If every word I said

I can play piano. I am not some kind of piano master but if someone points at a key on a piano and says what key is that I can tell them what key that is. I also have a piano-related math formula that helps me play chords. It's pretty easy but I am not going to tell you it because then we would both know how to play piano and I am happier with you not knowing.

Something that had a big impression on me was when Jesse played piano and sang for Becky at their wedding. I often sit around fantasizing about doing something like this but let me tell you that it takes balls. Because of that, I haven't really gotten all that close to doing it.

There is a few reasons for this. The first reason is that I don't own a piano. Even if I did own one, I'm not sure how much it would help me in the balls department. Here is why it is much more complicated.

If you play piano in public, you have to be ok with the world knowing that you play piano. Where I am from, dudes playing piano is frowned upon. You don't want to get branded as an ivory-tickler if you can help it. Sometimes when I tell people I can play piano I feel like I am telling them about how I have a male lover. They don't exactly laugh in my face but they don't ever really call me very much after that.

So this is why what Jesse did was so awesome. He played piano for his lady in front of a crowd of people and he didn't even care who was watching. That was brave of him. Maybe if I lived in California like Jesse does I would see things different but from where I am sitting, he is pretty much like the guy in China who stood in front of the tank in Chinamen Square. Playing piano by yourself in public might not be the smartest thing you could do but people aren't probably going to forget it.