"Epic", "Incredible", "Legendary"... Don't Begin to Describe It

I have had 2 of the most amazing days this past week. They both took place in Austin. I am still winding down from an emotional high. My heart is full and I'm just so grateful I got to experience what I experienced. It's kinda funny though, b/c to Jon it was like, no big deal at all. Well, as I keep pointing out to him HE'S been to the mountaintop, and I'm still floundering around at Base Camp! So basically, here's what happened...

Friday

I had the day off from all my jobs, yaaaayyyy... We went to pick up Jon's Ohio musical business partner, Bear, at the airport. We ran back to Jon's so Jon could change clothes but Jon dropped me and Bear off at the hat store b/c Bear wanted a new hat. We found a pimp one, Jon picked us up, and we headed to Austin for our very first Austin City Limits Live experience to see the legendary James Cotton! What was so sweet is that Bear had been given 2 comp tickets by Cotton's guitarist--but Jon said he would not go to Austin w/out me--so Bear bought another ticket so we could all 3 go. (Sound of my heart melting!) But Bear is a sweetheart generally--I guess it was maybe his idea for me to come be the bassist at their Ohio event which is already next week! Aaaaaaaah! Anyway...

We stopped off for BBQ on the way and got into Austin. Except we thought ACL still taped at UT but fortunately we found out it is now taping at the W Hotel downtown, which is not that far from UT, where we were, chuckle! We made it there and valet parked and were about to go to our seats when Bear got a text from Tom saying to come backstage. We made our way back there, and got to visit while Shemekia was playing her opening set (I've seen her play before though). After a spell, James Cotton showed up. Awesommmmmmmmmme! I have seen him play once, a few years ago, at Gruene Hall when he opened up for Levon. I was starstruck. Totally starstruck. Jon has played w/him before though--of course! But it was also fun to meet his bassist, who is part of a well-known Baton Rouge blues family and who I am well aware of from having dated my ex, M, who was friends w/the whole family. And their road manager is the son of another living blues legend! Amazing room of people, I tell you what.

So we got to our seats for the show and when James Cotton came out with that searing high harp sound, I got goosebumps--and that doesn't happen too often anymore! It was a killer show. And they were joined on vocals by one of Jon's vocal hero's--though I admit I don't know too much about him. I wanted to go down to the floor for the encore so we did. We made our way backstage again and snacked on some of their food--there was PLENTY of it, including this delightful cheese shaped like Texas! We told the guitarist and vocalist we'd be gwine to another show that night (that we just found out about that day) and told them they'd want to join us there if they knew what was good for them! But they agreed when they heard who'd be playing.

We made our way to the next stop, and lo and behold we run into a gal pal of Jon's, a sweet chick from Houston who happened to be there (well, she's friends with the guitarist, living Austin legend Derek O'Brien). After seeing a KILLER James Cotton show, now THIS was another killer show! And the vocalist from James Cotton showed up and sang a couple songs, and later the guitarist and his wife showed too. Good times, good times. When it was all over and we had to leave it was 2am. Jon got us home by downing a 5-hour energy shot and we were home around 4:30am. Then the next morning Jon had to have Bear to the airport by 9:30 for his flight home--but we all agreed it was WORTH IT!!! We'll see Bear next Monday in Ohio and we'll stay at his house.

Whew! So then we went back to Austin on Monday for the funeral of Pinetop. It was an intense, heavy duty experience, filled with much love and just bittersweet. But I'll have to write about that later... I'm off to get home, change, and get to the country jam w/JFu, followed by Jon's blooze jamm. Gotta play, gotta play.

Epic Bike Rides

We had a great one last Saturday! After I got home from work we jumped on our bikes and headed out, 1st to the bike shop so I could buy some front/rear lights for safety's (and the law's) sake. I didn't think we'd be out after dark but dang--we were! We went down the entire bike trail, then headed to dinner at a great little Italian restaurant right on the bike trail. Jon's friend Nate met us. And while we were there I ran into 2 other tables of people I knew! After dinner we were going to bike to get a drink but we decided to go to Marble Slab for ice cream instead. We didn't get home til about 10:30pm. FUN!

We slept hard and late. Sun. morning Jon's neighbor across the street invited us over for coffee, and while they've been friends a long time I'd never officially met her, so we went over for a little visit. She's a flight attendant and is gone a lot, and has the worst time with men as well--she's not the kind of chick I have much in common with but she's all right, though she and Jon have had disagreements over him helping her with her pets when she's gone, etc. Jon headed out to the gig w/our harmonica frenemy and I headed home to accomplish lots. I opened all the windows in my house and the patio door and aired out the whole house all day. I washed my bedroom drapes, vacuumed my bedroom, washed sheets, tidied up downstairs, went through the mail, did a little practicing, worked on my file, lounged a bit, etc. etc. etc. It was nice, as it always is, to spend time w/myself at home.

Tonight we'll take li'l bro out for dinner, as his (gulp!) 37th bday was yesterday, and our cousin Townes will join us. We've got some other fun stuff lined up for this week: an old friend/guitarist in town doing a show tomorrow night, which Jon and I'll go see before the blues jam. And on Friday I have the WHOLE DAY OFF, including from Job #2, which is fortuitous b/c Jon has managed to get us tickets to the taping of Austin City Limits, which I've never been to!!! And it's James Cotton and Shemekia Copeland! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! So Saturday I should be sufficiently inspired to be able to rehearse w/Jon and Rich for our upcoming gig. I keep practicing and learning, getting more and more inundated w/bass knowledge, so I have high hopes for myself!

Downnnn Time, I Hope

So this gwine be a down time weekend, although I sit at Job #1 right now. But I sit in my office and it's nice and quiet outside. Soon I'll go to lunch. Tonight Jon and I will go for a nice long bike ride. We went on a short-ish one last night, just to dinner w/his nearby friend/neighbor Nate and then to the coffee shop where we shared carrot cake. Jon and I both need some down time, as this past week has been wild and wacky!

Monday I rushed to Jon's right after work so we could go pick up Nate and get to one of their sweet millionaire friends' house--the one we visited on NY Day. We had a drink at the house before the driver (nice!--Love having a driver!) took us to the rodeo, along with another of their millionaire friends and another local noted guitarist friend. We were stylin'! We were up in the private box suites! Free booze! Free beer! Free food! Desserts! Our own private server! And later, an ice cream sundae cart came by and made your sundae to order in a little cowboy hat that you could take home!!! Man, oh man. That is LIVING, my friends. We were also excited about Kid Rock performing, and I'd been listening to Kid Rock Pandora station that day to get in the mood, yuk yuk. It was a fun time, and I definitely went over my 2-drink maximum--but I had to! I was living large!

Tuesday night was not nearly as swank but fun as well. Jon rode the rail down to meet me, I jumped on, and we landed at the rodeo early enough to walk around the hall, check out some of the shopping, look at some of the art, and have some rodeo food (I love the stuffed baked potato) before getting to the arena for the KISS concert! We met one of Jon's friends who is a KISS fanatic though our seats were next to Jon's cousin's floor seats--the cousin had given us the tickets. It was standing room only that night--I'd never seen anything like it. KISS put on a killer show. Afterwards Jon and I enjoyed fried delicacies: a friend cupcake for me and fried nutter butters for him. And another successful rodeo is under my belt!

So Weds. night it was great to finally have a little breathing room after going nonstop for the past few days. I went to the jam, natch, to hang out w/Enor and see Jon, and I got to get up and play w/him on the 1st round which is always fun. I have decided it is good for me to play at the jams so that I keep my stage experiences up and my ear sharp. Until I start gigging again, that is.

Thurs. was St. Patrick's Day and that was also a madhouse day for me, as one of my dear friends from college's bands was in town from Dallas to play at the Duck. I haven't seen him since college and he put me on the guest list, so I just had to get my buns there, immediately after Job #2. I spotted him across the crowded tent and he bought me a Guinness! His band was really good and afterwards he gifted me with one of their CD's. We visited briefly, took pictures, and then I was OFF to the west side of town to see Jon play. Enor and my old pal/interior decorator/former hired babysitter J. met me there, also a couple friends of Jon's. Good times and great music, as Jon played w/our harmonica frenemy's rhythm section, which Jon considers to be the best in town and he's probably right. Some jerky guy was hitting on Enor and sat w/us and bought us drinks all night so that was cool. He even gave me $10 to put in Jon's tip jar--Enor still didn't go home w/him though! Oh well!

Tomorrow Jon is playing w/our harmonica frenemy in, of all places, our hometown of Pasadena but I am begging off going so that I can have a DAY to myself so I can shed seriously (still working on Duck Dunn catalog and have other ideas to work on as well) and spend some time at my house. We have a b-day party tomorrow night as well, a tango dancer friend of Jon's I just met, so Sunday will be my day for me, a much-needed one. It's 2 weeks before we leave for Ohio and while Jon and I practiced a little last night, I need to make sure I am nails and ready for anything they throw at me up there.

Weekend With Me Lovely Pals

As predicted, this past weekend was NUTSO. It began on Fri. night w/the Anders Osborne show which, may I just say, ROCKED!!!!!!! I watched from front row, right in front of the bassist. Man, oh man. What a damn show. (Oops, not supposed to be cussin' during Lent, but sometimes these things just slip out.) I was entertained, inspired, awed, etc. etc. etc. I didn't even have a drink after all at midnight b/c I didn't want to have to pause one minute to stop enjoying the show and leave my spot. Phillipo and Enor also had a blast, though they were drinking. I left during the encore b/c my feet were cold and tired and I had to get up so freakin' early; fortunately I got to Jon's in literally about 6 minutes and it was nice to fall asleep in his bed, with him gone. He also was able to call me via Skype on his iPhone twice Fri. night.

Sat. I was up early after 4 hrs. of sleep to go get some kolaches and then get the unmarked unit downtown; Jon called me while I was doing all that, as he'd been asleep the night before around 8pm and so was up early with me. He was going to rest up all day before headlining the blues fest that night. I got to the Academy and we had 15 applicants, which we whittled down to 11 by the end of the day. 1 failed the timed run, 1 had too many tattoos, 1 failed the long jump, etc. It was a long day but entertaining, as we got to spend time in the Taser class while the applicants were taking the written test, and watch as people got Tasered. Always good for tons of laughter and merriment! I didn't get done 'til after 1pm, at which point I dropped off the car, grabbed a snack at Jon's, and ran home to try and get some stuff done. Boof and T were already in town but they offered to wait it out at the Galleria, which I was grateful for since I had tons of stuff I needed to do around the house, practice, work on my file, etc. before meeting them at Dan's by 5.

I got to Dan's by 5 and Jon was able to call me again, which I was so glad for! Boof and T met me there, along w/Phillipo, and we got to see my friends' band play. We had drinks, chips and salsa, and saw another band play before we decided it was time for dinner. Boof chose El Rey and Enor met us and Phillipo there. Enor said we needed to go see our other friends' band play, and since we had time to kill before going to see our other friends' band (from UNT college days!) play, I thought it a capital idea! (It didn't hurt that this band has Houston's best drummer in it, and the most handsome drummer--a friend of mine and Jon's and also who I had a couple dates with way back in the day!) We had fun there, and they dedicated a song to me. Awww!

Then it was time to go to the next show. We carpooled in my car. It was at a swank hotel bar and I normally wouldn't have gone, but a friend of ours from UNT days was there and we hadn't seen him since college. He just moved to Houston about 3 yrs ago and it was time we finally got together! It was tres elegante! And it was so awesome to see our friend. Enor hated it after awhile though and said we should go to Big Easy; I concurred. Lots of soulless, vapid people at that hotel bar, but it was a beautiful setting and the music was killer! But we headed to Big Easy directly to see the legendary Guitar Shorty. It was a packed house and I had to watch from right up front, natch. We danced and I got another drink but didn't finish it. I was exhausted after just a few songs and had to sit down finally!

By the end of the night we still had to make one last stop, a Walgreen's stop for Boof and T, and Jon was able to call me again. Back home I know I crashed HARD. However we had a time change so we lost an hour of sleep, dammit. I was awake by 11 which wasn't enough sleep still, but I still had a big day ahead of me so it was up and at 'em! Tito J was in town and we had lunch plans! Yay! I insisted on ordering the Chicago deep dish and everyone was with me on that; however I have been to Gino's East and it seems you just can't get a true Chicago deep dish in Houston. Still, the food was great and the company better. I'm trying to make Boof and T join me in San Antonio for Tito J's April bday bash! They may actually try to make an attempt at doing so. After pizza we walked across the street for ice cream--just what I needed! Not! But it was yummy delish. We bid adieu to Tito J and headed home to my place so Boof and T could pack up and head home, another successful visit together under our belts.

I had plans to go back to Dan's by 6:30 but Boof and T didn't leave til after 5 and I still had lots of practicing to do and my file to work on. I just can't do it all, sometimes. I also had to pack for the next couple days for rodeo on Monday night and go get Jon's car and put some gas in it. I hadn't heard from him all day, sadly. But I had his itinerary so I headed to the airport in order to be there by 8:30 and sure enough, they were on time. Jon was unable to call me since they were stuck in the Mexico City airport all day. But he was back and exhausted and hurting and glad to be home. I too was tired so we crashed together back at his house.

Will recap the rodeo the last 2 nights later, which were also KILLER experiences!!!

SERIOUS Weekend Ahead. When Can I Practice???

Wow, so although Jon is in Costa Rica now, having been deposited at the airport in the dark at 6 a.m. today by a groggy moi, my weekend has now officially become jam packed. So much for hoping to have lots of time to myself so that I could shed my arse off, lounge around my house, catch up on my movie/DVR watching, and go for a run or a bike ride. Minimal, if any, of that will happen now.

But it'll be fun to see my peeps that are coming to visit me from out of town! Tito J. will be here and we've made lunch plans on Sunday. Tomorrow Boof and T will be here and they've taken my standing offer of staying at my house, meaning I gotta hustle and get the futon in the 2nd bedroom ready, tidy up a little, etc etc. Tonight will be fun, as I'll be at Last Concert for the Anders Osborne show, and Enor and Phillipo will be there, among others. I've planned to stay at Jon's house tonight b/c since I very erroneously thought it was going to be a mostly free weekend, I volunteered to get my buns to the Academy at 7:45 in the a.m. tomorrow for applicant testing helping. Meaning I can pick up the unmarked patrol car we keep downtown, which is literally down the street from where Jon lives. Gas is too expensive for me to burn my own and that car needs to be loved/driven anyway!

So here's the weekend lineup (I hope):

Tonight:

• Get home, check the mail, pack my Academy outfit and gear (gun, etc.)
• Anders Osborne show! I've given up booze on Lenten Fridays... so will maybe have a sangria at midnight? Heh heh heh.

Tomorrow:

• Get to the Academy by 7:45 a.m. Ok, 8 a.m.
• Hopefully done by noon, get home and spend some time working on my file and also I NEED to practice! Still got tons of bass work to do!!!
• Boof and T should arrive around 5ish? They'll have to meet me at Dan's for the SXDE shows as my friends play at 5 and 5:30
• Dinner w/Boof and T at some point
• I'd wanted to spend Sat. night shedding and relaxing, but now who knows what'll happen

Sunday:

• Sleep in, meet Tito J for lunch!
• Say goodbye to Boof and T at some point
• Spend time shedding, working on my file, going on a bike ride/run??? Could I possible have time for some much-needed exercise???
• Back to Dan's for Day 3 of SXDE by 6:30 to see Rozzy's jazz trio play and also another knucklehead friend/ex's band after that
• Pick up Jon at the airport at 8:30pm!

I practiced for over an hour last night and it was great. I'm learning so much so fast. I also got 3 offers from people who want me to play w/them, yet when I told Jon about them he said he really wants to start a project w/me and some of our other musician friends. He also wants me to play a trio gig w/him and his mandolin partner next month, just like we did at Jon's mom's retirement party! So this was all news to me and I'm so excited!!! Yet this means I gotta have my CHOPS DOWN. I gotta be strong and confident. I told Jon in that case I would forego these other offers and concentrate on him. He says he wants me to be an integral part of what he does from now on. I am actually trembling with excitement from the thought of playing seriously w/Jon and the honor of being asked to do so. Never mind that he's my boyfriend, my love--he's a killer guitarist and the whole world knows it.

Goals. Me. Me! Goals!!!

So the goals are moving along, when I actually have time to DO them. I practiced for 2 hrs. last Fri. night and it was awesome. I learned Duck Dunn's bass line to "She Caught The Katy" and that is a tricky bass line, dude. It felt just like old times, practicing viola, since I had to slooooowww down the notes and do 'em over, and over, and over, and over again 'til they started to come together, gradually increasing the tempo. It was FUN when I got it down and I couldn't wait to play it for Jon! It was also kickass that the bonus side effects are me learning my neck and frets better and, though I'm not sure when this'll come in handy--but you never know--getting better at reading my bass clef.

Saturday we didn't sleep in very late b/c we got up and just got distracted, but then we went to see this Trek 3700 bike that Jon had found for me on Craigslist, and we got the guy to knock the price down to $185 from $230 and it was a great deal so we got it and hurried home, first stopping at a local Guitar Center to poke around a bit and check out the basses. We went into what I call "The Fantasy Room" b/c it's the expensive and incredible vintage room (Jon says, "I've bought guitars out of this room" and my jaw dropped!) where the most expensive item is a 1958 Fender Strat that Jon whispered to me has the serial number of only 2 numbers off of Buddy Holly's strat!!! Jon knows this b/c it used to belong to one of his millionaire friends. Dammmmmmnnnn.

So back home we saddled up and went on a looooong bike ride, first biking to Jon's local bike shop so I could buy a water bottle, bottle frame, and nice gloves. Then we biked about 12 miles, from Jon's neighborhood to downtown to Allen Parkway and then back. My ass bones were hurting, my right hand was hurting, my left knee was hurting, and the right side of my neck was hurting and I need LOTS of practice starting and stopping, but dang, it was really great to get out there and this is waaaaaay fun exercise that Jon and I can do together!

I'd planned on spending the early part of the day w/Jon and then spending the afternoon/evening practicing, but that did not happen as our bike adventures took up most of the day. But I also NEED my exercise, man! So as dusk fell we went to Jon's friend's house (he's also Jon's neighbor) and we rode bikes back to Jon's house, had a beer, and decided to go find some excellent pannycakes for dinner. I'd actually been craving pannycakes for 2 days, so I was excited about our dinner choice. We drove to The Dot near UH and I had the huge banana nut pannycakes. Yum!!!

That night I slept HARD. Tired from only having gotten 6 hrs of sleep the night before and also from the long bike ride. So hard that unfortunately Jon started choking in the middle of the night and had to go throw up (too much greasy food at The Dot) and I didn't even wake up! He was alarmed at that, but as everyone knows, I am one hard sleeper which works out well since Jon is such a serious snorer, but that's why we work so well together in our slumber! Sunday I slept laaaaate, probably getting about 11 hrs of sleep, and ran home to change and get ready for the day and also to go see Jon play with our harmonica frenemy at their groovy grocery store patio gig. They played 12-4 and I got there about 2:30. It was a nice sunny day if a bit cool and I was craving a glass of wine but couldn't since I had a sheriff file personnel interview to do that evening at 5pm.

It was a little tough, watching Jon and my friends play that groovy gig. The bassist also brought his custom 5-string fretless bass just so I could play it during a break and see how I liked it. I had to tell the drummer why I was no longer playing w/Leo. In short, I was like, "Damn, I got no gig anymore" and there are my boyfriend and friends gigging. Sigh. Oh well. I gotta just get my ass to the woodshed and be grateful I've time for that now.

Three Goals

Well that damn Leo didn't show up to meet me on Weds. night after all. I texted him telling him I was at the Big Easy and he texted back he just got done auditioning a bassist and was sitting down to dinner and wouldn't be out after all. So... I'm done. I wish Leo the best. But I'm done with him. I even sent him a possible gig today that someone needing an opener band asked me about.

It's funny... I feel lost and a little sad. When I kicked my ex-husb out of the house I felt like that was it for me, that I was damaged goods now and I didn't know where or how to meet guys anymore and I was destined to be single the rest of my life, probably. Then after a couple of months, I had more dudes to play with than I needed! 2 boyfriends at the same time! Mr. Wonderful Stefano! Then another 2 dudes at the same time and now a great romance with Jon! So... though it's hard to imagine now I'm sure it'll be similar with this bass playing thing. Jon keeps saying that I'm a great bassist and that great bassists are in high demand, which is true. But I still am unsure on what I'm going to do next, musically-speaking, or how I'm gonna do it. Just like when I was newly single.

So I have 3 goals that will keep me busy in the meantime and they are really good goals and are stuff I needed to do regardless!

1. Work on my bass playing. I need to get intimately familiar with the neck, knowing every fret and every note. I need to work on the blues bass canon, including Willie Dixon (esp. for the upcoming trip to Ohio) which I will work on this weekend plus Duck Dunn (got his book on transcriptions w/accompanying CD's--fun!), and Jon suggested John Entwistle and while that's The Who, it can only help me to expand my repertoire and a killer bass player is a killer bass player.
2. Work on my singing, particularly the art of playing bass and singing at the same time. Significantly harder than playing guitar and singing!
3. Work on my songwriting. I watch Jon write songs and of course, I've written a few in my day and I need to get back into it. Originals are priceless and eventually, that's how you make REAL $ in music.

Mastering these goals will turn me into a BEAST for my next musical project, whatever and whenever that will be.

Jon is playing tonight w/our harmonica frenemy so I'm gwine be at home shedding. Duck Dunn tonight. My librarian blues friend Er wants me to come out later and I told her I could do so around midnight after I'm done practicing; I've gotta head north to go to Jon's house anyway so it's sorta on the way, heh.

Tomorrow Jon and I are going to go look at a bike for me. I think I may be switching from running to bicycling, as that's something I can do w/Jon. He just bought yet another bike for himself and last night we went on a little ride around his neighborhood. I've also decided to go try out some fretless 5-string basses and perhaps that could turn into something I'm known for. Anyway, I guess I'm excited about this chapter closing and me being forced to embark on a new adventure... again, whatever and whenever that may be.

Beauty Sleep

I got about 9 hrs of beauty sleep last night, and needed it! As I always say, I need lots and lots of beauty sleep. It's finally starting to get warm and pretty outside and honestly, Sunday was just about perfect: 81 degrees which was warm enough for me to wear a pretty little sundress. We met Jon's family (sisters, mom, and cousins) at a local Mexican restaurant before the baby shower and sat on the patio which was glorious. Then Jon and I walked nearby to get gift cards for the shower and like I said, it was perfect.

The retirement party on Friday went fine, and hopefully Jon and Rich tolerated my bass playing. We opened with Jon singing a song, then Rich sang one, then me! (My Taj that I'm doing.) We played 2 sets and tons of their family and friends were there, including Jon's cool ex-GF and her parents, whom we love. In fact, they're such a big part of Jon's and his family's life (and mine too now) that I need to begin referring to the ex-GF here in the blog as Glo2 and the mom as Glo1 (they both are named Gloria). After the gig Jon felt like a beer!--he rarely drinks!--and he and I went to a new liquor store to look for this Mexican beer he likes and I found the elusive local St. Arnold's Christmas Ale that is soooo fuckin' yummy but it's only here during the holidays. Because the liquor store was new they still had some in stock! Yum! I bought 2 six packs! Then we went to Jon's mom's house, sat on the patio with his National Resonator, and drank beer. Later Jon's dad came over too and joined us and his mom out there, along with the cat, Kiko. Wonderful night.

Saturday we hung around the house, taking it easy, and then Jon, his mom and I went to Glo2's house where her parents were visiting and also another cool girlfriend they have that just had a baby. I had dinner w/all of them the fateful night Jon told me he wanted to be with me, so I'd met them all before. We had a nice little visit w/wine and margaritas and I even played chess with Glo2's little boy. Fun! Unfortunately, we spent more time than planned there b/c we then dropped off Jon's mom, went to see my mom for a bit, and then went to eat at Whataburger, thinking we still had time to go to the rodeo barbeque cookoff (where I've never been before and where Jon's sisters went, along w/his cousins and tons of other people we knew) but then we found out it shut down at 11pm and it was already 9:30 and we hadn't even changed clothes yet! So after much disappointment on my side since I've never been to the cookoff before (Jon's been many times) and Jon's multiple apologies to me, we decided to go see a late showing of The Fighter so I could get one more Oscar-nominated film under my belt before Sunday's Oscars. Good flick!

I ran into Leo at the baby shower on Sunday. He'd already gone to load-in at the House of Blues and was spending the break at the Big Easy. I was tipsy when he came back as I hadn't eaten anything yet (Jon and I had breakfast tacos earlier and I still wasn't hungry) so we kinda tried to discuss business but that wasn't going so well, especially when I needed a bathroom break and then Jon's millionaire friends showed up and I went to hang out with them. I caught up w/them while Jon was playing and got us cupcakes and then I finally ate some of the shower food and they bought me a drink and then the harmonica frenemy asked me if I wanted to get up and I was like, "No" and they said "Come on!" so I acquiesced. Leo got up too but he had to go move his car so I ended up playing a song w/Jon, and then Leo, but then I had to go pee again so I called the other bassist back up. Then I split for home and my couch and the Oscars!

I'm meeting w/Leo tonite at the jam so we can discuss business. I'm not sure what our future together is. We'll see if our musical goals line up. We'll hash some stuff out. We'll see what we will see.