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Nov. 26th, 2011 09:03 pmWorking security at Wilmo Rock Circus. I continue to be amazed by the volume of quality original local music in our little town that can (rock)!
JT3 in LoMa This Evening
Oct. 14th, 2011 10:42 amSorry for the late notice gang, but if you're in Wilmington DE, I can highly recommend this show. You all know by now that I'm a huge fan of the JT3, but Film Brothers is also an awesome crew, and aI love that neighborhood. Check it out for your early Friday night entertainment!
The Joe Trainor Trio roars into Lower Market this Friday (10/14)…
The Joe Trainor Trio roars into Lower Market this Friday (10/14)…
Weekend in Review
Sep. 10th, 2007 02:21 pmWow. What an awesome weekend.
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xtingu 's weekend summary post...
Friday September 7th, 2007:
I worked a little late. Ok - maybe not worked so much. A co-worker sold me a motherboard and cpu to update my sorely antiquated home PC. It took a little work, some prayers in long dead languages and a couple of virgin sacrifices, but we got it working. The power supply, in fact, wasn't the right pin out, but my handy pocket knife explained the situation to the cabling, and now it sees the error of its ways. Now I'm able to do things like play music AND browse the web at the same time. What a concept.
After that, I swung by my place, dropped the pc off, got packed up for the weekend and headed over to seextingu for a nice relaxing evening of 'chill with my girlfriend' - which is not a euphemism - it's just really good.
Saturday September 8th, 2007:
We headed up to my folks' place to celebrate my brother and my birthdays. Our middle brother and his lovely wife came down to join in the festivities. Brunch at Pickles (more on that later) and then we lost Josh, Ben, and Trina to other plans. My folks,xtingu , and myself headed back to the house to drop off crap and consolidate vehicles, then it was off to the Allentown Art Museum to see the Looney Tunes Exhibit.
After a delightful time at the museum (which included sitting and watching cartoons with my Mom and Pop in the 'kids section' and getting bemused looks from security guards) we headed to lunch and to do a little shopping. I needed to update a couple things in my wardrobe pretty badly and I annoyed Llij and my Mom with my efficiency in that department. To illustrate:
Step 1: Walk into the shoe store.
Step 2: Grab the first pair of shoes that I like after a quick glance.
Step 3: Try on one other size in the same 'model' shoe.
Step 4: Pay for shoes.
Step 5: There is no Step 5. Nor is there any spoon.
I did much the same thing with some other clothes, a new tie, and so forth. Since I was going to a wedding reception withxtingu and I both seem to really just enjoy the hell out of 'farting around' with my folks, and this was some good time with them that we don't get nearly often enough. My brothers and their significant others were sorely missed, but Ben and Trina were at a good friend's wedding and Josh doesn't get to see enough of Angie these days, so he was visiting her, so I guess we can forgive them.
Later,xtingu and I caught up with kar0na at The Starlite Diner (which - as a side note - is INcorrectly located on Google Maps) for some munchies. We called it a fairly early night because my Rock Star Girlfriend had a date with a recording studio on Sunday. I won't point out that I'm getting to be an old man and really like to get to sleep at a decent hour myself or anything.
Sunday September 9th, 2007:
We got up and spent a little time just nibbling muffins, drinking freshly brewed coffee, and chillin with the fam. Again - good times. The folks even brought out the photo album of my < one year old baby butt. [Insert 'Awwws' here.]
After Llij took off for her studio time, I got ready for the reception withkar0na and then headed out. We got some good hang time with good peeps at the party (which was at the Sheraton Jetport). First a couple drinks at the bar with munchies - then to the banquet hall where people with much more nimble feet than my own danced after we ate a delightful meal. And had a couple more drinks. (Don't worry kids - Yours Truly was exceedingly well behaved since I knew that I had a lot of driving ahead of me.) kar0na looked lovely, I got to meet some new folks as well as see old familiar faces, and I even got to snap a couple pics/vids. All in all? I had a pretty damn fine time.
Headed down to Delaware and more or less collapsed - only to get up entirely too soon for work since I'm 'the early guy' this week.
Ugh. Can't we go back to the weekend?
For any of you who managed to not catch
xtingu 's weekend summary post... Friday September 7th, 2007:
I worked a little late. Ok - maybe not worked so much. A co-worker sold me a motherboard and cpu to update my sorely antiquated home PC. It took a little work, some prayers in long dead languages and a couple of virgin sacrifices, but we got it working. The power supply, in fact, wasn't the right pin out, but my handy pocket knife explained the situation to the cabling, and now it sees the error of its ways. Now I'm able to do things like play music AND browse the web at the same time. What a concept.
After that, I swung by my place, dropped the pc off, got packed up for the weekend and headed over to see
xtingu for a nice relaxing evening of 'chill with my girlfriend' - which is not a euphemism - it's just really good. Saturday September 8th, 2007:
We headed up to my folks' place to celebrate my brother and my birthdays. Our middle brother and his lovely wife came down to join in the festivities. Brunch at Pickles (more on that later) and then we lost Josh, Ben, and Trina to other plans. My folks,
xtingu , and myself headed back to the house to drop off crap and consolidate vehicles, then it was off to the Allentown Art Museum to see the Looney Tunes Exhibit. After a delightful time at the museum (which included sitting and watching cartoons with my Mom and Pop in the 'kids section' and getting bemused looks from security guards) we headed to lunch and to do a little shopping. I needed to update a couple things in my wardrobe pretty badly and I annoyed Llij and my Mom with my efficiency in that department. To illustrate:
Step 1: Walk into the shoe store.
Step 2: Grab the first pair of shoes that I like after a quick glance.
Step 3: Try on one other size in the same 'model' shoe.
Step 4: Pay for shoes.
Step 5: There is no Step 5. Nor is there any spoon.
I did much the same thing with some other clothes, a new tie, and so forth. Since I was going to a wedding reception with
xtingu and I both seem to really just enjoy the hell out of 'farting around' with my folks, and this was some good time with them that we don't get nearly often enough. My brothers and their significant others were sorely missed, but Ben and Trina were at a good friend's wedding and Josh doesn't get to see enough of Angie these days, so he was visiting her, so I guess we can forgive them. Later,
xtingu and I caught up with kar0na at The Starlite Diner (which - as a side note - is INcorrectly located on Google Maps) for some munchies. We called it a fairly early night because my Rock Star Girlfriend had a date with a recording studio on Sunday. I won't point out that I'm getting to be an old man and really like to get to sleep at a decent hour myself or anything. Sunday September 9th, 2007:
We got up and spent a little time just nibbling muffins, drinking freshly brewed coffee, and chillin with the fam. Again - good times. The folks even brought out the photo album of my < one year old baby butt. [Insert 'Awwws' here.]
After Llij took off for her studio time, I got ready for the reception with
kar0na and then headed out. We got some good hang time with good peeps at the party (which was at the Sheraton Jetport). First a couple drinks at the bar with munchies - then to the banquet hall where people with much more nimble feet than my own danced after we ate a delightful meal. And had a couple more drinks. (Don't worry kids - Yours Truly was exceedingly well behaved since I knew that I had a lot of driving ahead of me.) kar0na looked lovely, I got to meet some new folks as well as see old familiar faces, and I even got to snap a couple pics/vids. All in all? I had a pretty damn fine time. Headed down to Delaware and more or less collapsed - only to get up entirely too soon for work since I'm 'the early guy' this week.
Ugh. Can't we go back to the weekend?
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Labor Day Weekend (in Review)
Sep. 3rd, 2007 09:46 pmThe weekend thus far (rather than the weekend in review- for a change):
Friday:
Immediately following work, I rode to drop off a movie and pick up (rent) the DVD collection of Brisco County Jr.. I remember it being a fun series and Bruce Campbell s kinda a personal hero. What's more, it makes better sense than full blown movies for 'workout entertainment' as they're only one hour shows each episode, so I'm not working out for a half hour or an hour and then sitting for another hour to an hour and a half.
After picking up Bruce's misadventures, I headed back to the house where I met up withlotusanddragon . We headed over to shellefly 's place to pick her up and than to Philly to assist in the celebrating of jeremym 's birthday at North Bowl. The place rocks - there's just no two ways about it. Great music, the drinks flow, and the lanes are clean and well maintained. That's one hell of a combination.
After bowling, the rest of the gang which includedms_violet , boutell , and many more (whose lj names I can't recall because I suck) headed somewhere for a drink, but lotusanddragon and I headed back to the house since he still had to pack for his trip to Japan. We did that (I kept him company while he did it really) and got a chance for the first time in a long time to just shoot the shit. It was a grand time. We even had a mini-adventure taking a quick trip to his office for some forgotten info while K-T (who doesn't have LJ) read some of the end of the last Harry Potter book to us via my cell phone's speakerphone function. Then a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee, a moment where I broke his world a little by introducing him to the 'omg shoes' video, some chill time up on the deck, and the limo service was there to take him to the airport. It really kinda felt like the perfect way to send my bro off to another country. I sacked out afterward to some long overdue sleep.
Saturday:
Saturday morning I woke late (figured I earned it) and headed tojafosmite 's concert with X-Fusion at the 100th Annual Arden Fair. I took the Yamaha, and it was a damn good thing - the place was mobbed. I managed to find a completely illegal convenient parking space, locked up the scoot, and headed straight for where I hear the boys getting ready. The show rocked hard, though there's little surprise there. It was fun watching an all new batch of folks rockin out to X-Fusion's music. I was a little disappointed by the fact that the fair closed supah early, so I only had time to do a quick 'fly through' after the show, but I'm betting that's a good thing in the long run as I need to keep all the cash I can these days.
After the fair, I headed to good ol' Barnes and Noble for some time to do some writing, screw around, and browse the newest batch of 'how to draw' books and magazines. This is something that I haven't done in a while, and I missed it. It's something that I enjoy both with friends or alone. When I'm by myself, it's almost like meditation. I can people watch, get my thoughts in order, and often be inspired. I was impressed by my ability to not buy any of the new art books/magazines. Almost, but I managed to put them back. Really, it's not like I would use them - not in any real way. Most art books are great, but they wind up being more or less inspiration sources and that's about it. While I was sitting and parusing my latest batch of books and magazines, I got a phone call fromxtingu . Being a spaz, I went instantly into high alert mode - she was supposed to be out on the playa, and that would mean without cell phone reception of any kind at all. She assured me that nothing was wrong but that she 'just wasn't feeling it' this year and that she was homeward bound and would keep me posted on her travel plans. She said she missed me. I'm a lucky bastard like that. I stayed at B&N pretty late and went home. Once back at the house, I started working on one of the images that I got stuck in my head while at the bookstore and when I realized that it was almost 2am I hit the sack - I had a big day coming up.
Sunday:
Woke up fairly early, but not early enough. I had planned to ride withburningkirby , Lee (sans lj), and Ballz (also sans lj). However, as I am the planning master, I didn't have any of their phone numbers and I was having net connectivity issues (I had Ballz's street address in my email account). I did finally get connected, but the whole process delayed me enough that I got to Ballz's place about 15 minutes later than planned and I hate being the limiting factor. We made our way via back roads to burningkirby 's compound where we gathered up burningkirby and Lee and after some very minor repairs to burningkirby 's bike, we headed out. It was the perfect morning for a ride. Cool but not cold. Bright and sunny and just... frickin... gorgeous. miles melted past under our wheels as we rolled west into PA. If I can convince Ballz to send me a copy of our route, maybe I'll post it later. What a great run. I broke the 600 mile mark since buying the Yamaha with ease.
After our ride we stopped back atburningkirby 's place and had some snackages. Then off to Lee's and then I headed back to B&N. Yes, back to B&N. I've decided that I'm a creature of habit. Once I find something I like, I tend to stick with it until I find the next thing that I like. While there I got some more stuff done both in the writing and the creativity departments.
While I was at B&N,xtingu called to let me know that she had landed and asked if I could meet her at her apartment. I said sure, packed up my gear, and headed over. We arrived at almost identical times, and commenced a good old fashioned 're-connect' kind of night. We were visited albeit briefly by theseitz who showed us his supah sexy new iPhone. We sacked out shortly thereafter.
Monday:
We woke up a bit late and had some more really amazing reconnect time. It had been a while sincextingu and I had the chance to talk more than "Hi - how's the weather?" Okay - I'm exagerating, but you get the point. We'd let our 'life stuff' kinda keep us so focussed that we hadn't spent much time just talking. We'd both missed it terribly and this time (Sunday night and Monday morning) really scratched that itch.
Next, we hopped on the bike and headed up toswingchickie 's place for the afternoon and got some more hang time with the good peeps. swingchickie and Jack, jeremym (and the always awesome JD), boutell and Jenny, opadit and Steve, ms_violet and Vince, and of course xtingu and myself. Jack manned the grill and xtingu brought some corn salsa that was muy muy yummy.
Then, of course, there were donuts.
Now,xtingu and I have come back to her place, she's on the phone with her folks and I'm wrapping up what was started as a "weekend up to this post" but has become a "weekend in review".
Hope you had a weekend as awesome as mine!
Friday:
Immediately following work, I rode to drop off a movie and pick up (rent) the DVD collection of Brisco County Jr.. I remember it being a fun series and Bruce Campbell s kinda a personal hero. What's more, it makes better sense than full blown movies for 'workout entertainment' as they're only one hour shows each episode, so I'm not working out for a half hour or an hour and then sitting for another hour to an hour and a half.
After picking up Bruce's misadventures, I headed back to the house where I met up with
lotusanddragon . We headed over to shellefly 's place to pick her up and than to Philly to assist in the celebrating of jeremym 's birthday at North Bowl. The place rocks - there's just no two ways about it. Great music, the drinks flow, and the lanes are clean and well maintained. That's one hell of a combination.After bowling, the rest of the gang which included
ms_violet , boutell , and many more (whose lj names I can't recall because I suck) headed somewhere for a drink, but lotusanddragon and I headed back to the house since he still had to pack for his trip to Japan. We did that (I kept him company while he did it really) and got a chance for the first time in a long time to just shoot the shit. It was a grand time. We even had a mini-adventure taking a quick trip to his office for some forgotten info while K-T (who doesn't have LJ) read some of the end of the last Harry Potter book to us via my cell phone's speakerphone function. Then a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee, a moment where I broke his world a little by introducing him to the 'omg shoes' video, some chill time up on the deck, and the limo service was there to take him to the airport. It really kinda felt like the perfect way to send my bro off to another country. I sacked out afterward to some long overdue sleep.Saturday:
Saturday morning I woke late (figured I earned it) and headed to
jafosmite 's concert with X-Fusion at the 100th Annual Arden Fair. I took the Yamaha, and it was a damn good thing - the place was mobbed. I managed to find a After the fair, I headed to good ol' Barnes and Noble for some time to do some writing, screw around, and browse the newest batch of 'how to draw' books and magazines. This is something that I haven't done in a while, and I missed it. It's something that I enjoy both with friends or alone. When I'm by myself, it's almost like meditation. I can people watch, get my thoughts in order, and often be inspired. I was impressed by my ability to not buy any of the new art books/magazines. Almost, but I managed to put them back. Really, it's not like I would use them - not in any real way. Most art books are great, but they wind up being more or less inspiration sources and that's about it. While I was sitting and parusing my latest batch of books and magazines, I got a phone call from
xtingu . Being a spaz, I went instantly into high alert mode - she was supposed to be out on the playa, and that would mean without cell phone reception of any kind at all. She assured me that nothing was wrong but that she 'just wasn't feeling it' this year and that she was homeward bound and would keep me posted on her travel plans. She said she missed me. I'm a lucky bastard like that. I stayed at B&N pretty late and went home. Once back at the house, I started working on one of the images that I got stuck in my head while at the bookstore and when I realized that it was almost 2am I hit the sack - I had a big day coming up.Sunday:
Woke up fairly early, but not early enough. I had planned to ride with
burningkirby , Lee (sans lj), and Ballz (also sans lj). However, as I am the planning master, I didn't have any of their phone numbers and I was having net connectivity issues (I had Ballz's street address in my email account). I did finally get connected, but the whole process delayed me enough that I got to Ballz's place about 15 minutes later than planned and I hate being the limiting factor. We made our way via back roads to burningkirby 's compound where we gathered up burningkirby and Lee and after some very minor repairs to burningkirby 's bike, we headed out. It was the perfect morning for a ride. Cool but not cold. Bright and sunny and just... frickin... gorgeous. miles melted past under our wheels as we rolled west into PA. If I can convince Ballz to send me a copy of our route, maybe I'll post it later. What a great run. I broke the 600 mile mark since buying the Yamaha with ease.After our ride we stopped back at
burningkirby 's place and had some snackages. Then off to Lee's and then I headed back to B&N. Yes, back to B&N. I've decided that I'm a creature of habit. Once I find something I like, I tend to stick with it until I find the next thing that I like. While there I got some more stuff done both in the writing and the creativity departments.While I was at B&N,
xtingu called to let me know that she had landed and asked if I could meet her at her apartment. I said sure, packed up my gear, and headed over. We arrived at almost identical times, and commenced a good old fashioned 're-connect' kind of night. We were visited albeit briefly by theseitz who showed us his supah sexy new iPhone. We sacked out shortly thereafter.Monday:
We woke up a bit late and had some more really amazing reconnect time. It had been a while since
xtingu and I had the chance to talk more than "Hi - how's the weather?" Okay - I'm exagerating, but you get the point. We'd let our 'life stuff' kinda keep us so focussed that we hadn't spent much time just talking. We'd both missed it terribly and this time (Sunday night and Monday morning) really scratched that itch.Next, we hopped on the bike and headed up to
swingchickie 's place for the afternoon and got some more hang time with the good peeps. swingchickie and Jack, jeremym (and the always awesome JD), boutell and Jenny, opadit and Steve, ms_violet and Vince, and of course xtingu and myself. Jack manned the grill and xtingu brought some corn salsa that was muy muy yummy.Then, of course, there were donuts.
Now,
xtingu and I have come back to her place, she's on the phone with her folks and I'm wrapping up what was started as a "weekend up to this post" but has become a "weekend in review".Hope you had a weekend as awesome as mine!
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1100 Update
Jul. 16th, 2007 10:53 amHey kids - for those who are interested, the latest 1100 update is up. :)
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My Firstest Evar Comic Strip*
Jul. 11th, 2007 01:31 amCheck it out! I would love some feedback...
*ok, ok - I've made some half-baked attempts before, but nothing nearly this finished.
*ok, ok - I've made some half-baked attempts before, but nothing nearly this finished.
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The "golden hour" with live
Jun. 17th, 2007 07:17 pmThe "golden hour" with live music on the Riverfront along with good friends, good food, and good drink. Not a bad Sunday night.
Wilmington Area Art Events This Weekend
Mar. 9th, 2007 08:56 amHere's some stuff I'm thinking about going to this weekend. If any of you are interested - lemme know:
- 7Arts Studio. "Junichro Ishida: Mind Blossom," through March 31. 1139 W. Seventh St., Wilmington. Free. 777-1170 This one is right around the corner from my house - and there are good people involved, so...
- Blue Streak Gallery. "Barry Schlecker's Collection of Outsider Art," and jewelry by Alexis Bittar, through March 28. 1721 Delaware Ave., Wilmington. Free. 429-0506
- Gallery 919 Market. "University of Delaware Master of Fine Arts Group Exhibition," through March 30. 919 Market St., Wilmington. Free. 229-3266
- Morris Library Special Collections Exhibition Gallery. "Animal Kingdom: Six Centuries of Zoological Illustration," through June 8. South College Avenue, Newark. 831-2231
- Rockford Map and Globe Gallery. On permanent display, globes, maps and unusual scientific instruments. 1800 Lovering Ave., Wilmington. 576-8900 This one seemed like it was created for
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metikulos - Winterthur. "Ancient Egypt and the Egyptian Revival, 1725-1825," through May 13. "Quilts in a Material World: Selections From the Winterthur Collection," Sat.-Sept. 16. On permanent display, iPod Audio Tour starring the Keno Brothers and The Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens. Del. 52, northwest of Wilmington. $10-$20, exhibitions only $5-$15. 888-4600, (800) 448-3883 or www.winterthur.org For my mom.
