More little gifts and random thoughts. June 18, 2006
It's 2:57am on Monday as I type these words. With all the daytime naps I've been taking the past week or so, I've fallen back into a wierd sleep schedule. Not complaining though--I'm just glad I don't have any early morning appointments this week so far. So if I end up sleeping in late or waking up especially early it's no big deal.
I spent Sunday evening at my parents' house to celebrate fathers' day and basically exceeded my weekly quota for protein and saturated fats with ribs and bratwurst. Good stuff. You all know how much I love to eat and it was worth it. But I'm sure my nutritionist friends would probably tell me to go vegetarian for a few days--I've done this before.
Arrived home late and spent some time adding more friends to myspace. I'm up to 235 friends so far, yay! But I'm not adding just any random friend. I specifically look for people who mention an interest in flamenco in their profile. Besides the obvious social networking benefits, it's good for business cuz I also publish my flamenco gig schedule and occasional blog entries with pics. If you don't know what myspace is, don't worry about it. If you do know, then I'll leave it up to you to search for my profile on your own. Good luck! :-)
Anyway, on to the gifts...the first is a t-shirt from a relatively new and sweet dancer friend who recently attended the Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque. Love it! First of all it's black--anyone who knows me knows that I like to wear black a lot, not to mention the obvious flamenco theme. This one is a collector's time being that it commemorates the 20th anniversary celebration. Should I wear it or frame it? Come to think of it, I should've made a t-shirt to celebrate the 10th anniversary of my website. Still got time to do it though. But I gotta come up with a cool design. We'll see.
As a gift to myself (I'm allowed to do that!), I bought a new gig bag for my guitar. My old case was about to fall apart anyway and I needed something light but sturdy. Considering that I walk a LOT with my instrument hanging on my shoulder, this lightweight gig bag makes more sense from a chiropractic perspective. Plus it comes with a good quality comfortable shoulder strap and best of all, it's black, yay! :-) Of course I just had to accessorize it with a gift from another dancer friend: a personalized key fob which she brought back on her trip to Spain last year.
The last gift is from Mother Nature: perfect weather on Friday night. Warm but not too humid. Tons of people out and about. Did my show at Cabanas as usual (the dancers were Shahram and Sarah Hart) and afterwards my friends and I walked over to Paolo's for some excellent pasta. As much as I love their food, it's Italian which means it can get expensive for someone like me who's trying to save up cash. I opted for the cheapest item on the menu: a simple but delicious plate of spaghetti with tomato, garlic and fresh basil for only $10.50.
We lingered at our table for a short while before deciding to wander around Georgetown past midnight--it was definitely a night to walk the streets. We ended up stopping by Häagen Daz for dessert. As for myself, I got dulce de leche in a waffle cone, yum! Not wanting the evening to end yet, we went back to the waterfront and got some drinks and hung out at the outdoor bar until last call, reluctantly calling it a night.
Haven't been going out that much the past few weeks. Excuse: I'm saving money for a couple of trips this summer. This weekend I'm going to San Francisco for my dad's 70th birthday. Day one of the party is on Friday in Los Angeles (which I won't be able to attend) but I'll definitely be there for part two in San Francisco on Saturday. Then I'll do the tourist thing on Sunday and take lots of pics, I promise. If you have any fun ideas, let me know.
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