Kicking my sorry self...

This blog was suppose to keep me grounded. It was suppose to keep me from loosing myself. In the life of a freelance musician, with a day job, you can easily get caught in the moment and loose track of who you really are. Between working full-time and the many rehearsals, practices and concerts, life becomes a blur. You end up living for your work and music and not much else.



I used to love writing here. And reading all of your blogs. I would spend hours trying to come up with the perfect funny comment on a particular post I liked.



I don't have the energy anymore. I still read my favorite blogs on a daily basis ; but I've become way too bored with myself to even think about writing something remotely clever.



But I am trying to change that. Maybe by forcing (and kicking) myself to post on a daily basis, my life will appear a tiny bit less boring and maybe, life itself will start happening again...



Let's try:

I was giving a concert in Toronto over the weekend. Believe it or not, it was my first time in the city and I had a blast ! And I even managed to get a free ride up the CN tower !! Boy, what Godiva truffles can do for you ...

Really ??

Want a good laugh ?





Yeah , I tought so...





My very bright step-sister and her mom went to Cuba for 2 weeks. Thinking they were being clever, they decided to pay the cheap motel clerk to watch their car while they were gone, instead of paying a huge amount at the airport.



A brand NEW car.



Yep ; it got stolen.



I wonder why ?!

Lets talk about it...

Week recap. Because you care...






- Got to spend an incredible 3 days with the cutest little girl





- Analysed a file with the fakest transcript ever. It even had 2 typos in the school name !!





- Had a good scream fest with my upstairs neighbour who decided to empty her cat litter box in her toilet. And when that clogged (duh !), decided to pour it in her tub instead. A real smarty. She somehow seemed surprised that that made the 40 years old pipes explode and flooded my bathroom and kitchen. I now have a very scared dog wondering why in hell there's cat poop falling from the ceiling.





- Went to see a new doctor. Lets be graphic here. I've had my periods since August 28. That's right : 213 days. I agree that my condition is not life threatening. However, it is still a big deal. So I decided to go see a doctor who would agree with me on that.





- Sipped champagne from the bottle, with a straw.

Better...

Yeah... I've been away. Noticed ?



I've been through a bout of not feeling that well and wanting to hide for a while. Hiding from my friends and family and reality. Even the dog had a taste of it as walks got shorter and shorter and the dog park became nonexistent.



I got the help I needed and was slowly starting to feel like myself again.



But what really got me to come out of my hole ?



Little Miss Cuteness.

She seems to think I'm the coolest and funniest person on hearth and I had the chance to spend 3 full days with her !

I'm in love.

And feeling much better.

How about you: What makes you come out of a funk ?

Yeah... about that...

Way to go for posting something about blog inactivity and disappearing for a couple of weeks...

So many things happened !!

• Many, many concerts
  
  
  



• Many, many rehearsals
  
  




• THE flu
  
  




• And Nico's visit !!!!
  
  
  
  

Nico's visit left me a bit bitter sweet. It reminded me how much I miss him. Don't know why... We used to have so much fun together ! And then life happened. He moved to France, then England and travelled the globe, while the lives of us, mere mortals, stayed the same.

I call him Mr. International: he always seems to be in-between flights or preparing for a trip. And while I'm at it, I don't think any of us know for sure what he's really working on. We hear about exploding machines but that's just a rumor... Oh ! Maybe he's a spy !! ;)

But a bunch of us seem to have left a permanent mark on him and we've been lucky enough to see him every six months or so since his big move.

Missing our Nordic weather, Nico had planned a trip for early February, the coldest and stormiest month of all. And boy was he served !! He landed in Quebec City in the middle of a huge snow storm and left Ottawa in a record breaking freezing temperature.

We decided to make the most of his short stay with me and braved the cold to play tourists. Yes, it did take us 15 minutes to get dressed and people were looking at us funny at the restaurant but we had fun. Even in the - 30's weather.

We were stopped by 2 photographers on our way to visit Parliament Hill and were asked to be models for the new Winter Tourism brochure. Yep, if you ever happen to come across some brochures about Winter Tourism in Canada with pictures of 2 weirdos looking at each other and laughing their pants off, as if Parliament Hill was the funniest thing on hearth ? That or 2 drunks in front of an faux-old monument... That's us !!

We also went skating on the Rideau Canal and managed to skate for 7 km. And armed my new kick ass skates, I didn't even get one foot cramp ! I also discovered that while my skates made me look taller, so did Nico's...

I know; I'm cheating. But not that much. Nico was at least 7'' tall with those skates while I got up to a whooping 5'5...

We also discovered that freezing temperatures and bars ? Not so hot. We went out on his first night in town: there were a total of 4 costumers while that place usually has a huge lineup. We did a bit better on the second night: 15 costumers !! At least the drinks were cheap...

On our last excursion, we came across this shirt:

I am sooo getting them for our birthdays ! I know we are getting a bit old for that kind of thing but hey ! you only live once...

Let's talk about it...

I recently changed the template of my blog and while doing so, took the opportunity to uptate my blogroll by removing sites that hadn't been uptated in a while, or that I didn't have affinities with anymore. And also to add new cool ones...



That, apparently, was a mistake.



I received an email shortly after from a very angry person, asking What on hearth made me think I could get rid of people that easily, whithout any warning?



Hum...



Well, if you don't update your blog for at least a year, that sort of thing is bound to happen!



That makes me wonder: Is there a blog etiquette book I forgot to read? A hidden chapter mentionning that I should have notified that person before removing her site?



I am at a lost for words on this one...

Ipsum Project

Please meet the Ipsum Project.



We're quircky, funny and make great music together. And we really are good looking, too!



What more could be asked from a brass quintet ?

Yeah... you noticed...

I'll be back as soon as I figure were I messed up....

Feeling the need to vent...

To the people who, while in a meeting, feel the need to put their two cents in everything, comment on subject that don't even apply to them nor that they have any knowledge of:



SHUT THE F#$%!K UP !!



Thank you.




Feeling much better...



Your turn now:

Though of the day...

Heard today:




We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located among millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a clue as to where millions of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of Immigration?