{"id":102138,"date":"2013-01-04T07:13:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T12:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/102138\/for-the-first-time-maybe\/"},"modified":"2013-01-04T07:13:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T12:13:33","slug":"for-the-first-time-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/102138\/for-the-first-time-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"for the first time (maybe)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">I&#8217;ve got a gig tonight, with possibly the best trio in my neighborhood,<font size=\"4\"> an<font size=\"4\">d I don&#8217;t care&#8230;I DO hope I feel better before the show, but as of <font size=\"4\">NO<font size=\"4\">W ? Fuckit&#8230;Just gimme the money&#8211;although I intend to give that to the &#8220;r<font size=\"4\">oomie&#8221;&#8230;<\/font>We&#8217;re not the best because we rehearse so meticulously&#8230;we don&#8217;t rehearse AT ALL, THAT&#8217;S wh<font size=\"4\">y we&#8217;re the best&#8230;The audience we will be facing has for the most part never heard\/heard of us, so anything\/everything we do will be new to them&#8230;It&#8217;s not my nature to pretend, but tonight I will TRY to &#8220;act enthusiastic&#8221; at the gig&#8230;And as for the Hurricane Sandy Benefit next week<font size=\"4\">, again I don&#8217;t much care&#8230;It wouldn<font size=\"4\">&#8216;t make a dif<font size=\"4\">ference if MSR plays or not, the group is a relatively unknown entity&#8230;that&#8217;s Ego on my part, but I don&#8217;t care&#8230;other than exposure to a potentially large audience, there&#8217;s no reason as far as *I* can see for doing the gig&#8230;Money will be raised (a good cause) whether we play or not&#8230;we get (maybe) 15 minutes onstage, it just d<font size=\"4\">oesn&#8217;t yet seem worth it&#8230;<\/font>I texted $10 way back when there was a telethon for the victims&#8230;I assume that m<font size=\"4\">oney was put to good use&#8230;but I dunno fer sure&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\">Like I&#8217;ve said before, the whole &#8220;new year&#8221; thing don&#8217;t mean shit to me&#8230;If YOU want it to be a significan<font size=\"4\">t event, be my guest&#8230;I think that&#8217;s a waste of time&#8230;and I believe I&#8217;m right&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\">In the good news\/bad news category, my amp has arrived from Jerse<font size=\"4\">y&#8230;and <font size=\"4\">I can&#8217;t get it &#8217;til Saturday&#8230;<font size=\"4\">I had other plans for Saturday; I really DO wanna organize the basement&#8211;<font size=\"4\">even *I* can&#8217;t stand to look at it anymore&#8230;It SHOULDN&#8217;T take long to get the amp, but it might&#8230;I dunno why&#8230;Buying Musica<font size=\"4\">l equipment takes a<font size=\"4\">while, bu<font size=\"4\">ying a car takes longer, buying a house <font size=\"4\">takes the longest<font size=\"4\">&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\"><font size=\"4\">ADDENDUM&#8211;I&#8217;m (naturally<font size=\"4\">) getting a bit excited about tonight&#8217;s gig&#8230;I&#8217;m <font size=\"4\">not faking it&#8230;<\/font>have NO idea how I&#8217;m gonna get there yet&#8230;but more or less, Life is Good&#8230;<\/font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got a gig tonight, with possibly the best trio in my neighborhood, and I don&#8217;t care&#8230;I DO hope I feel better before the show, but as of NOW ? 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