Weekend
Sunday, December 2 2007
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Saturday: First Primary for calisthenics. First time w/ MB in the circle with guitar here. Then the sitting, and the usual coffee / snack run. Practice was good, I don't remember the details much though. Came home after that quickly to pick up some financial stuff to give to CF for the grant proposal. Got distracted by a game of Mastermind online. . .we lost (though later I think). Then the open circle – 90 minutes, mostly circulating. I was fading by the end, after 5.5 hours of guitar playing that day. It was good though. One snafu w/ some pictures taken during the circle, an eager publicist seeing the need for some educational circle-work pictures, but not asking any of the participants beforehand. Oh well. Home after that for a snack and stuff.
It was snowing by this time, Ballard looked beautiful under the big flakes falling. Stuck somewhat, but it was above freezing so not much. Mostly slush. Headed up to Greenwood to see Lost Pedro at 7:30. Sat w/ MB, CF, DGS, and MG. Had a very good time. Lots of conversation. Great food as always, and more than I could eat too. The belly dancer Z. was her usual kind of scary self, and also awash in baby-powder smell that really interfered with my dining / wine enjoyment. Oh well. MB and D got up and danced during the "everybody get up and dance!" segment, that was nice. Oh, and Z put a hat on my head, apparently it looked cute.
Over to Howard and Diana's after that for ice cream and more wine. Curt came up to join the fun. That was also a really nice time, though it was pretty darn cold in there. We watched some of the "shreds" parody vids on YouTube and the Santana one had me in tears once again. Got home from there around 1:30?
Slept in this morning which was nice. A quick breakfast then headed to the Seattle Center House to see Diana do some butoh. Wow. That was amazing. The live band was very good, the music was good, and the three butoh dancers did their thing which was great. Potatoes, ketchup / blood, salt, French fries, running, slow-mo running, fighting, greed, gluttony, etc. There was a very wide range of reaction from the people present. Kids for the most part pretty much didn't care. Some adults were shocked and some were loving it.
It was rainy and dark all day. We walked to the Science center, but none of the IMAX movies sounded very interesting. So, back up to Ballard to do some shopping. Got some board games and a puzzle. . .oh, first a stop at Staples for ink cartridges and a shredder. Then to a furniture store so I could get some barstools. Mission accomplished, and MB also got an awesome bookshelf / mirror wall thing. The former will arrive in a week, the latter in about a month.
Dinner at the Hi-Life. That's just a good place. Our first choice was Madame K's but they were closed – we are not having good luck with them. Anyway, we got the Mendoza salad, the seared ahi (which was surprisingly bland – may have been that I had strong food before it), veggie gratin, and pommes frites. Oh, then an incredibly wonderfull "Churros for two" dessert, with what they called churros but they didn't resemble what I've seen at so-so Mexi places, they were more like begniets, and two demitasse cups w/ "hot chocolate" that was halfway between hot chocolate and chocolate pudding. Yum!
Stopped by MB's place on the way back to scope out where to put the bookshelf/mirror thingies. Then home.
music: The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
24:31
Saturday: First Primary for calisthenics. First time w/ MB in the circle with guitar here. Then the sitting, and the usual coffee / snack run. Practice was good, I don't remember the details much though. Came home after that quickly to pick up some financial stuff to give to CF for the grant proposal. Got distracted by a game of Mastermind online. . .we lost (though later I think). Then the open circle – 90 minutes, mostly circulating. I was fading by the end, after 5.5 hours of guitar playing that day. It was good though. One snafu w/ some pictures taken during the circle, an eager publicist seeing the need for some educational circle-work pictures, but not asking any of the participants beforehand. Oh well. Home after that for a snack and stuff.
It was snowing by this time, Ballard looked beautiful under the big flakes falling. Stuck somewhat, but it was above freezing so not much. Mostly slush. Headed up to Greenwood to see Lost Pedro at 7:30. Sat w/ MB, CF, DGS, and MG. Had a very good time. Lots of conversation. Great food as always, and more than I could eat too. The belly dancer Z. was her usual kind of scary self, and also awash in baby-powder smell that really interfered with my dining / wine enjoyment. Oh well. MB and D got up and danced during the "everybody get up and dance!" segment, that was nice. Oh, and Z put a hat on my head, apparently it looked cute.
Over to Howard and Diana's after that for ice cream and more wine. Curt came up to join the fun. That was also a really nice time, though it was pretty darn cold in there. We watched some of the "shreds" parody vids on YouTube and the Santana one had me in tears once again. Got home from there around 1:30?
Slept in this morning which was nice. A quick breakfast then headed to the Seattle Center House to see Diana do some butoh. Wow. That was amazing. The live band was very good, the music was good, and the three butoh dancers did their thing which was great. Potatoes, ketchup / blood, salt, French fries, running, slow-mo running, fighting, greed, gluttony, etc. There was a very wide range of reaction from the people present. Kids for the most part pretty much didn't care. Some adults were shocked and some were loving it.
It was rainy and dark all day. We walked to the Science center, but none of the IMAX movies sounded very interesting. So, back up to Ballard to do some shopping. Got some board games and a puzzle. . .oh, first a stop at Staples for ink cartridges and a shredder. Then to a furniture store so I could get some barstools. Mission accomplished, and MB also got an awesome bookshelf / mirror wall thing. The former will arrive in a week, the latter in about a month.
Dinner at the Hi-Life. That's just a good place. Our first choice was Madame K's but they were closed – we are not having good luck with them. Anyway, we got the Mendoza salad, the seared ahi (which was surprisingly bland – may have been that I had strong food before it), veggie gratin, and pommes frites. Oh, then an incredibly wonderfull "Churros for two" dessert, with what they called churros but they didn't resemble what I've seen at so-so Mexi places, they were more like begniets, and two demitasse cups w/ "hot chocolate" that was halfway between hot chocolate and chocolate pudding. Yum!
Stopped by MB's place on the way back to scope out where to put the bookshelf/mirror thingies. Then home.
music: The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
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