sick

well. sunday was the 11th of march. that makes me clean and sober for two years. that is to say, i haven’t (purposefully) ingested alcohol or drugs in two years. prior to that two years, i never thought i would live to see this day. i really did not think there was a way out. apparently there is.

i am sick at home with the flu and i am taking a couple days off work to sleep to hopsfully feel better. my insides all hurt. i have a horrible cough that is probably the result of smoking some excess of two packs on friday.

the show was fun. i am glad i have my first rock show out of the way. i got nervous a couple hours before the show. when i got up on stage i was shaking a little. it was pretty hard looking out at a room full of over 100 people (i would guess) and knowing they’re all watching/listening to you. the power went out in the first song. the film crew that was filming us used some high-wattage lights that flipped the breaker. so we played through it. through the whole first song with no power. all you could hear was drums and bass. for some reason Lisa’s bass amp still worked. the sound on stage sucked. i couldn’t hear my guitar at all. which led me to the decision to never again let the sound guy turn down my amp. on the contrary, i will be turning UP my amp so that atleast i know i can hear myself on stage. they can turn me down FOH. my Hagstrom III arrived at my brother’s house in Seattle. Maddy is picking it up for me. Really liking my rig right now. and i think i might be happy for a while with it. it is as follows:

Guitars
’78 Ibanez PF-100 Black (Tuned to Drop D)
’79 Ibanez PF-200 Cream (Standard Tuning)
’65 Hagstrom III Red(Standard Tuning)

Effects
Boss Chromatic Tuner
Electro-Harmonix Small Clone Chorus
Boss SD-1 Super-OverDrive
ProCo The Rat (vintage)
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal

Amp
Piper P1001TR 100-watt non-master head
Marshall 1960A 4×12 cab

I was powering the Marshall cab with a Fender Twin Reverb Amp, but i switched that out on the weekend and will be returning it to L&M whenever i get there.

needs? none.
wants? none.