Almost a Year
Well, its almost been a year here in Irvington, NY... just far enough outside of nyc to be nice and just far enough outside of NYC to be boring. Last month I was able to play with John Abercrombie and Bob Meyer up at John's house, and it was pretty fun. Not amazing, but pretty fun. Went to California for a week or so in June and enjoyed the sunshine and friends. Not much going on since then. Playing tonight at the C-Note in the East Village with the Dave Kain Group. Might be fun. Decent band with good songs.
Went to California to help move stuff out of my grandparent's house. They just entered a home for Alzheimer's patients and don't know that they aren't coming home. It brings up extremely mixed emotions for me; I dont know if it is the right thing to do, and I think it has been really difficult for all of my family. It has really made me see just how small my family truly is. Alzheimer's really is a fucked up disease. Its as if they are leaving you or already are gone, but they are still there. yet not there... made me think a lot about how important my grandpa is to me and how much he has influenced my life. i dont know where i would be without him. they say that people are formed by the first few years of their life experience and influence. Much of that time I spent with him. going by all his old haunts.... george at la tapatiere, george at the shish kebob place, the printer guy, yerevan. we had a lot of fun. later on i never really felt that comfortable communicating with him, and maybe he didnt either. generation gap i guess. he is gonna be 90 this week.... i hope he has a great b-day. gotta get him a present.
today i put up a bunch of flyers round town. im trying to get things moving; ive been in sort of a dark place lately and need to pull out of it. make shit happen y'know. i think in due time everything will get better if i just go for it. a lady stopped me and told me to go talk to her father at eastchester music center on white plains rd. i will go in and check it out.
been getting into the gym to work out lately, and i think it is helping improve my mood and general well being, in addition to trying to lose some weight. swimming feels great, but gets monotonous and sort of boring. gotta try to focus more and relax to enjoy it. turns out you can sorta see through my swim trunks..... not good. maybe have to get some speedos or something.... ha! we will see about that!
im going to see if i can continue this as sort of a diary for a few weeks to help focus and get my shit together. i hope it works...
Went to California to help move stuff out of my grandparent's house. They just entered a home for Alzheimer's patients and don't know that they aren't coming home. It brings up extremely mixed emotions for me; I dont know if it is the right thing to do, and I think it has been really difficult for all of my family. It has really made me see just how small my family truly is. Alzheimer's really is a fucked up disease. Its as if they are leaving you or already are gone, but they are still there. yet not there... made me think a lot about how important my grandpa is to me and how much he has influenced my life. i dont know where i would be without him. they say that people are formed by the first few years of their life experience and influence. Much of that time I spent with him. going by all his old haunts.... george at la tapatiere, george at the shish kebob place, the printer guy, yerevan. we had a lot of fun. later on i never really felt that comfortable communicating with him, and maybe he didnt either. generation gap i guess. he is gonna be 90 this week.... i hope he has a great b-day. gotta get him a present.
today i put up a bunch of flyers round town. im trying to get things moving; ive been in sort of a dark place lately and need to pull out of it. make shit happen y'know. i think in due time everything will get better if i just go for it. a lady stopped me and told me to go talk to her father at eastchester music center on white plains rd. i will go in and check it out.
been getting into the gym to work out lately, and i think it is helping improve my mood and general well being, in addition to trying to lose some weight. swimming feels great, but gets monotonous and sort of boring. gotta try to focus more and relax to enjoy it. turns out you can sorta see through my swim trunks..... not good. maybe have to get some speedos or something.... ha! we will see about that!
im going to see if i can continue this as sort of a diary for a few weeks to help focus and get my shit together. i hope it works...
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