Anything Goes (in)

Wednesday: Woke around 10:30. Some lazing. Email. Shower. Cats. Down basement and morning practices. Did some cleaning. MB called as I was pulling my stuff together. Headed out.

Drove over to the Fresh Pond area to my doctor's office. I saw a large woman in a wheelchair, smoking, with another large woman taking care of her. The followed me to the waiting room, where I overheard the woman in the wheelchair giving her helper instructions on how to go and purchase her a double cheese burger and coffee with extra cream while she was seeing the doctor.

The annual physical was uneventful. I'd never seen this doctor before (he's subbing for my regular doc, who is on three months of paternity leave. His wife just had twins.) This was the first year they examined my prostate. Oh, the joys of middle-age. Not complaining, mind you. Blood drawn, and hesitantly got a flu shot. We'll see how I do with it.

Stopped for a veggie burger, which I ate overlooking the reservoir. In to work, and continuing on from my progress of the previous day. Hooked up the vari-speed stuff, and began debugging. Coffee. Ate the lunch MB had packed for me, for dinner. At 7:30, met Shawn at the bench.

We decided to have our rehearsal at his studio space tonight. Some fussing around to get his kit in order, and the PA functioning, but no major problems. Phase one of the evening involved running through all our performable material. Not bad. Took a short break, and got a soda at the CVS. Phase two: Thrak. Shawn has improved in his ability to play the combined polyrhythm, and we developed a preliminary arrangement.

Dropped Shawn off, back home. Hello to MB. Sorting through snail mail. Garbage and recycling out. Email. Spent some time looking for a copy of of Pat Boone's cover of the Judas Priest. Couldn't find it, but did find his cover of "Crazy Train." Good lord... now that is truly evil music.