I expect to be disappointed

              SUNDAY 1/26/2020 8:45 AM--I've been fairly excited about going to the Dead Jam in Takoma Park, but now I figure, well, I'm not in charge...The ACME Band Co. is (IMO) not a very good band anyway, so if there's a subtle, unspoken competition between the pretend Dead groups, we won't win it...and unlike (I suspect) almost everybody in the place, I WILL NOT WEAR A TIE-DYED SHIRT...
                   9:40AM-still struggling with my lunch and dinner plans...it’s possible that I’ll stop somewhere on the way home... I think the “gig” ends at 8...our set is supposed to start at 5 and end about 40 minutes later...
 I suppose I could leave when we're finished...but I probably won't...
               10:44AM--and I STILL dunno if I'm gonna bring the ME70 to Takoma park or not, but right this minute it seems likely...why shouldn't I do what I can to stand out from all the other Garcia clones I'm gonna hear today? I dunno if Dave realizes this, but I'm NOT bringing the keyboards...of course I dunno if Geoff is gonna toss me any solos, but I wanna be ready if he does...
                   8:40 PM--got home about 10 minutes ago...had a very hard time finding my way back home...I had an OK time at the Jam...but of course, I woulda liked to have played more...Geoff threw me more solos than I thought I would get...the amp's reverb has stopped working again--*I* give up...I guess I'll have to take the ME 70 with me every time I take my amp somewhere...there's got to be an alternative...
Based on my research, the EH Oceans 11 Reverb pedal is the one I'm gonna try next...I'll go to Litz, get it and try it out at the ACME rehearsal Monday evening...a rehearsal that I'm not looking forward to...
                  In FHB News, the song list for the 1/30/2020 open mic is up...it feels like more work than I want to do...but I need the money...
MONDAY 1/27/2020 12:22 PM--going to Litz tomorrow, I don't need MY amp until Wednesday evening...
5:13 PM--Barry is doing a duo gig with John Trupp on 2/7...they've done gigs before, so I don't think this is  Barry's way of flipping me the bird or anything--but it could be...I'm not taking the keyboard to ACME practice tonight...mostly I don't feel like it and I'm not sure the keyboard is essential for all the new songs...it IS essential for at least two of Lee's songs...I think it was a guy I met at the jam last night who said that Lee is not his favorite female singer, if ya get my drift...
10:36PM--Lee wasn't at practice...all that keyboard anxiety wasted...Dave is delusional when it comes to the competency of the ACME Band Co....we're just as bad as the Combustibles, if not worse...I don't think Geoff has ever listened to anything BUT Grateful Dead...and I think he's "buzzin'" by the time he gets to practice...very frustrating to me...