the show on thursday went well. i feel that i played at least as well as i usually do. i only broke one string and it was while tuning, so disasters were kept to a minimum. i was touched also that many of my friends showed up for the cd release party, who might not usually come to one of my shows.
of course, i only sold 6 cds, so i’m not really well on the way to paying back my investors. still, i have hope.
i spent all day yesterday at beefeater’s eating club (the one of which i will be kitchen manager next quarter and next year), helping to set up for their special dinner. really, “helping” should be in scare quotes, because i was there much longer than any of the current managers, and between myself and the two other new managers we basically did the whole job for the current managers (which is, as they say, ghetto). still, it was good practice for when it’s our show to run next year.
in other news, jonathanlipps.com has been taken down since all the relevant music info is at splendourhyaline.com. i’m thinking of ideas for what to put up in its place, when i get some time to do some more designing.
this thursday is approaching rapidly, when dan, joey, and myself will take off for the UK. i’m a little bit nervous, because, while i’ve been overseas quite a few times (and to england 4 or 5 times), i’ve never been in charge of a trip with other people before. i suppose that technically i am not “in charge”, but i’ve done all the planning and made all the reservations, so i feel that if our time absolutely sucks it will be my fault. but we’re laid-back guys, and we’ll have fun whatever happens, so no worries.
of course, before thursday gets here there are about a million things i have to do. i have a 12 page paper to write by monday (which i haven’t yet even done any reading for), a final on monday, 24 final papers to grade, and then, on thursday, between noon and when i leave, 25 finals to grade for medical ethics. somewhere in there i should also do laundry, since by my calculations it’s now been over a month. my room has a decidedly unpleasant odor when the window is closed and there’s no fresh air.
it’s a beautiful day today, and i wish i could unclench my heart and my will, and go enjoy it. i’d love to go running. or maybe not. it would be nice to just sit in the sun, at this special time of the year when there is actually a greenness here that could be called lush, and look at the trees and the foothills. but no, i have to stay here tied up in stressful knots, cursing my procrastination and struggling to get done on time.
soon…
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