Or, a much need update of matters, since I clearly haven't bothered to write anything in nearly a month. Utterly fucking unnecessary, and sadly bringing shame to Sweet Jeri. Instead of pussy footing around with some half assed excuses for my laziness, lets get right to the ammends:
Violin
A couple weeks ago, my mentor was having me play the Beethoven (yes it's still around) with piano accompaniment. Afterward the pianist (his wife) and he were mentioning that I was ready to play this piece for someone. I said, "Like my wife?" They said gave a positive response, and said that we should do this on a Sunday afternoon, and that my parents might like to come. Okay I thought. No problem.
And then, at my last lesson that innocent Sunday performance was turned into "You'll play on this date, for this group of people, at this location." "Got that ya fat baldy?"
And what could I say?
Sleep
I don't believe the sudden announcement of a public performance has enhanced my sleep at all. Rather, it may be a new factor into my insomnia/poor sleeping ability. I discussed this at length with my personal physician on Friday. I told him that when I do sleep, it was as though I was using a nicotine patch to quit smoking. I would have prolific, lucid dreams, but would be in a state of awakeness during this. So, when I was "asleep", I was really "awake". He frowned (as he is want to do), jotted a few notes, and asked a few "like what?" and "why do you think that is?" and "go on..." kind of questions before adding Torazodone as a sleep aid to my menu of pills to pop. In addition to bringing more laughter to Jeri and I from our pharmacist at Walgreens (who is extremely kind, and good spirited), it has brought about the ability to have prolific, lucid, bizarre, inane dreams while sleeping. Good God! These dreams are pretty fucking weird at best. What I should do, is turn this site into a huge dream journal.....I tell you....they're weird.
Kitchen
This weekend I made my very first apple pie from scratch. I don't like how the crust turned out, and not just because it didn't hold together well, and is way too crumbly. I don't like the taste of the crust. The inside is okay, but Jeri and I agreed that the apples need something to hold them together. I took this recipe by the way, from the Pie & Pastry Bible. It's called "The Best American Apple Pie". I think next time I will make "The Absolute Shit Kicker Apple Pie N Shit". It's bound to be tasty, and it's from the same author.
Alson on Saturday I made Jeri an abundance of pastries to eat. Apricot, peach and almond delights. Some using puff pastry, and others phyllo dough. I like the almond ones the best, Jeri prefers the apricot and peach. They're all quite sexy to eat though, but this is a lot of dessert for Jeri to eat by herself. (I don't eat a lot of sweets.)
Briar
There's still time before those involved have to submit formal reviews of the Blend of the Month (Hamborger Veermaster). It's truly a delicate flake tobacco, easily rubbed out, and almost "too dry". It's a Virginia blend, pretty nutty, with a light sweetness to it. I enjoyed the first 2 helpings I had. BUT...wasn't prepared for the little "extra" nicotine kick provided. Whew....I got the chills pretty quickly and pretty strong. So, this is definitely not a daily blend, but a every other weekend kind of blend. It's got a nice taste though.
The best news though, is smokingpipes.com had HH Vintage Syrian Latakia available. I ordered 2 tins, giving me a backup of 3 (and I've only made a slight dent in my open tin). I should order another pair before it's gone. I also ordered Carnival, which has intrigued me, and Baklava, both McClelland products. I enjoy another of their aromatics, Pastry, so these should be good as well. I think Jeri will like both of them. I need to order more Celtic, but this joint doesn't carry Altadis products. I think Jeri will flip out if I order another tin of Rose of Latakia.
Extended Family
The felines Jeri adopted are doing very well. They're eating pretty close to the back door, and are a delight to watch. Sadly, 1 of the two black kittens has disappeared. I like to believe he was found and lives indoors now. The father of these kids, is also now eating with the family. I like him a lot. Jeri was able to get a hold of Mixed Media, just long enough to try and pull the cactus from his/her chin. (I haven't seen balls, but it may because he/she scampers around quite a bit. Jeri was scratched up, but damn, she's a good girl. Diego, well...Diego is becoming more than just a mere shadow to me. I have this little guy wrapped around my finger...perhaps it's the ninjitsu training I do with him. (I started the ninjitsu training because I read that it would help with his hyper active anal glands.)
The Gang
One of my dearest friends is an avid fan of Y&R, OLTL, GH, so I will now confess to my soap.
Thanks to the magic of Tivo, and the Soap Network, I am able to revisit the gang on a regular basis. Fortunately, I picked up right about where I had left off, although I wouldn't have minded starting in a little sooner. My hope is that once the series ends (it's no longer in production), that they will rebroadcast from the Pilot, and my friends Brandon, David, Steve, and Donna from West Beverly will stay on forever.
Yeah, I watch 90210, I know you do also.
