I burned out my Pro Tools PC protein folding to try and cure COVID in May 2020. Then my DK Jellyfish died. Then my surround controller died. Then the crossover in my subwoofer died.

I hadn't gotten any post work in like a year anyway because nobody's getting any post work because everyone is a cheap prick who would rather overwork their editor into doing a shitty job since Netflix doesn't pay you anyway. So it's like, the obvious thing is to fold it all up and throw it all away because I'm fucking done, the industry is fucking done, what's the fucking point, my pulse ox was like 84 and I was lucky to be alive and we're all doomed who fucking cares.

I bought another goddamn Jellyfish.

I bought another goddamn motherboard.

I bought another goddamn chip.

And fuck you I bought seventeen faders' worth. I've got three goddamn Kindle Fires that do nothing but show me more Pro Tools. Prolly spent $8k just to not be goddamn obsolete.

I've got a full location sound rig in the garage, too. Like three mixers, four channels of wireless, decent boom pole, 416, Sound Devices, all that shit. And you know what? I'll hang onto it because who knows but if I never use it again I'm not gonna care. Only reason I have it is it's better than anything I can rent. 'cuz things are so shitty up here that my throwaway gear nobody wants is better than you can get within a thousand miles.

I guess what I'm saying? Is I made that choice twice in the past eighteen months, and I went two different ways. I don't regret reupping the post shit. I'm using it again, and it's hella more fun.