Done yesterday (20120219 Su)

[mdlbear]

Most of the day -- the afternoon and evening -- was spent at Jennifer and Moshe's Wedding I'm very glad we went, even though it was exhausting and loud and... Such a lot of happy energy! Great people-watching, too. I decided to sit with Colleen and some of the other old folks and watch the dancing rather than try to join it. Considering how exhausted I was when I flopped into bed, this was probably a good choice.

I seem to have become one of the "old folks" -- I'm clearly in the parents' generation now. My (younger) brother has grandkids. Gleep!

Given the noise level -- far too high for talking -- I spent pretty much the entire event, except for the actual ceremony, in a little personal bubble, not even trying to get into conversations. I seem to have gotten better at that, and I'm getting used to it as well. I do wish they'd mixed people up; we knew everyone at our table (the "filkers' table"), so I didn't get to meet anyone at dinner, and only two people at one of the receptions.

But, a good day. I'll take it.

0219 Su
  * up 7:40; W=191.0; drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, dishes, exercise, 
  * 15min: puttering (office, LR cleanup)
  * dvdbackup looks like a good command-line tool.  Rips all titles in a
    format suitable for burning later.  arista might be simpler than dvdrip
    @ Arista Transcoder - About
    command is arista-gtk
  * 2:30 get ready to leave for wedding
  * 3:30pm Jennifer & Moshe wedding -- Marriott San Mateo.  RSVP'ed
    Jennifer and Moshe | Our Wedding
    noisy; stand-up reception with only a handful of chairs.  Decent food.
    Total of 6 other filkers; they put us all at the same table.  Too loud for
    conversations.  OTOH a lot of happy energy and good people-watching.  Some
    of the kids were too cute for words.  Glad we went.
  % totally exhausted at the end of the day.  All that standing, probably.
  " Twice to overload, back and dead. " (Something like that, anyway)

Comments

conversation amidst noise

[thnidu]

I always carry earplugs in my fanny pack, along with asthma meds, cough drops,iPod, & othersuch necessities of daily life. These block out a lot of ambient noise while still letting me har my interlocutors clearly enough for conversation.

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