Blisters, Beats and Blogging

So for the past while, I've been "playing till my fingers bled", as the song goes. I have some gnarly blisters on my fingers that aren't quite the calluses I need. On the other hand, I've mastered a few chords and am now, as Leah says, ready for punk songs. Heh. She says my goal as a guitar player is to make my way up to heavy metal songs, and once I can master those, then I get to pick what I want to play. Practicing at the station has been interesting. Turns out a few of the other guys also play instruments and are interested in getting a band together. They aren't too much more experienced than me, so we've been having some jam sessions--we're thinking of starting a band named after our station and doing charity gigs as the "musical firefighters." Leah is all behind it--she thinks it would be good exposure for me and a good way to get used to performing in front of people. In the meantime, I have more people search goodness for you all: this people search blog, and this people search private eye blog. Also, and don't get weired out--I found this interesting article about how to buy and sell real estate online. It's odd, but as a firefighter you start to appreciate the value of land, and I was thinking of getting into this as a way to make some extra cash. Firefighting is a young man's game, and I'm thinking ahead to my retirement--assuming I don't make it big as a musician that is. Always gotta have a back up plan though....