25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 24
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
1/27/15 34.00
1/28/15 00.00
1/29/15 44.00
Below Goal: 176
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 21
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual:
TIME:
WHERE:
CD's Sold:
Temp: High 37, Low 21, Current 35, feels like 23
The difference between this winter and last winter, is so, insanely huge.
We're coming up on the last stretch of this race. Its going to be more than 25 days, but I basically have 3, maybe 4 days of playing left. and if I make 50, or close to 50 on each of them, with some finite finagling, bills will be paid, and I will rejoice in not having to go downtown for a good bit of time after February 5th.
To the Subway Batman!
Ryan
Friday, January 30, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 23
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 23
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
1/27/15 34.00
1/28/15 00.00
1/29/15 44.00
Below Goal: 176
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 21
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 44
TIME: 5
WHERE: Clark/Division, Monroe Red, Monroe Blue, Lasalle
CD's Sold: 0
Temp: High 37, Low 21, Current 35, feels like 23
The difference between this winter and last winter, is so, insanely huge.
And I'm off! I'm finishing a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch ( The best cereal on the continental and sub continental regions of planet Earth) and I'm headed out.
I'm supposed to meet this fella at Jackson Blue to get a copy of something he filmed weeks back. We'll see if it pans out.
Talk to yall later tonight!
Ryan
UPDATE
Today was a marathon. Not only did I play for the entire 5 hours, but I was kicked out of every station I went to besides Lasalle. I've never been kicked from so many stations in a day.
SO I realized I haven't given yall a play-by-play of a day in the subway for a long time and today is a great day for that. So here goes.
I left at 10:15 - which is remarkable for me and earlier than I've left any other day this month.
I get off at lake, use the restroom in the Daley Center, walk to Washington. Jose - the blind dude who plays killer guitar riffs - is there. He tells me its locked up. Kevin is coming and then the fellas who sing accapella after him.
So I roll to Jackson Blue - Mohammed is leaving, and Ozzy is setting up, so I head to Clark/Lake, which I've never been to.
I play at Clark/Lake for about 30 minutes, make 7 dollars, and the K9 dude shows up. I pack it all up the second I see him, and he doesn't take my licence away (Cause I'm on the 3rd strike with this one dude. One more time, and he takes it, and I'm out another 15 bucks for another one).
So, I wait 8 minutes for the southbound train and check in at Jackson Red - Accapella dudes are there - They tell me Ron is coming at 2 and I should check back at 2 - but I know ron - and he's gona sing past 5, which is when i'm leaving, so its not worth my time.
Its 12:30 now and I'm at Monroe Red - I make really great money for an hour and 15 minutes. prolly 20ish dollars, and then I get booted by a CTA worker, who's superior is coming down on him for letting me play and not kicking me earlier.
Off to Monroe blue - its 2:00 now. I make 8 dollars.
Its 3 now. I make 7 dollars.
At 3:45, a dude, who hangs around between Monroe Blue and Jackson and may or may not be homeless, tells me he's going to Mcdonalds and asks me if I want anything (It's ok - I know him. I see him all the time. We talk, we laugh, he discretely asks folks for change, I ask folks for dollars in exchange for my lofty notes. We're pals.) I give him 1.20 and he brings me a McChicken - which - is absolutely glorious, and only makes me feel sick for about 30 minutes.
4:07 I'm booted from Monroe Blue - a First.
At this point I'm basically sounding like Ralphie's dad in a Christmas Story, talking under my breath. Who know's what I said, but I'm assuredly going to hell for it.
I roll to Lasalle, make 7 dollars thanks to a nice boy, who, I really think saw how upset I was ( Because I wasn't playing music. I was just standing there with my Ukitar staring at the wall wondering how on earth I was going to motivate myself to play for another 30 minutes - And - at the same time, deciding if I should throw my Uke at the wall) And I call it quits at 4:45 because I can't take the feeling of all this stuff hanging off my body any longer.
I get on the train with a backpack, a guitar, and a ukulele, I eat my sandwich and chips. I finish reading Zenocide, I get to rehearsal an hour early, I sit in the greenroom for an hour, getting rid of all the frustration of the day, get out of rehearsal at 10:30, ride the bus home, pour a cup of throat coat and a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch, write a blog post, give Phil his meds, Prolly play some silly game for 20 minutes - turn on my electric blanket to 4 - and call it a good, hard, very long day.
OH and I GOT that Video from Smokey while at Monroe Blue - But its in a wierd format - so I don't know how to upload it yet.
AND THAT WAS MY DAY!
It was long, hard, not very glorious, and I didn't even make a full 50 dollars, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I came very close, and I played for 5 hours. I'm gona call that good folks. Good as good.
Alright - Night time.
Ryan
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
1/27/15 34.00
1/28/15 00.00
1/29/15 44.00
Below Goal: 176
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 21
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 44
TIME: 5
WHERE: Clark/Division, Monroe Red, Monroe Blue, Lasalle
CD's Sold: 0
Temp: High 37, Low 21, Current 35, feels like 23
The difference between this winter and last winter, is so, insanely huge.
And I'm off! I'm finishing a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch ( The best cereal on the continental and sub continental regions of planet Earth) and I'm headed out.
I'm supposed to meet this fella at Jackson Blue to get a copy of something he filmed weeks back. We'll see if it pans out.
Talk to yall later tonight!
Ryan
UPDATE
Today was a marathon. Not only did I play for the entire 5 hours, but I was kicked out of every station I went to besides Lasalle. I've never been kicked from so many stations in a day.
SO I realized I haven't given yall a play-by-play of a day in the subway for a long time and today is a great day for that. So here goes.
I left at 10:15 - which is remarkable for me and earlier than I've left any other day this month.
I get off at lake, use the restroom in the Daley Center, walk to Washington. Jose - the blind dude who plays killer guitar riffs - is there. He tells me its locked up. Kevin is coming and then the fellas who sing accapella after him.
So I roll to Jackson Blue - Mohammed is leaving, and Ozzy is setting up, so I head to Clark/Lake, which I've never been to.
I play at Clark/Lake for about 30 minutes, make 7 dollars, and the K9 dude shows up. I pack it all up the second I see him, and he doesn't take my licence away (Cause I'm on the 3rd strike with this one dude. One more time, and he takes it, and I'm out another 15 bucks for another one).
So, I wait 8 minutes for the southbound train and check in at Jackson Red - Accapella dudes are there - They tell me Ron is coming at 2 and I should check back at 2 - but I know ron - and he's gona sing past 5, which is when i'm leaving, so its not worth my time.
Its 12:30 now and I'm at Monroe Red - I make really great money for an hour and 15 minutes. prolly 20ish dollars, and then I get booted by a CTA worker, who's superior is coming down on him for letting me play and not kicking me earlier.
Off to Monroe blue - its 2:00 now. I make 8 dollars.
Its 3 now. I make 7 dollars.
At 3:45, a dude, who hangs around between Monroe Blue and Jackson and may or may not be homeless, tells me he's going to Mcdonalds and asks me if I want anything (It's ok - I know him. I see him all the time. We talk, we laugh, he discretely asks folks for change, I ask folks for dollars in exchange for my lofty notes. We're pals.) I give him 1.20 and he brings me a McChicken - which - is absolutely glorious, and only makes me feel sick for about 30 minutes.
4:07 I'm booted from Monroe Blue - a First.
At this point I'm basically sounding like Ralphie's dad in a Christmas Story, talking under my breath. Who know's what I said, but I'm assuredly going to hell for it.
I roll to Lasalle, make 7 dollars thanks to a nice boy, who, I really think saw how upset I was ( Because I wasn't playing music. I was just standing there with my Ukitar staring at the wall wondering how on earth I was going to motivate myself to play for another 30 minutes - And - at the same time, deciding if I should throw my Uke at the wall) And I call it quits at 4:45 because I can't take the feeling of all this stuff hanging off my body any longer.
I get on the train with a backpack, a guitar, and a ukulele, I eat my sandwich and chips. I finish reading Zenocide, I get to rehearsal an hour early, I sit in the greenroom for an hour, getting rid of all the frustration of the day, get out of rehearsal at 10:30, ride the bus home, pour a cup of throat coat and a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch, write a blog post, give Phil his meds, Prolly play some silly game for 20 minutes - turn on my electric blanket to 4 - and call it a good, hard, very long day.
OH and I GOT that Video from Smokey while at Monroe Blue - But its in a wierd format - so I don't know how to upload it yet.
AND THAT WAS MY DAY!
It was long, hard, not very glorious, and I didn't even make a full 50 dollars, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I came very close, and I played for 5 hours. I'm gona call that good folks. Good as good.
Alright - Night time.
Ryan
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 22
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 22
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
1/27/15 34.00
1/28/15 00.00
Below Goal: 170
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 21
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 0
TIME: 0
WHERE:
CD's Sold:
Temp: High 31, Low 24, Current 30, feels like 21
Took a break today.
Unplanned break.
Not in the plans.
No call.
No show.
I feel insanely guilty about it.
It was 11 am.
Breakfast was finished
Pals had left
My body said
"No, Absolutely no."
And I stayed home.
And then I wrote a poem about it.
Ryan
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
1/27/15 34.00
1/28/15 00.00
Below Goal: 170
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 21
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 0
TIME: 0
WHERE:
CD's Sold:
Temp: High 31, Low 24, Current 30, feels like 21
Took a break today.
Unplanned break.
Not in the plans.
No call.
No show.
I feel insanely guilty about it.
It was 11 am.
Breakfast was finished
Pals had left
My body said
"No, Absolutely no."
And I stayed home.
And then I wrote a poem about it.
Ryan
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 21
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 21
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
1/27/15 34.00
Below Goal: 120
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 16
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 34
TIME: 2.5
WHERE: Monroe
CD's Sold: 1
Temp: High 31, Low 24, Current 30, feels like 21 - Clear
Father winter is back, showing his Gnarly little head.
This is - most definitely, my favorite breakfast on the planet.
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
1/27/15 34.00
Below Goal: 120
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 16
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 34
TIME: 2.5
WHERE: Monroe
CD's Sold: 1
Temp: High 31, Low 24, Current 30, feels like 21 - Clear
Father winter is back, showing his Gnarly little head.
This is - most definitely, my favorite breakfast on the planet.
The glass of very, very suspect cloudy yellow, is, infact.... Emergen - C :)
French toast has always been one of my favorite foods. However, its something that falls off my radar at times - And I forget how easy it is to make. I make some kind of eggs every morning - and all you have to do, is dip the bread in the eggs before you cook em. What? Holy biscuits. How could I forget how easy that is?
So I've been making up for lost time and have eaten french toast 6 out of 7 days this week. :)
Would you believe it if I told you I'm on target to leave ON TIME and get a FULL 5 hour day in? Or very close to on time. I still have to give Phil his anti-biotics and that can take some serious time some mornings - BUT - I'm very very close.
Wait - no - Now I'm behind. 15 minutes has gone by because I got distracted picking out The Water is Wide on Nathan Scheetz guitar.
THIS is what Happens! FOCUS WESTWOOD.
So, I'm guessing, that by the end of today, I'll have "Hey Soul Sister" down pretty solid. Cause Oh Susannah is only about 1:45, and lord knows I'm gona get bored of that pretty quick. :)
ALRIGHT!
I'm off.
Have a great day folks. Stay warm. And thank ht heavens you're not in New York today with their 2 feet of snow. :)
Ryan
EDIT.
Such big plans we have. 5 hours plans, 6 hour plans. 2.5 hour plans.
Today was a fairly regular day. But I realized today that my plan is flawed. There is no way, that I can leave at 11, and play for 5 hours straight, and leave at 5. There's just no way. There's time gone from checking in at spots, and time gone from inevitable bathroom breaks.
I feel like this month has been more about time than anything else. Last year it was about the cold, and every dollar - this year its about time. I think - but who knows really :)
I talked with Will Steel into the wee hours of the morning tonight about Oregon Adventure Theatre, what's next, and what the plans are for this summer. Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing - In rep, in backyards, across Portland, through September. Some things just sound perfect. Don't they?
Folks - Its been a hard day. A day where you look back and think - I've had it with this day job. It was great for a bit, but - I'm very very over it. And its not even the playing the guitar and singing. Its the Carrying all the coats, and the guitar, and the uke, and my backpack, down to the subway, to all the stops checking in. Then to rehearsal, on all the buses. Then home, on the buses and trains.
I feel like a crazy bag lady with all my gear. There's too much to sit comfortably in 1 seat. especially if I decide to buy groceries on the way home like I did tonight. Then there's so much stuff, that I start getting angry at it - Like its all this stuff's fault I'm in a bad mood.
I forgot how hard it was. Playing this much. And in the long run and the large scheme of it all, its not ACTUALLY that much. Some jobs are hard. Coal miners. They have hard jobs. This is cake. But we all need to complain once in a while right? It feels very out of character. I don't understand it.
But - regardless of it all. Tomorrow, I will eat breakfast with Ashley Spessard, I will write a blog post, I will give Phil his Anti-Biotics, I will go to the subway and play for 3-5 hours, I will go to rehearsal and pretend to be a Scottish grasshopper, I will come home, give Phil his anti-biotics, write a blog post, do something ridiculous for at least 15 minutes - and curl up in my electric blanket and let it whisper me to sleep.
Love - from Ryan and the very upset hedgehog on his lap
- Good night
EDIT.
Such big plans we have. 5 hours plans, 6 hour plans. 2.5 hour plans.
Today was a fairly regular day. But I realized today that my plan is flawed. There is no way, that I can leave at 11, and play for 5 hours straight, and leave at 5. There's just no way. There's time gone from checking in at spots, and time gone from inevitable bathroom breaks.
I feel like this month has been more about time than anything else. Last year it was about the cold, and every dollar - this year its about time. I think - but who knows really :)
I talked with Will Steel into the wee hours of the morning tonight about Oregon Adventure Theatre, what's next, and what the plans are for this summer. Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing - In rep, in backyards, across Portland, through September. Some things just sound perfect. Don't they?
Folks - Its been a hard day. A day where you look back and think - I've had it with this day job. It was great for a bit, but - I'm very very over it. And its not even the playing the guitar and singing. Its the Carrying all the coats, and the guitar, and the uke, and my backpack, down to the subway, to all the stops checking in. Then to rehearsal, on all the buses. Then home, on the buses and trains.
I feel like a crazy bag lady with all my gear. There's too much to sit comfortably in 1 seat. especially if I decide to buy groceries on the way home like I did tonight. Then there's so much stuff, that I start getting angry at it - Like its all this stuff's fault I'm in a bad mood.
I forgot how hard it was. Playing this much. And in the long run and the large scheme of it all, its not ACTUALLY that much. Some jobs are hard. Coal miners. They have hard jobs. This is cake. But we all need to complain once in a while right? It feels very out of character. I don't understand it.
But - regardless of it all. Tomorrow, I will eat breakfast with Ashley Spessard, I will write a blog post, I will give Phil his Anti-Biotics, I will go to the subway and play for 3-5 hours, I will go to rehearsal and pretend to be a Scottish grasshopper, I will come home, give Phil his anti-biotics, write a blog post, do something ridiculous for at least 15 minutes - and curl up in my electric blanket and let it whisper me to sleep.
Love - from Ryan and the very upset hedgehog on his lap
- Good night
Monday, January 26, 2015
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 20
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 20
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
Below Goal: 94
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 14
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 29
TIME: 2
WHERE: Chicago, Jackson
CD's Sold: 0
Temp: High 29, Low 28, Current 26, feels like 21 - Light Snow
Father winter is back, showing his Gnarly little head.
Today has been one of those days where you have enormous plans. Huge plans. And then they slip away from you 10 minutes at a time.
Nut however frustrating the morning was, I have something very special, and very important to show you all.
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
1/26/15 29.00
Below Goal: 94
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 14
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 29
TIME: 2
WHERE: Chicago, Jackson
CD's Sold: 0
Temp: High 29, Low 28, Current 26, feels like 21 - Light Snow
Father winter is back, showing his Gnarly little head.
Today has been one of those days where you have enormous plans. Huge plans. And then they slip away from you 10 minutes at a time.
Nut however frustrating the morning was, I have something very special, and very important to show you all.
THE UKITAR
You know whats holding it together? Picture hanging velcro. 4 strips. 4.29 at Sears. It holds 16 lbs of weight. Which means I can pick the whole thing up by the Ukulele, and its solid.
My huge plans for the day, were to leave around 1, play for 3 or 4 hours at Monroe, take a break, and head to grand or Chicago at 6 with Mo and play for another 3 hours. But its 3 PM, and I'm just leaving, which is problematic. But it is what it is.
I can barely play the Uke right now. I know 4 chords. C, G, Am, and F. And I know about 2/3s of "Oh Sussanna" and "Hey Soul Sister". The real joy, and success of the Ukitar is not that it will undoubtedly make me more money just for having it, or that eventually, I'll be able to do really crazy, fun things like switching back and forth. No - The real awesome power of this new instrument - Is that It will force me to learn how to play the Uke, because it will be with me every day. And that's a cool cool thing.
So I'm off. Mo and I may meet up tonight with the fellow that took that amazing photo of us at City News and shoot some video - but it also may fall through because We haven't locked down a place to do it. I'll keep you updated.
Ryan
So the Ukitar is a hit. :)
I opened up my case at Chicago and made 9 dollars right off the bat playing Oh Susannah. Brilliant.
I now know all the lyrics to that song - See - Progress. :)
Mo and I met up at Jackson and filmed some music with Bill Motchan, the guy from City News who took that incredible photo last Saturday. He said He'd get the footage up on YouTube within the week - so I just can't wait for that.
I've started working on learning the music for my next show, Spoon River Anthology, and its all very very lovely - The kind of thing that just gets stuck in your head all day long.
I'm music directing Spoon River - Its going up at Oakton Community College in April.
Which, is something I have zero experience in. I mean none. I don't even think I've taught a single person, in my life, an entire song. But the woman who's directing it knows me and said, "You can just learn the music, and then teach it to these kids like you're in a jam session with them. Just learn the melody and a harmony or two, and sing it, and have em sing it back."
What?
But I'm going to do it. I'm about as nervous as nervous gets, because I have to convince these kids - and the musicians we hire - that I know something about music. - Maybe not though - Maybe I just tell em all up front that its going to be a fun lil roller coaster and to keep their arms and legs inside the ride at all times for their own safty.
At any rate
Here's my first take on the first song of the show.
Thu thu thu thu thu thu Thats all folks!
Ryan
So the Ukitar is a hit. :)
I opened up my case at Chicago and made 9 dollars right off the bat playing Oh Susannah. Brilliant.
I now know all the lyrics to that song - See - Progress. :)
Mo and I met up at Jackson and filmed some music with Bill Motchan, the guy from City News who took that incredible photo last Saturday. He said He'd get the footage up on YouTube within the week - so I just can't wait for that.
I've started working on learning the music for my next show, Spoon River Anthology, and its all very very lovely - The kind of thing that just gets stuck in your head all day long.
I'm music directing Spoon River - Its going up at Oakton Community College in April.
Which, is something I have zero experience in. I mean none. I don't even think I've taught a single person, in my life, an entire song. But the woman who's directing it knows me and said, "You can just learn the music, and then teach it to these kids like you're in a jam session with them. Just learn the melody and a harmony or two, and sing it, and have em sing it back."
What?
But I'm going to do it. I'm about as nervous as nervous gets, because I have to convince these kids - and the musicians we hire - that I know something about music. - Maybe not though - Maybe I just tell em all up front that its going to be a fun lil roller coaster and to keep their arms and legs inside the ride at all times for their own safty.
At any rate
Here's my first take on the first song of the show.
Thu thu thu thu thu thu Thats all folks!
Ryan
Sunday, January 25, 2015
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 19
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 19
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
Below Goal: 73
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 11
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual:
TIME:
WHERE:
CD's Sold:
Temp: High 36, Low 24, Current 33, feels like 31
Its snowing again! I feel like its been weeks!
Man Seeing those zeros up there is hard.
This is one of those days where I can't work. Its not really possible because of rehearsals, and train schedules. I'm leaving in 10 minutes for rehearsal, and by the time I could get to the subway it would be 8 pm. On a Sunday, which is just not worth it. Because I could get home at 7, 730 and get a lot of things done that still need done.
So, I'm working a double tomorrow, on my day off from rehearsals in an attempt to make up for today. Its gona be rough and hard, but hopefully I'll be playing with Mo the second half, and that will help push me along.
To rehearsal ladies and gentlemen.
Hopfully I'll have a picture of a new instrument I'm creating called the UKITAR for you all later today................
Ryan
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
1/25/15 00.00
Below Goal: 73
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 11
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual:
TIME:
WHERE:
CD's Sold:
Temp: High 36, Low 24, Current 33, feels like 31
Its snowing again! I feel like its been weeks!
Man Seeing those zeros up there is hard.
This is one of those days where I can't work. Its not really possible because of rehearsals, and train schedules. I'm leaving in 10 minutes for rehearsal, and by the time I could get to the subway it would be 8 pm. On a Sunday, which is just not worth it. Because I could get home at 7, 730 and get a lot of things done that still need done.
So, I'm working a double tomorrow, on my day off from rehearsals in an attempt to make up for today. Its gona be rough and hard, but hopefully I'll be playing with Mo the second half, and that will help push me along.
To rehearsal ladies and gentlemen.
Hopfully I'll have a picture of a new instrument I'm creating called the UKITAR for you all later today................
Ryan
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 18
25 days, $1080, And a Bucket of Stories - Day 18
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
Below Goal: 23
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 6
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 56
TIME: 2
WHERE: City News Cafe
CD's Sold: 5
Temp: High 37, Low 32, Current 35, feels like 29
The weather makes no difference because I was INSIDE~
So Today I went to City News Cafe in Portage Park to play with Mo Hubbard for two hours.
I keep on finishing posts, and then forgetting to post them. Sorry pals.
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
1/23/15 85.00
1/24/15 56.00
Below Goal: 23
Above Goal:
Under Hours: 6
Over Hours:
Total Days off taken
Days off this week
For Today
Goal: 50
Actual: 56
TIME: 2
WHERE: City News Cafe
CD's Sold: 5
Temp: High 37, Low 32, Current 35, feels like 29
The weather makes no difference because I was INSIDE~
So Today I went to City News Cafe in Portage Park to play with Mo Hubbard for two hours.
- Check out this amazing photo that a fella named Bill took -
Isn't that just - the sexiest photo on the planet?
While you're ogling over how good we look, check out our video on YouTube
Mo and I got a fee of 50 bucks for the show, and then made 62 bucks in CD sales and tips - which, for two hours, on a slow Saturday at City news, I thought was pretty darn good.
Technically we made 63 in tips. So we ripped the dollar in half.
You see, Mo said, if you take at least 51% of a dollar bill to a bank, they will treat it as legal tender. So I said I was going to take about 65% of it, and take it to the bank Monday. We'll see what happens.
Ryan
I keep on finishing posts, and then forgetting to post them. Sorry pals.
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