Thursday, January 23

Post 1065, Day 23 of 2014
- 1,118 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

This morning, I got a last-minute sub call to play a gig tonight, forty minutes outside of Syracuse.

It went very well. I hadn't previously played with this small group, which is an active Syracuse musician's side-project. The gig was easy, mainly because I keep smiling even when I'm lost in the music. But everybody had a good time, and there was some money, a meal and some wine.

Everybody was happy, and I had to explain again why I didn't accept the invitation to make it a permanent thing...

But the impermanence of these kinds of gigs, as well as open mics, of making music with strangers, are their main appeal to me. I stretch and grow when I'm left to my own inner resources in the face of playing music I don't know. 

I was asked how I became so good at playing bass. I had to admit, as I always do, that I'm not such a good bass player, but I'm brilliant at faking it and sounding like one.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         206.4 lbs

Previous Weight:        205.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment

Oh, cookies, you bring me such pleasure, but at a cost...

Food Log 

Breakfast

A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kale, a large egg, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, chia seeds, whey powder (30g protein), cinnamon, coconut oil and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

At Parker's Grille and Tap Room: A cup of tomato soup, a Greek salad, a blue-cheese, bacon, hamburger wrap, and some sweet potato fries.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  36 oz.   Water: 82+ oz. Two glasses of Malbec

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