My first gig, finding a bike, and road rash....

Again, 3 stories:

1. I had my first gig yesterday - a wedding right near Elbow Beach, on South Shore Road. Now, I've played a million wedding gigs before, and this one was actually pretty standard. We even used the same music that we do in the states (the Wedding Album stuff for trio). This gig felt really long, though, because it was a Catholic wedding (hello, mass....) and because we didn't play for all of the parts that we usually would: the Unity Candle, Communion, etc. Instead, we just played some prelude music, some shit for the bridesmaids, and then for the signing of the register and some exit music for the guests. So, basically, we just kind of sat there and watched the wedding for about an hour while we weren't playing. It made the gig easier, but it felt really long. Although, I can't really complain about getting the 2 hour rate for only playing for about 15 minutes.

2. I think I might have found a suitable bike to purchase. I'm going to look at it today - it's a TGB 50cc bike, and it's only $850, which is more than in my budget. It apparently has one of those boxes on the back to carry stuff to keep it safe from the rain, etc. I'm going to look at it today, so hopefully it will be a good solid deal.

3. There's a pretty common saying to everyone who gets a bike and plans to ride it for an extended period of time: "Everyone falls off the bike sometime." Well, my sometime came last Tuesday. It was raining, and I guess I took a corner a bit too sharp, and totally just fell over onto my left side. Luckily, I wasn't going fast enough to get hurt too badly - just a little scrape on my arm and just below my hand. It was actually my ego that was more damaged than anything. But, I feel like a real Bermudian now, with my first case of road rash.