After doing a ton of things last night, found an interesting but not too interesting movie to watch on YouTube and got the clarinet stuff out and tried out the new Fobes Debut mouthpiece. It's harder to squeak on than the Yamaha one, and I think it's easier to go down to low notes too. I'd say it's a win.
I did well over an hour's practice, not continually but taking little breaks, while watching "Searching For Bobby Fischer". That movie's a neat look into how people lived in the late 80s or early 90s, with no computers, smart phones, or who's saying what on social media.
I went over the band book from the beginning up to page 10, plus some noodling around like picking out simple tunes. I'd say it's going well.
The main thing is to keep up with reading music and not just be one of those lazy people who just plays by ear. And to practice every day no Ifs Ands or Buts.
I got 20 things together to list last night before practice, and went to bed. When I got up I was ready to pack the 6 or so things that had sold that I had ready, and I got out of here around 3:30. I dropped off a couple of books at a new little free library I found, dropped off trash, and picked up a bottle of tea at Nijiya.
Then I went over to Walmart for my "weekly Wal" and got a bunch of things. I'm going to hold myself to staying within my "allowance" again, so what money I took out of this last pay check is it. With Christmas right in the middle of the week I may get my pay check this week like I usually do, but probably won't deposit it until next week. But I can let myself take more money out. So I brought a bunch of quarters and they came in useful at Walmart.
I visited Nijiya again on the way back, got a bento and some sashimi, and got back here. There have been all these promises of rain and so far it's been dry so I don't know what's going on. It's supposed to be a very wet Christmas week though.
That makes for a pretty dismal forecast for busking. Even tonight, I rode a little loop around downtown, to see who I'd run across, but no Leroy and no Wendell. Yeah it's Monday night but it's Christmas week which to me means Be out there even if it's Monday because there are tons of people out walking around in a holiday mood.
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