{"id":110802,"date":"2013-08-28T22:46:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T02:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/110802\/on-the-other-hand\/"},"modified":"2013-08-28T22:46:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T02:46:45","slug":"on-the-other-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/110802\/on-the-other-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"on the other hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Well, I THOUGHT the &#8220;roommie&#8221; was going to the beach on Friday&#8230;She was, but then stuff happened&#8230;How this affects MY plans I&#8217;m not quite sure&#8230;And because I really wanted Friday off, I&#8217;ll have to work on Sunday&#8230;But (especially if I hurry) cleaning the bathrooms only takes three hours&#8230;Or (more likely) however long it takes, I&#8217;ll get PAID for three hours work&#8230;Maybe I will try the casual pace just to see how long it takes&#8230;<br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">Now about Friday&#8230;with or without my amp, somehow (hopefully) I&#8217;m gonna go to the AmerLegion open mic&#8230;Maybe it&#8217;s an ego thing, but I&#8217;d rather play than watch&#8211;some people I know are playing in Wheaton&#8230;I don&#8217;t like Wheaton, and even if I drove there, parking can be challenging&#8230;and like I said, I&#8217;d rather play&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">and one of the things that&#8217;s depressing me is that I&#8217;m not out there playing more&#8230;I know I&#8217;ve got plenty of talent (did I just say that out loud?) so what is it? It&#8217;s gotta be my looks, although beauty (like guitar playing I guess) is a subjective thing&#8211;in the eye (or ear) of the beholder&#8230;If someone tells me it&#8217;s my &#8220;quirky&#8221; personality, I will list by name all my &#8220;quirky&#8221; friends&#8211;using the term &#8220;friends&#8221; loosely&#8230;NONE, absolutely NONE of the people I know (intimately or not) are 100% &#8220;normal&#8221; IN MY OPINION, so for someone to use <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">that<\/span> as a reason why I&#8217;m not working as a Musician more is pure hypocrisy&#8230;Frankly, as conceited as it sounds, I think some people are intimidated by my ability&#8230;and they should be&#8230;I&#8217;m as good a DRUMMER as most guys I hear playing&#8230;We&#8217;re leaving technique (or technical ability) out of it&#8230;By which I mean Ringo will never be as &#8220;good&#8221; as the guy in RUSH&#8230;Like Clapton will likely never be as &#8220;good&#8221; as Van Halen&#8230;That&#8217;s not the point&#8230;(sigh) It IS rather frustrating&#8230;especially reading on Facebook what my &#8220;friends&#8221; think of some of my other Musician &#8220;friends&#8221;&#8230;really? Nancy is a &#8220;star&#8221;? That&#8217;s OK, Bill drinks a fair amount&#8230;*I* think she&#8217;s a prima donna; An OK singer, not exceptional&#8230;oh well, gotta try and get some more sleep&#8230;<br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I THOUGHT the &#8220;roommie&#8221; was going to the beach on Friday&#8230;She was, but then stuff happened&#8230;How this affects MY plans I&#8217;m not quite sure&#8230;And because I really wanted Friday off, I&#8217;ll have to work on Sunday&#8230;But (especially if I hurry) cleaning the bathrooms only takes three hours&#8230;Or (more likely) however long it takes, I&#8217;ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}