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Trying Out Some Drums
& Cars  J: Gina caught my cold last Wednesday and it took her down for the count for the next couple days. On Saturday we drummed and didged at the start of the Greenbelt Crazy Quilt Spring Music Festival, a free outdoor festival that features local folk bands. After drumming in the opening of the festival (they amplified my dij, it was very loud!) Gina and I left to submit ourselves to a torture session at a nearby car dealership. We test-drove the Toyota Echo, which was alright, and ran the gauntlet of eager sales people: "What price will it take to get you to drive out of here with one?" "No thanks, we're just looking" "No, really, how much?" "OK, a dollar." Then we retreated back to the safety of Greenbelt -- more bands like ILY AIMY (a couplet with goodharmonies), our friend Izolda, and a young woman from Asheville named Brianna. I bought a Brianna CD. While the festival played on we walked into the Beijing restaurant and had a humorous dinner with Kory, Jenny, Shaun, Mi Ae, Dave, and Luisa. Dave invited us to his house, in town. We played twister and a really big Balderdash game with 10 people (Dorian and Amethyst showed up) and didn't get back till 2:00 AM or so. On Sunday we continued the drum jam in downtown Greenbelt, with only one call from an annoyed neighbor, then we went to Shaun and Mi Ae's house to test drive their Prius hybrid car. Pretty interesting ride -- when you stop at an intersection or go downhill, sometimes the engine turns off completely. After driving the car around and talking about it with Shaun, I felt better about maybe buying one someday. Yesterday Michelle Isaac (I can never remember her married name; sorry John) visited us while she's on the East Coast for work. We had dinner at Beijing again with her, Joe, Meg, and their kids, and went for a walk with Booda. Then we sat around chatting while Billy and Leo watched The Iron Giant for the twentieth time. They know a good movie when they see it. The rest of the week, including tonight, I attended extremely long rehearsals for The Tempest at our community theater. I play the dij whenever Caliban gets into one of his moods, and occasionally with drums during scene changes. I've decided that Tempest would work well in a Gilligan's Island wrapping. Somebody get to work on that, OK? Kevin? (Cue music) ... here on Caliban's Isle! Hey, That reminds me, it's Shakespeare's birthday! Happy birthday, Willy. G: Blah! I caught John's cold! I thought I was over it after about a day, but I have recurring snot and a few aches. Blah! I don't want to hype it up but I can't help it! I want a 2004 Prius - it is going to be the best car in the world! It is going to be a difficult wait until they come out in the fall, and then they might be very popular and we'll have to keep waiting. It will be hard because we'll probably have gotten rid of Dippy (the Escort) by then. And then we'll worry about paying too much. "They Live" has got to be the dumbest name for a movie I've ever heard. Maybe it wouldn't be quite so bad for a Zombie movie or something. But for this movie it made little sense. While at dinner Saturday night the bunch of us came up with a parody idea - a movie about some sunglasses that let you see people's farts. It will be called "They Smell." |
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