{"id":59397,"date":"2011-08-27T03:49:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T07:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/59397\/return-stage-road\/"},"modified":"2011-08-27T03:49:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T07:49:19","slug":"return-stage-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/59397\/return-stage-road\/","title":{"rendered":"My Return To The Stage and The Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I am saddened that my ukulele repair skills did not prove to be all I thought they were.\u00a0 A month or two ago, with the help of a friend who owned a soldering iron, I was very proud that I fixed the battery connection on my uke.\u00a0 See, it has a battery-powered electronic pick up built in which allows me to \u201cplug in\u201d.\u00a0 The connector wore out and it was quite a big deal for me to open up my instrument and install a new connector for the 9V battery.<\/font><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t think to test it after the repairs were completed.<\/p>\n

Tonight was my first night up on stage this Summer.\u00a0 The first since I made the \u201crepair\u201d.<\/p>\n

Still, the pick up doesn\u2019t work.\u00a0 My repair didn\u2019t take.<\/p>\n

Bummer.<\/p>\n

That said, it was great to get out and get back up on stage!\u00a0\u00a0 I haven\u2019t attended this open mic but once since February, and it used to be a weekly thing for me.<\/p>\n

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Check out the video!\u00a0 You get a very eclectic mix of short clips of the performers preceding me, and then my live debut of Hey Ya!<\/em> and the always fun, Dinosaurs and Chickens. <\/em>
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\nIn other news,<\/strong> I am working on my checklist to get my drivers license back.\u00a0 My goal is that by October 1st, I will have insurance, a license and a car.\u00a0 This is one of the best things about my new job: nice paychecks.<\/font><\/p>\n

I talked to an old friend today who happens to be a car salesman.\u00a0 He works at a new car dealership that has some used cars, but late model, expensive ones.\u00a0 Not what I\u2019m in the market for.\u00a0 He did, however, have an interesting suggestion for a model I might look at.\u00a0 Apparently, there\u2019s a major glut of these on the used car market right now.\u00a0 There are lots of them out there, and nobody wants to buy them because they\u2019re \u201cold man cars\u201d and look kinda goofy.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know about that.\u00a0 I think they look cool and if there\u2019s a bunch of them out there not moving and they\u2019re undervalued, I could totally see myself in one of these.<\/p>\n

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The PT Cruiser.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Whaddya think?<\/p>\n

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