perception vs reality

Wednesday: Woke at 8 AM. MB was heading out. Brief everything, shower, cats, basement. Headed to the dentist's office. A lovely day.

Arrived about 5 minutes late, but had to sit waiting for quite a long time anyway. A cleaning, some x-rays. All looks good. Oh, and a painless extraction from my wallet.

Back to the car, back home. Took a lovely nap. Email. A bowl of cereal. Headed off to work.

But first, walked over to the print shop, and picked up a job I'd emailed in a few days back. Iced coffee and a muffin. Fixed a couple bugs, and settled into Apple Mail a bit more. Jm asked me to answer some technical questions about a particular developer that is being belligerent with us. My position is, we must explain to him the reality of the situation. Jm wants to "spin" things. This is where the worlds of marketing and engineering collide. Marketing is about "perception." Engineering is about "reality." Funny how perception and reality can have so little to do with each other. Found Shawn sitting on a bench. Got a cup of coffee, and took him back up to the office briefly. Then, off to Arlington.

A good rehearsal session. Third Relation sounds quite good with drums, it turns out. Ran through the rest of our material. The new guitar sounds great. The only problem is, it's so resonant that feedback arises easily. Some diversions into conversation. Gave Shawn a ride home, talking some politics, and how music can act as a subtle catalyst for change.

Back home, and some hanging out with MB. A sad answering machine message regarding Gf. Pulling some financial information together. Now, down basement.