I’m a bassist for a Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band. As I was working on the catalog I heard the song“He went to Paris” (give it a listen it’s beautiful) and JB talks about Pirates a lot. Usually I wear some funky light tinted sunglasses, so with the bandleaders “f-yeah” blessing, I ditched the sunglasses and did it. Probably 1000 people there. Great reception to the patch and the band all the way around. It was a good night.
A friend and I built these Rockwool panels for my lesson studio a few years back. Lesson learned as the cheap Glue is failing so I am taking them down to fix them now. I picked up the appropriately themed fabric from a big fabric store’s clearance section. They work great and the kids get a kick out of them
As I have a icebag on my shoulder recovering at this moment, let me tell you about my day. I was stone sober during this event. I’ve been monocular 40 years and I like to think I’m pretty experienced and prepared in this monocular game, but sometimes...
Scene: 20 people indoor/outdoor Birthday party for a young man in a wheelchair with a form of Muscular Dystrophy. Usually in these situations, I stay seated as much as I can and just shoot the breeze with whoever is close by. Unfortunately, this house didn’t have enough chairs for everybody, so I was stuck on my feet for most of the time.
I did everything we monocular folks fear will happen..but fortunately I didn’t burn the joint down 😂.
I bumped into people…very often. I walked right into a plate glass door (Didn’t break or crack thank goodness). I stepped on a dog’s tail. I accidentally held a stranger’s hand (she was about 80 and flattered 😂 I didn’t notice my wife walked away). I dropped a drink when I misjudged the table height. I knocked someone’s phone off a different table to the concrete patio (I was mortified by that, but fortunately it didn’t break). Made a decent mess at the buffet spooning my stuff on the plate... I was sincere with apologies and cleaned up after myself.
Stuff will happen folks.