bust MY ass? why?

         I need to learn what I THINK is a guitar part in one of the songs the Combustibles play...I came up with something that is pretty close...that's good enough as far as *I* am concerned...if everybody else is gonna "take liberties" why shouldn't I? And while I had the guitar in my hand, I figured I'd try to tighten up the solo in CRUEL TO BE KIND, not that anyone has ever said anything about how badly I've sometimes played it...and THAT depends on how fast we play the song...so I'm trying to learn the solo (hopefully) faster than we'll ever play it...
        As for tonight, I'm getting nervous...not excited, just nervous...
        So I just got home from the open mic...I must be good at something--lotsa people wanted me to play alongside them...and I got a bunch of compliments, from Musicians mostly...the Combustibles weren't as bad as I thought we were gonna be...but we weren't as good as I want us to be...I hope to be in bed about 40 minutes from now...