April 17

Post 804, Day 107 of 2013
 - and 838 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

It is a good day for me on the music scene. I picked up two gigs, one as a sub with the host band of my favorite open mic - that's tomorrow - and one, a charity deal for battered women, for next Friday.

The former gives me a chance to step up and lead a group through the few songs I sing and play bass on, which, if nothing else, is the source of my favorite performance photos. It also gives me a chance to play with a variety of excellent musicians.

The latter has me accompanying an acoustic blues-y guitarist/singer/songwriter. I really like this role, and, to be honest, don't get nearly enough opportunities around here to do it - which I don't understand at all.

As of last weekend, my other side-project has been put on 'hold' until June. Ostensibly because of busy-ness creating scheduling conflicts, I think it is actually because it was more difficult, and therefore, proving to be more time-consuming, than my musical partner had thought it would be. There may be other aspects: Possibly, he envisioned a bit of a different sound, possibly he didn't like the lines I chose. But what he said was, and I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, with various non-musical commitments, he won't have enough free time over the next 6-8 weeks.

Personally, I think that he underestimated the difficulty of having someone back him on his very complex material, which he is used to playing solo. I think it was taking more time than he was willing to give it, and, with little rehearsal time, not sounding as good as when he was playing by himself.

We may resume in June; I will be pleasantly surprised if we do. Meanwhile, I am having no problem at all filling up the slack created.

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 Food and Diet Section

First-half year 2013 daily weight

Today's Weight:         205.0 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     205.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.2 lbs

Diet Comment

No change. Cool.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond milk, kale, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia seeds, a large egg, vanilla whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psillium and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
Wild-caught salmon and home-made mayonnaise, and a salad of Spring Mix greens, cole slaw mix and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner

Grass-fed beef hamburger on Paleo coconut bread with salsa, and a side of broccoli with Dal Tadka (lentil curry).

Snack

Hard-boiled eggs and home-made spicy mayonnaise. 

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water:  120+ oz.

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