So my band played a gig this past Saturday. It was for a friend of ours who we all went to high school with. He's our age, 42, and he married this smoking hot chick who's like 25. God Bless him. It went great as it usually does, but this crowd was exceptional. Mostly bikers and just generally party people. We started at 6pm and we were supposed to end at 10pm. Well at 10pm, they asked us to play another hour and we obliged, (for the right price of course).

I play bass and I haven't been practicing much, but I've known all the tunes we do forever, and with my schedule I just haven't kept my chops up where they need to be. Regardless, by around 9pm I could feel my middle finger on my right hand started to blister. Fuck. I was out of superglue, so no quick fix there either, (superglue on fingers helps with quickness and helps avoid wear and tear, like blisters).

So I tough it out until 11pm. The crowd was thinning a little, but sure enough as we finished at 11pm with the extra set, the groom stumbled up and begged for one more set, I said, "NO!", but our hillbilly, cow-fucking lead guitar player said, "Sure, we'll play another set!" I wanted to fucking strangle him. It was late, I was tired and my middle finger was ready to fall off, and my index finger was blistering too.

So we did a SIXTH set, mostly rehashing songs we had already played, and I played with my ring finger and pinky which were the only fingers left I could use. I also thumbed most of the tunes when I could, but I'm only really good at thumbing the E and A strings. So, I left with the sickest blister I've ever had in 30 years of playing the bass. I made sure to show everyone on chat, so I could garner some pity. It's 3 days later and it's finally getting a little better. Somebody play a violin for me, Kthx?