#1438, Monday, June 1: Resistance to change

Post 1438, Day 152 of 2015
- 1,613 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I'm getting some weird push-back on my acoustic guitar/vocal outings, from some of the people running the open mics I go to.

I have been passed over on the list. Not called. On a couple of occasions, it was after being asked to back somebody up on bass. On those occasions I made it clear that I would do it, but hadn't come to play bass. But it doesn't seem to matter - I'm passed over, as though I hadn't signed up for a set, or declared my intention.

Even if I suck as a guitarist-singer, no excuse - I have seen all these people let horrible performers do their thing on stage, week after week. And, I don't think I'm that horrible. The feedback for past performances has been positive and encouraging.

I think people don't want me to change from the bass-playing side-man they have come to know. In other words, my stepping out of my comfort zone to play guitar and sing has also pushed them out of their comfort zone. They have me 'pegged' as a bass player, and are unwilling to change their label of me, just because it may be irrelevant.

It has happened three or four times.

And the thing that bothers me is the lack of quid pro quo: I have been, in both cases, very supportive of them, in some cases, uniquely so.

Oh, well - I will just release this, let it go, and try out some different open mics for a while, with gratitude to be in a place and time where I have a choice.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   208.0 lbs

Previous Weight (5/29):           207.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                + 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment

Given the amount of dining out I did on the weekend, including a day-long Bacon and Bourbon festival, I am exceedingly happy with my small weight-gain.
 

Food Log

Breakfast
A Quest bar.

Lunch
A cocoa-hemp-kale protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, large organic egg, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, fermented coconut water, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, celery and stevia-inulin blend.

Dinner

At Chad's: sauteed chicken breast and a tossed salad.

Snack

Pepperoni and a couple of Quest bars.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  40 oz.   Water: 96+ oz.

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