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Chickenshroom Sammitches Every Day
J:
Thursday
- Took off part of the day to
help Thom install fan belts on his Ferret,
which had broken down on Beaver Dam Road, near our house. It took about
three hours and lots of help from John Marketon and a bunch of generous
machine shop guys from BARC,
but we finally got the belts on, and Thom successfully started his toy.
I went home to clean up and get ready for a Geezer ride to Franklin's.
We had a nice ride, pretty fast because there were fewer of us (me,
Joey, Paul, Dorian, and Jack) and I was in the lead, pushing for an
early happy hour. From Franklin's I rode directly to
Luisa's place for a little campfire party in honor of her friend Trista
who
just got her PhD. Luisa had bought a small keg of Franklin's ale, so I
had a couple more pints, started her fire, and helped grill and eat
some veggie burgers. Then I went home to walk Boo and wait for Gina to
return from her vacation.
Gina got home around 12:30, a 6½ hour drive with some of that
stuck in two-lanes-of-I-95-closed traffic. Exhausted, we both went to
bed after mostly emptying the car of Gina's things.
Friday - On the
way to work I passed Thom's tank again, it had made it about a mile
from its previous location. I paged Thom and he called me back. This
time his little Ferret had busted its radiator, so he would have to tow
it home, on a big flatbed (it weighs almost four tons). Poor little
Ferret.
I had to go to a big company meeting, which turned out to be very
constructive, because on the way to the meeting I spied a huge chicken
mushroom just inside the woods near the NASA gate. On the way back
Georgi, who was driving, stopped and help me pick off pieces of the
chicken. We filled a grocery bag, so I've been eating a lot of
chickenshrooms this week.
After work Gina and I got the house ready, just in time, for our
monthly First Friday party. True to form, our campfire burned brightly,
despite the rain. I think our fires have been through rain or
snow every First Friday for
the last six months. It's becoming a tradition. I got very soaked but
had a great time. I got to bed after 5:30 the next morning.
Saturday - We woke
up around 9:00 that morning. Gina went to town center to display
pottery at an arts festival, but came home soon after— the pottery sale
was aborted due to rain. Meanwhile I stayed home and cleaned up a
little. The fire pit was still dry despite the rain; I had forgotten to
cover it the night before. After walking Boo, Gina and I went back to
town center to the New Deal for coffee and snacks, and to listen to
some of the festival's bands. Then we walked across the square to the
movie theater and met up with Kory and Luisa to watch The Ladykillers.
After the movie we hung around the New Deal until closing then bopped
over to Mike Cooney's place for a night of krazy dancing, complete with
DJ Matt. A lot of the Greenbelt Gang showed up, along with a few
out-of-towners, like Chris Welsh. Gina and I stayed up too late again.
Sunday -
Gina woke up early again to sell pottery. I turned up to hang around
and keep her company for a while, and listened to some of Jaqui's band,
Radio Mime. They're
good! Jaqui, who plays congas, was obviously having a lot of fun.
I had to leave early, though, for an origami date with Dad. We
discussed and sweated over various little emergent versions of his
paper airplane, which I hope to put up on this site someday, along with
other origami madness (Sorry this is taking so long, origami peeps). I
spent some spare time this week working out and memorizing "reference
points" (creases, corners, and edges to refer to while folding the
airplane) so I can describe its manufacture to advanced folders.
I returned to Greenbelt to listen to more bands
and help with pottery
sales while Gina attended a brush making workshop. When she returned,
we broke the pottery table down (Kory helped, thanks Kory!), then
loitered a bit around the square with friends. I went back home with
Kory for a quick doggy jaunt, then we met Dorian, Luisa, Ginger, and
Gina back at Luisa's place, and watched Dorian get all tied up by
Ginger (hee hee), then it's all a blur, 'cause I was very sleepy.
Monday - Rode my
bicycle to work, worked, then rode back home for a little nap and
chores. Chris, Alfredo, Jun, Margit, & Luisa showed up later to
watch our wedding video. I also
fed them chickenshroom
sammitches, and they liked them a lot. I hadn't seen the wedding video
in a long time— it was somewhat embarrassing, I must say. Kory showed
up right after the video ended, lucky Kory. Gina played her beach
vacation video and I tried to watch that while playing backgammon,
which is quite difficult. The video's highlights: a house tour, elusive
dolphins, Rich Potter, who is very funny on video, quick crabs
scuttling across the beach, kites, and parasailing. Not shown: boogie
boarding.
Tuesday -
allergies most of the day yeck. Then home, Stacy walked Boo so I rested
on the couch and listened to the Davids (Bowie and Byrne). Then Gina
came back from the farm (picking up and picking the vegetables), and
she and I got a ride from Mi Ae to Rí Rá for Qui Ni
(Translation: Mi Ae Kim is a friend, Rí Rá is a
bar, and Qui Ni means Quiz Night, which I just made up but it looked
better that way in the sentence). Team Trayler Trash, whose members
were Ginohn, Rich, Mi Ae, Kory, Molly, Christy, and Eric, came in 5th
out of about 20 teams! Not bad. I had lots of stressful fun, and too
many curried french fries. The League of Gentlemen won again this week.
Cheaters.
I should sic Brick
on them.
Wednesday
- Another Wednesday.
I'm just working on website stuff, and eating a hell of a lot of
chickenshrooms.
G: I had a
really nice time in the Outer Banks of NC, but don't worry, I didn't
get one of those OBX (stands for obnoxious) bumper stickers. I did
overestimate my ability to tan (being half Italian), since I haven't
been on the beach so much in many, many years. I ended up getting a bit
of a burn, not too bad really, and John's been having fun peeling the
skin off my back lately while admonishing me about it. But even those
who took major precautions ended up with some sunburn as well, so maybe
it wasn't entirely stupidity on my part. Oh, and that tan through
bathing suit didn't seem to work, I mean, I ended up with some major
tan /burn lines.
I had a lot of fun, but perhaps the most fun was Boogie Boarding. This
is when you have a styrofoam type board, about 3 feet long, and you
ride in on a wave on your belly and hanging on to the board. It wasn't
always easy to hit the wave just right, but when you did, it was really
neat. It felt like you were going much faster than you were, and
usually the foam of the wave was bubbling underneath you and carrying
you along with it.
Parasailing was great too, but not free like Boogie Boarding. It wasn't
the least bit scary, really fun to take off and land, and very peaceful
way up there in the sky.
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THE HEAP
where we wade the web
why airfoils are so...
meanwhile:
soverny...
torture
& the politics...
phillip
k dick (mp3)
thumbmonkey
bush
to the u.s...
the
covert kingdom
electric
land speed...
geognomes
farked
bush cheney
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