I didn't quite forget

    

    THURSDAY 6/18/2020 4:18PM--spent a few minutes in the 1180 Lab just now...a seed may have been planted, who knows...

THE NEXT DAY--Dianne asked me if I miss playing out...I said "no" and I meant it...

THURSDAY 6/25/2020I have not talked with ANY of my so-called friends since I can't remember when...I sent an FB Messenger message to Ken Sleeman...I kinda spilled my guts a little...his response was a thumbs up emoji, nothing more--that was a bit of a letdown...

      Flakebook has become a really ugly "place" to hang out...so I try not to spend too much time there...

MONDAY 6/29/2020 8:29 AM--.and it's still true, it's an ugly place...I really WANT to leave it completely alone, but I haven't yet...The most I wanna do is pop in to get the latest scuttlebutt then get out again...working on that...

MONDAY 7/6/2020--I've made plans to go hang out with Lou next Sunday...the surprise is that Dianne wholeheartedly approves...she seems to be worried about me, with good reason...

SATURDAY 7/11/2020 6:38PM--getting nervous about going to Lou's tomorrow...to a considerable degree, I'm only going because Dianne wants me to...I will try to keep an open mind about the whole thing...

SUNDAY 7/12/2020 8:50AM--I don't really feel like going to Lou's today...but it might be good for HIM...dunno if it's gonna make ME feel better...Dianne really wants me to go...

5:47 PM--I arrived at 1:06 and got back at about 5:30 or so...we talked a bunch, then we played some, then we did a little of both...the fingertips of my left (fretting) hand really started to hurt after awhile...THAT was a shock...the price I paid for ignoring the guitar for a month...

9:30 PM--Somewhat belatedly, I hope that my visit to Damascus was good for Lou...not sure if was good for me and if so, how good...we're loosely made plans to get together again...I hope to be a LOT better prepared...meaning my fingertips...

don't miss it yet--but will I?

              SATURDAY 6/13/2020 8:21PM--I haven't done any "labwork" in about a month...haven't touched a guitar since the last time I was in the lab...today, at dinner, I told Dianne that I wasn't in any bands when she asked me if I've heard from any of my bandmates...until then, she didn't know...I don't miss it yet...

     There’s a band on YouTube that plays songs by Yes, pretty much perfectly...it’s VERY depressing...for one thing I’ll never be good enough to play in such a band and I don’t think I know any bands around here that are as good as the Band Geeks, wherever they’re from...

MONDAY 6/15/2020 4:40PM--I may change my Mind tomorrow, but I think I'm done with playing Music altogether...the straw that broke the camel's back may have been seeing a video of a local band playing I SAW THE LIGHT...the lead guitar player used a harmonizer...*I* think he threw in an extra note, but I'm not sure...a moment later...having just listened to it, I would say I played it "right" but I shoulda figured out how to use my harmonizer rather than Barnaby playng the harmony part on the keyboard...oh well...BTW it was the Sandra Dean Band which at the time had Stoney on Bass...

 6:25PM--I keep coming back to all the time I wasted thinking I was a part of the MontCo Music community...that's almost twenty-five years...pretty dammed depressing if you ask me...

WEDNESDAY 10:50PM--the 4th Thursday open mic is coming up soon, as if I cared...Butch invited me, I dunno why...