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Post 1919, Day 234 of 2017
- 2,426 days since I started this blog -
- 2,426 days since I started this blog -
I'm pretty much recovered from the weekend. My weight is going down. My car doesn't need servicing, I've filled the gas tank. Tonight's i am Fool rehearsal was cancelled at the last minute, while I was having my weekly meal with Al at CoreLife (breakfast for me, dinner for him). Went grocery shopping. Did some banking. Went to an open mic.
Things are pretty much where they were before the weekend.
I picked up a couple of new gigs for September, one yesterday and one today. This September will see the most gigs I've had in a month since I left New York City in the mid-70s - fourteen!
Weird. Earlier in the year I was a little worried because I had a period of no gigs.
Gigging is the most fun I have playing, at least in part because it's the most playing. At an open mic, a set is typically under twenty minutes, many times only ten minutes. While rehearsals are usually gig-length amounts of time, there are breaks, discussions, etc. So, less playing time.
Gigs give me the most playing time, which usually translates into the most fun. That is the significance. If there's a little pay involved, I'm amazed that I can get money for something I do happily for free. And, of course, I'm grateful.
Playing at jams/open mics affords a different flavor of playing fun. It can be more challenging, intense - so more rewarding in the moment. That's the thing about pleasure, though - even while pursuing a peak, you want to make the moment last.
When I get lost in the music, I don't lose the tempo (ever!), but I do lose a sense of time.
That's the bigger part of what keeps me in Syracuse - I've become addicted to that feeling. It shows. People comment all the time about how happy I look when I'm performing. I'm grateful for a life that provides such abundance.
Things are pretty much where they were before the weekend.
I picked up a couple of new gigs for September, one yesterday and one today. This September will see the most gigs I've had in a month since I left New York City in the mid-70s - fourteen!
Weird. Earlier in the year I was a little worried because I had a period of no gigs.
Gigging is the most fun I have playing, at least in part because it's the most playing. At an open mic, a set is typically under twenty minutes, many times only ten minutes. While rehearsals are usually gig-length amounts of time, there are breaks, discussions, etc. So, less playing time.
Gigs give me the most playing time, which usually translates into the most fun. That is the significance. If there's a little pay involved, I'm amazed that I can get money for something I do happily for free. And, of course, I'm grateful.
Playing at jams/open mics affords a different flavor of playing fun. It can be more challenging, intense - so more rewarding in the moment. That's the thing about pleasure, though - even while pursuing a peak, you want to make the moment last.
When I get lost in the music, I don't lose the tempo (ever!), but I do lose a sense of time.
That's the bigger part of what keeps me in Syracuse - I've become addicted to that feeling. It shows. People comment all the time about how happy I look when I'm performing. I'm grateful for a life that provides such abundance.
Food and Diet
Today's Weight: 202.3 lbs.
Today's Weight: 202.3 lbs.
Previous Weight (8/21/17): 202.6 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: - 0.3 lbs.
Diet Comment
A little progress - baby steps in the right direction.
Food Log
Breakfast
5:05pm, at CoreLife Eatery:
Lunch
Skipped.
Dinner
11:45pm: Sliced London broil, kimchee, pork rinds, guacamole.
Liquid Intake
5:05pm, at CoreLife Eatery:
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| Tuna poke salad with: Kale, cabbage, quinoa, cucumber, carrots, scallions, ginger,edamame, avocado, tuna poke, sesame seeds, almonds and miso-sesame dressing. Not shown: Medium cup of chocolate-vanilla twist soft-serve ice cream. |
Skipped.
Dinner
11:45pm: Sliced London broil, kimchee, pork rinds, guacamole.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 0; Coffee: 0 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 48+ oz.; and a healthy pour of Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey
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