Ben Folds put his cab driver on stage to perform with him. It’s kind of the dream I had back in college, in which John and John They Might Be Giants hear me playing clarinet (somehow) and invite me to tour with them.
Obviously, that never happened. I should have been driving cabs.
If anyone is still reading this, here’s an update. I am back from California, and it was a great vacation with Amy and my family. I came back to find various presents from my adopted cat and a full mailbox. (Those are not related incidents.)
I know a number of people have been waiting for this: I finally uploaded photos from my birthday.
Now I have about five statistics assignments for my class due tomorrow, the final day of the course. My school work slipped a little during vacation, and I know I’m not going to be happy with my grade. Also, I hate statistics. Math’s great, but statistics sucks.
Catching up with all my email is going to take days.
Thomas Dolby, yes, that Thomas Dolby, has a blog, with which he has blinded me.
Here is something odd about my two trips to Mohonk — once in 2001 and again in 2004. In one I wore a shirt that advertised a company that makes electric guitars, and in the other I wore a shirt that advertised a company that makes cymbals. I expect Yamaha will be my next sponsor.
Anyhow, later this week Amy and I will be visiting my family in California. After flying in, we’ll be driving to Lake Tahoe. It won’t be the typical California warm weather vacation. We might go skiing, in fact. We’ll be staying with my family in a nice resort and then head back down to southern California after a few days. I’ll be taking Amy to Disneyland, which was her only requirement, but we’ll also go to San Diego and/or Hollywood. We’ll probably also see a show at the theater where my brother works.
I like getting away, but I seem to go to California often. I promised someone I’d make it to Australia but that keeps getting more and more expensive. I’ve got a number of places in Europe on my hit list, too, not to mention some other cities in the United States I’ve never seen. I want to visit these places before I get too old… and age seems to progress more and more quickly as I get older.
Snowing in April. I’m trying to get over a cold, and now it’s snowing. I even checked the weather forecast this morning, and there was no mention of snow, yet here it is.