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Saturday, August 13, 2005

So I'm two months into this dad gig, and I think I'm finally getting some perspective. The whole thing is kind of surreal and gets more so the more I think about it. Right now, there is this little guy on the other side of the wall who bears and eerie, but striking resemblance to photos of myself near his age. It's really weird when your mother brings over pictures of your son where the furniture is thirty years out of style.

Honestly, at first, the father thing was cooler on paper. But now it really is pretty cool. He's smiling at me on a daily basis, and the other day he started sort of laughing when I'm playing with him. It's not really a full-on laugh, yet, but like everything else for him it's a work in progress. Tonight my wife and I were out to dinner, and he just kept on smiling at me through the pacifier in his mouth. Very cool.

As far as music goes, I wouldn't call what I've been doing lately "writing". It's more like scribbling. The dad thing has me sort of wanting to play more. Maybe it's because I've just missed it, and maybe it's just so that my son can go, "That's my dad." Does it really matter? My buddy Chris and I are throwing out all these lofty ideas and dreams of doing something, but the verdict is still out on whether it will get anywhere. As soon as I can find some space in my schedule, I'm going to try and get back out there. I don't know what that'll look like, though, because it feels like I've been out of it for two years now...

- Dave 1:18 AM