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Oct. 8th, 2006 09:15 pmI think I have a song picked out for the next recital. I couldn't sing it at first. Then I got the guitar chords, which usually help keep me on key, but this time they just sounded weird and wrong. Then R. and I set the recording to repeat and listed closely and played along, and I now think it will be possible.
In guitar class we are learning several melodies, so one of those will also be a possibility. I think even R. will participate next time.
Journal Entry of the Day - During college I worked as a cashier ("checker") for Kmart, and one day we had a company picnic. Until that day, a company picnic was always an event where people gathered someplace too hot and the grown-ups talked about boring things and the kids were screaming brats. But not this time.
A bunch of us rode there with a teenager in a jeep. And I thought, Hey, this guy knows how to drive a jeep. When you have a jeep, what do you care about potholes? Curbs and median strips do not contain you. I would never drive like that (illegal left turns invite getting a ticket) but I sure enjoyed riding with someone who did. And he drove through an empty field, too, in which he got a flat tire. We had to walk the rest of the way. And save the beer. I don't drink, but I did my part to transport the beer to the picnic.
I don't remember much else, other than that the teenagers (and honorary teenagers of retirement age who worked with us) dressed up for this event whereas the administrative staff dressed down--so we got to see them wearing jeans.
And ever since then, I've always thought that company picnics could be okay.
That's just a long intro to another jeep story, told by Merle Sneed in What Was I Thinking?. That jeep story is a little too exciting for me to want to have been there, but I sure liked reading it. And it has awesome pictures, too.
Other Journal Entry of the Day - Find out how people on different continents go out for pizza together on a romantic anniversary date in chikuru's An Even Dozen. And no, the two continents are not Asia and Europe with the restaurant right on the border between them. If you have some spare time, you might enjoy clicking on the "mali" tag in that entry. There are many interesting stories and fabulous pictures. The land looks quite similar to the jeep country featured in the previous link. I also enjoy viewing the architecture in Mali, all of which I find very interesting except for the fancy French hotel.
In guitar class we are learning several melodies, so one of those will also be a possibility. I think even R. will participate next time.
Journal Entry of the Day - During college I worked as a cashier ("checker") for Kmart, and one day we had a company picnic. Until that day, a company picnic was always an event where people gathered someplace too hot and the grown-ups talked about boring things and the kids were screaming brats. But not this time.
A bunch of us rode there with a teenager in a jeep. And I thought, Hey, this guy knows how to drive a jeep. When you have a jeep, what do you care about potholes? Curbs and median strips do not contain you. I would never drive like that (illegal left turns invite getting a ticket) but I sure enjoyed riding with someone who did. And he drove through an empty field, too, in which he got a flat tire. We had to walk the rest of the way. And save the beer. I don't drink, but I did my part to transport the beer to the picnic.
I don't remember much else, other than that the teenagers (and honorary teenagers of retirement age who worked with us) dressed up for this event whereas the administrative staff dressed down--so we got to see them wearing jeans.
And ever since then, I've always thought that company picnics could be okay.
That's just a long intro to another jeep story, told by Merle Sneed in What Was I Thinking?. That jeep story is a little too exciting for me to want to have been there, but I sure liked reading it. And it has awesome pictures, too.
Other Journal Entry of the Day - Find out how people on different continents go out for pizza together on a romantic anniversary date in chikuru's An Even Dozen. And no, the two continents are not Asia and Europe with the restaurant right on the border between them. If you have some spare time, you might enjoy clicking on the "mali" tag in that entry. There are many interesting stories and fabulous pictures. The land looks quite similar to the jeep country featured in the previous link. I also enjoy viewing the architecture in Mali, all of which I find very interesting except for the fancy French hotel.