Below are the 14 most recent journal entries recorded in folkdj's LiveJournal:

Friday, December 16th, 2005
11:18 pm	Looking better this time Looking a little bit better this month! I seem to suffer less from stage fright lately, which is great news. I actually managed to look at the audience and concentrate more on entertaining them than on my own internal state. I did "Greensleeves" aka "What Child is This" as a ukulele solo, in the key of Dm. It's really just my usual guitar version (Am on the guitar) and depends very much on having a low G string. I am thinking of going to a high G string, as this is more uke-like - and hey, Jake does it that way. I think my improvement regarding stage fright is simply due to playing more in front of people. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, September 23rd, 2005
10:20 am	Me? A centrist Democrat? Yeah, I guess so You are a Social Liberal (68% permissive) and an... Economic Moderate (50% permissive) You are best described as a: Centrist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
9:49 am	NW Folklife 2005 Here I am playing on the stage of the Intiman Theater at NW Folklife 2005. I'm playing with 70 or 80 other ukulele players from SUPA. I have hat hair! In the picture on the right, Niels and I are wearing our silly hats, which Susan had the sense to avoid, it would seem. The rest of the pictures (taken by Pam's husband) are here. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005
11:22 pm	Strangle that uke! Arggh! This month I look really grim. And Susan is playing rhythm somewhere off to the side. So I'm not making much progress on the looking-good-while-performing front, but the song went well - my original arrangement of Stardust. Current Music: Alone in IZ World (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 17th, 2005
11:01 pm	March SUPA This month I played a solo piece at the SUPA open mike. It went well, but from this picture it doesn't look like I was having much fun. My stage fright wasn't too bad, but next time I must try to look a little more cheerful! Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Jake Shimabukuro (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 28th, 2004
12:52 pm	Playing an open mic I played a ukulele duet with my friend Susan Howell this month at the SUPA meeting. We played "How Could Red Riding Hood (Have Been So Very Good and Still Keep the Wolf From the Door)," a song from the 1920s. It went pretty well, but we sat too far apart! We just sat where the mikes were instead of moving them. Live and learn! (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 6th, 2004
5:35 pm	Goose poop Here's my solution to the goose poop problem: a low (1 foot), flimsy fence between the beach and the lawn. Prime stomping grounds for a Canada goose are water and grass separated by a short, easy walk, plus a nice pier to rest on where they can jump into the water quickly if a dog comes along. That described our backyard last year and we had tons of goose poop (not that much of a hyperbole). This little fence, which they can easily walk over (and sometimes do), is just enough of an annoyance to the geese that they mostly choose other places to hang out. Total cost: less than $20. (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 30th, 2004
4:29 pm	Richard and Shelly at Folklife (Thanks, Victor!) (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 15th, 2004
10:36 pm	Absolute Piffle My regular weblog is Absolute Piffle. I may well wind up putting more journally stuff here and more linky stuff there. Current Music: Wake the Dead (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 7th, 2004
10:59 am	Top o' the morning to you! Bobby and Stacia from St. Patrick's Day, 2004. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 6th, 2004
12:09 am	Seattle Dulcimer I created a web site for my friend Susan Howell. Here is the URL: http://seattledulcimer.com I started with a simple FrontPage template and made a few tweaks. It's simple but it does the job. She teaches the mountain dulcimer, sometimes known as the Appalachian Dulcimer, in Seattle. (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 3rd, 2004
11:21 am	Plato And here's a picture of the late, great Plato. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 30th, 2004
9:05 pm	A picture of Stoshi Hmm let's see if we can upload a picture... (Comment on this)
5:17 pm	Hey hey Well I finally got a Livejournal account, as you can see. I don't know how much I'll be posting here, but it will be good to have an account so I can at least make non-anonymous comments on other LJs that I read. (Comment on this)