...goin' to the chapel...
CONGRATULATIONS JOSH AND JULIE ON GETTING MARRIED!!!
This is very exciting...I have a new sister-in-law, plus I am now an officially an aunt! I've been pretty much considering Julie and Morgan those things already, but now I can say it for real.
Here's wishing you all many years of happiness, love, health, and all things good!
Friday, August 13
...high times...
I had a dream last night in which some people came to pick me up from my house. They were very serious, and said that we were going to a council meeting. Eventually we ended up in a dew-covered field somewhere close to dawn. There was a large circle of lawn chairs, and they were all filled with familiar faces from my Art Institute days. I sat down, and noticed that everyone had their own bag of grass, and were each rolling a joint. Looking down, I realized I had a bag of pot too, so after chatting some with my neighbors, I got busy rolling my own. I was just finishing up rolling when I awoke from the dream...I wonder what we were to discuss at that meeting!
...classic summer...
Tuesday night we headed to The Stray Cat to see many, many bands containing friends...Get Wild Five, New Morning Changing Weather, Anthony Badgerow (the band...not the person), Ad Astra Per Aspera, and especially Soophie Nun Squad. Soophie contains many familiar folks including my old roomie Maralie, and her husband, Eli!
The show was great, and there were other bands that I did not list (which doesn't mean they aren't good!) It went from 7pm - around 2am. Maralie and Eli came to stay at our place, and we...well, Maralie and I...stayed up talking until 5:30ish. Oh my...it was so nice to see old friends.
The weather feels fallish, yet the cicadas are still rasping out their prophecies. The surprise lillies have bloomed, but are pretty much gone. Summer food is abundant...I love our farmer's market! We have been cooking lots with friends, and just hanging out with friendly people in general a lot! Ah...August.
I had a dream last night in which some people came to pick me up from my house. They were very serious, and said that we were going to a council meeting. Eventually we ended up in a dew-covered field somewhere close to dawn. There was a large circle of lawn chairs, and they were all filled with familiar faces from my Art Institute days. I sat down, and noticed that everyone had their own bag of grass, and were each rolling a joint. Looking down, I realized I had a bag of pot too, so after chatting some with my neighbors, I got busy rolling my own. I was just finishing up rolling when I awoke from the dream...I wonder what we were to discuss at that meeting!
...classic summer...
Tuesday night we headed to The Stray Cat to see many, many bands containing friends...Get Wild Five, New Morning Changing Weather, Anthony Badgerow (the band...not the person), Ad Astra Per Aspera, and especially Soophie Nun Squad. Soophie contains many familiar folks including my old roomie Maralie, and her husband, Eli!
The show was great, and there were other bands that I did not list (which doesn't mean they aren't good!) It went from 7pm - around 2am. Maralie and Eli came to stay at our place, and we...well, Maralie and I...stayed up talking until 5:30ish. Oh my...it was so nice to see old friends.
The weather feels fallish, yet the cicadas are still rasping out their prophecies. The surprise lillies have bloomed, but are pretty much gone. Summer food is abundant...I love our farmer's market! We have been cooking lots with friends, and just hanging out with friendly people in general a lot! Ah...August.
Tuesday, August 3
...rock the...
VOTE!!!
It could very well get nasty here in Missouri today...hopefully we will NOT vote in Ammendment 2 (which will write into the constitution of Missouri that marriage is between a man and a woman so those "activist" judges can't say otherwise.)
There is also a vote to build a downtown arena in K.C. (and taxes would not be raised to do it.) I guess that's okay...I wish they would put in a giant ferris wheel like London instead. Now that would be cool!!!
VOTE!!!
It could very well get nasty here in Missouri today...hopefully we will NOT vote in Ammendment 2 (which will write into the constitution of Missouri that marriage is between a man and a woman so those "activist" judges can't say otherwise.)
There is also a vote to build a downtown arena in K.C. (and taxes would not be raised to do it.) I guess that's okay...I wish they would put in a giant ferris wheel like London instead. Now that would be cool!!!
...a whole lot of buzzing goin' on...
Saturday afternoon I entered my studio in search of an old sketchbook when a buzz near the window distracted me. I looked over, expecting to see a large housefly trapped on the wrong side, but instead there was a wasp hovering above the window frame right by a NEST! As one can imagine, I quickly exited the room and shoved towels around the edges. Tonight, Evan and Christine came over to pick up their tents that were drying in our backyard, and Evan sprayed the hell out of that nest with noxious chemicals. Tomorrow we are going in and removing the window air conditioning unit, and later will take down the devestated nest. Ugh. On top of that, I feel itchy all over due to bug bites and keep searching the ceiling of every room for signs of unwanted insect life.
Otherwise...I brushed a kittens worth of fur out of Frank's coat the other day, Christine made her delicious tortilla soup last night and I got to come over and enjoy it! (Jer had to work...she sent some home for him), heirloom tomatoes are highly tasty - in particular Cherokee purples, I ate a little strawberry from our yard today, the Prius is fun to drive in - especially when it is silent, rosemary infused strawberry lemonade is...fantastic!
Saturday afternoon I entered my studio in search of an old sketchbook when a buzz near the window distracted me. I looked over, expecting to see a large housefly trapped on the wrong side, but instead there was a wasp hovering above the window frame right by a NEST! As one can imagine, I quickly exited the room and shoved towels around the edges. Tonight, Evan and Christine came over to pick up their tents that were drying in our backyard, and Evan sprayed the hell out of that nest with noxious chemicals. Tomorrow we are going in and removing the window air conditioning unit, and later will take down the devestated nest. Ugh. On top of that, I feel itchy all over due to bug bites and keep searching the ceiling of every room for signs of unwanted insect life.
Otherwise...I brushed a kittens worth of fur out of Frank's coat the other day, Christine made her delicious tortilla soup last night and I got to come over and enjoy it! (Jer had to work...she sent some home for him), heirloom tomatoes are highly tasty - in particular Cherokee purples, I ate a little strawberry from our yard today, the Prius is fun to drive in - especially when it is silent, rosemary infused strawberry lemonade is...fantastic!
Wednesday, July 21
...long distance birthing celebration...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister-in-law Rachel!!! She turns the big 1-5 today. Rachel...I don't even know if you read this, but Joan can tell you...we will be sending a present to the house in Detroit, and we are attempting to call or email today. Just know that Jeremy and I are thinking of you, and hoping you have a super-fun birthday! We love you lots.
...in other news...
How fitting that today, exactly one year from my father passing away, that I would get a call from the Toyota dealership saying I could pick up my Prius this Saturday. It is fitting due to the fact that I am able to get it through money inherited from my Grandparents through my Dad, plus my Grandfather and my Dad both had a love of cars, and fine machinery. So...in honor of them, I will be dubbing my new car...Dr. Wilson (Grandpa was an actual Dr. and my Dad was a PhD.) Look for me cruisin' the streets of K.C. (in an environmentally responsible way) starting Saturday! The Dr. is in, be-atch!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister-in-law Rachel!!! She turns the big 1-5 today. Rachel...I don't even know if you read this, but Joan can tell you...we will be sending a present to the house in Detroit, and we are attempting to call or email today. Just know that Jeremy and I are thinking of you, and hoping you have a super-fun birthday! We love you lots.
...in other news...
How fitting that today, exactly one year from my father passing away, that I would get a call from the Toyota dealership saying I could pick up my Prius this Saturday. It is fitting due to the fact that I am able to get it through money inherited from my Grandparents through my Dad, plus my Grandfather and my Dad both had a love of cars, and fine machinery. So...in honor of them, I will be dubbing my new car...Dr. Wilson (Grandpa was an actual Dr. and my Dad was a PhD.) Look for me cruisin' the streets of K.C. (in an environmentally responsible way) starting Saturday! The Dr. is in, be-atch!
Tuesday, July 20
Monday, July 19
...been a long time since I rock and rolled...
These are busy times my friends.
Christine and Evan's wedding came and went. We had a really great weekend of hanging out with them, and their families and friends. Being a bridesmaid was no sweat, and Jer and Mary played beautiful music during the ceremony. Now Christine and Evan are away camping for the honeymoon, and I miss them! We usually see them at least once a week...ah well...they deserve a nice vacation. Congratulations you two!
I hung up some art I've been working on the last couple of months at Utrecht yesterday. It gets to be up for a month! I know it's not a crazy gallery show or anything, but I'm still excited about people being able to see it. I have not shown anything since I was in college...
All of our precious yellow-pear cherry tomatoes have been eaten by some mysterious beastie. That's our fault for not putting up fencing I suppose, but our pal Matt says it can happen even with some sort of barrier. At least they have left the herbs, tomatillos, and gypsy peppers alone!
These are busy times my friends.
Christine and Evan's wedding came and went. We had a really great weekend of hanging out with them, and their families and friends. Being a bridesmaid was no sweat, and Jer and Mary played beautiful music during the ceremony. Now Christine and Evan are away camping for the honeymoon, and I miss them! We usually see them at least once a week...ah well...they deserve a nice vacation. Congratulations you two!
I hung up some art I've been working on the last couple of months at Utrecht yesterday. It gets to be up for a month! I know it's not a crazy gallery show or anything, but I'm still excited about people being able to see it. I have not shown anything since I was in college...
All of our precious yellow-pear cherry tomatoes have been eaten by some mysterious beastie. That's our fault for not putting up fencing I suppose, but our pal Matt says it can happen even with some sort of barrier. At least they have left the herbs, tomatillos, and gypsy peppers alone!
Tuesday, June 29
...raindrops keep falling on my head...
We had a mini-vacation of camping this past weekend, for Evan and Christine's bachelor/bachelorette party. It was at the same group site by Clinton lake that Jer and I had our b/b party at two years ago!
Here is a perfect example of how nice Jer is...Friday he arrived at the campground around 4:00 to pick up the key to the gate. I could not leave until 8:00 due to working, so I didn't even arrive until close to 9:30. Jeremy knew approximately when I would get there, so he had food on the grill for me that was ready about 10 minutes after my arrival! Plus the tent was all set up (though we ended up experimenting with sleeping in the truck that first night...quite cozy.) What a sweetheart.
It was a good trip, though we got rained on heavily Sunday morning...kind of a bummer way to end a nice weekend, but it worked out. The rest of the time was gorgeous and there was swimming, night sailing, crazy kids running around, fires, smores, drunken 14-year-old antics, who-can-hold-their-hand-in-ice-longer competition (I was part of that...I can get a little competitive), much eating of food (there was even pork satay with peanut sauce + roasted jalapenos courtesy of Noy and Aaron!), funny campfire conversations, ticks, and much, much more.
Otherwise...Jer and I are up to the usual.
The anniversary celebration was a sucess! We stuffed ourselves at La Bodega on tapas (I even tried anchovies!), beverages (port for Jer, wine for me), dessert (the best flan ever!!! + pear tart), and coffee (regular 'ol coffee for the Mr. and flaming Spanish coffee for myself...invision a sugar rimmed glass filled with Bacardi 151, set on fire, then having cinnamon sprinkled into the flames...they are extinguished by coffee, kahluha, and whipped cream...then it is devoured by a roly-poly Stacy.) Mmm...
We had a mini-vacation of camping this past weekend, for Evan and Christine's bachelor/bachelorette party. It was at the same group site by Clinton lake that Jer and I had our b/b party at two years ago!
Here is a perfect example of how nice Jer is...Friday he arrived at the campground around 4:00 to pick up the key to the gate. I could not leave until 8:00 due to working, so I didn't even arrive until close to 9:30. Jeremy knew approximately when I would get there, so he had food on the grill for me that was ready about 10 minutes after my arrival! Plus the tent was all set up (though we ended up experimenting with sleeping in the truck that first night...quite cozy.) What a sweetheart.
It was a good trip, though we got rained on heavily Sunday morning...kind of a bummer way to end a nice weekend, but it worked out. The rest of the time was gorgeous and there was swimming, night sailing, crazy kids running around, fires, smores, drunken 14-year-old antics, who-can-hold-their-hand-in-ice-longer competition (I was part of that...I can get a little competitive), much eating of food (there was even pork satay with peanut sauce + roasted jalapenos courtesy of Noy and Aaron!), funny campfire conversations, ticks, and much, much more.
Otherwise...Jer and I are up to the usual.
The anniversary celebration was a sucess! We stuffed ourselves at La Bodega on tapas (I even tried anchovies!), beverages (port for Jer, wine for me), dessert (the best flan ever!!! + pear tart), and coffee (regular 'ol coffee for the Mr. and flaming Spanish coffee for myself...invision a sugar rimmed glass filled with Bacardi 151, set on fire, then having cinnamon sprinkled into the flames...they are extinguished by coffee, kahluha, and whipped cream...then it is devoured by a roly-poly Stacy.) Mmm...
Tuesday, June 22
...brown is the colour of my true love's hair...
Two years ago today it was HOT, but I didn't care, because Jeremy and I were trading rings, and we were surrounded by friends and family. Part of me can't believe it has already been two years, while the other part feels, "It's only been two years?!" A lot can go on in that time...
I cannot imagine a better partner than Jer.
You are my best friend, my lover, and I would not trade you for anything! I love you, Jer.
Two years ago today it was HOT, but I didn't care, because Jeremy and I were trading rings, and we were surrounded by friends and family. Part of me can't believe it has already been two years, while the other part feels, "It's only been two years?!" A lot can go on in that time...
I cannot imagine a better partner than Jer.
You are my best friend, my lover, and I would not trade you for anything! I love you, Jer.
Wednesday, June 16
...what...
Since I was last here...
Rick, Jer's Dad, came for a visit. We had a very pleasant time with him - talking, watching movies, cooking, eating, talking some more. Though the trip proved not to be the best thing for his health, we still enjoyed that he made it to visit us, saw the house, and met my Mom and some of our friends. We truly had a good time hosting him.
The rains have been drowning us, but the plants seem to appreciate it. A guy Jer works with is convinced it is the weather planes run by corporate America doing it...I don't know...I think it's just a rainy season.
My car rolled over 100,000 miles yesterday! It's been all over the U.S. ...to some places multiple times, and yet it is still running (though still chuggy chuggy at stops, and having a slow go of speeding up from stops, but still running!) I am excited to receive my new car,but how can I say goodbye to my transportation for the last nine years?! Wow...I'm really attached to an inanimate object.
I've been embroidering floral patterns made out of human bone shapes on to tissue paper. Delicate work.
A belated, public Happy Birthday announcement to my sister Piper, and to my almost sister-in-law Julie. Julie is one day older than Piper! How bizzare. Both are off traveling, and having a good time of it I'm sure. Also...a belated birthday greeting to Rick!
Since I was last here...
Rick, Jer's Dad, came for a visit. We had a very pleasant time with him - talking, watching movies, cooking, eating, talking some more. Though the trip proved not to be the best thing for his health, we still enjoyed that he made it to visit us, saw the house, and met my Mom and some of our friends. We truly had a good time hosting him.
The rains have been drowning us, but the plants seem to appreciate it. A guy Jer works with is convinced it is the weather planes run by corporate America doing it...I don't know...I think it's just a rainy season.
My car rolled over 100,000 miles yesterday! It's been all over the U.S. ...to some places multiple times, and yet it is still running (though still chuggy chuggy at stops, and having a slow go of speeding up from stops, but still running!) I am excited to receive my new car,but how can I say goodbye to my transportation for the last nine years?! Wow...I'm really attached to an inanimate object.
I've been embroidering floral patterns made out of human bone shapes on to tissue paper. Delicate work.
A belated, public Happy Birthday announcement to my sister Piper, and to my almost sister-in-law Julie. Julie is one day older than Piper! How bizzare. Both are off traveling, and having a good time of it I'm sure. Also...a belated birthday greeting to Rick!
Monday, May 31
...is that all there is?...
My body is full on friends and food. Tonight I am going to sink into the futon with my embroidery.
Friday we headed out to Excelsior Springs for a party at the Freelings. They were having a campout, though we couldn't spend the night due to work the next morning. Here are the things I remember...Mandylan called me on my cell phone, so I talked with her on the crazy, steep, twisty front stairs while cats poked out of the bushes and I stared at the triangular mailbox...devouring a slice of apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream, followed by a slice of strawberry rhubarb pie...laying by the campfire looking for satellites among the stars...lots of kids running around...drinking wine from the bottle with Jer.
Saturday was work is for jerks, but...da da da dum...then came a most fabulous dinner with Christine and Evan over to share in it. French toast,made with Jer's yummy batter, topped with fresh blueberries, strawberries, apple, banana, and kiwi, plus toasted pecans, honey butter, and powdered sugar. Drool. There was also chiken and apple sausage,scrambled eggs donated by Christine's Dad's chickens, and mimosas...then coffee after awhile. Sigh.
Sunday we headed to Lawrence for a BBQ Jenny O. was throwin'. So much food, and beverage, and...well...it was a Jenny O. party. It was a fabulous cap to a very filled weekend. One disappointment though...Amigo's is no longer in Lawrence! Where is one to get a crisp pinto burrito on their way out of town?! Highly problematic in the taste bud arena.
My body is full on friends and food. Tonight I am going to sink into the futon with my embroidery.
Friday we headed out to Excelsior Springs for a party at the Freelings. They were having a campout, though we couldn't spend the night due to work the next morning. Here are the things I remember...Mandylan called me on my cell phone, so I talked with her on the crazy, steep, twisty front stairs while cats poked out of the bushes and I stared at the triangular mailbox...devouring a slice of apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream, followed by a slice of strawberry rhubarb pie...laying by the campfire looking for satellites among the stars...lots of kids running around...drinking wine from the bottle with Jer.
Saturday was work is for jerks, but...da da da dum...then came a most fabulous dinner with Christine and Evan over to share in it. French toast,made with Jer's yummy batter, topped with fresh blueberries, strawberries, apple, banana, and kiwi, plus toasted pecans, honey butter, and powdered sugar. Drool. There was also chiken and apple sausage,scrambled eggs donated by Christine's Dad's chickens, and mimosas...then coffee after awhile. Sigh.
Sunday we headed to Lawrence for a BBQ Jenny O. was throwin'. So much food, and beverage, and...well...it was a Jenny O. party. It was a fabulous cap to a very filled weekend. One disappointment though...Amigo's is no longer in Lawrence! Where is one to get a crisp pinto burrito on their way out of town?! Highly problematic in the taste bud arena.
Friday, May 21
...my fellow friends...
Today is the start of my weekend of emptiness...ahhh.
Not that last weekend was bad by any means, just full. Thursday night I went straight from work to Lidia's Italian Restaurant where Cynthia and Ross's rehersal dinner was taking place. We snared an invite due to the fact that a couple of days before, Cynthia had called to ask Jer if he could accompany the singer with guitar during the ceremony...she was having a hard time singing acapella. So, we had a great time...lots of friends, and family (not our own, granted, but it felt close,)and food. Afterwards, Cynthia, Corrie B, and I spent some time at Broadway Cafe winding down. Corrie came home with me, as she stayed with us until Sunday! Yay!
Friday was the big day! I started off the day with two hours at work...woo hoo. An hour or so later, I was picking up Heather from the airport! She flew in for the wedding. We got to Drexel Hall a half hour or so before things started, so Jer could get tuned...I snuck up to visit with all the ladies upstairs. Cynthia looked fantastic in the dress she had picked out, and Grace, the flower girl, is possibly the devil disguised in the body of a red-headed three-year-old...she's not evil, just mischevious and hilarious! The ceremony went well...it was elegant, yet relaxed and had laughter. Dwight Frizzel was the minister, and BCR played at the reception, so it was guaranteed to be interesting! The reception was fun. We mainly stuck to our table, because the company was so enjoyable, and the food was...yummy! Goat cheese and leek tarts, purple potatoes with various toppings, baby vegetables and hummus, roasted garlic, roasted red and yellow peppers, bread, sundried tomato stuff, etc., etc. and the cake...a table of cupcakes and cookies, plus the seven-layer citrus cake...drool...so sweet. Here's to their happiness!
Saturday was a full day of work, which was followed by an awesome performance of Corrie B and her guitar (and Jer played mandolin and banjo on a few songs!)at the Westport Coffee House. Her voice...I love it. She was followed by our pal Laszlo's band The Get Wild Five...yow! Then they were followed by Ad Astra Per Aspera...always a good time. I was very tired by the end, so we headed home, but Corrie and Jer hit the after-party at Anthony's. I mainly did not due to what my plans were for Sunday...
Piper's graduation from Grad School!!! Yay Piper! Mom and I went to the ceremony at 10am (ugh) It was nice, and not too long! I really enjoyed the guy they gave the honorary degree to. His speech was great. At the end of the ceremony they released white doves. Guess it's better than a bunch of balloons!
We swung back by the house to grab Jer and Corrie and food we were taking, then made our way north to Piper and Nick's for a little party. Good times. On our way out, we had to say goodbye to Corrie at the airport. Sigh.
So...that was last weekend...this one looks to be a little more...m-e-l-l-o-w...no work today, Saturday, or Sunday...what's a girl to do?
A shout out to Josh, Julie, and Morgan...congrats on your new living space!!! Yay for you guys! I look forward to sending mail to the new address. We are excited for everything that is happening in your lives. We love you guys!
Hoping your weekend is m-e-l-l-o-w too.
Today is the start of my weekend of emptiness...ahhh.
Not that last weekend was bad by any means, just full. Thursday night I went straight from work to Lidia's Italian Restaurant where Cynthia and Ross's rehersal dinner was taking place. We snared an invite due to the fact that a couple of days before, Cynthia had called to ask Jer if he could accompany the singer with guitar during the ceremony...she was having a hard time singing acapella. So, we had a great time...lots of friends, and family (not our own, granted, but it felt close,)and food. Afterwards, Cynthia, Corrie B, and I spent some time at Broadway Cafe winding down. Corrie came home with me, as she stayed with us until Sunday! Yay!
Friday was the big day! I started off the day with two hours at work...woo hoo. An hour or so later, I was picking up Heather from the airport! She flew in for the wedding. We got to Drexel Hall a half hour or so before things started, so Jer could get tuned...I snuck up to visit with all the ladies upstairs. Cynthia looked fantastic in the dress she had picked out, and Grace, the flower girl, is possibly the devil disguised in the body of a red-headed three-year-old...she's not evil, just mischevious and hilarious! The ceremony went well...it was elegant, yet relaxed and had laughter. Dwight Frizzel was the minister, and BCR played at the reception, so it was guaranteed to be interesting! The reception was fun. We mainly stuck to our table, because the company was so enjoyable, and the food was...yummy! Goat cheese and leek tarts, purple potatoes with various toppings, baby vegetables and hummus, roasted garlic, roasted red and yellow peppers, bread, sundried tomato stuff, etc., etc. and the cake...a table of cupcakes and cookies, plus the seven-layer citrus cake...drool...so sweet. Here's to their happiness!
Saturday was a full day of work, which was followed by an awesome performance of Corrie B and her guitar (and Jer played mandolin and banjo on a few songs!)at the Westport Coffee House. Her voice...I love it. She was followed by our pal Laszlo's band The Get Wild Five...yow! Then they were followed by Ad Astra Per Aspera...always a good time. I was very tired by the end, so we headed home, but Corrie and Jer hit the after-party at Anthony's. I mainly did not due to what my plans were for Sunday...
Piper's graduation from Grad School!!! Yay Piper! Mom and I went to the ceremony at 10am (ugh) It was nice, and not too long! I really enjoyed the guy they gave the honorary degree to. His speech was great. At the end of the ceremony they released white doves. Guess it's better than a bunch of balloons!
We swung back by the house to grab Jer and Corrie and food we were taking, then made our way north to Piper and Nick's for a little party. Good times. On our way out, we had to say goodbye to Corrie at the airport. Sigh.
So...that was last weekend...this one looks to be a little more...m-e-l-l-o-w...no work today, Saturday, or Sunday...what's a girl to do?
A shout out to Josh, Julie, and Morgan...congrats on your new living space!!! Yay for you guys! I look forward to sending mail to the new address. We are excited for everything that is happening in your lives. We love you guys!
Hoping your weekend is m-e-l-l-o-w too.
Wednesday, May 12
...yeah, fire! fire!...
Metallica rocked hard last night! They played Master of Puppets, For Whom the Bell Tolls, One, Search Seek and Destroy, Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, and some newer songs, and other songs I can't recall now. During many songs there were huge bursts of flames, and firework type things. We could feel the heat from where we were standing! I liked watching my Mom throw her hands in the air, and attempt to make the metal horns hand sign (an unknowing tribute to Pan?)
I got a little shiver, though, watching everyone throwing fists in the air and shouting in unison. It was a little Nazi-esque to me...I couldn't bring myself to do it, at least in rythm with everyone else. Creepy. As was the guy who was a racist skin head (nice big swastica tattoo on one arm, and a cross on the other + wearing red suspenders and a bald head.) He was on the floor, and in the pit the whole show. He did the ugly mosh pit strut. Bleh.
Otherwise...plants are transplanted and flourishing, thunder has been rolling across our land for a couple of days - broken up with lots of sunshine, I'm helping out my friend Joscelyn in her studio a bit, Corrie B is coming into town and so is Heather!, the kitties look a little slimmer, Piper is graduating from grad school on Sunday, and...life is good!
Metallica rocked hard last night! They played Master of Puppets, For Whom the Bell Tolls, One, Search Seek and Destroy, Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, and some newer songs, and other songs I can't recall now. During many songs there were huge bursts of flames, and firework type things. We could feel the heat from where we were standing! I liked watching my Mom throw her hands in the air, and attempt to make the metal horns hand sign (an unknowing tribute to Pan?)
I got a little shiver, though, watching everyone throwing fists in the air and shouting in unison. It was a little Nazi-esque to me...I couldn't bring myself to do it, at least in rythm with everyone else. Creepy. As was the guy who was a racist skin head (nice big swastica tattoo on one arm, and a cross on the other + wearing red suspenders and a bald head.) He was on the floor, and in the pit the whole show. He did the ugly mosh pit strut. Bleh.
Otherwise...plants are transplanted and flourishing, thunder has been rolling across our land for a couple of days - broken up with lots of sunshine, I'm helping out my friend Joscelyn in her studio a bit, Corrie B is coming into town and so is Heather!, the kitties look a little slimmer, Piper is graduating from grad school on Sunday, and...life is good!