March 7th, 2004.

The last week has been really encouraging. There has been beautiful weather, and really good audiences, and even good CD sales. There have been llamas and kisses and kindness and art. All in all, a fantastic week. A week that makes me think (hope) that pretty soon, maybe we won’t merely be surviving, but we’ll be REALLY “Living the Dream” – and maybe even getting to be that little extra bit of proactive in the world. Who knows.

I drew on Heather while waiting for the open mic to start. I used to do this while waiting for everyone else to finish tests in school, and the teachers all worried that I'd die of ink poisoning. Then I would do it "for luck" before Tae-Kwon-Do tournaments, and my teachers there would all accuse me Satanism. Sigh. — I drew on Heather while waiting for the open mic to start. I used to do this while waiting for everyone else to finish tests in school, and the teachers all worried that I’d die of ink poisoning. Then I would do it “for luck” before Tae-Kwon-Do tournaments, and my teachers there would all accuse me of Satanism.
Sigh.

Friday night we played one of Joe Isaacs’ “Songs that Matter” showcases. We shared the stage with Might Could and Joe Isaacs himself, and just generally made a nuisance of ourselves by having a fantastic time.

Last night, we played College Perk - and Amy Law got up on stage with us for a song. She's got a beautiful voice, and she and Mitzi used to sing with ilyAIMY back at the Jahva House alot - I'm glad to recapture some of that magic. — Last night, we played College Perk – and Amy Law got up on stage with us for a song. She’s got a beautiful voice, and she and Mitzi used to sing with ilyAIMY back at the Jahva House alot – I’m glad to recapture some of that magic.

We convinced Amy Law to join us on stage for “In the Water”, and Sharif managed to make it out to make it a true ilyAIMY trio experience. We filled College Perk with all kinds of goodness, and I just felt so awesome about how the night went down.

Recently, I’ve felt that I’ve lost my grip on the audience. There have been a whole lot of contributing factors to that – but it all centres around confidence. And when you lose your confidence, you do poorly, and when you do poorly, you lose your confidence. It’s pretty damned cyclical.