Chapter 7 of SDU is delayed...

Not sure if I can finish it today. It's already past 5pm. There was a request for me to get married to one of my neighbors. All of us have trouble earning money, which is probably why we are living in shoeboxes.

As far as I can see, I have only 3 money-earning ideas left:

1. I can improve my piano skills and become a part time teacher 
    
2. I can form a social tech startup like Mastodon etc.
   
   
3. I can make things to sell, like my paper bow sight, or the knot sword

No. 3 is really intriguing. I was thinking of an archery setup made from knots. Not sure how it would work. No. 2 is also interesting. I was thinking of a social app where people could read books together or tell their stories. No. 1 is the easiest. But I need to write a theory sheet or two first. Perhaps I will do 1 and 2, and make that paper bow sight as well. So will do it after dinner.

The book reading app will be called 'Revision' and allows people to post extracts from books they like or are reading, even textbooks or Bible, Koran etc. They will be able to see if anyone has a better one than what they have. There will be offers to book sellers like BFBW etc. to list their titles. I’m not sure what platform to use.

So Revision will be simple text messaging. You can scan up to 5 excerpts per post. People form groups to share, others for study, etc. No talking is allowed except thru scans of text or barcodes. It is something like Pinterest. It can build sales, but that is for other groups: authors. People from related small groups may re-post from authors groups.

As for my piano teaching, I need to bring out my notation and chord progression knowledge. This will influence the melodic development. It will take 3 sheets of paper. Need to teach legato pedaling too, and how to sightread better.

The bow sight, I can’t remember how it works. Need to check..

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So I started on noting down my favorite chords to teach piano. I think I captured the progressions quite accurately. Tomorrow, I will be doing melodic and harmonic scales over the chords. Then on day 3, I will explore the development of motifs and melody opposed to emotion. I will also do 'wrong note progressions'.

No time to write SDU or make any bow sight. Maybe in the weekend.

I sliced the hard cover off my CCB and wrapped the end cards in paper from a Sonic Youth album poster (I have the record, 'Dirty'). The stiff cover was inhibiting to flipping the pages. I didn't want to read it much. This was the Bible I bought for 66.6RM, rounded up. 

We have been roped into a protection network for world leaders. Not just me, but quite a few people who are gentle and have a high tolerance for attacks. Of course, for me, it is a free service. I divided out the work between some friends who are good fighters. And gradually we will spread the word that attacking leaders is wrong.