{"id":112956,"date":"2013-11-17T01:13:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T06:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/112956\/what-i-wanted-vs-what-i-got-2\/"},"modified":"2013-11-17T01:13:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T06:13:17","slug":"what-i-wanted-vs-what-i-got-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/112956\/what-i-wanted-vs-what-i-got-2\/","title":{"rendered":"what I wanted vs. what I got 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">So the AmerLegion benefit is history&#8230;I sat in with one band for their whole (hour long) set and sat in with the Crimestoppers for a couple of songs&#8211;unbelievably I pushed for more; I didn&#8217;t get more, but I tried&#8230;I think I played a bit better than the last time I sat in with them (on guitar) so maybe someday there will be more&#8230;we played a Grateful Dead song, Lenny showed me the part he wanted me to play&#8211;his notes were wrong, but at first I couldn&#8217;t find the right ones&#8230;at the last second I did&#8230;I checked on youTube&#8211;*I* was right&#8230;my &#8220;best&#8221; vocal work was the &#8220;vamp&#8221; at the end of SHOWER THE PEOPLE that my friend Bill and his band had done earlier&#8230;I didn&#8217;t hold back, I really let loose&#8230;*I* think it was great, but there were few witnesses&#8230;many of my so-called friends showed up AFTER I did my thing&#8230;THAT seems typical, and is quite frustrating&#8230;one of those alleged friends went on Facebook and mentioned almost everybody BUT me&#8230;oh well, I guess word got back to him that his band didn&#8217;t impress me all that much&#8211;that&#8217;s Karma&#8230;and I don&#8217;t care&#8230;<br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">I had a fair amount of fun offstage, that counts for something&#8230;I finally got to chat with a certain someone&#8230;I still think I give her the creeps&#8230;but the chat with her husband was pretty cool IMO&#8230;and I hung out briefly with a different certain someone&#8211;she intimidates ME&#8230;but THAT was conversation nice&#8230;had some mac and cheese for dinner&#8211;not my first choice, because that&#8217;s what I&#8217;d had on Friday night, but it was free&#8230;and I didn&#8217;t know what the other stuff was, except for the bread and rolls&#8211;and chocolate chip cookies&#8230;<br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">hopefully I&#8217;ll be at Lake Needwood tomorrow&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">ADDENDUM&#8211;I tried to keep my appearance there a secret, but I couldn&#8217;t (sigh)&#8211;I wanted to know how the Jam worked&#8230;So I asked Nancy&#8230;apparently it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">is<\/span> pretty loose, and Jeff likes to stick out (sigh) but I still wanna go&#8230;as of now it is cloudy and somewhat chilly&#8211;and foggy&#8230;Yesterday they were saying any rain we got would be in the evening&#8230; 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