How I spent my weekend (20110106 Fr - 0108Su)

[mdlbear]

I spent the weekend in Seattle with my sister of choice and bandmate Naomi; less than 48 hours, but a good visit and well worth it. We had a couple of great rehearsals, and some very nice quiet time together. I also had brunch Saturday morning with chaoswolf, which was nice.

I noticed a big adrenaline rush getting off the plane and through the airport. No telling whether it had an emotional component -- excitement? -- or was just the natural result of juggling my luggage and walking a little faster than usual. Alexithymia strikes again. For some reason my walking pace depends a lot on location; airports are fast.

I also took a look at the Conflikt program grid, and determined that our concert will be at 8pm on Friday. It's a really full schedule. But it's a good time; second concert of the evening, prime time, right before open filking. And we'll have the rest of the weekend to recover.

Saturday, as I said earlier, I started the day having brunch with the Wolfling, then a good run-through, and quite a lot of nice quiet time with Naomi. We had another, even better, practice session Sunday -- we basically nailed the tough ones, and I got some nice clean recordings to take home and remind me. I tend to forget things like melodies and timing, if I don't hear them often enough.

N. also told me that she likes my computer glasses, which are "rimless"; she says they give a much better view of my face. It's too bad that they don't make them with lenses large enough to be usable as bifocals. But it's nice that I'll be using them to perform in, since a music stand is at almost exactly the same distance as a monitor.

Links. Quite a few links. I got Navigating Love and Autism - NYTimes.com by way of a paper clipping my Mom mailed me. It wasn't findable in google -- they apparently expect you to go their site and search there. Idiots! But a pretty good article.

I got mentioned in a review of a Harry Potter/Callahan's crossover.

And here's an article "On illustrating poetry" by meeks, who made my river icon.

0106 Fr
  * up 6:40; W=196; drugs, nose, teeth, packing, dishes, laundry
  * last-minute packing:
    * CPAP  * drugs  * cygnus  * Science
  @ rb | Improve Web Accessibility/Readability With Bookmarklets 
    notdoneliving.net/bookmarklets.html 
  @ Consonance 2007 - CONSONANCE 2012 Progress Report
  @ poetree | On illustrating poetry (meeks)
  @ Navigating Love and Autism - NYTimes.com (via clipping from Mom)
    (hidden from search engines; had to go to nytimes.com to find it :P ) 
  * 4:30 leave for airport - Justin
  * San Jose, CA - SJC  to  Seattle/Tacoma, WA - SEA   Confirmation # II4CPS
    DEPART JAN 6	6:45 PM San Jose,  CA (SJC) to
    	       		9:05 PM Seattle/Tacoma,  WA (SEA) Flight #339
  : SJC:  battery keeps bouncing between charging and discharging, but the
    light stays lit.  Connector?  applet?  cord?  Annoying as hell.
    -> ok, appears to have been the wall power on that row of seats! :P
       waste of time (I tried rebooting, etc.) but no lasting ill effects.
  % big adrenaline rush getting off the plane and through the airport - this
    apparently happens every time, but I only just id'd it.  Possibly just
    because of the juggling bags and walking fast, but could also be
    excitement.  Alexithymia strikes again.  Or is that "as usual"?
  * Easy trip up in the shuttle
  * The Conflikt program grid is up - concert 7:30 Friday

0107 Sa
  * up 7:15ish; drugs, hair
  * 9ish leave for Marysville
  * 10 am: meet Woof for breakfast @ Applebee's
  : set (.5") binder makes a perfectly good netbook lapdesk.
  @ (01/07/12 11:15:12) filkerwolf: erm. This website, mentions you in a
    review. http://www.fanfiction.net/r/1131870/ 
  * install new furnace filters.
  * put concert time on lgf and ss gig lists
  * good run-through.  Go us!
  & some nice quiet time with N in her bedroom.  Mostly just sitting with our
    respective computers; some conversation. 

0108 Su
  * up 8am; drugs, pack, nose, teeth
  * check in online (really just to verify that earlybird worked)
  * Wake N ~10
  * good session.  Pretty well nailed the hard ones.
  % N. says that my new computer glasses, which are rimless, give a better
    view of my face and (therefore) look much better on me.  Unfortunately,
    they're two small for bifocals.  Fortunately, I use them for performing.
  * more quiet time, and a couple of rounds of MadLibs
  * shuttle should be arriving ~4pm
  * print boarding pass at airport
  * San Jose, CA - SJC  to  Seattle/Tacoma, WA - SEA   Confirmation # II4CPS
    RETURN JAN 8	6:50 PM Seattle/Tacoma,  WA (SEA) to
    	       		8:55 PM San Jose,  CA (SJC) 	  Flight #299
  : looks like a full flight -- they just called for volunteers to fly
    tomorrow.  Um... no.  Glad I paid the $10 for early checkin.
  % I could get used to traveling without a guitar.  Mostly not an option.
  * The books I ordered from Powells arrived
  : the laundry hamper was totally full; apparently the YD only did one or two
    loads of laundry while I was gone.  It really needs ~2/day.
  % Almost too tired/sleepy to move after I flopped onto the bed.