wassup wit dat?
it’s OK to play Music just for fun, it’s OK to play for fun and money…in times like these it may even be OK to play just for the money–if one has positive feelings for the people yer playing with…but playing with someone ya don’t respect? that’s crazy…Is my Ego THAT needy? apparently…It is true that I don’t wanna hurt the guy’s feelings, but it’s possible that telling him the Truth wouldn’t hurt him a bit…I’ve tried to explain (several times) that going onstage unprepared bothers me but he doesn’t seem to be listening…He has allegedly made some statements in the past indicating that he has no problem whatsoever with LOW self-esteem…and I DID hear him say (about a woman I was interested in ) “I could have her if I wanted her, but you go ahead…” The Woman and I have become just about the best of FRIENDS and there is nothing “physical” about our relationship…We are partners MUSICALLY and I don’t wanna mess that up…She just won an award in the DC area (the Songwriters’ Association of Washington) and may finally be getting the recognition she deserves…what all this means is I went to the O.M. at the OTWC and had an OK time…A friend of mine waited for nearly FOUR hours and STILL didn’t get a chance to play–that is just plain WRONG…and I played behind people that I didn’t necessarily want to play with…I did mange to avoid playing behind a certain female singer, I wonder what she thought about my suddenly going missing…
in other news, I got a Christmas bonus–that was a surprise…it’s not huge, but I’m grateful for it in any case…and while I’m working the Monday after Christmas, I DON’T have to work the Monday after New Year’s Day…that’s OK by me…I could be wrong but it feels like Life is Good…although my ears are ringing LOTS, and that’s not all my fault…
ADDENDUM–as I suspected, the phone problem may have been my fault, now it rings…it was rejecting ALL calls…I wonder if there’s a way to set it to reject certain calls…actually I think there is–besides just not answering it…and while I don’t have a manual I can hold in my hand, I can read it on the laptop (or print it I suppose) and that’s OK…each time I get a new phone it’s more sophisticated than the last one…as far as I can tell this one continues that trend, by quite a bit…