I just had my first show of the semester. Just like always I was nervous, like really really nervous. Specially because I was going after a really good singer. After I got off stage I couldn't muster up enough courage to talk to everyone to get their reaction so I started packing my stuff in the back. Finally I asked someone who would be a good judge of things about how the sound was and he said it was pretty good. Finally I took a big gulp and went into the audience and my friends surrounded me and praised me. Some other people liked it too.. I hope they were being honest. I looked at the video and was actually quite happy with my performance later that night. I have two more shows coming up, one this coming weekend and another the weekend after. This is my favorite time of the year when I get to do something I really appreciate and I get to take my mind off all the other pains of life. I still can't believe the things going around about me... here I've been trying to avoid something like this forever.