Well, these are some drumsticks (made by an awesomely awesome company in the Czech Republic) on a snare drum... Nothing terribly spectacular!
I'm fairly pleased with myself at the moment, though... A local blues singer/guitarist asked me last week to join his backing group, and today I phoned him to accept the job! So, I've added a bunch more gigs to my 2010 calendar, and things are all going pretty well! :)