My neighborhood is going through a lot of change right now, so I'm just trying to roll with it and stay afloat. So far, so good, but it's troubling seeing so many other long time businesses here closing. I've also been pretty occupied with keeping tabs on and trying to help out with my just turned 85 and about to turn 90 year old mom and dad back in D.C. Mom had some heart issues around New Year's that scared us, but she's doing better now. Same for my pop, who's been struggling with sciatica and back issues, but recently received a successful cortisone shot that is making him more optimistic about living a little longer. Their bodies are breaking down. I guess that's how it goes. It's caused me to reevaluate how I take care of mine, and I try to cherish the times I get to see and talk with them.
It's not all been drudgery, though. I had a really fun two weeks in New Orleans, attending my first Jazz Fest. I got to stay at a real nice house one of my cousins owns uptown, with lots of time hanging out at the pool and just relaxing. At the end of May, all of my siblings came out here for a wedding celebration for my niece. which was a lot of fun. She's my sister's daughter. and she and her husband have just moved to Atlanta, where she'll be doing her medical residency at Emory. Her younger brother just left Seattle too, off to start Med School at the University of Virginia. This leaves my sister and her husband as my only family here, now, but also gives me motivation to make a Southeast trip. More recently, I got to attend Roger Waters show at the Tacoma Dome, which was outstanding. I started volunteering two months ago with the People's Harm Reduction Alliance here in the U-District. Once a week, I help put together kits of materials designed to keep people from dying and further harming themselves. I'm learning a lot and enjoying meeting new people and getting a chance to discuss different things.
I'm coming to the end of my self-imposed one year cannabis hiatus at the end of this month. I stopped playing my guitar daily once I stopped my morning wake and bake, so it's now a precondition of mine that I won't start using again, until I start playing daily again. To that end, and with having the day off yesterday, I played for the first time in a while. I wasn't too rusty, but my callouses are gone, and I have to rebuild them!
If you have a chance, see the movie Captain Fantastic, starring Viggo Mortensen as a dad who has his kids living off the grid in the Pacific Northwest. It's a fun movie and good for the soul.
That's it from here.
Whatever your troubles are, I hope they ease soon, and the road ahead brings you peace and happiness.
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Woooooaaahhhh
Woooooaaahhhh
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Doin whippits?
Doin whippits?
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Ahhhhhhh+hhhhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh+hhhhhhhhh
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"Woooooaaahhhh!", said Snowy.
"Woooooaaahhhh!", said Snowy.
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No, actually. Just reaching
No, actually. Just reaching out.
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It's ok to cry, but not at
It's ok to cry, but not at the dinner table...
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More troubles from your ex
More troubles from your ex-wife? Hoping your kids are all okay.
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No troubles, per se.
No troubles, per se.
More like waking up.
Hi, all.
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How the hell are ya , Floops?
How the hell are ya , Floops?
Did you move yet?
How is the new place?
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Isn't it bedtime there?
Isn't it bedtime there?
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It is bedtime, Jaz - for
It is bedtime, Jaz - for adults.
It's ten-thirty and the sun is now getting toward dusk. It's weird.
Hey, Jambone, man. It's all good. Still moving.
The new place is great.
Thanks for asking.
See yall soon.
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Nobody expresses it the way
Nobody expresses it the way you do Floops.
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Cool thread
Cool thread
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The best to ya , Floops.
The best to ya , Floops.
Noted that a good deep stretch with a deep bear growl is the shit.
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"Hold your head like this,
"Hold your head like this, and then go, "Waaaaaaaaaa!"
Around 4:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdoGVgj1MtY
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Hoo Haa
Hoo
Haa
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Keep on Floopin' on!
Keep on Floopin' on!
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Shouldn't someone have
Shouldn't someone have offered you a cookie by now?
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No cookies, Dave. How ya been
No cookies, Dave. How ya been?
It flooped well :)
Argument clinic, perfect
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No cookies but I have some
No cookies but I have some brownies and a chocolate for you, Floops.
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Brownies and chocolate?
Brownies and chocolate?
I'll take em.
Thanks,Voodoo
God life isn't easy sometimes.
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I'm doing okay, Floop. My
I'm doing okay, Floop.
My neighborhood is going through a lot of change right now, so I'm just trying to roll with it and stay afloat. So far, so good, but it's troubling seeing so many other long time businesses here closing. I've also been pretty occupied with keeping tabs on and trying to help out with my just turned 85 and about to turn 90 year old mom and dad back in D.C. Mom had some heart issues around New Year's that scared us, but she's doing better now. Same for my pop, who's been struggling with sciatica and back issues, but recently received a successful cortisone shot that is making him more optimistic about living a little longer. Their bodies are breaking down. I guess that's how it goes. It's caused me to reevaluate how I take care of mine, and I try to cherish the times I get to see and talk with them.
It's not all been drudgery, though. I had a really fun two weeks in New Orleans, attending my first Jazz Fest. I got to stay at a real nice house one of my cousins owns uptown, with lots of time hanging out at the pool and just relaxing. At the end of May, all of my siblings came out here for a wedding celebration for my niece. which was a lot of fun. She's my sister's daughter. and she and her husband have just moved to Atlanta, where she'll be doing her medical residency at Emory. Her younger brother just left Seattle too, off to start Med School at the University of Virginia. This leaves my sister and her husband as my only family here, now, but also gives me motivation to make a Southeast trip. More recently, I got to attend Roger Waters show at the Tacoma Dome, which was outstanding. I started volunteering two months ago with the People's Harm Reduction Alliance here in the U-District. Once a week, I help put together kits of materials designed to keep people from dying and further harming themselves. I'm learning a lot and enjoying meeting new people and getting a chance to discuss different things.
I'm coming to the end of my self-imposed one year cannabis hiatus at the end of this month. I stopped playing my guitar daily once I stopped my morning wake and bake, so it's now a precondition of mine that I won't start using again, until I start playing daily again. To that end, and with having the day off yesterday, I played for the first time in a while. I wasn't too rusty, but my callouses are gone, and I have to rebuild them!
If you have a chance, see the movie Captain Fantastic, starring Viggo Mortensen as a dad who has his kids living off the grid in the Pacific Northwest. It's a fun movie and good for the soul.
That's it from here.
Whatever your troubles are, I hope they ease soon, and the road ahead brings you peace and happiness.