technical difficulties (again)

I spilled a drink on my new laptop, and now it's in the repair shop, so I don't have Sibelius or Premiere Pro. The Nicola clip is on my list of priorities, though: it's perfect fodder. - The Shades of Me selfies were taken with a DSLR set to video, and they're all frame-grabs. However, my DSLR isn't working anymore (I had it for 11 years), so my phone is my only camera atm. Overall, things are looking up, though; I'm taking out $8-10,000 from the trust to survive the next 6 months while I look for a job and film some videos with the new equipment. My guitar is fine; however, one of the unforeseen downsides of my street theatre days was that the finish wore off Amy (my guitar), and it cost me several hundred dollars for Simcha to re-finish the instrument. I wouldn't travel the Pacific with her; I'd find a guitar for that purpose. 🥝