all that Jazz

Cold all week long.
The cold it does
simplify things.

I received my last watch.
I'll be retiring next year. 
Watches had been my one thing that i would style while working.
No one would ever notice, but it would make me feel better, to face work,
wearing a watch i considered to be interesting.
I time things, how long it takes to do a task or anything really.
Chronograph watches are my favorite since they allow for an accurate
accounting of time.
Based on this desire to account for moments in the stream of time.
I ordered this new Casio Chronograph.
Very simple, very rugged and pretty cheap.
My last watch for work.

After i retire i will go through my watch collection and sell off
the items i no longer require.
This one tho i will keep.

I continue to practice on solo Jazz guitar.
At the moment i have no real concept of what i am doing or where i am going with it.
In practicing I am running scales and working on Misty, a jazz standard.
To advance i need direction so i have purchased the below book.
It may not have everything i need to know but it will allow me
to work through the practice process step by step.
Direction of some type is necessary for progress.

I pulled a second Archtop out of my stored guitar collection.

To play and practice with.

A guitar that i purchased for an investment but have decided 

to use rather than sell untouched. 

This return to playing the guitar is costing me.

Below, my D'Aquisto Avant Garde Archtop.

Big, Blonde, handmade, carved top, all wood, acoustic only.

I've never played this guitar.

But i am about to.

I have an acoustic pickup that attaches to the soundboard, 

I do not wish to modify the instrument for electric.

I should tho wear a suit whenever i play this guitar, it deserves the respect. 
As part of this back to the guitar process,

I just received a Tascam DP-006 digital recorder to

use in my practice sessions.

I am planning on recording drum machine tracks 
and lay a bass line for the standards i am working on.
Perhaps in the future use this process in gigging out.

" I don't know anything about music.

In my line you don't have to."

Elvis Presley