Last night did my usual octaves practice but I think I've been doing enough. With trumpet playing, there's this huge emphasis on learning to play higher because without making it a way of life, you're limited to about an octave and a half of range and that's pretty limiting.
With flute even a noob will have a couple of octaves to play within, so I probably need to work more on exercises in the first Wye beginner book and work through that book so I have an excuse to get the second one.
Really, I ought to have the same (tired old) repertoire I had on trumpet by now.
Last night's gathering went pretty well and among other things I now have a Samsung "Galaxy 9" smart phone to play with if I like. It's pretty neat but it may have a battery problem. I need to look up where to get a charger for it and also if the battery can be changed in one.
I went to bed, woke up at noon, decided I needed two more hours of sleep, and woke up again at 4:30. So I got up, weighed out about 21-22 lbs of rice into 1-lb bags, and took 6 of them along with a bunch of other odds and ends and headed for downtown. It all went into the little free library in Japantown.
My original plan had been to go to Wal-Mart, stopping at Nijiya first to buy some gum or something and get cash back because cash is the only way to go at Wal-Mart. But I reflected on the fact that it was a Saturday and Saturday at Wal-Mart was not something I wanted to do.
So instead I went over to Whole Foods and first, get something to eat. I noticed they had carnitas so I came up with something I'll call a "Burrito Box" where I take one of the small food boxes and load it up with carnitas and other burrito-like things like onions, soft cheese, roasted peppers, a little black beans, and hot sauce over it all. There was no near-beer and no club soda so I decided I'll get a beer and see how that goes. I got an Anchor Steam which tasted rather awful - like chemicals. It was only good for washing down the food and I only got through 2/3 of it.
I went back in and got things, and got $20 cash back.
I'd passed through San Pedro Square on the way there, and passed through again on the way back. No buskers, Loud Band hadn't started yet, and it looked pretty busy. It looked like it might be busk-able. The beggars and assorted no-goods that used to clutter the place were absent too.
Whole Foods had looked decent too, except for one zombess who kept walking back and forth on the sidewalk in a hurry, waving her arms - not sure what that beastie was all about. If I busk there again I'll have to remember to keep pepper spray handy.
The ride home was nice and boring, for the most part. As I got onto Old Bayshore, I saw two zombies on bikes one with a trailer full of crap, heading my way. So I crossed the road to ride on the "wrong" side. Lo and behold, now the zombies crossed also and headed for me. I sped up, crossing the road again, and ducked into the armored-car place. Luckily they hadn't followed me - probably guessing correctly that they'd not be able to catch me, and deciding to hunt for brains somewhere else.
The raid on the Dump's Mar-A-Lago compound has gone well, it seems, and it seems also it's DeSantis / DeSatan who engineered it. Kind of like Goering deciding he can run the Nazi Party better than Hitler and trying to get him deposed. Smart move on DeSantis' part, comfortably before the midterm elections and well before the 2024 election, to give time for "the dust to settle" and for the Nazi Party 2.0 to get used to DeSantis being its leader. Before the Dump declares that yes, he is running for President so pretty much the optimal time. I don't like DeSantis any more than Trump but you gotta give the guy credit for political cunning.
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