RF at the Somerville Theater

Friday: Woke around 9. Yep, late night. MB headed out. I jumped out of bed, down the stairs, and violently shampooed 5 couch pillows. Also tidied up around the house. Ate some breakfast (cereal, tea), shower. Left some notes for M. Down basement and morning practices. Said hello to M, as she cleaned. Drove out. Stopped at the Shaws to drop off the rug cleaner. Bought an energy drink. I have been reluctant to try this particular brand. The advertising rubs me the wrong way, and its by a large soda manufacturer. Sure enough, it is similar to what I would imagine a mixture of Lemony Pledge and Weasel Urine to taste like.

In to work. Poked around at my new project, but not huge progress. Sent off a couple of whiny emails about code formatting style. Xeroxed some materials from Jun. Jn gave me a bug near the end. Didn't get to fix it before leaving around 4:30.

Found parking in Davis Sq, and made my way to the Somerville Theater. Explained who I was sufficiently for them to let me in. Met David, Biff and Robert. Got my laminated tag. Sat for a spell. Met David K and Terry in the lobby. I went and bought us some shoe laces to use as lanyards. Soon Victor arrived. Some talk and hanging around. David K and I went and got some pizza, talking about programming languages. Back to the theater, more details. Figuring out where to stand. Listening to the Residents. We all had a quick meeting with Robert. He asked "So do you know what you're doing out there?" That's one of those unanswerables, isn't it? We took our places, and stood as the doors opened (7:15). We stood through the welcoming prerecorded music (You have Ring Worm), we stood through the first set, the Q&A, the prerecorded bit, and the second set. Good stuff. Sore feet.

In the usual triad, we have the Music, the Musician, and the Audience. I sensed that tonight the four of us were serving as a fourth (subsidiary) component... an extension of the Musician, helping to deliver the Music to the Audience. A mama cat holds down her squirmy young-ones, while she cleans their ears. Perhaps, we were the firm, but loving, paw.

After the show, another brief meeting with RF, as he prepared to, much deservedly, chow down on Indian food. Saw Bl B, and Shawn. Some standing around on the sidewalk. MB had to go back to David and J's house to pick up her car. I decided to go back to work. Drove back to H Sq and put in 45 minutes, fixing the bug I'd left hanging. Made the decision to check it in. Got an email from Tony making arrangements for tomorrow.

Back home. Spent some time with MB. We ate leftover Chinese food and talked. I practiced a little guitar. Updated the KKC website. Posted a sermon to the OCBC site. Email. Very soon bed.