Hey everybody! Look at all the OKP coming out of the woodwork. I’m having a mildly weird day. Just like, tiny little things are going a little wrong here and there, but it seriously amounts to nothing? What’s up with that.
I mentioned the fest to Diana, who seemed to kinda brighten up at the prospect. I’m thinkin’ we’re probably going. Alright, gotta get back to my weird day. Stacked agenda too.
Why does my apple taste like corn?
It’s basically a college/hipster town here in Ann Arbor. Never felt unsafe riding the bus, it’s just a bit inconvenient as it doesn’t run as frequently as say the NY Subway and it’s really hard to time lab work to be done a specific time so I’m always rushing to catch the bus. And it’s much quicker to ride my bike (20 vs 45 min). The parking here is almost $1,000 a year and as I’m on the medical campus/hospital it’s hard to find a spot anyway. The bus and bike are free and I love riding my bike to work.
^ OMG they charge students money to park?! That’s adding insult to injury with how much college costs. By I digress …
I got to ride a bicycle when visiting with a friend at his family’s beach house in Western France last summer. Love the feeling of the wind in my hair and peddling and riding along bike-only paths next to sandy beaches. Didn’t love how my bottom was sore from the seat though. But I’m a pansy so yea.
^I’m not a student. The students actually aren’t eligible for parking passes, only faculty and staff. That’s actually how most major Universities manage their parking.
Realizing its already 12:30 as I arrive in the thread, so good post-morning OKP.
I enjoy looking at houses online and open house contexts, but making a commitment any further scares the bejesus out of me. I start to doubt I’ll ever go through with it.
^Buying a house is one of the most exciting and SCARY things, BUT knowing you’ll never have another landlord to deal with is SO worth it. Plus, knowing you can do whatever you want to YOUR place is like a breath of fresh air to me. No more rental unit beige, no more worry about security deposits, no more dealing with things about your home that you hate because you can’t change them. It’s all about making your abode a HOME and to me that’s so satisfying. It’s seriously been one of my favorite things about my adult life, but in all honesty, I’m pretty lame as far as grown ups go. We would LOVE to do it again, but the housing market in Asheville is freaking NUTS, so I just keep working on what we have and have been pretty happy with what I’ve done so far. Even with a brand new house, there is so much you can do to make it YOURS. I think you should go for it, Katie 
Morning peoples.
Was just contemplating summer tour and trying to decide whether or not I’ll go to Magnaball. Like the payment plan, but don’t want the travel expenses. DEFINITELY won’t fly, and it’s about a 10.5 hour drive which I could probably do by myself. I mean, I typically drive a minimum of 6-8 hours a day (often 9 or 10 hours) at work, so what’s a few more, right? I dunno, still processing it all. Pretty set on doing both shows in Atlanta with a fellow Asheville mama and Raleigh is about 99.7% since we have tons of family in the area. Figuring if I buy one ticket a month it’s financially doable. Luckily all these are all large venues where shows aren’t likely to sell out, so that should be a decent option. Summer tour: the only time I really don’t like having grown up responsibilities.
Happy Sunday!
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In the same boat as NONNIE!!!, not sure what the terr plans will be this summer.
Alpine is a go.
Blossom is a maybe.
MPP might actually work.
MagnaBall is off the map, friend’s wedding.
Dicks is a no go probably.
Oh well.
Fare Thee Well and a couple a Phish shows should fill the appetite for 2015.
Morning Pa
DUDEZ.
feckin’ blah.
Not into Monday so far.
Not into the whole home making thing so far either, I kept thinking about Ollie’s post this weekend, fits in with my recent theme of wondering when I’m gonna start behaving like a grown-up. How do you muster all that give a shit?
Okay welp maybe eating this banana and getting a coffee is the solution.
^Kevin, I don’t think it has anything to do with being grown up. It’s just how my energy gets channeled, since I can’t paint or sing or draw and I BARELY play guitar. You have frolf and music as your outlets and homemaking is mine. Yours is WAY cooler, fyi. I do what I do because I can’t do anything else 
Morning Pa!
Morning NONNIE!!! 
KEVIN!!! 
Pretty tired again. 
Can’t kick this bug I got, been with me almost 6 weeks, finally went to the doc last week and he got me some meds, feeling a little better. 
Mom’s birthday today, she’s a great gal. 
Happy Tuesday people!
Wait, what? Did somebody call for a reunion?
Brett! Ollie!! Doug!!! Eli!!! Bill!!! How the hell are we?
First off, Katiemay, go for the house. Sure it’s scary. Any purchase over a hundred bucks is scary as far as I’m concerned. Just bought 5K worth of dining room furniture this weekend and am beside myself with anxiety over it.
But you can’t let money control your emotions like that because owning a home in most instances is a smart move. The only way you could get hurt is buying in an overvalued area one year and having to sell once the market readjusts itself. But if you do enough analysis of the neighborhoods in your area and look for the ones where market values have been stable over ten or twenty years, you really can’t get hurt. And it’s better than renting. You just have to determine whether you’re looking for someone else to do your exterior maintenance as in a condo, or want the joy of mowing your own lawn and shoveling your own snow.
Hope your bug goes away soon, Brettster. Are you taking vitamin supplements on a regular basis? Do you make yourself a daily smoothie, or get some daily does of fresh fruit or veggies? Although I’m not without germ related colds/flus, I find they don’t devastate me as they used to since I’ve been doing a daily smoothie. “There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found”
I’m not one for roughing it, so I don’t believe MagnaBall is an option for me, but dammit, I need a phix this summer for sure. I’m going to have to work this issue very carefully with my better half. It would just be soooo much easier if she would agree to come along with me, but unfortunately the music doesn’t motivate her enough to overcome her feelings of “displacement” that she feels being at a concert. The older she gets, the less “appropriate” she feels. And it’s all understandable, I guess. I might resist going to a Justin Bieber concert for that reason.
I’ll need to work a deal for a couple of overnights in Philly with her in order to enjoy those Mann shows without having to drive in and back for each show. Just too bad they’re Tues/Wed nights. I wonder if she would take a trip to Colorado. Hmmmmm.
Alrighty, OKP. You folks have a great Tuesday.
First up, I second the trip to Colorado. Been there all 4yrs past for the Labor Day weekend shows and have had a blast every time.
Second, MagnaBall is located in that Finger Lakes region you guys like to go to for fun, scenery and wine-tasting, right? M’haps you can work that into your argument to persuade the Significant Other to attend. Maybe she goes to the concerts at night, maybe not. At least it gives you the option to catch some live music. Just a thought there.
Regarding ‘Feelings of Displacement,’ idk if the crowd / folks who are at Phish shows reciprocate that feeling. LIke I don’t look around at shows and think, ‘well that person is totally a random phan or isn’t a phan.’ Mostly I try to count the 4 Asians quota at Phish shows (and treble the count in the Pacific NW lol). But I guess people will feel what they feel, who am I to argue with that?!
I will do all I can to make Marie feel welcomed and not ‘displaced’ whenever I see her at a show, that’s for sure!
^Thanks Pei-Yi.
I just made a major delivery at work, something I’ve been working on for months. And although there will be some back-and-forth reworking of the data, the bulk of the testing and analysis is completed and uploaded for the validators and reviewers to begin their work. This whole effort is driving toward a final delivery/approval in mid-July, and I’m on schedule with my part.
Something personally rewarding about achieving a goal like this. The money is nice, for sure. Get’s to help you pay bills, buy dining room furniture, take vacations, etc, but if I couldn’t derive some major satisfaction from achieving what once was an insurmountable goal, I would be pretty unmotivated and unhappy. Nothing like a good challenge.
So I have some time before the next task to mill about the 'Pa, still one of my favorite things to do. It’s also fun waiting for Brett to post one of his patented Hump Day posts. 
^Yay hump day!
but unfortunately the music doesn’t motivate her enough to overcome her feelings of “displacement” that she feels being at a concert. The older she gets, the less “appropriate” she feels.
I always wonder if I’ll get this way. I’m really big on dancing and bouncing around for shows and getting tired can really just kill it overall. I’m curious how I’ll be when I can’t go at these tunes like I used to but I’m sure I’ll get by. To be fair, going to shows with lots of young kids is kinda refreshing, really. There’s no one there who seems to be “trying to be old”…No one who insists on sitting, no people who insist they must have wine or some fancy drink, no one who feels they’re entitled to stuff or get offended because someone dared to bump into them because they’re older and entitled…with very few folks diving out early and everyone getting into the show…it can just add more energy.
Though isn’t that feeling of displacement less at Phish shows? I look around and everyone seems to just be getting older with the rest of us.
^Never bothered me at Phish shows because the music was all that was ever important. But for someone who doesn’t feel that way about the music, it’s easy to be distracted by the other things at a show.
Today is my Friday this week, which is very nice indeed. And tomorrow Jaime gets his Christmas present from us. I’m taking him and two of his friends to the city tomorrow to see a Knicks game at the Garden, and if the weather is decent, possibly a trip to the observation deck of the Empire State Building, or a subway ride down to the 9/11 Memorial. He’s really psyched about it, and so am I. Love those opportunities to cement a little immortality.
The Goldbergs may be my favorite new TV show. Reminds me of the Wonder Years so much.
Damn, forgot I have a meeting in ten minutes. Have a great day.
Yeah, Phish has such a wide age span that NOBODY should ever feel out of place 
Most bars in Auburn (home town) fit the “If someone half your age is still a teenager, you’re too old to be here” criteria. Those are the only places I ever feel weird. Of course, in Asheville, the majority of people at shows and in bars are in the 30- 60 age range, so that’s never an issue.
Hi, Brettzel
Morning, all.
Gorgeous day, warm temps, ready to get outside and play with Piper.
Lates.
I just thought I’d issue a hearty good f&ck!n morn!n to all! 
