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| WEDNESDAY
October 21, 1998
Another Busy Day After getting the kids ready for school this morning--- seeing our older boy off to the bus stop, then driving our younger boy to his elementary school, we dropped off our minivan at the auto shop for an oil change and tune-up. Then I dropped my wife off at her work. Much of my morning was spent checking email and working on my journal site. I ended up transferring everything from Geocities to Xoom. I just got fed up with the watermarks and pop-ups! I think Xoom is better and faster. I'm pretty excited about transferring my journal site there. I did some chores around the house. For lunch I thought I would have something a bit on the healthy side. I had chicken breast with a nice large green salad with vinegarette dressing. I also had orange slices. I made sure my older son went to his grandpa's house up the street, while I went to my follow-up doctor's appointment. Hallelujah! I found out my blood and urine are in excellent shape, but my tryglyceride level was slightly high, although my cholesterol level was low. I was concerned with my weight yet my doctor told me that I'm a large frame person and that 188 lbs is normal for my size. She also said that I looked pretty lean to her. That's when I told her that I'm a busy drummer and I'm trying to maintain an exercise regimen on top of that. After picking up my younger boy at 3:30pm, I dropped him off at his grandpa's, helped the older boy get dressed and took him to his soccer practice. Then I had to arrange for my father-in-law to pick up the older boy while I picked up my wife. Then, my wife and I went to the auto mechanic to pick up the minivan. My wife went home while I dropped by Vons to pick up a ready-made from their deli section, no time to cook nowadays. I then proceeded home to watch the Padres play the Yankees in the world series. Well, after the Padres were shut out in this final fourth game, I was a bit depressed. I had some dinner, then got ready for our gig tonight at Schooner's. Schooner's in Pacific Beach! I felt weird playing at Schooner's tonight. Maybe it was the fact that we had a couple of days off, and that I really didn't practice much, although I was watching drum videos. It was pretty dead at the beginning, probably due to the World Series. It did pick up however toward the last half of the first set. I did my solo on Sing, Sing, Sing again and wasn't too impressed with my performance. I just thought it was a 'sloppy solo', well it serves me right for not dedicating more time during our two days off to really practice. But on the other hand I really needed the rest. Jessica and Debbie showed up, bless their hearts! But so did a lot of the usual fans and friends. I was really glad to see Jessica, and it had been awhile since we talked. Debbie seemed pre-occupied with something but I couldn't quite figure it out. It was a really bizarre evening for me, so maybe it was just me... Anyway, Carol, Warren's girlfriend was their and I said hi. Shannon and his lady friend Stephanie were hanging out together at the break. Stephanie seemed to be avoiding me or maybe she just didn't recognize me. I was a little hurt, but then again, maybe it was just me. I guess I'm used to people seeking me out and talking to me. Yeah, things seemed different tonight. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I know it felt different and it came through in my playing, which is a good thing because it's easy to get in a rut when you're playing the same tunes every night. The sound engineer was really impressed with my drumming and said I had more going on in my style of playing than the drummer with Indigo Swing. Well, that was a compliment, but I told him that Indigo Swing simply had a different approach to their music, whereas we are more harding hitting and truly more of a big band sound. Jessica gave me a great compliment concerning my drum solo. I told her it wasn't that good, but she reassured me that it was a great solo. Bless her heart, I really appreciated that and while comtemplating over this later on after the gig, I was really very thankful for her being their for me. I guess at times I get into an inferiority complex, a rut in which I'm always questioning my abilities. It's good to be self-critical but at the same time one can torture oneself endlessly. I know I received a lot of applause for my solo, but I just wasn't happy with it (again). I'm glad Jessica was there to insist that I did good. I don't know what's wrong with me in that respect, but I'm glad she insisted. Now, I feel so much better.
CDs Played Today:
Miles Davis - Four & More Carly Simon - My Romance Keith Jarrett - La Scala Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring Brahms - Symphony No. 3
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