#1421, Wednesday, May 6: Dream come true

Post 1421, Day 126 of 2015
- 1,587 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I am so excited! A club we were booked at ran into a BMI problem (I don't understand, but it is irrelevant to the good thing that came out of it), and canceled all its cover band shows (okay, that isn't a good thing, but a good thing came out of it). The club mandated that i am Fool play all original material, and only originals.

That is the good thing that came out of all that business darkness with the club and BMI.

I feel like I've been rewarded for my patience. This is something I've wanted to do since joining the band. This is my vision (all right, the vision actually looks more like we're playing at the old Fillmore East than on the deck of a local bar, but I don't imagine the how, just the what) for the band from day one.

It isn't that I don't like covers. I do. I like almost 90% of the covers my band does, and of those, I like the way about 90% sound (so I like a little more than 80% - math major). And, not being a writer myself, I sing nothing but covers, when I sing.

So, no prejudice against doing covers, for the most part, although I don't like 'tribute' bands or concerts. I always want musicians expressing themselves, not other musicians' selves, so being faithful to a recording doesn't interest me (personally). Not to say I don't appreciate and applaud the musicianship it takes to do that, I'm just not personally attracted to it.

But I digress: I actually really like J. Brazill's writing (he has been the writer of all the original tunes I joined the band to play, although, as of this gig, we are adding two originals by Tamaralee Shutt, our utility backup singer and instrumentalist. A surfeit of creativity in this band). The first time I heard them (as a bass-less trio), it was J.'s original songs that attracted me to the band and made me want to join.

I don't want to get ahead of myself, but rehearsal last night (we haven't played some of these originals in a long time, and Tami's, ever) was one of the most fun rehearsals ever for me.

I need to let go of my excitement, a little. I am, in fact, getting ahead of myself, enjoying something that hasn't happened, living in the future, the source of all anxiety. But, at the same time, I am happy now that this is on my horizon. Happy dilemma.

So - I am, again, always, grateful. I cannot believe my good fortune, a wish come true, and it is difficult not to joyfully anticipate this weekend - an ideal playing situation Friday night, an exciting event and party Saturday (when I officiate Gary and Jeanne's renewal of vows).

What a life! So grateful!

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   207.0 lbs

Previous Weight (5/5):            205.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                + 1.6 lbs

Diet Comment

All that bread, all that cheese - my Cinco de Mayo celebration food - and all that weight gain. Today is unlikely to make matters better, with my regular lunch restaurant date, discovery of a great new healthy restaurant near home and work, and dinner at one of my favorite restaurants.
 

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
At Ling-Ling's Chinese Buffet and Grill:

Brussels sprouts, kimchee, and, from the "Mongolian Grill", my go-to dish: pork and chicken with cabbage, onions, mushrooms, green peppers and broccoli.

Snack

At CORE:

Spicy Ginger Steak with Quinoa Bone Broth Bowl (hearth bone broth, grilled steak, quinoa, broccoli, carrots, scallions, slivered almonds, ginger, cilantro, sriracha).

Dinner 
At Eskapes: 

A "BST Salad" with blackened salmon (BST is bacon, spinach and tomato). Not shown: A slice of Lemon Mascarpone cake.

Snack

Two Quest bars.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  26 oz.   Water: 100+ oz. and a glass of Pinot Noir.

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