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mdlbearThis weekend, Thursday through Sunday, m and I were at D.F.D.F. | Das Frühlingsfest der Filksmusik in Hanstedt, Germany -- one of the two German filk cons. We got in a couple of good rehersals, Sunday and Wednesday. We'd signed up for a two-song set in the Main Concert, which is basically a couple of hours of two-fers interspersed with voice auction items. This is f'n brilliant, because the auction items overlap the tech setup for the next concert set, allowing the whole affair to proceed seamlessly.
Our "set" was Millennium's Dawn and Ship of Stone. We'd done quite a bit of hacking and slashing to bring "Millennium's Dawn" up to date (removing the verse that starts "There ought to be talking computers...", taking out the first chorus, and making some minor wording tweaks.) We absolutely nailed both songs.
The open filking mostly started after my bedtime, We did get to perform Gentle Arms of Eden and The Bears (middle-sized and middle-aged). m stayed up later, and their singing was also well-received. We'll be back.
There may be a proper con report in a few days.
The flight back was not fun, with hassles in both Hamburg and Schiphol. And Sunday afternoon and evening were kind of a blur due to urinary problems, that turned out to be passing a kidney stone that had me very worried. Fortunately it resolved this morning.
I note in passing that the song pages for Kaleidofolk are in pretty sorry shape right now and badly in need of troubleshooting. Later this week. I also need to put up a page for our new album (in progress), Winds of Time.
Notes & links: 0525Su Whit Sunday, Lilac Towel Day; * sift litter boxen @ Towel Day - Wikipedia May 25, Geek Pride Day, Towel Day and the Glorious 25th of May. Do you know where your lilac towel is, Padawan? Wear the Lilac Day: What is Wear the Lilac Day? & awake 3:30ish * up 7ish; ; Dutch * drugs: first am 7:07; rest am 8:10; coffee; pm 18:30ish * drop down to 25g of beans for coffee -> maybe only one mug of that * walk: around the block. @ The Copilot Delusion " Because you don’t know what you don’t know. That’s the cruel joke. We’ll fill this industry with people who think they’re good, because their bot passed CI. They'll float through, confident, while the real ones - the hungry ones - get chewed up by a system that doesn’t value understanding anymore. Just output. Just tokens per second. " @ TIL: Estimated sign = ℮ @ Kathy McManamon livestreamed concert on Band camp: missed most of it because of... * "rehearsal" -> KF album planning session. Title: - Resurfacing- see Wednesday 0526Mo * sift litter boxen (N") & awake 2:55ish * up 7:00; W=89(196lbs); Dutch - 600-day streak * drugs: first am 7:07; rest am 08:12; 2*coffee(19g); pm 21:30 @ 21 Weird Things in DUTCH SUPERMARKETS! - YouTube @ The Wonderful World of Mathematics Constructing the 120 Cell - YouTube * load drugs * need B6 * need fish oil 0527Tu * sift litter boxen & awake 3ish * up 6:50; ; Dutch % my Dutch was just excruciating today. Totally mis-hearing too many words. * walk - N. one block * drugs: first am 7:01; rest am 8ish; 2*coffee; pm 21:19 @ Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits transgender youth @ display: contents considered harmful – Eric Bailey * 15:19 - expected call from H. Bergsma@Haga, probably the Radiology appointment -> wants me to get a new blood test on the day (0612Th) of my CT scan. (the results will be ready by my 0616Mo appt with H. Bergsma) * work on the HSX website -- mostly the headers. Still needs tweaking; only the top level and /Music/ have been worked on seriously. dark mode still broken. % 18:26 I'm still pretty wrecked, despite m talking me down from the ceiling an hour ago @ Chernobyl's mutant wolves appear to have developed resistance to cancer 0528We * sift litter boxen & awake 2:45ish * up 7ish; ; * drugs: first am 7:30; rest am 8:50; coffee(17g); pm 22:53 * walk: around block * laundry -> in G's queue 11:35 -> % travel used to be fun. * 2pm or earlier expect call from J.D. Tijsterman@Haga urology about PC treatment plan -> Will continue abiraterone until end of November @ Mary Ellen Carter - Horizon (Stan Rogers, arr. Scott Reimer) choral & verified that middle names are not needed on ticket. First and last must match ID. * NEED TO PACK A CPAP MASK * expect zooplus between 17:57-18:57 * album -> Winds of Time * check in for flight ~ finish packing -> tried to test Plink -- had to use TRS cable because I couldn't find the instrument cables. Anyway the battery's dead, as expected, so will have to be mic'd. : fsking printer isn't working ~ load drugs before trip 0529Th * sift litter boxen & awake 3:30ish * up 6ish; ; --missed Dutch. saved points to the rescue. * drugs: first am 6:10; rest am 07:17; pm 23:15 * NOTE: drugs can pack in Plink % didn't take the time to grab the mouse dongle, or the presence of mind to take a wired or bluetooth mouse, both of which were sitting next to the desk. * leave 9:30-10 Needed the passport; the Dutch ID isn't sufficient * made it to the gate. Only thing I forgot was a nail clipper, but there's a sand file in Plink's aux bag. No power at the gate ->mostly stay on phone. * 13:00 AMS -> 14:05 HAM KLM Flt KL1755 Seats 5B,C econ comfort, Boeing 737-800 YVYEFG wheelchair assistance confirmed on both ends Should have stayed in the plane, at least long enough to ask about the wheelchair -- but we went down the steep gangway stairs and into the terminal without seeing it * D.F.D.F. | Das Frühlingsfest der Filksmusik * Ring Hotel Sellhorn, Hanstedt room confirmed for Th 29May - Mo 2 June * pm circle - Gentle Arms of Eden, the bears, m sang Things We Did Not Choose and I think two others; we may have done something else together - stupidly did not pack: razor, toothpaste, eyebleach, mouse. I did bring a toothbrush, in the plastic "liquid meds" bag. -But no taandpasta- pretty sure I tossed in a hairbrush, but can't find it. 0530 borrowed m's 0530Fr ~ sift litter boxen & awake ? don't think so. Hmm. * up 7ish; S=7.3; shower * drugs: first am 07:27; rest am; pm : The hotel WiFi is free, but apparently worth what you pay for it. darkstar FTW : excellent buffet breakfast. buffet breakfast and dinner included, a fact I'd forgotten : apparently one is supposed to go out after breakfast and "have adventures" % I am absolutely not up for walking anywhere further than around the block % 11:57 hanging out in the patio with m just to be outside, with the sound of the water features, which is very calming. : I obviously don't go outside with unsable enough; the bezels are really filthy @ OpenAI model modifies own shutdown script, say researchers • The Register @ OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge -- Funny what a public scolding from AI luminaries and a word from state AGs can do @ Topless trans protest takes place outside Scottish parliament Trans protesters go topless outside government building to fight anti-trans ruling Topless trans women protest outside Downing Street in ‘deeply symbolic act’ & very good talk after dinner with Smac about recording and rights -- we probably want to release the CD in the US because of EU rights management; it's not a given, but the people whose rights we need are mostly in the US and CA. & left the circle -- which was bardic, but I didn't know that, at almost exactly midnight when they had just gotten around to asking if there were any requests from people in the back row (which included me). m is still there, but midnight is enough past my bedtime that I ought to splat. & found the tiny tube of toothpaste that came with the Delta wooden toothbrush; also a toenail clipper. 0531Sa ~ sift litter boxen & awake 7:30ish; % nose very congested, probably difficulty breathing that woke me up. Why I didn't switch to mouth breathing is unknown * up 7:20ish; ; Dutch % nose very congested % ... sniffling all afternoon, out of it. Possible virus. * drugs: first am 7:23; rest am 09:09; pm 22:30ish @ CDs are back. Here's why. * 14:00 registered for a 2-song set in the main concert #7 in the line-up -> we sang Millenium's Dawn and Ship of Stone, and effing nailed it. much better than any of our rehearsals -- we needed the practice too, but also the adrenaline and maybe the extra feedback in the monitors. -> got compliments from several people. % RSI Right palm, from holding phone. % feeling distinctly under the weather all afternoon 0601Su ~ sift litter boxen & awake 4:50ish; Thunderstorm. % odd dreams (when aree they not?) which I don't remember; % not much congestion today, no drip. so maybe... * up 07:20ish; ; * drugs: first am 07:21; rest am 08:57; pm 19:51 @ The Best Part of Researching Trans History Is When I’m Wrong (ysabetwordsmith) * 11am Sven's workshop on guitar picking enough different from any of my usuals that it was (is) challenging. T-21 T12- ?? and a riff with C shifted up 4 to E, down by 1/2-steps to C, then Am G Em (IIRC) * check in, upgrade seats % 22:04 feeling wiped out. took a glass of water -- probably the last I'll get until tomorrow night. headachy. feel feverish but that could be because it's hot in here * 22:24 naproxen 440 rennie & 22:57 cold shower. seemed to help. wasn't in it long. % 23:17 splat.
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Date: 2025-06-03 03:21 pm (UTC)