Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.

Well, everything’s much better today.  Jim did indeed go to the passport office today and got that dealt with.  Now he says he does want to do the show.  Said he had a mental block about travelling so far away, but he thought about it and got over the urge to stay home.  Now he’s excited about it, so I’m excited too!

What am I going to tell Ryan Hembrey?  "Dude, I got offered a trip to Norway with one other person, but it’s not you." Argh.  Now I feel pretty guilty for not asking him first.  I hope he’ll understand… but what is there to understand?  Ryan’s been playing with me for four years and knows every song in my fucking catalog, so it’s not fair.

Jim’s coming over a little later to record, says he’ll be here at five or six.  With beer.  John’s practicing tonight, with either Family Haircut or his own band.  Did I tell you he’s putting a band together to perform his own songs?  I think it’s high time.  Speaking of which, John wrote another new song over the weekend and played it for me, and it rocked.