Schrodinger's Cat

there will be a delay?

Shorthand is doing my head in - it's got to the point where the more practice I do the slower I get as the stress cramps my hand up. Ironic that I'm getting offered temporary paid journalism work now, so can obviously do the job, but missing classes to get the bit of paper that says I can as a result.

So looks like I'm going to postpone the gig this Sunday. I'm getting back from Nelson and then have an early start off to Paraparaumu to work at the Kapiti Observer for the week. Better to do a well organised gig later than a rush job one.

Latest idea niggling at me is that maybe I should spend the first half of next year doing the Jazz Foundation Course at Massey, as a prelude to taking Ascension Band to Australia. I want to be on top form musically if I'm to be an 'international artist'. Postponing would also give us time to put in a Creative NZ application to get some funding for it.

So maybe yet another change of direction for me? I've spent the past several years feeling frustrated that although I have ideas, my technically primitive musicianship has been holding me back from where I should be. And my artistic endeavours are infinitely more important than whatever I might do for a dayjob...