Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

The theme of the afternoon was "Ouch!". The dominant concept for the evening will be more pleasant: 'new-guitar-case smell'.

It almost (important word, that) seems a shame to toss out my old brown guitar case with the orange lining after it has served me for so very long. Thing is, it's pretty much used up.

The new case is ordinary and black, would be boring except for being so ShinyNew!1!, but it's whole and solid and does not need to be held shut with a bungee cord. And I have a silver Sharpie marker and paint-pens in a few colours, so when I feel like I've got the patience and coordination I can fix the "ordinary" part easily enough. (And it'll acquire battle-scars over time, regardless.) It's heavier than the one it replaced; it seems heavier than the blue one as well but I haven't weighed them ... and it's well documented that black objects feel heavier than light-coloured objects of the same mass (to sighted humans). It also looks a lot bigger, until I line it up right next to the blue case. I think the Shiny!!1 takes up an extra centimeter or two in each direction, or something, and it'll seem normal sized once it gets enough scratches and dust on it.

The new case is reassuringly solid.

Now I just have to get used to not looking for the brown one when I'm fetching my cases to pack up at the end of a gig.

Toe still hurts, but I guess it stopped bleeding as expected after not-very-long, since it didn't soak all the way through the bandage. I haven't removed the bandage to look at it yet. Methinks I'll want to rubber-band a baggie over it when I take a shower.