Takin' Five...

I'm taking a little break to get my morning oatmeal on and to get some bloggin' in. Its been a eventful past couple of days.

On Friday night, SugahDaddy played the St Patty's Day block party in downtown Honolulu. It was packed! All I saw on stage was a sea of heads. It was nice we got some love this year and go the call to play. It was also cool being the only band. Finally Sugahdaddy gets some love. The next gig is on the Big Island at Laupahoeoe Music Fest (Where the tidal wave hit in the 40's). We usually camp out and play on Friday and Saturday nights and fly home on Sunday. Last year was pretty happenin' and our freind, who is a chef, made some killer grinds all weekend. Its nice to be waken u at 2 in the morning to partake in some taragon-butter sauce steak. Yeah, it was insane. We're also in the midst of finishing our next CD. I'm still working on my parts.

On Saturday morning, we had a mini-kendo taikai with the Mililani Dojo at the Wahiawa Hongwanji. It was broken down into 4 five man teams. I dropped my first two matches and got conscripted to another team because they were one short. I won 3 after and tied in the goodwill match. I thought i had a good 1st match. Fought against my classmate Rd. He was really strong. He got my kote. I dropped my second match against Mr.T. I know i could've done way better, I went away from my instincts and over thought everything. I think he got 2 men on me. I felt like i didn't even put up resistance, but learned a good lesson. In the third match i actually got a shinai stuck in my men! It was a little scary. Its was a good time and good to make some new friends.

After the potluck, I raced back into town to get ready and play the Hawaii Music Awards. I was so beat, I felt like sleeping at the dinner table until we played. We finally got to play and finished my dinner afterwards. Went home and crashed out.

I totally overslept and forgot to set my alarm and I missed sunday keiko. I don't think i would've been productive anyway. The rain and thunder was insane!!! I thought about watching the last 20 min of keiko, but fell back asleep.

With the rain relentlessly coming down, i just stayed in bed and watched a John Wayne film. Its the one he goes to Ireland and marries an Irish woman and totally beefs the brother. Great movie, pretty funny. I felt so much better in the afternoon. Not a spring chicken aymore.

Been working on some packaging which i can't wait to be done! Just got a call this morning to a publication job the money is OK, but my plate is almost full. Should i do it? The design whore inside is screaming "yes!" The rational side is saying tread carefully.

What to do...

Hmmm......