and isn't this exactly where you'd like me

I'm now doing shuffle feel with the ride bell. It feels weird actually needing to hit the cymbal in an exact place. I'm so used to just bashing it wherever (The bell is the part of the cymbal in the middle where it is held in place, it makes a different sound). Last page of exercises before contemporary funk consumes me. Beware, I'll be funking it up from then on.

Gee these weeks are going by fast, I've been doing lessons for nearly 3 months.

on and on, reckless abandon

I've finally done it! My lesson was a success, and I've moved on to "shuffle feel". Next week I'll be into latin rhythms. Now it starts to get harder :) It's interesting how once something just makes sense to your brain, that you can do it with much more ease. That's something that I really notice with the drums. Once I "get" it, it's easy to do. I guess that applies to everything, but I really notice it when focusing on an instrument.

On a side note, I went for a 2 hour ride on the weekend, that involved riding around the river, carrying my bike up to kings park, carrying it down jacob's ladder, and riding home. I was surprisingly energetic afterwards, which to me says my fitness is finally improving. I'm going to credit some of that to playing the drums for 30 mins every day. That, and a regular weights plan has really helped. Now I actually feel like riding around! Yay for motivation :)