a major change

       WEDNESDAY 9/5/18 11:50PM- through less than ideal circumstances, I may soon become a member of the Oz review...I might already have a gig with him on October 6th in Waldorf, for $125...I’ll know more tomorrow and let him know whether or not I can do the gig…

THURSDAY 12:10AM- now my brain is racing a bit … I HATE when that happens;  aside from whatever “to do” list Dianne has cooked up for me, I think I need to stop off at Guitar Center...I’m rather disappointed with Victor Litz Music... and, of course, a little bit mad at myself for being so hasty- maybe I should’ve done some more shopping for an acoustic rather than buy just about the first one I tried out...it sounded really good coming thru an amplifier, but it sounds to me a little weak unplugged… Which is actually the opposite of the Crafter guitar that I had...I do wanna find that stomp box that’s missing-it’s a graphic EQ...I get the feeling I’m going to need it…

8:47AM--I found the stomp box! As soon as I started looking for it...it needs a battery, but I've got (at least) one already...boy, was I shocked...

12:20PM- I’m really wishing I had taken more time to think this through… I THINK the strap I bought this morning will work just fine-although I did have to cut it, quite a lot… I also bought another set of strings, slightly heavier I think… I will probably put those on tomorrow… there is the possibility that the string winder I need is in the case that I gave Victor Litz... in which case I need to buy another one...

4:30PM-I guess  I have to admit, at least to myself, that I made a mistake…I’ve never missed an instrument after getting rid of it, but now I kinda miss the Crafter... Will I ever learn my lesson? *I*  wouldn’t bet on it…

6:15PM- it took pretty much a whole hour to go from Rockville to the Music Cafe in Damascus... (whew) And  it has occurred to me that I am back to not having a guitar worthy of my abilities IMO; the Epiphone is a  beginner’s guitar...

8:22PM- The Lou and Scott set went well enough; my guitar sounded good through the monitor and it was easy to play although I think I need to raise the guitar strap up a little bit and replace the three top strings with a thicker gauge... Lou tried it out before we got on stage he said it sounded good and felt good-that’s good enough for me… I think generally it could’ve been louder in the mix…

11:50 PM- I’m going to stay up long enough to digest the two ice cream sandwiches I ate a few minutes ago… In my mind I’m hungry; but the reality of it is I really don’t need to eat anything else tonight… I had a half a dozen mozzarella sticks when I was at the music Café in Damascus... I REALLY shouldn’t eat anything else tonight…

 An old friend of mine showed up rather late in the evening… It was rather  hard to keep my hands off of her, married though she is... she’s not at all voluptuous, and has a run of the mill ass in my opinion ... and yet I’ve always thought of her as being quite sexy… oh well…

          I haven’t finalized my plans for Friday yet;  I might clean up around here and pack up as if I was going back to Gaithersburg… I have to be here Saturday morning to feed the cat and again at 4 o’clock to feed the cat-after which it will be time to go to the gig... I guess I’ll be leaving from here,  which is closer then leaving from Dianne’s house…

FRIDAY  12:20AM- I’m seriously considering NOT changing the strings on the Epiphone...the strings that are on there are just now getting broken in… Again, it’s a matter of learning how to use a lighter touch... I hope to use the chorus pedal at the gig with Michelle, and possibly the EQ pedal as well- better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it...

9:45- I think I’m going to go over to the music and arts center; mostly, I’m just killing time; but I might buy some guitar picks and or a string winder-because I don’t want to have to go back to Victor Litz and get whatever stuff I may have left in the Crafter guitar case… And I’m not sure I got such a great deal from Guitar Center either… I’m running out of places to buy musical stuff... I might go to Barnes & Noble booksellers because they’re so close and I still have some time to kill before Lunch...