boot camp

Is what I call it when John leaves town. We're all on it starting today until Thursday. One of my worries about these times is just how much I enjoy it, getting into our own 3 way rhythm. I wonder if I wreck their 3 way thing in the same way? Probably. So anyway, we're all going to get some work done. There was a taste of spring and the park but our cruel winter has returned. The mess in the girls room just has to be addressed, though, and maybe now is the time. I need storage shelves and bins and tubs and stuff, though. ah internets!

so every day starts with some cissy strut, and then a little funk #49. The practice disc, she is a fabulous invention, remember when we had to use tapes and rewind on the other side? I think Norah Jones is really on to something, does she do her own stylings or does she have a partner?

I am going to call the bass people this week, too and get that started. I need to get my hands on one to figure out if I can do fewer strings or if I really want them all, which I think I do...

yay

Boots

eff you man

so last night i got a text message at 7 saying something along the lines of "free beer catching a ride leaving now" which I did not respond to because it is just wrong on all of the levels. Then it was almost 9:00 before he actually walked through the door, or it might have been just past. It was a lot late.

I'm incredulous that I had to hear about him having to come home early for me to have band practice. I believe I shall have band practice every thursday from now until forever, and he shall come home and do kid duty, and then maybe I'll go to the jazz society meetings which are also on thursday evening and which I have never yet made it to. Yes, that will be the plan.

Yesterday I was reading about Tito Puente's latin record and how it was this mob guy's favorite kind of music so that's why it got made, and then the podcast player decided to play the tito puente jazz profiles podcast where he talked about how he had to make that record in the middle of the night and he felt very fortunate that the record company let him make it at all. And then I was reading something about the coasters and was drawn to look up the lead singer guy for some reason and turns out he's from Kansas, oh and Bob Syrup also did some time in Kansas in the 80's which is when I was also there. And Then I was listening to the terrence podcast and he was talking about how everyone needs to take their psychedelic medicine right now because it's the only catalyst of gnosis that will work.

Somebody snipped my blanket. No one will fess up. I am leaning towards Ella but I cannot be certain. Abbey was fevered that night and might not remember doing it. It's just the tiniest little snip. I tied a knot in it right away when I found it and it will have another part attached to it so I can re-inforce it again there. Whoever did it made just the tiniest little snip and didn't pull it, I think she knew she had been very naughty. I am sad that somebody is lying to me.

Cue Lightbulb

I've always been a little confused about the nature of our soul, and the process of re-incarnation, and how does it work when the population of the world keeps getting bigger but we have only a certain number of souls so there must be a disparity there, right? Maybe? And then yesterday I was reading my Daniel Pinchbeck book and he was talking about how there are some who believe that we are born without a soul and must earn it. Which sort of makes sense to me, although I would like to know how re-incarnation works in that situation, but perhaps some are born ensouled while others are not just because there aren't enough to go around. So perhaps we each build our soul over our various lifetimes but there is always that first life where you come in empty... This is making even less sense now than before so I must go do more research.

the wheel with the seven of pentacles. oposing cards, one means action and one means reflection after action. so I think I'll lay down some more bass tracks and then forget about it for awhile. But not until it gets a touch warmer down here, brrrrrrr.

yesterdays cards were appropriate, I find the recording process tedious to say the least especially when I'm the one hitting the record button. and crawling around with wires in my mouth. who wants to do that? bugs, that's who. yes I just compared recording people to bugs. steppy steppy

it's almost time to order the new bass... gotta wait for just a little more spring.

7 and 9 of wands today, which means that I shall meet with some resistance. The nightmares arrived at 3 am and it involved abbey being stuck outside on the porch. horrid.

So I did most of that stuff yesterday except for the groceries, and I have the audio interface thingy hooked up and working so now I just need to lay down some tracks and submit them. I'm not sure what to play but I think I'll just play a lot of stuff and whittle it down.

My brothers first girl friend was a twin. She and her brother were adopted because their mother was raped. I just learned that her brother was killed in the line of duty while trying to save a hostage. He didn't save her. And he died to. What a weird circle he had.

9 of swords and the magician. Nightmares and magic. Shall I use the magic to quell the nightmares? I'm not having nightmares... I guess I need to guard against them. I still am not sure what yesterday's cards mean either, but I did try to not act contrary to them all day so maybe I didn't get flattened by them.

I have a plane ticket to fly to the west coast in may.

I have tickets to see phish in june

today I plan to go to the grocery and the library and swimming lessons. And do yoga and practice some bass AND cello and also record something.