50 cents beer...

This blog will soon be taking a different turn. No, I am not changing the template... Rather, I am going on tour. An extended one. Tired of living the double life of day job / music playing, I've decided to take the plunge and embark on the cruise ship musician journey. Some would call it La-La land for wanabes. I'd rather call it Candyland for musicians : getting paid very well to play 3 hours a day of cheesy music and seeing the world for free. Oh ! and 50 cents beer. What more could I ask for ?



As last minute details are being worked on, I am finding myself at a lost on to what to bring with me on the ship. I know I'll be gone for at least 6 months and will go through the 4 seasons. I can also only bring 1 suitcase with me. I've never been a good packer and I find myself wanting to bring more momentos than actual clothes. So far, the only things ready are my MP3 and the digital picture frame... not good. More important things always seem to come up : watching Grey's , playing Mah Jong or reading my horoscope... I seem to have the attention spam of a 5 years old when it comes to packing.



I know I'll be bringing a laptop (free unlimited wifi connection on board !!!), my camera, my MP3, my trumpets (duh !) and a digital picture frame. I've also started a list of DVD's I'll be bringing and I've enrolled in 2 online classes and an intensive gym program to keep busy. But that won't get me very far. I definitely need help.



Any suggestions ??



* For the ones wondering ; the alcool part had already been covered as beer on board is 50 cents and hard liquor and wine, $1.25...

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I recently bought a new (euh.. well used) cell phone on E*ay and you guessed it, it was a total ripoff. But while playing with its different functions, I realised the previous owner hadn't deleted his personal information ! That's over 300 stored phone numbers ; all women. Actually, if you live in the 205 area and date a lot, I might have your number... I started erasing his banking information and numerous other personal stuff when I came across his picture and video archive. Actually, if you live in the 205 area and date a lot, I might have a video of you two... No, I didn't watched them (ok, I took a very quick look at one) And yes, all pictures and videos were erased. But that was some pretty scary stuff !!

How about you ; any weird things lately ?

Random stuff ... Yes, I am that busy !

- Nico (a good friend now living in Cambridge, UK) ate a poutine less than 20 minutes after landing. I'll agree, it was indeed a trip from hell and we were in a rush but he might have just set some new record.

- I gaved my nephew a mohawk over the weekend. Just to freak out his mom. And it worked. Off course, I shaved it off before he went out to school: the attitude that piece of hair was giving him was way too freaky !! But darn, the look on his mom's was priceless !!

- My 7 month old niece just started walking. Her mom is in sooooo much trouble !!

- We had to redo a take during a recording session last weekend because a mic picked up a growling stomach...

- I just learned that one of my favorite band , Das Contras, will be in Rochester, NY on June 15th for the Jazz Festival. You should definitely check them out if you have the chance. I know I will !! Those guys are awesome !!

- The thing that finally put a smile on my face this week ? A gargantuesque army brat fixing his car while belting out a Roxette song. Thinking about it, that could have made a pretty good blackmailing clip...



- A very smelly guy sitting in front of me in the bus, got up and stuck his hands IN his pants to fix a wedgie. Then smelled his hands.



I might have nightmares for a while.

How about you ? How's your week going ??