Saturday: Slept in, until noonish. Breakfast with MB (eggs and so on). Somehow by the end of eating, it was 2 PM. Shower. Some computer time. Answered some questions MB had about Invention 1. Down basement. Sweeping. Some exercise. Morning (afternoon) practices.
Spent the late afternoon and early evening listening back to recordings made at my birthday party. Mostly it was as I remembered it. Some good, and some worthy of the dust-bin. Experimented with shifting tracks slightly to make up for travel time between mics. This made for a distinct improvement in the overall tightness of the sound. MB headed out for a belly dance gig in Winthrop.
I drove to KKC around 10 PM. Car wouldn't start and needed a jump. A bit of snow had fallen. No one was at the center. My guess is that the evenings activities mostly fizzled. They hadn't been well promoted, and I think everybody is off in their own world. Drove over to Winthrop, and hung out with MB between sets, and some friends of hers, for about 40 minutes. Bn danced around with a basket on her head giving out flowers. Very loud house music. Crazy energy.
Drove back to Arlington to Shawn's party, arriving 5 minutes before midnight. Rang in the new year with Shawn and a friendly bunch of people. Sang the traditional song. Then, Scrabble and Jenga. I came in last in Scrabble, but had a nice time. Gave a back-rub. MB showed up around 2 AM. More talking and hanging out. One woman was going through some emotional stuff, and Shawn was lending an ear. We later talked about Shawn's living situation, now that the owner of the house is probably going to a nursing home, and all the work that needs to be done on the place. Three guitarists were going at it upstairs. A fire. Food. Sct from Chicago was there, and it was very good to catch up with him a bit. Somehow it got to be 4 AM. MB and I headed home around 4:20, having to sweep off our cars and drive slowly through the snowy streets.
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