Today

Today… I’m relatively happy to be alive. LOL. Last night was a crazy night. The cave was a beautiful place, but the people down there, at least this time, were kinda strange and the overall vibe was very up and down. The people at my campsite were awesome and I really enjoyed meeting them. I think we were all expecting something more like the vibe at Camp Zoe and this just wasn’t. BUT, the music was good, especially Cornmeal- a bluegrass band out of Chicago. Phenominal musicians. They are playing Thursday at the Broadway Oyster Bar and it’s one of the things I plan to do for my “birthday”, which is the day before. I highly recommend them to everyone and I think the cover that night is only $5. I’ll verify and post again probably. Anyway, I had some very nice times last night and some kinda scary ones, but I’m home and about to shower. I’m SO dirty. I do love camping though. It’s so important to get the hell out of dodge sometimes. Leave the cell phone behind and try to forget your life for a minute.

Also, today is my youngest nephew’s 1st birthday! They are having a party for him in Plainfield as I type. I wish I could be there, but I had just driven up there the week before last and Sunday afternoon parties are hard for out of towners. Anyway, here’s to you Jesse! He’s just started walking away from furniture. He has the most beautiful smile… he’s really just a light. A beautiful blonde baby light. LOL.

Blessings….

Stuff

I went to this place last night: http://www.1111-m.com/vindeset/index.htm
Sat out on the roof. Very cool. Looked out over downtown.

Today I’m going here: http://www.cavefest.fws1.com/
And entire music/camping fest in a cave. Whoa.

Pesto

Making pesto is not easy. There aren’t a lot of ingredients, but it takes supreme patience. An entire grocery bag of basil condensed to less than two cups. Start the blender for two seconds, stop, push everything down, start the blender, stop, repeat 407 times. And no, the Pampered Chef chopper wasn’t going to cut it for the whole thing. It was nice on the nuts and garlic, but wasn’t really handling all that basil so well. And yes, there’s an element of enjoyment to beating the hell out of things in that little chopper, but after a while, your shoulders just get sore. I love pesto, but it’s hard to say whether it was worth the work, especially when I am giving most of it away. Well, for that reason I guess it IS worth it. And the fact that I have now made pesto – an honorable life experience.

Oops

I didn’t mean to miss writing something yesterday. I probably intended to do it last night and forgot. So I’ll jumpstart it today, even though I plan to be home tonight.

Let’s see. I’m watching my friend Tracie’s cat this week (a black cat named Pandora), so I helped myself to her movie collection and came home with Secondhand Lions. It was pretty good. The kid’s cracking voice was a little annoying at times, mostly because I think they intended it to be there. The two old men were pretty fabulous. The Africa stories were so hokey (despite that intention) that I almost couldn’t bear them and have to dock the movie a little because of them. But of course, they served their purpose.

I also borrowed The Notebook, which I have pruposely avoided due to my loathing of A Walk to Remember. But it’s free to borrow and a lot of people like the damn movie. I’ll let you know when I watch it.

Beautiful Day

What a beautiful day.
I spent the morning hitting bottom.
The afternoon I spent outside, reading in the hammock and weeding my flowerbeds.
If I manage my time well, I will practice a couple songs, head out to Castlewood to look out over the bluffs and be back in time to head down to Pop’s Blue Moon for my second open mic hosting.

Eh. I didn’t make it to Castlewood. I got about half way there but the traffic was so bad, I knew I would never keep my schedule. So I came home, played more guitar and kicked the soccer ball around in the backyard. God’s glorious bluffs another day.

Records

I spent the day helping a friend with his online-ebay-record-selling business. Data entry stuff. And I get part of the profit. I hope it is semi-lucrative… or anything actually. Cuz I’m seriously broke.

I’m very frustrated with the temp agency. My association with this office has not been as profitable as the other two offices I’ve worked through in their company. Hm. I’m getting close to going back to waitressing. It’s one thing to try to take the time I need to figure out what direction I want to go. It’s another thing to be totally broke and relying on people for my subsistence. So ya. And if the waitressing gig is bearable, it could also turn out to be profitable. And I need money to leave the country. So… Hm.

Just a smattering of what’s on my mind today.