January 21st, 2007

So yes, this is the first entry for the year! O.K...it's oddly marked by a way too dramatic picture of yours truly, and may seem a little dull to have been titled the date mentioned above...but let's say all of this is only to grab your attention after my hiatus of over three weeks from blogger land. Besides that, this entry doesn't differ from any other than the fact that it is bitterly cold outside, and we're all in survival mode at this moment. Yes, I have to wear tights underneath my pants and socks, and an extra pair of socks on top of the socks so that I don't feel the cold ground through my cheap Aldo boots of (three years ago) with only 1 centimeter thick rubber soles. But nobody would know anyways, because I take good care of them and I look fashionable. Yesterday, before strutting into Café Noir, I had to choose between my short waistline down coat which was much warmer than my long classic cut wool jacket. (Thank God I had a choice! Last year I didn't.) I went for the down, and my friend Peter kindly reminded me (as I grabbed my coffee) that it would be wise of me to cover my "derrière" as to protect it from the cold. Apparently, your ass and your private organs are as vital as your liver or heart, so keep them as warm as your torso, friends! (deep down, I knew that).

Then there's the instrument issue. After rehearsal this evening, I miscalculated my bus ticket situation and had to walk home with my violin in the cold. Now usually, a 15 min walk is child's play however, I was more worried about the cold's effect on my violin than I was on my legs (the knees were beginning to feel a little bit too stiff for bending). I still haven't opened the case to see if all is o.k.... but I'll trust that it is. So that's it for today, and the sumarry is this: As artists, we're all in survival mode. It's the post-holiday financial slump for everybody. Gigs are at a low, the already tight belt is being tightened a little more and if any of us are smart, we're practicing like fiends, networking on myspace, teaching music, art dance, anything! to pay the bills, going to any show or event we can do some good schmoozing at, and booking shows for the somewhat near future.
P.S. I'm looking forward to turning this entity into a real bonnified web site. So if anybody out there wants to save themselves from reading my blog entries, and charge me as little as possible for their valuable time...please email me. I need to get a real professional web page done...