A Night Out

Lastnight I decided to get away from my computer for a while and socialize. I went to a bar and grille that I used to play at a few towns over. I don't miss the drive there two or three nights a week. It was great to see some good friends that still hang out there and catch up on what's been going on their life. It's amazing how some people will open up and just tell you things about themselves that probably should be left unsaid.
I'm really a private person and my "personal" life is something that I very rarely discuss with anyone, even after a few drinks. All in all, this place has not really changed much. It's friendly atmosephere was amplified with the fireplace roaring and patrons sitting aroud gossiping by the fire. It does make me wonder how safe can a bar be with an open fireplace though.
I was invited to jam with my old band mates as they were there trying to make it through a Wednesday night after playing a show for Fat Tuesday the night before. Very talented musicians stuck out in the middle of no where thirty miles from Nashville. (Figure that one out)
Back to the privacy issue. How do some people just airout their laundry to people that they really don't know too well? I would say that this is a typical thing for a bar but I really wouldn't know. I'm not a big drinker and don't hang out in bars unless I'm playing a show or being a designated driver for some of my friends that do want to go out.
These people will tell you how many girlfriends that they have and who they are cheating on, what drugs they are overly taking, how they are in trouble with not paying their taxes, who is stealing money from who,who is not paying their rent,who is milking the government on child support, what happened on the bar the night before with so and so, etc. I mean really, people, I just came out to see how some of my friends were doing becase I haven't seen them in a while and enjoy the band and a beer.
So, I think that from that one visit lastnight, I have learned what has been going on in the four surrounding counties.With that said, I actually had an entertaining night on a very small town.
In final thought: People, there needs to be a little bit of privacy in your lives or you can continue to discuss you whole life's issues and give me and probably someone else something to write about.
Peace, deduck3