Well everybody, today was a new day in Nashville. Not too much to talk about though because mostly there was just work... yep... lots of work. I ate lunch and dinner alone just to get thinkin. Lots of stuff has been on my mind lately, but that's just for me. It seems ironic, and almost mood setting though with all the rain we've been having. Anyways, I'm the kind of guy who values personal space and quiet time. When I'm met with, say... women trouble, I like to be alone to sort things out and reflect (Wow, I'm getting too deep for public viewing, I'm going to adjust the ballast and resurface now). The "up" part of the day was really good. It's funny how the past few days have been similar in that they all have really good ups, but really bad downs. Here's what happened. I went to the open mic night at Neely after long consideration and I signed up for performace. I was met with many suprises though. First off, it cost $5 bucks, but a t-shirt and a cd of the performance came with it. I, however, decided to splurge and payed $10 to get the dvd of the performace and a t-shirt. Not that I have the money or anything. I mean, after all, I am at college. I can't afford to brush my teeth (sarcasm). But anyways, then I found out that there were already too many people signed up, but the guy snuck me in anyways (not knowing that I can't write a song under 5 minutes). Whoever you are buddy, rock on! ... As the saga continues, I went behind the curtain next to the stage to wait for my turn. I was labeled to go first, and I started to get a little nervous, not because I was going to be in front of lots of people cause I do that all the time, but because the majority of them were musicians and musicians, as we all know, are critical of music (yes, you noticed that this was a run-on sentence... now celebrate your keen eye by going out and buying your favorit drink ((non alcoholic please)). Well, I went first and tripped on the stage and chipped a tooth... nah I'm just kidding (you should see your face... relax). I ended up getting bumped to second which is my favorite place. Well, let's go ahead and draw this story to a close shall we? I went, and the guy that introduced me told all the ladies that I was single (WHAT! I didn't tell him to... err um... yeah... ) and then I went to playin. The cool thing was, everybody loved my songs, or at least they cheered like they did. I played Summer Time, which was one of my better ones, and that song about my friend that's a girl (you say girlfriend and I'll mame your feet!) called Goodbyes and Farewells. I left happy, but regretably, still single. The performance was unique though in that it was the first one where I was recorded live on CD and DVD, and it had cool stage lights. I guess I'm better than I thought I was... but I've still got much to learn. Later that night I was privilaged to be invited to a Bible study in the bell tower (yes IN the tower, isn't that stellar?). I got to meet lots of new folks, and I think an opportunity has opened for me to lead worship there. After that I just went to the quad and played till about 10:30. Now I'm going to bed cause that's the responsible thing to do. Peace Yo!