friday random elevenish: “nevermooring” edition
Been another week.
Although I started strong with a fifty-miler on Sunday and a few smaller rides later on, I spent a lot of the week struggling through allergies and aches associated with some sort of bug the kid brought home from school. I’m largely past it, I think, but it wasn’t ideal; I was productive with work (I’m shepherding half-a-dozen requirements packages to approval this month, while still trying to run a test cycle and tie a bow in organizing the program management center’s workload along TBM lines…I have too many jobs), but had little left for the evenings, leading to things like a Thursday afternoon unplanned 90 minute nap.
Not much of a story, really. I watched a couple of things on TV and paid some bills, but apart from that, not much to report.
Thankfully, so far I’m feeling better this morning, and am looking at a light workday, so we can spend some time with friends at Ravencon 15 this weekend, which is conveniently back in town after a few years in Williamsburg, and hopefully will be once again able to find its identity.
Interestingly, I’m attending as a civilian this year; no guest pass, no official gigs on the schedule. Just a regular attendee with a paid-for pass, taking things in. I just want to enjoy my friends’ musical performances, catch a panel or two, and see some folks I haven’t seen in a while. Also, Ravencon’s got it right with it’s COVID policy, so we really wanted to support that.
That, and maybe some grocery shopping, is about all I’ll be doing. After that, the coming week’s going to be doing my best to prep for the hundred-mile Cap2Cap ride next Saturday, which I hope is fun, but could also be a vain attempt to convince myself I’m not old…
Tunes: all over the place. Seriously:
- “L.A.” – Elliot Smith
- “The Empty Boat” – Caetano Veloso
- “High On A Rocky Ledge” – Moondog
- “Didn’t You Hear” – Mort Garson
- “La Isla Bonita” – Large Plants
- “Vancouver” – Jeff Buckley
- “The Train” – Frank Sinatra
- “Take It Off The Top” – Dixie Dregs
- “Dancing Days” – Stone Temple Pilots
- “Spirit Halloween Theme Song” – Nick Lutsko
- “Lady Macbeth In Chains” – Sufjan Stevens
- “Turn Over The World” – Perry Farrell, Starcrawler, Taylor Hawkins, Etty Lau Farrell
- “Xanadu” – The GOASTT
