Thanksgiving weekend

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I am writing code, to be specific, angularjs, doing my final project for the The Iron Yard, i spent a lot of time researching and looking around firstly, but this weekend was code time. It seems really scary to write a full blown app in two weeks and kind of insurmountable, but I figured I would start small and keep building as the weeks progress.

Thanksgiving was nice though, Charlotte cooked tons of food, and we drunk wine and then champagne thanks to her friend Paul. Though, I was the one to knock the wineglass over this year :(, oops.

I also got my new iphone 6 set up, and in a case, so if anyone wants an unlocked 64gb white iphone 5, let me know. It is in perfect shape and comes with all you need.

Did some shopping on Black Friday and mommy got an ipad mini, and the final items on her take back home list :), we had a good time, but not as good as eating cotton candy together at Craft Izakaya, thanks to Greg A for the photo and the awesome company:

Mommy and Me. Mommy and Me.

Monday Afternoon

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Survived the weekend, I rescued a possum, I did not do laundry, I helped Adam with his yard sale, I played nerf football with Noah, Aaron and Luke (5, 3, and 2 years old respectively), I went grocery shopping and I saw Warpaint. I did not bake, I did not clean and I did not work on my Halloween costume. But, I did get some sleep, and I did relax a little. Plus, thanks to Matthew I understand filter, where, and findWhere in underscore.js a lot better.

The yard sale went ok, not great, but Adam cleaned out a fair amount of stuff, plus I got a haircut at Bloomingdales for free, or rather for buying this amazing shampoo by a stylist called Moses. Then it was off to potluck at Greg and Melissa’s house. Charlotte and Mike came, and so I hung out with my nephews and Brenda(Greg’s mom), home by 8 and bed by 9:30, sadly I missed Sumera’s going away party but I was way to tired.

Up Sunday to get all my errands out the way. But, first I had to rescue a possum from my trashcan :(, he looked half drowned, I was nervous about it, but about an hour later he was gone. So grocery shopping, run by Wax’n’Facts to get new CDs and Aurora for coffee, then home to start working on API and learning the filter function in javascript. After much help from Matthew I even moved on to where, and findWhere in underscore’s library.

Got most everything working in time to go to Variety Playhouse to see Warpaint. I chatted to Cliff and Lisa and even Jeff Clark.

Sadly, I was so tired, I had to leave by 10 and get to bed by 11:30.

Warpaint at the Variety Playhouse Oct 19, 2014

Warpaint at the Variety Playhouse Oct 19, 2014

Loop, road trip

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Last Thursday night I rushed home, fed the kitties, waited for Adam (who was stuck in traffic) then got in the car with Greg N, and we drove to Athens, GA to see Loop play at the Georgia Theatre. I have actually never been to the Georgia Theatre, so I didn’t know what to expect, I knew it burnt down and had been rebuilt. But, that was it. It was nice, not great, red velvet curtains, concrete floor to stand on, a small version of the CocaCola Roxy? But, not many people seemed there.

We ate next door at the Branded Butcher, a weird farm to table style restaurant, with interesting sounding food, but odd service and a little pricey for Athens, but it was not crowded, and no drunk frats boys milling about. The fried cauliflower was good, but the sauce was to sweet for me, the chicken liver pate was good, but once again to sweet, same with the bread, good but sweet. Almost everything was a savory sweet pairing, not a big hit with me.

Maserati playing Athens, May 1, 2014.  Georgia Theatre

Maserati playing Athens, May 1, 2014. Georgia Theatre

Then next door to catch the end of Maserati, and put earplugs in.

Loop playing Athens, May 1, 2014, the Georgia Theatre.

Loop playing Athens, May 1, 2014, the Georgia Theatre.

Maserati were good, loud driving and still have that Pink Floyd edge I just catch. I like them, just never think about going to see them.

A few moments of saying hi to people then Loop came on.

A wall of noise and sound, underpinned by melody. Beautiful, cacophonous and stunning. A fairly short set, about an hour and a brief encore with “Mothersky” by Can. I took my earplugs out once, and it was overwhelming, but even with ear plugs my whole body felt the music, was part of the sound. There was nothing uncontrolled about Loop, it was all controlled and finessed, but amazing.

Loop playing Athens, May 1, 2014, the Georgia Theatre.

Loop playing Athens, May 1, 2014, the Georgia Theatre.