Drunk On Power

holy sheepshit, kids! i had a show tonight and it was among the best experiences of my musical career! we played after a band called "raging angel" and they were buttrockalicious! it was like watching iron maiden with a chick on lead vocals! so much fun! the last song they played in their set was over twelve minutes long...for all the butt rockers, that is metal epic in the serious fashion! then we played... according to everyone in the place that told me what was what...we blew doors on everyone playing. good rock! then, after all of the rumors of a "yes cover band," playing; which i thought was an impossible task...there was a YES cover band indeed! they did it all!!!! it was more of a YES tribute band because they were nearly perfect! i mean, when you do "roundabout" note for note and smile...holy shit! i had a great time tonight! and i am now, officially, a rock star! it feels like it should, the rockstardom and all; but the forkbeard remains!

kozmo!

Thank The Gods!

i played a show tonight with the first band that i can call my own for a good long time http://www.drunkonpower.com . the general consensus is that we rocked super hard!!!! i love that. it is nice to have four shows lined up within five minutes of getting off stage!!!! :) i am out late. i am going to pay for this lateness. as i type this, there is a sleeping little man in the next room that is soon to be enjoying his first birthday. i love him like i love nothing else in this world. it is all about him all the time, but: check the post time--i will be the sleepy dad. i am out late and actually don't feel bad (i am my own worst critic). it is a good scene, i will be tired, but i will be happy (cloud nine) for the next week! this is the best first show i have ever played with any band of any kind, and the connections i made tonight will shape my hobby time for the next year at least. rock!!!! in the words of ozzy, as i have said before, "i love you all!" in my words, which are off the cuff at best, i still love everything...period. it's the first good (and i mean good) night i have had in a long time! thank you to all that made me happy tonight...especially my little beans!

Hijacked!

this is my first post in a long time and it is mostly for my beans. everyone went to bed. bobin, beans and buttons (post ingrown claw surgery...sorry little cat). i went out--on foot--to read a book and have a cocktail. i was loaded up into a random car by a good friend of mine (t) that is a really bad influence...really bad. in fact, i am trying to cut him out of my social life right now; not because i hate him, but because i need to practice a different style of life kung-fu. well, he showed up at my local bar and pulled me out of the place (not all his fault, it's me--i'm just weak around him) and took me to a house party. i had a great time! met new people and met people that know really old people in my life that i am looking forward to checking in on. the downside is this: i fell asleep on a couch in the garage next to the being-abused-foos-ball-table. when i closed and then (to me) immediately opened my eyes, it was 3:45 in the morning. the ever-present worse down side was there was no one to drive me home...legally. so it was the long...long...walk for me. i am going to hurt tomorrow. i am tired. it is, ultimately, my own damned fault. i will live. i will be okay. i need to start stopping being the "old" forkbeard. never fear...the forkbeard is not gone nor is the softness setting in...i merely need to be a more selective and smart about being the strong forkbeard. i love my little beans for being patient with me...i am really impressed i am not dead yet by her hand for all of my silliness. hell to that...i love her for everything she is! she makes me who i am...the good parts, anyway.

i do win all around! i really don't deserve it!

rock.