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Looooong I knew if I didn't write every few hours at home this weekend, far too much stuff would pile up for a posting of any reasonable length. So I'll apologize in advance, but that's enough build up - I can't stand it when people spend an inordinate amount of time informing the audience about how long it was going to take to deliver their message... I went to visit Johnny on Saturday afternoon, with whom Michael and I spent a combined 11 years and probably several thousand dollars taking private lessons from. It was the first time I'd seen him since high school, and needless to say we had both changed quite a bit and had lots of catching up to do. He is now 85, and still teaching 50 students a week (his peak was 100). I lost count of how many times he told me about "A former student of mine..."
Since I was in the neighborhood, I stopped by Barnes & Noble to say hello to Nikki, who got me started with all this weblog business a few months ago. She happened to be hiding from a 14 year old stalker when I showed up, so the nice man in the music department told her there was a tall, slender guy was looking for her. It's been a long time since I lost all that weight, but it's still kind of weird to hear a complete stranger choose the word "slender" to describe me. It was good to see her, and I even learned that she was born in the same area of California that Susan and I are moving to! Karen & John's engagement party was a good time, with friends & family coming from all over the country to celebrate. We played bocce ball until it was too dark to see anything but the yellow ones - which is probably why Catherine took us all to the cleaners with her home back yard advantage. We spent the end of the evening at Harbor Fest 2K4, which was some damn good people watching. Everclear was off stage before 11 (wusses), but Pat McCurdy was nice enough to serenade us with a few of his wildly irreverent songs until the wee hours. Sunday morning brought Fathers' Day - and the obligatory golf that accompanied it. I shot 53 on the front and back at Johnson Park, which could have been a lot less painful if I knew how to use a putter. I can't complain too much though - I played 36 holes of golf in 3 days - it was like Myrtle Beach all over again. Just 2 more parties to crash before leaving town - my grandparents' 60th anniversary celebration, and dinner with the Helding family. I didn't leave Racine until after 8, and made it bed a little before 3 AM. I spent the bulk of the ride listening my new audio book... Now Playing: David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 
posted by Brad at 6/25/2004 03:32:00 PM | permalink |
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