plans

Cool.  I've got a plan.  Hard as it is, I'm gunna hook it up so that I'm paying less than 300 dollars rent every month, which should allow me to save like crazy.  After Summer ends I'm out of here, traveling everywhere I want to go until I'm out of money.  First on the list is the aforementioned Boston, and I probably need to see my sisters kid in Florida too.  I hope they need sushi chefs in Europe, in case I run out of dough over there.

Meanwhile, Harmony Fest is going to be sick!  I'll try and post some pics of my knives later.  Its my day off, so I need to get some swimming, kung fu, tai chi, and drumming done.  Apparently I have to play some piano now, too.

Drums, knives..

I had my first lesson with Bill Allison yesterday, he has some different ideas about learning that I think will help me take my drumming to the next level.  Meanwhile this morning an email from Modern Drummer perked my interest with a tidbit about drum workshops going on in late August, in New York.  I'd have to live there for two weeks and its fairly expensive, but it would give me a damn good reason to visit my sister and her husband in Boston!

Today I'd like to sharpen my knives, I have to call Eric and see if I can use his stone fixer or it's a no-go.  I need to order one of those... maybe later I'll put up some pics of my babies.   It's not knife porn like this guy has, but we all have to start somewhere!  Gotta jump on that piano, bump some tunes and workout today; I can't wait til' this overcast sky turns blue again.

GO

I was feeling sorta down from lack of sleep and foods/waters today so I took a nap.  I've got to go to work in 30 minutes which is making me crazy.  Right now I'm scheduled to work every day but Monday and Thursday.  My two days off are so far apart it makes me nuts, it can't happen anymore.  Besides bitching about that tonight and trying to get it changed I woke up with three to five words bouncing around in my skull: "I need to go!" Followed closely by "I need to go now!" and other variations on that theme.  Part of me thinks its the rainy day blues or SADS or something but the rest of me is aware of the truth.  I need to go, NOW.

energy

I need to travel.  My plan is to set off for Boston via airplane and spend a couple weeks between there and New York, visiting my sister and her husband who will hopefully show me the ropes.  A quick trip into Alberta should let me visit my multi-lingual buddy Eric Ep, and then I'll take a plane (from somewhere) to Ireland.  I'm going to travel from here through Scotland and then backpack across Norway, visiting relatives.  From Norway I should be able to hit up Sweden and see my friend Patch Hof, if he's still living there.  I haven't gone much further with this fantasy yet, but I'd like to experience places that I've read about.  I believe that traveling will make me smarter.

I've been reading about Bucky Fuller lately; I was introduced conceptually through one or two of Robert Wilson's books, probably the Cosmic Trigger series.  I've just purchased a copy of his dymaxion world map.  It should be fun to study when I plot my future travels around the world.  I've picked up a copy of his book Critical Path, too: this should prove educational.

I woke up this morning with tremendous energy, I have to roll sushi at three, I need to do some tai-chi, kung-fu, and some drumming before then.  I have a music lesson with Bill Allison this tuesday, we're going to work on my reading.  I've been listening to Derek Sherinian's discography all day, fitting thematic music for my mind state.

more later...