{"id":91366,"date":"2012-06-23T08:35:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T12:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/91366\/expanding-circle\/"},"modified":"2012-06-23T08:35:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T12:35:28","slug":"expanding-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/91366\/expanding-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"the expanding circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">went to see a friend&#8217;s band and have Dinner at the Diner with the &#8220;roomie&#8221;&#8230;after about three songs the rains came&#8230;I&#8217;d already left to see some other new friends&#8217; duo&#8230;by the time I got back to the Diner it had just about stopped raining&#8230;you couldn&#8217;t tell that a band had even been there&#8230;while I was at the Caf\u00e9, sitting alone at my table, I softly to myself (or so I thought) sang some harmony with Caroline and Greg&#8230;she apparently has bionic ears&#8230;another friend of theirs (and mine) showed up and she and I helped (harmonically) on BIG YELLOW TAXI&#8230;we sang out loud for that one&#8230;and with that I left&#8230;Caroline had asked me if I&#8217;d brought my guitar&#8230;It hadn&#8217;t occurred to me to do that&#8230;a bigger needier Ego woulda brought a guitar assuming that they would get a chance to use it&#8230;maybe I&#8217;m not that full of myself&#8230;yet that was the second time (at the same place) that a friend performing there asked me that question&#8230;golly all ya gotta do is ask ahead of time&#8230;but it DOES feel good to be asked&#8211;SOME people must think I can play&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">gettin&#8217; nervous\/excited about the gig tomorrow&#8230;SLR gets nervous\/excited too, which doesn&#8217;t calm ME down&#8230;and I don&#8217;t calm HER down either&#8211;boy, what a pair&#8230;well, even IF we don&#8217;t do good (we ARE practicing later today) and even IF we don&#8217;t get paid, at least it&#8217;s a Sunday when I don&#8217;t have to go to work&#8230;the practice space is as ready as it&#8217;s gonna be&#8230;but I&#8217;m just about broke now, so I would like to come home with a few bucks&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">ADDENDUM&#8211;there was\/is a lot going on in my Life this weekend&#8230;so we (the &#8220;roomie&#8221; and I ) took one thing off the schedule and (in her case) added one&#8230;as of now, she IS going with me to Karmafest&#8230;I&#8217;m waiting for my partner (or am I HER partner?) to get here so we can rehearse&#8211;*I* am not sure we need to, but she will feel better if we do&#8230;either way there would likely be &#8220;boo-boos&#8221;&#8211;that&#8217;s human nature&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">I thought we&#8217;d be done by Dinnertime&#8230;that&#8217;s about when we&#8217;ll be getting started (sigh) but I couldn&#8217;t get Sherri Lynn to cancel the rehearsal, she can be quite stubborn&#8230;like I said, whether we practice or not, there will be mistakes&#8230;from either one of us&#8230;I&#8217;m not proud of that, but it indicates that we ARE Human&#8230;No afternoon nap, that means I&#8217;ll sleep good tonight, right?<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>went to see a friend&#8217;s band and have Dinner at the Diner with the &#8220;roomie&#8221;&#8230;after about three songs the rains came&#8230;I&#8217;d already left to see some other new friends&#8217; 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