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Hot coffee", "location": "at home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Available", "outfitDescription": "cream tee with dark indigo jeans: soft worn short-sleeve tee, relaxed-fit jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "08:00 AM", "endTimeLabel": "09:00 AM", "activityName": "Reading the Windmills settlement email twice at the kitchen counter, drafting and sending a one-line reply from the phone: I'll take the four thousand, send the release form by Friday", "activityNameShort": "Taking the four thousand", "location": "at home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Available", "outfitDescription": "cream tee with dark indigo jeans: soft worn short-sleeve tee, relaxed-fit jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "09:00 AM", "endTimeLabel": "10:00 AM", "activityName": "Walking two blocks down to Third Wave Coffee through drizzle, ordering a small filter coffee, sitting by the window watching the rain start in earnest, opening the family WhatsApp and closing it again", "activityNameShort": "Coffee. Family chat closed", "location": "Third Wave Coffee, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy", "outfitDescription": "cream tee with dark indigo jeans: soft worn short-sleeve tee, relaxed-fit jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "10:00 AM", "endTimeLabel": "11:00 AM", "activityName": "Walking back through heavier rain, rehearsing the verse twice in the bedroom the way the green-shirt stranger asked, phone propped on the stack of poetry books on the dresser", "activityNameShort": "Verse twice. Mirror again", "location": "at home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Busy", "outfitDescription": "cream tee with dark indigo jeans: soft worn short-sleeve tee, relaxed-fit jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "11:00 AM", "endTimeLabel": "12:00 PM", "activityName": "Packing the guitar into the gig bag, checking the high E and finding it loose, pocketing the phone without opening the Airtel overdue reminder", "activityNameShort": "Packing the guitar case", "location": "at home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy", "outfitDescription": "cream tee with dark indigo jeans: soft worn short-sleeve tee, relaxed-fit jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "12:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "01:00 PM", "activityName": "Walking to the Humming Tree through heavy drizzle, the gig bag slung over one shoulder, getting a half-soaked sleeve by 12th Main", "activityNameShort": "Walking in the rain", "location": "walking to Humming Tree", "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy", "outfitDescription": "navy tee under a sand overshirt with black jeans: short-sleeve tee under an unbuttoned lightweight overshirt, sleeves rolled, relaxed-fit jeans, canvas low-tops, acoustic guitar case at his side", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "01:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "02:00 PM", "activityName": "Walking into the Humming Tree venue dripping on the floor, nodding at the bartender who doesn't quite nod back, setting the guitar case on the stage edge", "activityNameShort": "Wet. Stage is mine", "location": "Humming Tree, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Busy", "outfitDescription": "navy tee under a sand overshirt with black jeans: short-sleeve tee under an unbuttoned lightweight overshirt, sleeves rolled, relaxed-fit jeans, canvas low-tops, acoustic guitar case at his side", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "02:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "03:00 PM", "activityName": "Soundcheck setup alone on stage, running the opening lines of the verse twice through the monitor, adjusting the mic height, texting Dev: where are you", "activityNameShort": "Dev is late. Again", "location": "Humming Tree, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Busy", "outfitDescription": "navy tee under a sand overshirt with black jeans: short-sleeve tee under an unbuttoned lightweight overshirt, sleeves rolled, relaxed-fit jeans, canvas low-tops, acoustic guitar case at his side", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "03:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "04:00 PM", "activityName": "Dev texts at 3:12pm, running save my spot, the bartender polishing a glass at the far end of the bar, the green-shirt stranger nowhere in the room yet", "activityNameShort": "Running. Save my spot", "location": "Humming Tree, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Busy", "outfitDescription": "navy tee under a sand overshirt with black jeans: short-sleeve tee under an unbuttoned lightweight overshirt, sleeves rolled, relaxed-fit jeans, canvas low-tops, acoustic guitar case at his side", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "04:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "05:00 PM", "activityName": "Dev calls at 4:01pm from the alley outside the venue, yaar Aarav's team offered me the mixing on his solo EP double your usual rate I had to take it I'm sorry, standing on the empty stage with the phone pressed to his ear", "activityNameShort": "Dev took the bigger gig", "location": "Humming Tree, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Busy", "outfitDescription": "navy tee under a sand overshirt with black jeans: short-sleeve tee under an unbuttoned lightweight overshirt, sleeves rolled, relaxed-fit jeans, canvas low-tops, acoustic guitar case at his side", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "05:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "06:00 PM", "activityName": "Tara walks in with a thermos and a paper bag of banana chips, sits on the amp without saying anything, the E string snaps mid-soundcheck with a loud crack and the bartender from two weeks ago gives him a long look across the bar", "activityNameShort": "Tara quiet. String snaps", "location": "Humming Tree, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Busy", "outfitDescription": "navy tee under a sand overshirt with black jeans: short-sleeve tee under an unbuttoned lightweight overshirt, sleeves rolled, relaxed-fit jeans, canvas low-tops, acoustic guitar case at his side", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "06:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "07:00 PM", "activityName": "Packing the broken-string guitar back into the bag, walking Tara out through the back door into the alley, replying to Dev in a single text: bhai I get it take the gig we're still friends but I won't ask you to mix the verse", "activityNameShort": "Texted Dev. Walked her out", "location": "Humming Tree back alley", "availabilityLabel": "Available", "outfitDescription": "navy tee under a sand overshirt with black jeans: short-sleeve tee under an unbuttoned lightweight overshirt, sleeves rolled, relaxed-fit jeans, canvas low-tops, acoustic guitar case at his side", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "07:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "08:00 PM", "activityName": "Walking back to the 1BHK through steady drizzle, texting Meher: any mixer you trust for one verse one session short notice, looking at the dark phone screen between sentences", "activityNameShort": "Asking Meher for a mixer", "location": "walking home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Available", "outfitDescription": "olive linen shirt with black jeans: untucked rumpled linen shirt, unbuttoned at the collar, sleeves rolled, jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "08:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "09:00 PM", "activityName": "Sitting on the bed with the broken-string guitar across his lap, drafting the Meher follow-up, looking at the Airtel overdue notice again, opening the family WhatsApp and closing it for the third time today", "activityNameShort": "Broken string. Family chat", "location": "at home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Available", "outfitDescription": "olive linen shirt with black jeans: untucked rumpled linen shirt, unbuttoned at the collar, sleeves rolled, jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "09:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "10:00 PM", "activityName": "Searching the indie Bengaluru mixer groups on his phone, sending three cold DMs with the verse MP3 attached, reheating the previous night's rice and dal on the single burner", "activityNameShort": "Cold DMs to three mixers", "location": "at home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy", "outfitDescription": "olive linen shirt with black jeans: untucked rumpled linen shirt, unbuttoned at the collar, sleeves rolled, jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "10:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "11:00 PM", "activityName": "Lying back on the bed with the phone on his chest, the verse playing quietly on the speaker, the rain still going, not opening the family chat, not opening Aarav's leak thread, watching the ceiling fan turn", "activityNameShort": "Fan turning. Verse on loop", "location": "at home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Available", "outfitDescription": "olive linen shirt with black jeans: untucked rumpled linen shirt, unbuttoned at the collar, sleeves rolled, jeans, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "11:00 PM", "endTimeLabel": "12:00 AM", "activityName": "Falling asleep with the phone still on his chest, the rain still tapping the window, the E string change undone until morning, the verse halfway through its second loop", "activityNameShort": "Asleep before the verse ends", "location": "at home, Indiranagar", "availabilityLabel": "Sleeping", "outfitDescription": "navy: soft worn short-sleeve sleep tee, soft sleep shorts, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false } ] }