Ode To Bass

I'm between church services right now, "on break", as it were. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my G&L bass! It has changed my playing for the better. It has a lot to do with the fact that it's a 4 string.
I'm used to playing a 5 or 6 string bass so I've had to "retool" the way I play a bit.

But mostly, I love it because it just sounds SO good. The way I play is directly related to the way I sound. If the instrument sounds like crap, I'm just not going to play as well.

I also love it that this is the bass I started on 23 years ago. It's like coming back home.






I hope everyone has a great Sunday.



KoP

Saturday And Mummies

I'm enjoying this soggy Saturday. Lots of coffee and a CINNAMON ROLL too!
Total debauchery.

...but, I'm still going for a workout after the storm. It's been raining quite a bit. In the meantime, Tristan and I are watching the Mummy Returns.
The Scorpion King is coming...



KoP

Weekend With The Rain

Let the weekend begin.

The rain got the message too and has already made a BIG appearance, 50-60 mph winds too.

It's supposed to come back again tomorrow, but ya know, I don't care. I could hang around the house all day and be completely ok with that.

Everyone else, have a great one, rain or shine.


KoP

Missing It

I miss caffeine.
I do.
But, I'm trying to get my body in sync with... I dunno, itself?
I hate relying on my own body to wake itself up and think clearly all on it's own.
It seems like my brain is only working at about 50% capacity right now... 45-50%.
Oh well, I'm sure this feeling will wear off eventually and I can resume being my normal, cheerful, exuberant self.

I don't know if I have anything to say.

Oh, I had a dream about Sting last night, you know, the singer, and former front man of The Police.

He's my all time favorite musician/song writer/bassist/genius.
Anyway, I won some kind of contest and the prize was a dinner with him or something... We were talking at a restaurant, or rather I was talking. He was pouring himself over a parchment which contained characters for a new language he was creating. I know this, because he told me so. The parchment was covered with tiny glyphs and inscriptions.
I understood it somehow.


Also, I miss my caffeine.



KoP

Night Run

I just removed an item from my guilt list.

I don't know what it is about Wednesdays, but I just have a LOT of trouble getting up for my morning workout. This morning makes week number 3.
To relieve some of the anxiety that I always feel about this, I did a little run tonight. I think I may permanently change my routine to evening workouts on Wednesdays.

I haven't ran outside in a while. I find it much more relaxing than running on a treadmill.
I like the way I feel at the end, walking the streets of my neighborhood, cooling down. I set my iPod to something very soft and soothing. The endorphins are kicking in and I feel no pain.
I look up into the night sky and see the stars. There are so many... even in the city, I can still see so many. The vastness of it all makes me feel small and... I dunno, clean? Like nothing I have ever done, or will ever do, be it good or bad, will affect this universe.
I am a tiny part of the whole.

...and I must be really tired.




KoP