step 27

tomorrow is our 27th wedding anniversary.

today is “officially” the first day of SACBO, but, because of the fact that it’s a caravan, interspersed with parties with people i, for the most part, don’t know, and places to view strange art (among other things, a “beaded fighter jet”??), i will not actually show up until tomorrow.

today i hope to finish the preparation for the grow room (hanging the mylar and the lights), and take clones from the most vigorous plant.

i have been elected to play the glockenspiel in the panto, this year, because kiki is “indisposed” (i.e. she will be on stage when the glockenspiel is supposed to be played). i actually HAVE a glockenspiel, one that i got off of freecycle, a few years ago, and i went out and bought a new pair of brass bell mallets, because now i have an excuse. 😉 however, it has one note, the middle A, which, instead of going “DING“, goes “DINK“… 😖 it has EXACTLY the same mechanisms holding it in place that the other keys do, and i have actually taken the key completely off the instrument, and inspected it closely for anything that might make a difference in the tone, but to no avail. i talked to the guy who works at lars’ old shop, who says he has never worked on a glockenspiel before, and i’m thinking of taking it to ted brown music and seeing if any of their repair technicians have any clues… otherwise the glockenspiel melody will go DING DING DING DING DINK DING DING DING DINK which, while somewhat amusing, is NOT appropriate for a panto.