11 days into 2010. Kind of crazy. It’s been a weird few weeks. I’ve been busy, busy wasting time, but as a man once said “time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted.” And I have quite enjoyed wasting the time. I’m still on Christmas break, thankfully! I’m not quite sure what to do with my free time, and feel a little bad wasting it because I know by april I’ll be wishing I still had the free time I do now. Too bad there is no way to save some of it.
I spent new years day watching two movies… ‘Help’ and ‘A Hard Day’s Night.” Can I just say how amazing I thought they were. Witty and hilarious. I think I’m in love, but with whom I’m not sure yet. One moment I’m sure it is Paul, and a second later it has to be Ringo, then George walks in… I just don’t know what to do. So I watch more and try to make up my mind and the whole process starts over. You can see my dilemma, I’m sure…
My break has included lots of time well spent with friends, and sadly sending them back to school this past weekend. I’ve spent alot of time and money shopping for clothes and music, two of my favorite things. I’ve gotten some pretty amazing deals on both. I’ve also begun working on my music again. I’m not a good musician by any means, but I listen to a tune and a few minutes later be plunking out the melody on a piano or strumming the chords on guitar, or picking my way through the bass line. I haven’t quite mastered drumming yet, but we’ll get there eventually, I hope. I hope one day I can learn to read music as well, but that may be a lost cause.
I don’t think there is anything I want more than to be able to play well. The problem is I have no time for lessons. Okay, yes I’ve got 3 weeks every december/january but the rest of the time is crazy. And I really don’t have the patience for lessons. I don’t want to learn how to play classical piano, I just want to know a little more of what I’m doing. How can I put some more interesting notes into my plunking, strumming the picking? So while I debate lessons, I continue listening and learning on my own. Maybe in twenty more years I’ll have figured out enough to do something with, but who wants to listen to a 40 year old rock ‘n roller? But as another man once said “age only matters if you’re cheese”
