Weekend wrapup

Mark Wein

Mark Wein

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Friday, Went to a symposium honoring a colleague who died around this time last year. A nice evening of talks to honor the memory and contribution of a really nice man who made a large contribution to medicine and science.

Saturday, the town I lived in opened a new 100 +acre public park and had a huge grand opening. Live music, beer, fireworks, carnival games, etc. The headline band was a hilarious 80's cover band. Guys had mad chops and really enjoyed the cheese of what they were playing.

Sunday, hung out around the house with MIL. Some chores around the house. Nothing exciting.

Fireworks iphone pic...

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Friday - made my daily courtesy visit to our one operating branch, and set up the local storage facility for incoming parts delivery. Total time: ~ 45 minutes.

Saturday - spent a good chunk of the day at Seattle City Center, visiting the Space Needle and aweing over the Hendrix Woodstock Strat at the EMP Museum.

Sunday - spent a good chunk of the day in Snoqualmie: went to the falls, and walked around both old and new downtown areas, all the while fantasizing living there. Watched the end of the FGCU upset over San Diego State, thinking that I wanna both high-five those guys for what they've accomplished, and slap 'em all silly for the borderline poor sportsmanship they are showing at the same time.
 
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Friday - Drove up to Laramie with #2 son two days early to get him back to college before the storm hit. We ended up in nasty snow in parts of Colorado only, but none in WY so party successful. But the drive through Denver when we got back to town was a bit nervous.

Saturday - Short 3 mile run in the AM in 7" of snow with lots more coming down. that was fun except on the portions when you are running into the wind. Got home and drove #1 daughter to a activity. Came home shoveled the driveway (9" of snow - no fun). Practiced guitar for a good 90 minutes. Picked up #1 daughter then went to a 3 hour rehearsal for an upcoming gig. Made green chili stew for dinner. Watched it snow some more.

Sunday - Up early in the sub-zero weather. I played acoustic at church in the AM - 5 songs, two of which were fingerstyle playing. And I had all 5 memorized. Came home and ran a few errands. Made beef stew for dinner. Worked on the guitar solo for 'The Middle' by Jimmy Eat World. Not sure I will ever get that opening run down fast enough but I think I can fake it well enough. The rest (except when that run repeats) is pretty easy.
 
Friday - Private practice until 6:embarrassed:0, then home to relax.

Saturday - Private practice until 4:30, then went to the spaghetti dinner at the church. I hate spaghetti. :annoyed: At least they had vegetarian sauce available. I also selected 19 songs from the International Workers of the World (The Wobblies) Little Red Songbook for my next recording/performance project. The performance will combine history and music.

Sunday - Church in the morning, then took Carol to lunch for her birthday (which is tomorrow). Afterward we went to this little craft bakery that is open a few times a year to see and buy some Easter cookies. Her cookies are like edible art works.
 
I played hooky and skied two insanely deep days Thurs/Fri, so I worked my ass off yesterday and today. Today was a gawd awful day, too. Oh look, my Scotch is gone. Anyway, a side bonus of skiing was that I missed the forum drama. FWIW, I too, seek only to understand. I'm an understander. Did I mention that the skiing was awesome?
 
I went out with this chick. Technically it was a first date, but we've seen and talked to each other so much over the past month it didn't seem like it. I got her number about three days after meeting her back in February. I asked her out a week later, and she gave me an obvious no answer worded in such a way as to not come out and say no. So, we've been talking and talking and I finally asked her out again last week, and here we are.

Next week we're going to drive to Orlando, see a Cirque du Soleil show at 6, then go to dinner after. She's 6 years older than me (new for me, I'll be 34 this year, and I've never even dated someone over 30 before,) but she's very attractive both physically and otherwise, and my friend and I thought she was my age at first. She's never been married and has no kids, so that jives with me pretty well. I don't think I'd go out with a 39 year old who had, like, kids in college or something. She's from France and speaks 4 languages fluently and a couple of others conversationally. Really cool life story, lived all over the place. Way more interesting than me, which is kind of intimidating. Shit, she's lived in and been to more places in the United States than I have, and I'm American. So, while she talks about having these cool jobs in France, New York, and California, I get to talk about how I've lived in Florida for almost all of my life, and worked at the same job for the past ten years. We've got a number of things in common, so it balances out.

She's really nice, pays attention, remembers things and asks questions about them later, she tells me some personal things, and so forth. I.E., she definitely shows interest. At the same time she seems guarded and gives mixed-ish signals about some things. I can't figure out if she's testing me or what. I can only imagine at 39, and never having been married, she's probably went through at least some shit, and time is ticking, so she wants to make sure anyone she's dating at this point in time is worth a shit. But what the fuck do I know. Some people would say I'm nuts for dating someone 6.5 years older than me at my age, at least one person already has. I don't see the big deal, though, ultimately. She's quite fetching to me.
 
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BS555 said:
I went out with this chick. Technically it was a first date, but we've seen and talked to each other so much over the past month it didn't seem like it. I got her number about three days after meeting her back in February. I asked her out a week later, and she gave me an obvious no answer worded in such a way as to not come out and say no. So, we've been talking and talking and I finally asked her out again last week, and here we are.

Next week we're going to drive to Orlando, see a Cirque du Soleil show at 6, then go to dinner after. She's 6 years older than me (new for me, I'll be 34 this year, and I've never even dated someone over 30 before,) but she's very attractive both physically and otherwise, and my friend and I thought she was my age at first. She's never been married and has no kids, so that jives with me pretty well. I don't think I'd go out with a 39 year old who had, like, kids in college or something. She's from France and speaks 4 languages fluently and a couple of others conversationally. Really cool life story, lived all over the place. Way more interesting than me, which is kind of intimidating. Shit, she's lived in and been to more places in the United States than I have, and I'm American. So, while she talks about having these cool jobs in France, New York, and California, I get to talk about how I've lived in Florida for almost all of my life, and worked at the same job for the past ten years. We've got a number of things in common, so it balances out.

She's really nice, pays attention, remembers things and asks questions about them later, she tells me some personal things, and so forth. I.E., she definitely shows interest. At the same time she seems guarded and gives mixed-ish signals about some things. I can't figure out if she's testing me or what. I can only imagine at 39, and never having been married, she's probably went through at least some shit, and time is ticking, so she wants to make sure anyone she's dating at this point in time is worth a shit. But what the fuck do I know. Some people would say I'm nuts for dating someone 6.5 years older than me at my age, at least one person already has. I don't see the big deal, though, ultimately. She's quite fetching to me.
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if you dig her then thats all that matters.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
Lol.

For as much drama as there has been on the forum, it's been a fucking soap opera in real life. Maybe I'll recap when I get home.
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From what you've told me I can only imagine.

Plus its Fresno, so theres always the meth.

Actualy, Martin was up there this week. He could have scared you to death in one of his cars...
 
Gary Blanchard said:
Friday - Private practice until 6:embarrassed:0, then home to relax.

Saturday - Private practice until 4:30, then went to the spaghetti dinner at the church. I hate spaghetti. :annoyed: At least they had vegetarian sauce available. I also selected 19 songs from the International Workers of the World (The Wobblies) Little Red Songbook for my next recording/performance project. The performance will combine history and music.

Sunday - Church in the morning, then took Carol to lunch for her birthday (which is tomorrow). Afterward we went to this little craft bakery that is open a few times a year to see and buy some Easter cookies. Her cookies are like edible art works.
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Holy shit! I had no idea you were such a hardcore Commie Pinko Hippie Radical Subversive Slut! Wobblies! Wow! I'm going to have to call my contacts at the Old Town School of Folk Music and see if they have you in their records. Probably.
 
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