saturday blabbing
Lastnight I picked up Sarah and we met Lisa at Lucky 13 for a drink before the show: M. Ward w/ For Stars at Cafe Du Nord's Swedish Hall (the upstairs venue).At Lucky 13, I ran into Brendan & Ewa who said Michelle was on her way to meet them too... I wanted to run into them again later in the show so I could see Michelle, but I didn't unfortunately. I am glad she went though, as I thought of her when I saw he was playing - I think she might have been who told me about him initially.
I was going to ask her along, but the last few times I've asked her to do anything she has declined (even for my bday!) Sadly her & I don't talk very much anymore. I'm not sure why, but I feel like I've tried to have us keep and touch and she's not into it or something. I'm trying to not take it personally, but I'm pretty bummed about it. I feel like she doesn't like me anymore - silly maybe, as the reality very well may be that sometimes people and lives change and you just can't force it. Who knows, but it's always sad to see a friendship drift apart.
I asked Sarah who she'd been hanging out with recently and when she asked me back I realized I really only hang out with Rick for the most part. I mean - I'm a bit of a hermit really... so I work, work, work, and then when I do leave the house it's usually for a show - which always includes my #1 music buddy, Rick - but then also quite often includes my top tier music buddys: Jem, Tania and Rebecca. And then Rick & I will hang out with his peeps sometimes, or I'll see my brother or the Jee/Lyne crew here & there. But other than that it's mostly Ricky G. Which is great, cuz guess what? I'm so head over heals in love that I enjoy every little second I'm with him and can hardly stand being apart!! :) It's amazing.
Anyway - so I think I'm a little picky when it comes to who I hang out with - and I hardly have time to hang out with people, so when I do, it's for a show or dinner or a movie - and all of those things I love doing with my sweetie. However, I love getting together with other friends and I probably don't do it enough. I keep meaning to have a girls brunch at my place, or cocktails on the porch at sunset, but don't get around to it.
Anyway - I'm just blabbing. I feel like I haven't used my blog as a total journal entry in awhile so here it all is :) Even though I have a long list of things to do today and it's already 1pm! aK! I'll just write a little more...
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Skipping back to Thursday, I had a really fun day. First of all, I stayed at Rick's because he actually left Thursday night to go to LA for the weekend and party with his friends. He was cute about it cuz he didn't want me to feel left out by him just wanting a weekend with the boys, but I say go for it & have a great time! I'll miss him but I'll just be that much more psyched to see him when he gets back :) And I think it's WAY important for couples to do things separately like that, so you won't ever see me be the kind of girlfriend that won't support it, as I certainly wouldn't want him to not support me taking a weekend away! See ya!
Ok, so I stayed at Ricks - Oh & the night before, we'd gone for a yummy slice & salad at ZA's up on Hyde. Good stuff & they even added mushrooms & olives on my pepperoni slice (my favorite combo), even though they don't do that with their premade slices, so I was stoked. :)
So Thursday, I started the morning sitting in bed working on a few things. Love the laptop for working in bed! Then I headed out to my drum lesson.
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Did you know I'm taking drum lessons? Cool, huh!? Ya, I'm stoked. I think I've probably had 4 now, and my teacher is awesome - and I'm already learning and progressing a little - yay!!! We've started me out with the total basics, cuz I need them! First just how to hold the sticks so my hands don't get fatigued, etc - and then we dove into teaching me how to read music and the basic quarter, eighth & sixteenth notes. I've never really played any instrument, so I'm starting at serious 101. But I'm getting it! I'm really enjoying trying to teach my hands to work autonomously and hearing the beats and getting the rhythm down.
The best is when Warren lets me loose on the drum kit - and even though I look & sound like a total retard, I'm confident someday I won't even know HOW to sound retarded I'll just rock out so hard!!! :) But for now I'm like a 6 year old trying to sound like I'm rockin it & meanwhile it's pretty tragic sounding. ha! But it's sooo fun.
I have SUCH a passion for the drums that sitting there practicing and playing around I'm smiling from ear to ear with butterflies in my stomach, stoked! I'm practicing at home with my sticks & practice pad and have lessons every week. I'm stoked to have Warren as my teacher too. I was really wanting to find a teacher who I felt comfortable around and who I could relate to - and he's awesome. Really sweet and patient and funny. Thanks for connecting us, Robin!
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So after my drum lesson, I went & met Jeff of DCResource at the Casablanca Cafe on Polk St. I'd eaten there a couple times a long time ago, but now it's gotten a lot more Mediterranean flair with the wood tables and a hooka on every one! I ordered a chicken shwarma and asked for 2 dolmas and surprisingly they put it IN the shwarma! It was DELICIOUS!!!
Jeff & I met there cuz it's also an internet cafe, and not only do they have the pay Surf-n-Sip, but there's free wi-fi networks you can jump on, too. It was good to rap w/ Jeff and see him again. We're trying to get the last few things ironed out for the DCResource site. Jeff hired me for a full re-design last year, but it hasn't gone live yet. Jeff has been doing all the production on it in between being very busy, so it's just been taking awhile. Understandably, because there's years of database and images to transfer over.. but we're almost there!! I'm so excited to show it off when it goes live!
Speaking of, I have TONS of stuff to update my portfolio with. It's crazy but the other day I wrote it out & there's a good 10 or so Web and Flash sites I've worked on that aren't even in there. oy!
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After lunch w/ Jeff, I headed over to take my lovely friend Bee out to get her nails done. She can't cut them herself anymore, so they were long and she was glad to have someone take the time to take her to get it done. I hadn't seen her since before her stroke, which she had only months after her bout with pneumonia. Sadly, just from being in the hospital, she's gotten really weak and frail, and the stroke has just made it even a little worse. :( It's wild to see such a dramatic shift in her health, in just 9 months... She was always so spry and got around this city on her own, carrying groceries and keeping busy with no problems up until that first hospitilization.
Her son is helping her a lot which makes me so happy to hear. And I call her here & there to check up on her. I've known her for almost 8 years now! We get along great... and I joke with her, things like when we're walking (which because she's walking with a cane and is so frail, is a snails pace) that we're gonna get a speeding ticket if we're not careful. :)
We went out for ice cream after we got her nails done & I was able to show her photos on my laptop of my house and the ever growing tree plant that she gave me back when I lived with her! Which, by the way, has 3! new sprouts that shot up like FIREWORKS over 4th of July weekend! I was going to cut it so that it started a shoot somewhere lower on the trunk, but I can't bear to cut off the top of the beautiful new sprouts!
Anyway, Bee's a wonderful lady and I think she's doing her best to keep her spirits about her condition. I really enjoy being around her and I'm gonna try to make a monthly date with her, either to get our nails done together - or take her to a movie or something.
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Finally I made it back home and worked all Thursday night and Friday till I took off for the show.
The opener was a guy named Etienne De Rocher. He had a great voice and really pretty songs. For Stars came on next, who Lisa loves and recommended I check out. They were good, but didn't bowl me over or anything. However I think I'd enjoy their CD. Seeing them live I was more preoccupied with the hilarious hand gestures the lead singer Carlos was doing as he sang. And Sarah, Jem, Tania and I all agreed he reminded us of a gay Will Farrell. His flowered shirt probably wasn't helping this association.
M. Ward was great! I wished Rick could have been there to watch the man do his magic on the guitar! He was excellent - and I love his voice. I'm glad I went! After that Sarah & I took off for another beer at Lucky 13 and then called it a night. It was good to hang with her and catch up.
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This weekend my friends Sandy & Derek are in town (they moved to Maui!), so I'm stoked to see them. Tonite we're going to a dinner party at her friend Ken's house in the East Bay. I'm looking forward to meeting him finally and having some yummy wine & food!
Ok, that's my blabberific post for ya :) Have a good day!
