January 13 '10, Weds

Practiced a tiny bit before rehearsal with Fred Radke in which I played 2 hours solid.  But......

I used the Rabb in a drumsolo!  It was ratty and raised some eyebrows and has totally inspired me to get a one handed roll going by the concerts March 10th and 13th.  The solos in this set are mostly quiet--and basically innapropriately placed.  The bassist, Lea, suggested that I lower my asthetic and elevate my ego, and just go for it.  Which is actually very perceptive and would broaden me a bit if only I could. 

But, I'm thinking this is an opportunity to use my speedyish feet and my Rabb for a public commitment or hurdle.  Got asked to play in another band tonight that needs a 'real' big band drummer, not just another combo guy.  But, it was too much time away from my top priorities. 

I made a lot of progress on patent updates, Amazon research to see if they could be my software download vendor (no), and kind of re-org-ing our software partnership for 2010.

Had a couple of kids over to play with Neo for an hour, Octavio met with his acting coach for a half hour and his OT gym leader in Bothel.  Didn't want to risk exercizing today because I woke up at 12:30 am and couldn't get to sleep.  At 2:30 went to work on project and basically worked till noon, with a stop to get the boys ready and take them to school.  Wednesdays are tough.