto Native Instruments to see if they can remotely help me out. This program was 50% off because of Black Friday.

The Oilers earlier snapped a 4 game at home losing streak over the Montreal Canadians at Rogers Place arena. I had other things to do (see above) for example but I followed the game in another tab on my browser. The Oilers are sharing 3rd place in the West with 5 other teams, each having 44 points. The problem here is, the Oilers have 2 games in hand.

Anne's home for the next 4 days after tonight. We're still missing our cat Rusty that passed away last Friday night. lately our weather here in Edmonton has been fairly good. Right now we're sitting here at -6 but it feels like -10. Our high today was -2, and we're going to belike that for most of the next 10 days heading into the New Year. Other then that I've been counting my steps every day. I'm currently at 2351 steps. If its not snowing tomorrow, I might go for a little walk around the block. I really need a micro sd card, so I'm going to go over to Best buy, see if they have some. Anyway, that's all for now. 

We don't have a problem with

porch pirates and its not just because we live in an apartment. We have our Amazon packages delivered to Canada post. However even that doesn't discourage theft. For example in rural Alberta Canada posts outlets have been broken into. If none of the above works, there should be an arrangement made to have online packages be delivered to someone's home for the home owner there when the doorbell rings to receive the package.

Perhaps I'm jaded I don't know but I'm not excited for this upcoming Star Wars movie: The rise of the Skywalker. What made the original Star Wars was not just the characters and the soundtrack, but the way the movie was written with "The Hero's journey" in mind. I could be wrong but this is missing from after the 2nd trilogy on, although I liked the last movie. I'm not to keen on seeing this one. Maybe when it comes to Netflix 

The idea is to go out to Royal Pizza tonight. Its during peak hours. Its just a bus train to University and then to Whyte Ave. Easy. We've done this a lot of times before. I like to go anywhere before the dinner rush but we'll see how things go. Otherwise, there's always the Oilers/St. Louis game on tv. Anyway, that's all for now.

Friday the 13th was a sad day around here

as it was late in the evening while Anne was on her way home from work, we lost our cat Rusty. Rusty was a stray cat we had for about 4 years. Anne was feeding him for about 3 years before we brought him in. We're not allowed pets here but because we were here before the current management they let us keep the two cats. I was at the computer and I heard this growl. I thought it was one of the cats defending its territory. I went out and investigated but didn't anything. When Anne got home by 11:30, to give Rusty his cat treats, he was unresponsive. We don't know what killed him. Anne suspects it was a heart murmur of some kind. Rusty even came up to see me while I was lying on the bed before that. We'll get over it but his loss was so sudden. It wasn't like we had to put him down or anything.

This is the last photo of Rusty. Its been a rough year for me, what with a friend of mine walking out and abandoned me without warning or explanation. Work has been slow, then getting my teeth pulled between August-November. In October I lost my new iPod and now we lost Rusty.

Yesterday, while the weather was better, and Rusty on my mind, and after I called Staples, they said glibly over the phone, "Oh we have that, we have that." I walked over there with my cramped up leg teeth working good in my mouth. I wanted to get the Microsoft Bluetooth mouse and the Apple Lightning USB 3 Camera adapter. When I got there the clerk said, "what's it for?" I said "its a USB camera adapter that accepts USB devices for i0s." "But what's it for?" I was looking after explaining this several times to find out they don't have it. "Ok, do you have the Microsoft Bluetooth mouse, its priced at around $24." "No we have the Logitec mouse for 50." I knew what their game was: To get me into the store to buy something. I wasn't going to play that game. I was pissed. At least I got some exercise. I walked as far as the bus stop across the street from Sifton park school and my leg cramped up again so I decided to wait for the #183 that came by right away. I called Northgate London drugs and asked if they have that same blue tooth mouse that Staples had. Yes they do. The could save the mouse for me at the counter. So this morning I went to London drugs, feeling better with the mussel relaxant in me. My teeth were feeling much better. I got to London Drugs and got my product. To the clerk that served me: "Do you have the Apple lightning USB 3 camera adapter in stock?" He took me to that part of the computer department. I looked on one side, him on the other. He found it. Perfect. Both items $105 on my debit. Sweet

So I walked to the Northgate transit on the same property as in the yellow red path in the image above, feeling pretty good about my purchase and then home

If all goes well Monday, I'll find out if my Long & McQuade order is in for Komplete 12 Ultimate is in. I'll run over tomorrow afternoon, get that and uninstall the old Komplete 8 and, watch wrestling and hockey. Anne gets the computer. At least if the Oilers are doing poorly I'll have Wrestling. Tomorrow could be a good day. Anyway that's all for now. 

Great day to get some gambling in

because its Friday the 13th. I usually do good on Black Jack scratch n' Win's 😃 I think today, I'm going to hunt for a Apple lightning usb dongle so I can use my midi keyboard controller with my 2017 iPad. The plan is to go to the Southgate Apple store and then get some A&W and get the chilli cheese dog I didn't get last time. I'm also looking at getting a Bluetooth mouse for my iPad since iPad0S has mouse support. I might end up even walking out with the New iPad since the wife doesn't care.

Some shocking news out of Ottawa today what with Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer resigning due to the party giving him funds to get Scheer's children to private school. The Conservative party (imo) needs a strong female leader Like Candice Bergen. I liked the way she helped to dismantle wasteful Long Gun registry and she is from Manitoba, which could help bridge some of the Western alien descent here in the West in Ottawa.

The bluetooth mouse is going to be very helpful because I can use it with miRack app to "grab cables" to patch them into various I/o's. I'll have 3 locations to go to today (hopefully) The source (shop for a cheep bt mouse) Apple store for the lightning chargeable usb cck and A&W for my chilli cheese dog. Hopefully all three. In theory. Also, I'll be able to watcha bit of Artfx Drum & Bass show for a bit this afternoon. Anyway, that's all for now.

When I called Long & McQuade Monday

about the Komplete 12 Ultimate I ordered (on its way) They said they could hold it in the store for me for up to 6 months. Hopefully I'll have it paid off ($320) within the next 6 days and I exchanged the Sony HX80 for a refund yesterday. There were just too many problems with the camera. I'm going to call ahead but I should have got at Long & McQuade, the Zoom Q2n 4k camera at ~ $100 cheaper then then the Sony. The fact that the Zoom can shoot in 4k is a deal breaker for me. I hope to be getting this after the weekend. What I also like about the Zoom, is that it has a metal tripod holder instead of the plastic one the Sony had.

Its a typical cold winter Edmonton day at -13 but it feels like -21 and snowing. Anne went out earlier to get us an A&W combo burger about 3 hours ago. She suggested because Tim's is right next door to where she works, she could get me a Tim's breakfast combo on a Friday night and bring it home, store it in the fridge so I can have it for breakfast Saturday morning when I'm not at Band of Brothers. I can handle that. It also saves Anne some time because getting to work on a Saturday is problematic for her. 

In the meantime I have over 3 weeks off, where I can play with Komplete 12 Ultimate and my new "real camera." Sweet. Also, Sunday on the 15th, there is WWE's "TLC" Tables, ladders and chairs match. Plus, I'm taking Anne out to Olive garden next week. I should get my "pension allowance" as well. I have enough left on my dental insurance for 4 fillings in the new year. I was considering the Nintendo Switch, but I have lodge dues to take care of in February and hopefully with work and any income tax return, I can get the lower partials.  Anyway, that's all for now.   

The calendar image below is not meant for

this year but next. I had to do a bit of fact checking before I figured it out. Its an interesting anomaly however.

I got pretty busy last week after Wednesday, what with my dental appointment and lodge later on the same day. Thursday I received my upper denture and other then it pinching at the back in 2 locations, due some bone in the jaw from extractions, the denture feels ok. I even went to lodge with the denture but I never ate anything. I need the lower partial for that. Hopefully with a bit of income tax money (if I get a tax return) I can invest in the partial in the Spring. I still have to remove the denture so I can eat. I can still drink with them in. For now though they are just for show.  

I even put the denture back in heading to our staff Christmas
party this last Friday. I had them in on the way to Long & McQuade to pick up my mic adapter. They had Komplete 12 at the Black Friday price but their sale expired the day I was there. So I put $100 down on it. Payday is on the weekend, so I'll pick it up then, when one of their Ontario stores ships it out. No account, it will be all paid in full by next weekend. The denture for now is mostly for show.  The dentist suggested I leave them in my mouth all day, even at home so the gum can get used to them.

The dentists suggested I go back Saturday for a check up. I did and they fit ok. I had to take them out at Tim's next door for my lunch. The denture was a challenge to remove in the bathroom. Putting them back in was ok. I limped and walked with discomfort in my left leg over to 34th and 137 slightly across the street from there and since I had a bit of time, and its not that cold (at the time) I'd wait for that #302 and take a ride to Evergreen. I just wanted to see where the bus went. I had a long wait after I saw the bus head West the other way to Clareview. Wearing my ski mask must have mad me look odd. The #302 bus arrived almost 20 minutes later. I was cold but no worse for wear and tear. I couldn't see much except in the bus because it was overcast and the cold frosted over some windows. It was an interesting little ride. I liked the eye candy on the way back however.

This week, I'm waiting for Canada post to notify me that my Amazon order is in. Tuesday? Anne has a few orders as well so she said she will pick up mine 😃 Also, I could get a call from the office to come for a few days next week. We have a small project but its a day job. If I get a call, I'll go in, if not I'll be more then grateful to have the time off until when we go back to work early January. I'm expecting my Long & McQuade order to come in around by the 13th or the following Monday so I can pay it off. If my item comes in say Wednesday, I don't think they will mind holding it for me until Saturday otherwise, other then that, and lots of Oilers hockey nothing else is going on. Anyway, that's all for now.

Finally a bit of time off for myself

not that I want any but I've been coming pretty hot and heavy over the past 2 weeks. I've had dental appointments and work, all kinds of things. I'm hoping we'll get one more small project for a few days when we officially break next Friday the 13th. One of "my lucky" days.

Speaking of interesting days on the calendar, one of my friends/Facebook friends, sent me this gif:

I'm not sure about the money par of this but its just kind of interesting.

The other day, Anne helped me place my first Amazon order. I've had an Amazon store front since about when we got married. I've never had to use it before. I  ordered 3 items, a ball mount, a microphone thread adapter, and a pair of led lamps for my music production. No shipping, or currency exchange rates. I should get the order next week. Other then that, I've got a dental appointment Thursday at 1pm. Then, its off to get a bite to eat then head out for lodge. Friday I've got a staff party to head out to and the LAK/Oilers game after that. We could get a small project at work next week but I doubt it. I'll know on Friday if we do. Anyway, that's all for now.