the time is now

in a couple hours i leave for the bar to bootblack for the first time in Milwaukee at a bar in close to two years. i'm actually getting nervous. in other recent bootblacking settings i was a "celebrity guest", which i hate to call it that but i can't think what else to call it. when i was in Atlanta, i was there to teach and to bootblack for as long as i wanted to because of my title. but here in Milwaukee, am anyone anymore? i was at my last bar for a year and a half, but i don't know how amny of those people will be there tonight. i know that i have one cusxtomer for sure, someone very special to me, and that will help kick things off.

it also helps that this is a club night, so there is a guaranteed large crowd.

i've got a great chair to work with, my kit is packed, and i've got tomorrow off from the day job... so i can stay as late as i like tonight.

now all i have to do is get there and get working.