I finally have a consistent internet connection - and it's about time! It such a wonderful relief to be uninhibited by mobile browsers and free to peruse the internet and it's wonders at my own leisure. The tips of my fingers are tingling with excitement and my brain is afire with new thoughts and possibilities with which I can paint in words on this blank, cyberspace canvas. Oh my!
But alas, this literary venture must remain rather short because Mother Nature has unleashed her most feared monster upon me - the common cold. My forehead is heating up and my legs are starting to ache and with each second that passes my bed across the room seems more and more appealing....to bed I must go. BUT, before that I will inform any of you who are reading of the latest challenge I have bestowed upon myself. It all begins with an RW&Co bag....
It has been sitting at the edge of my bed for nearly a month and I've been simply pretending it doesn't exist. I've been afraid. Intrigued? Well it doesn't hold my final theory test from last semester (and believe that is something to be afraid of), nor is it filled with unwashed dishes or moldy sandwich containers (which believe me are no a stranger to my room). It is actually something that in itself is not frightening at all that is because it is not the item I fear but the association I have with them. I fear that acknowledging the bag and its contents will remind me of their owner and thus remind what I no longer have. But it's time. I can't just return the bag, because there is so much I could gain from it.
It is filled with Cd's. Not exactly scary, I know. There are 25 and they are organized in order of importance of listening. They are all related to jazz and its history in some way and are all important for me to listen to - and not JUST listen to. The owner specifically instructed that the liner notes must be read along with listening to the Cd. So that I will do. I am going to listen to all of those 25 Cd's and read all 25 liner notes and write about my my experience listening to all 25 Cd's in the next 30 days - at which point I will return the bag to its owner and be done with it!
So tomorrow I will begin. In fact I've started listening tonight just for fun. Item number one: A Night At The Village Vanguard , Sonny Rollins. So far so good.
And on that note, I'm going to take some Tylenol and hop into bed. See you tomorrow!
Listen to Sonny's first chorus on Woody and You, textbook understatement, a friend of mine that played in Elvin Jones band said Elvin always complained about not getting paid at all for that record.
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