I didn’t realize until I was done last week, that it was my 200th post! “Wow,” I thought, “That’s a lot!” Then I realized that 104 of those were just the last two years. So, a little air got taken out of my sail. However, I’m not going to let that stop me from feeling glad about the milestone. There could still be just 96! I’m sitting here staring at those first few sentences, thinking: “Wow, that’s all I got?” Completely blank. Then I started to feel that actually, I may have a lot to write/say, but there’s so much of it that they may be blocking themselves from getting through the funnel. That happens to me sometimes when I’m filling my spice grinder. I have to be careful not to try to put too many peppercorns in at one time, or else none come out. Then I have to stand there, shaking the funnel, hoping to dislodge the peppercorns that have become intimate, all while trying not to spill them everywhere. I’m not sure that shaking my head will help dislodge any entangled ideas. Although, I am sitting here, shaking my head, just not in the same way. I can’t believe it’s almost the end of January. It feels like the year just started, but we’re already basically done with the first month. In a way, that’s kind of good. I’m kind of hoping this entire presidency would end in the blink of an eye. One month down, 47 to go. Whoa, and he’s the 47th! I just blew my mind a little. At the end of every sentence, I’m like: “Okay, now what?” I didn’t want to get into a whole thing about this president, but, right now, it’s hard for a lot of us not to be thinking about it. I am curious to see how this is all going to go down. I’m not mad, like a lot of people seem to be. I consider myself confused, amused, and curious.
Life has slowed
down for me a lot since I quit the Hustlers. They had their first show without
me last weekend. It was kind of weird seeing all the pictures without me in them.
But seeing that guy’s face just made me remember why I left. I listened to a
little bit of the videos. It pretty much sounds the same, although, it seems
like he’s trying to be more of a co-frontman now. I think his voice is awful,
and hearing it more prominent in the mix, made me really glad to not be a part
of it. I’ll miss being on stage, but not him. Then, both of my other bands have
a sick person in them. There is some nasty shit going around. Our daughter
missed 4 days of work! They made her get a doctor’s note! I feel like I’m just
about barely over it. I feel like I’ve been battling some nasty shit since Dia de
los Muertos! That’s almost 3 months! Mostly just this mucus, that I can’t quite
lose. Anyway, I don’t want this to be about illness. But, after writing that, I
do have to say, I am feeling better than I have in months! I am happy about
that. Which is why I’m also glad that my infected bandmates have decided to not
infect the rest of us! So, no practice this week. Part of me is glad to have
the extra time with my wife, but the other part misses playing. I took almost a
month off with The Calvins, with the holidays and everything. I finally got to
see them last week. It didn’t feel like it had been a month. Well, except for a
couple songs. That is when they told me that we cancelled our gig for the 15th!
I can’t believe they cancelled a gig without telling me! That struck me as odd.
I know they have a text thread without me, and that’s fine, but letting me know
I’m not busy on the 15th is a second thought?! Something’s fishy.
So, basically, I’ve
gone from gigging once or twice a month, to an empty calendar. (Imagine a
tumbleweed rolling in the desert, while the whistling song from The Good, The
Bad, and The Ugly plays.) My how times have changed. However, one of the cool
things about life, is that it often offers you ways to fill in the gaps. For
example, I believe I told you that our friend Mark Miller died. I believe I
told you that the Eruption is playing for his service. I thought it was a “show.”
Apparently, that’s not quite the case. Which makes more sense. I thought it was
weird to have a hard rock band play a memorial service. Especially for a “coffee
house” kind of guy. After talking to our guitar player last week, I got a
better idea of what’s going on, and we decided that we shouldn’t play our stuff.
From what I gather, because the guy knew a lot of musicians, several people are
going to be getting up and playing. So, we’re only going to be doing about 5
songs. We decided to do 2 of the songs we used to cover, and then 2 of the
songs Mark Miller wrote. Then finally we’d do a jam, letting the organizer play
with us. So, I know I’m using “so” a lot, but, so, come to find out, I’m the
only one with copies of the songs. I found 4 of our old practice CDs. I haven’t
pulled those things out in over 15 years! Plus, I kept all of my notes! This is
going to be extremely helpful. Finally, me not throwing anything away has a
use! Hence, I’ve been spending all week going through the CDs and my notes,
trying to remember what goes with what, and what they’re called. And, it just
so happens, that this all needs done at the same time I don’t really have
anything to do! I’m the only one with the material and the time. Wow!
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