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That is a bit scary. I used to have similar dreams. I'd wake up in a sweat panicked I forgot to take a final for a college class.

Good luck with your barre chords!

HWM: These dreams seem to be pretty common. Is there a cure? I suppose they're not as disturbing as the ones where my teeth turn soft and start falling out. Ewwww.

Very cool F chord - had I had that at 16, I might have kept playing.

I generally do not take the LSB to birthday parties - only once in a great while for a very special child. If I don't mention it, any talk of invitations at school falls out of her head pretty fast. I have decided she will get family parties until Kindergarten and, well, this policy makes that a lot easier. They just keep going once you start..year after year after year....so anyway Lucia is lucky you care(:

Alkelda: I've been meaning to say, I greatly admire you for learning an instrument as an adult. I've played guitar since I was 11, but I reached that "high school plateau" where I have not made any improvement whatsoever over my 16-year-old self. In fact my 16-year-old self was much better than my 36-year-old self because she practiced.

I am also hampered by that scourge or wannabee guitarists everywhere: tiny fingers. Barre chords are pretty much a no-go area, and F is really the only one I could ever hit. If I ever ran across a song with B flats in it, I'd just get out the capo and transpose.

Goddess: Normally, I'd transpose, too, but those darn-tootin' Beatles are tricky, and some of my favorite songs have B and B flat chords that cannot be transposed except into trickier keys. If you want to take up guitar again, by the way, I will be supportive of you.:) Thanks for the note of encouragement, by the way. I do appreciate it.

LSM: I think you have a sensible policy. Thus far, we haven't gone to a great many birthday parties, and those parties are usually relatively low key. I've placed the kaibosh on pizza-video-amusement ride parties because of the overstimulation-- we are a family of three introverts, after all.

Oh, I am reminded of the one pizza-game parlour party I went to in 5th grade, I think. It was at a place called "Shakey's," and on the way out, there was a light-up fortunetelling slot machine. We each got a turn, and my "fortune" was that I was "passionate." I asked a grownup what "passionate" meant, and she said, "Um, uh, it means intelligent."

Crikey! She could have said, "It means you really love what you do." However, I suspect she was thrown off by the 11 year old birthday girl getting the "Sexy" fortune. Egad.

Hey they spelt your name right! Fame at last!

Congrats!

Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Both of us have had a pretty good week!

Fantastic! Well done you. :)

Very nice sign. All that storytelling, all those little plastic letters. Nice.

I'm glad it went well, though I'm sorry to hear about your cold. Get better, you.

Jules, 7-Imp

Puff the Magic Dragon is the most bloody depressing children's song ever. I bought Peter, Paul and Mommy for the Prawn and ended up sniffling through the whole thing.

Jules: Thanks! I think I'm on the mend.

Blogapotamus: I just got a revised version of "Puff" from the daddy of the 1 year old. In this version, Jackie Papers returns with his son and they have a pleasant reunion. I was expecting Puff to eat Jackie and son, but then, perhaps I've seen too much "Teen Girl Squad."

Limpy99: I hope you've seen my "Revenge of the Giving Tree" post. I think perhaps I should post a "protagonists of children's literature who were really prats."

It's all those hot toddies. Mmm.

Jules

Mend! Mend!

Yay, you! How exciting!

Unfortunately - given my distant geographical location - I shall not be in attendance! By the way, my band would have been called... let me see... The 52nd State... or maybe... The Yorkshire Dales... or Alkelda and The Gleefuls... By the way - please don't feel miffed that I didn't pick you for a letter to yourself at thirteen... You were there but then I deleted you for some reason.

LSM and YP: I wish you could both be there. Fear not, I am not miffed that I didn't get tagged for a meme. Maybe you thought, "I already know what A the G would tell herself."

I don't want to know the reason... I'd like the nocturnal chickens to keep their aura of mystery.

Timothy: I don't blame you. I'm a fan of the Thomas Pynchon mystery, after all.

Unless I'm being an idiot (which is altogether possible today), I can't find a spot over there to leave a comment.

Anyway, just wanted to say those audiences are SO LUCKY to have you storytelling to them. Do they know that? That they should be grateful to not have some psychotic clown (they sound grateful; I'm just throwing my appreciation in the ring here).....

Hey Jules: You're not an idiot in this case or any case. There is no place to put a comment because I disabled comments for all but specific posts. I've hired someone to do a major overhaul of the website so that it won't run on a Blogger platform and look, well, like a website! Thanks for your comment here, though.:)

How very cool that you took a Stevenson poem and set it to music! Did you record your song?

Oooh, so cool! Did you make any videos to share with us? I want to see!

Woo hoo! I'm glad it went well! :)

You know, I tell "The Mosquito," too, which makes two stories we have in common. The pics on your other blog look fun. (Your daughter's red shoes (boots?) are amazing, by the by. Red shoes are the best.)

Tell Lucia that he's coming just as he gets to the front door.

TadMack: I have a rough cut on a mini-tape recorder, but as of now, I have no real recording equipment. I'm hoping to get help from my brother in that regard in the future.

Noodle: I have no video camera! I saw someone else pointing a video-camera (or a fancy photo camera), but as far as "fancy gadgets" go, I only recently got one of those small cell-phones that actually fit into the cell-phone pockets placed in purses and handbags. I could do serious damage with my clunker of a digital camera, too.;)

Adrienne: Yay! Do you do "The Farmer and the Yams" too, from the Story Vine? Those are the two string stories I know. I used to have a whole routine starting with the Eiffel tower and ending with Tarzan's underwear, but I've lost the knack. Those red shoes were a lucky Value Village find. I want some, too.

Limpy99: I may do just that. After all, what if Eric Herman gets stuck at his performance venue signing autographs on people's elbows?

Glad to hear it all went well. Since it's so nice out, why not do one in the park?

Lady K: Thanks! Don't forget, this is the Seattle rainy season. The fact that it was sunny yesterday was an anomaly. Today, it's back to the continual drip.

How about YouTube for those of us who are far away?

Congrats! Sounds so fun. Have fun with dinner. You'll probably have to take a picture of Lucia when she realizes Eric Herman is in the House of Glee. That will be priceless.

I haven't done the yams yet, though I know the story.

So cool! Congratulations!

Sounds wonderful! Buenas suerte!

Is a Kidfest where you get tankards of beer and you get to eat children? I would like mine medium rare please with a side order of roasted mushrooms...but NOT Lucia as she looks too tough for my gnashers!

YP, my Northern Troll: You've been reading too much Swift!

The A & W near my house has had a sign up for a couple weeks now advertising "TEENS: 2 FOR $6" Every time I pass it I think: What a deal! But on the other hand, maybe I should just wait five or six years and we'll have our own teen for free.

Bookbk: That sign makes me think the A&W is trying to sell off teens! It's almost like the "Free kittens and zucchini" sign, only "Teens: 2 for $6" is the better bargain. Teens have muscles.

This sounds great! Congratulations on the gig.

I hope to get to see you this weekend--will e-mail with details!

Bookbk: I'm looking forward to it! I hope we get to meet your family, too.

Sounds like it will be fun-- if it were closer, we'd love to come.

Have a good time!

Thanks, Charlotte! I wish you could be there, too.

YAY! Good job on this gig! Wish I could be there, but you know I'll be there in spirit. Break a leg, girl. I know you'll be spectacular!

I wish I could come see!!

Congrats!