I'll be away for a while. I'll try to keep up with my Patreon pieces, but I can't make any promises.

My father passed away a couple of days ago. They're not yet sure how. He didn't show up for work for a few days, so they sent the sheriff to check on him and found him in the bathroom. He was pronounced at the scene. He was only 53.

I was working on my homework today, listening to Emerson, Lake & Palmer's album, Trilogy, and thinking that I should send him a message, thanking him for sending it to me for my birthday in 2003, because it's the perfect album to listen to when I need to concentrate. Just as I was about to, I got a message from my sister, telling me I needed to call her ASAP, and that it was about dad.

He wasn't the best father, and we weren't very close, but our love of music was what gave us a mutual understanding and appreciation for each other. I can honestly say that without him, I wouldn't be as driven as I am today.

Goodbye, dad. I love you.