25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 16

 25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 16

Goal: Play in the Subway 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 25 days making at least 1080.00, which will cover all my bills for January.

Updated 1/20/15
Need 750
1/21/15                                   15.00
1/22/15                                   27.00

Below Goal: 58
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 4
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week

For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 27
TIME: 2
WHERE: Lasalle 
CD's Sold: 0
Temp: High 34, Low 28, Current 32, feels like 25
This isn't nearly as earth shattering as when its -10. BUT - I am not - definitely not - complaining. :)

I'm headed to the CTA office this morning for a new licence. Mine expired 2 days ago, and I can't play at Washington or Jackson without it.

Another day. Another stack of one dollar bills.
Anyone seen Magic Mike? The movie about the male stripper? Its like that. :) When he's straightening out his dollars. :) :) :) Its one of the best parts of the day. Facing them all, making a neat stack of the chaos. Its a beautiful beautiful thing. A small thing. A great reward at the end of a long day.

Sometimes - I think I have this beautiful, romantic, sensational Idea of myself. Of who I am. Of what I do. Its justified - Its perfect - It's fulfilling in a thousand ways. Its everything I never knew I dreamed.
And then I laugh and think -
- "Good lord kid. You're 28, and you play guitar in the subway to pay your bills." -
And then I laugh, And  I remember -
That in February, all my bills are already taken care of - solely from acting work. And how excited I am about that.
And then I laugh - and think -
I'm excited because all my bills will be paid for one month.
And then I laugh hard - from the guuuuut. Right from the belly - form The Heart of Laughter.

This is where I'm at. This is it. This is who I am. Day in, day out. Month to month.
And I love it - Not because everything about it is perfect. But - because I love it all - the good, and the bad. I think that's what love is. When you just love - Hell, Heaven, or High Water -  and when it's hard, you decide to love. The good and the bad.

Remember that day I got to go play in the subway for 4 hours?

That was a good day.

You're all champions -
Ryan

EDIT:
Totally forgot to post this first one to Facebook before I left - so you're getting a double header.

Today wasn't fantastic, but It worked. Couple of fives saved my butt. It took me forever to get out of the house. Which, is a huge problem always - but - you know - one day at a time.

I'm exhausted. I'm not entirely sure why. Today wasn't all that stressful. I only played for 2 hours and then went to rehearsal. I don't know. I'm probably still sick, and so my body needs extra sleep but I'm just tanked.

Tomorrow - However - Tomorrow I figure out how to attach a Uke - to my guitar. Its for James and the Giant Peach - but - I'm gona use it in the subway. The UKEGUITAR. Uke on top, Guitar on Bottom. There will be pictures. It will be glorious. I think , that just having them attached will make me more money- I don't know. At least in the beginning. As long as I play em both juuuuuust a little, I'll fool people into thinking I actually play them at the same time :) :) :)

As for tonight - its medicine time for phil - and I have two gallons of mead to rack before I finally sleep.

Ryan