Almost November

Hello, world.....

It is almost November.

And the days are shorter and colder and it is depression times for us.

Still sick on every day off, the crap in my chest was unusually heavy this morning, had a very hard time breathing, felt like I needed O2 at 5 LMP by nasal cannula....

I got hired to play the keyboard in a Band in Wichita 2 weeks ago, made it to the first night but last Thursday I was sick again, so I will shoot for nthis Thursday. I love playing Rock and Blues with people that know what they are doing...

Well, they owner of the bar just got the new Peavey sound system, had the sliders set on the floor monitors and not the mains, so I helped him out with that.... and he only has 1 DI, so my little 6 channel mixer went into that for the guitars and my keys to go thru the mains. I need an amp of my own I guess.

There was also this Bass player, Mark Guinn on string Bass, that I used to play with at Kelly's Irish Pub across the street, he was there and got all pissed off at something and left early. I think it was because I was there. He doesn't like anything electric, only acoustic. I can see his point when he has the Bass and not mic'ed, but he talked several times how much he hates too much volume. So he was there for one song and it sounded good, we could all hear him, then later he just packed up and left. If I had an acoustic Organ then I would go to Winfield and all that, but no one has invented one yet...

So it is going to be a hurry hurry up again as I get off work at 911 at 7 then have to start playing at 8 at My Room, and it is a 28 minute drive for here to there. Mary, bless her heart, helps me set up. Oh I need to go to Wichita and get a cord. Ok. And maybe price amps at a music store my brother works at.... hmmmmmmm......

Later

October 5th

I been sick.

Probably just a cold or something...

Anyway, girlfriend and I made it to Medicine Lodge last weekend for the tri-annual Peace Treaty celebration they have there. Saw a lot of old classmates and friends from high school most I had not seen in 30 plus years. That was nice.

Saw my friend Kevin and his band Dorfus Crack Tractor at Mike's Bar and they really are very good. I was impressed. Told them they STILL need an Organ player (hint hint). Met his friends David and Justin. David plays the guitar and sings and can play just about any song written after 1240 AD. Justin is the cleanest drummer I've heard since College, right up there with Findley and Hatfield.

Took a lot of pics and videos. Go down the page here to my pic link and see them. Yes, you have to do a bit of exploring to find the pics link page but it is worth it in my opinion. Put more pics of my girlfriend on the PhotoBucket pages. Had to trim them a bit to keep them in line with their no nudes photo policy ...

Then it is back here for work work work and sickness.... hope to go diving again next week with new friends from Augusta, they want to go to Tenkiller, but it is getting colder and girlfriend does not like it too chilly, even with the 5 mil suit and hood on. We will see about that.

It is about 5 AM central time, been up since 3:35 ish.... dreams of fighting in the Outer Rim in my space ship....coughing up yellow and green stuff.... and bored to death.

Will add more here a bit sooner than every 2 weeks I think, I do this for my own personal therapy, I guess, as I don't know if anyone out there reads this. No way to tell really.

Later, Crouton (as bostonblueyes says it)

BHD