{"id":1105,"date":"2026-03-07T20:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:14:43","slug":"luck-journal-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/luck-journal-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Luck Journal 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joined my local walking\/running club today downtown hoping to practice some more extroversion. I turned out to be the only walker, everyone else was running. I decided to walk around anyways by myself. Not but a few blocks later I see someone across the street wearing an MTV shirt. I pointed at him directly and shouted, I like your shirt man! That is NOT something I ever would have done before.  As I crossed, we then struck up a conversation about the glory days of music television. I was wearing my Ableton shirt so it wasn&#8217;t long before we talked about music in general. Turns out he&#8217;s a DJ and I told him I like to do open mics. I asked when his next gig was and that I&#8217;d come check it out.  He asked me when the next open mic was and that he&#8217;d come check that out too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It really is amazing. I&#8217;ve never acted like this before. I&#8217;m definitely becoming a changed person. It&#8217;s a wild thought that I would just strike up conversations with random people wherever I go.  This has never been in my wheelhouse.  Never.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish I had learned this skill when I was a lot younger and I hope at least this can rub off on my son who is literally a clone of my younger, introverted self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE:  I went outside to put away the garbage cans and my neighbor across the street came out to introduce herself.  Is it possible I&#8217;m putting out the social vibes now?  Because I&#8217;ve lived here 5 years and I&#8217;ve never met her!  Seems like a wild coincidence.  She also mentioned that she hears my drumming and that she likes it because her brother was a drummer and she grew up learning to fall asleep to that sounds.  My luck continues&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A friend of mine reached out with an extra ticket to the Violent Femmes concert!  Unfortunately I can&#8217;t go due to my spouse recovering from knee replacement surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another friend reached out to me and invited me to a protest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Again man, this is pretty wild stuff.  What luck to get offered a free concert ticket!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AbletonHoodie-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AbletonHoodie-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AbletonHoodie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AbletonHoodie-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AbletonHoodie-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AbletonHoodie-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joined my local walking\/running club today downtown hoping to practice some more extroversion. 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