Tuesday, May 1, 2018

saluting the train

i was walking to a performance venue tonight and i had to wait for the light rail, there were two trains going in opposite directions. i rarely see this. i saluted the second one when i got close to the track. seems a little weird, but i think i was inspired by snoopy doing this in a Charlie brown special at one point. i performed at two venues, pleased that i finally heard Arizona Chicago do a set since she moved to the area. liked the one she did about toys-r-us. bathtub comic was there as well, got his second CD and liked his one about a house on fire. school bouncer arrived after performing at another venue, i asked to hear some of his school bouncer stories. i spoke about interviews, de-framing photos, and picking up pennies. then i went to the second venue and did much of the same, although in both cases i started off with a callback.
   i had the appointment and phone interview, hopeful that the interview will yield something of course. i stopped at the goodwill and bought another DVD, two CDs, and a book. my dad called me about my aunt's passing. i let my cousin know on facebook how i would like to sing at the funeral, when Dad called me he said i can so i said 'thank you' and i will be honored to do so. now it means doing some preparing. haven't used my video camera in a while, i would like to film myself there. and of course a hotel reservation, probably can find something good on hotels dot-com. it might be a little weird to see family don't see that often, but i will manage. same is true about performing in front of them. but we can't ignore what finally propelled me into performing. it was the summer of 'two funerals and a wedding' 10 years ago, as i spoke at the two family events. so it means i will be driving to iowa soon.

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