Epiphone, Price and Nails

Today I woke up at 7 and 8, put on my church pants and went to church. Most of my group were not there, but it all worked out. After church, I got several compliments on my mandolin playing. It was awkward, because attention is not the reason I play, and I am not trying to distract people from what they otherwise would be doing in a church situation.

When I got home, I took off my church pants and went back to bed. An hour or so later, I woke up and finished reading Three Men on the Bummel. One of the last chapters was interesting, and displayed one of the more peculiar remnants of Prussian culture. What I am talking about is the German mensur. A mensur is when a group of young Germans get together and fight with swords. The goal of a mensur is to show your character by not reacting to pain. For a mensur to take place, two Germans stand face to face and attempt to scar the face of the other. There is no winner or loser, but apparently the one with the most cuts is a hero.. Also, did you know that German females are greatly attracted to excessive facial lacerations? This apparently still happens today.

At 1, I drove over the Chris Vickery's house to play music. Chris played stand up bass, and I played mandolin. The result was actually very nice, but there was a lot of empty space between the bass and the mandolin.. There needs to be a guitarist to fill out the sound.

I also rode the bike.

And watched TV.. and built a deck..

And checked how many views I have on Youtube..

And ate dinner, which was delicious.

And drove to Troy.

I also got pretty board, and read a lot..