Quick stop down to open mic night last night, saw/talked to a few people I knew, (unfortunately, didn't see Meg or her friend), only had one drink (and a basket of deep-fried mushrooms! Yumm-eh!) Left Lou's, and saw that the Dog was open, which is unusual. Stopped there for one, again saw a couple people I knew, was underwhelmed, so I left there & went home. Got to bed around midnight, which isn't too bad, but I feel like I didn't sleep very well. Starting today, I'm going to try to not drink when I go out, for a while. I have a few beers left at home, and once those are gone, I'm not going to buy any more for the house for a bit either. We'll see how that affects things. Maybe I'll actually be able to get back on track a bit, so to speak.
Oh, I forgot to mention, I talked with JP (my drummer) on Sunday while I was at open mic night for Huey. I was a lot more direct than typical with him, and told him that we needed to really work on getting the rig down to bare-bones so we could start playing some open mic nights. I even told him we could try it playing in my basement tonight, as long as it was early & didn't go on for more than an hour. He's cool with using my real set (as opposed to his electronic one), and I'm hoping he can talk JRP into just running with one effects board, a small amp, and one whammy pedal (oh, and only one guitar, too!). I told JP that we could just pick 3-5 songs that will sound good stripped down, and that JRP can play on one guitar, just to give people an idea of our sound. I didn't mention this part, but I also want to use it to show people we've gotten past the "technical issues" problem so hopefully we can generate some interest/excitement in our band. Just before we hung up, I told him that if we didn't start doing something like this, I was going to have to start looking for something to supplement my playing. I said that didn't mean I would bail on them or anything, but that I really want to start playing out. (The way I look at it is, if we're not going to get serious about playing out, fine, we can keep it to messing around & having fun. I just don't want to stay in the basement dreaming of the day we can actually play shows.) I have no idea if they're actually going to come over, so I have to wait to see if I get a phone call tonight...
I still can't write. Poetry, that is. I've tried several times in the last couplefew weeks, but there's nothing in my head worthy of penning. I've already written about not being able to write, so I can't even use that as a subject! >.< Hell, I don't know what to do about it (or even whether I *should* do anything about it). I guess in a way, that's a good sign. Although true that it means there's nothing going on in my life that would give me cause for happiness/joy, it also means that there's nothing negative going on either. That's typically when I do (did?) my best writing - happiness doesn't sit well with me, but I can (well, could) speak in "dulcet loquaciousness" (*rollseyes*) on subjects of heartbreak and defeat. Now, I no longer seem to have even that.
11:22 p.m. - 2012-06-05
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