November 24, 2008
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Monday Meanderings
This morning I am hanging out drinking tea til it is time to go to work at 4pm.
The grocery store has good days and cruddy days. I am still job searching. As you all know, there is not much out there and all the tens of thousands of fabulous and over qualified unemployed people out there are applying for the same little receptionist jobs that I am. I am grateful to have a job.
Last night I went out after work, no easy task since I worked til 9pm. I made sure to drink coffee at one of my breaks and freshend up at the speed of light after work. A cool show was put together at a nightclub called Harlow’s in downtown Sacramento. A nice venue and a great premise.
The White Album Show
In honor of the fortieth anniversary of the Beatle’s White album seventeen local artists came together and performed the album from beginnning to end. Plus a fashion show (Joc’s friend Jamaica was the featured designer) and video clips of rare Beatles footage.
Saphire Cordial designs modeled during Revolution #9 performed by Race
My daughter has modeled for her a number of times (That is Joc there but of course she did not model last night as she is on tour)
I met up with Bogden and his work pal, Allen. I had an adult beverage and enjoyed the great music. I had a good time.
A lovely Victorian in Woodland, CA, but not my friends place (it is for sale though)
My friend, Nancy, from the gallery, and her husband just bought a one hundred year old Victorian in a historic neighborhood of Woodland Ca. They are renovating it before they move in. They asked me to come over and work on projects. I started last week by cleaning the kitchen and rear of the home. It is some kind of mystery mansion for sure. I love their new home but weird and bizare things abound in that place.
I like to paint
I will be back this coming weekend to paint. This is cool by me. I will try to help with all their projects if they would like. I really like hanging out in Woodland. It is a very charming and quiet little town. I guess it was quite the bustling destination in the mid 1800′s but it is kind of low key these days. More affordable than Davis for sure. I have several friends that live there, so I will try to visit those folks when I am out that way too.
Can you believe it is December next week?
Wow. There goes the year. Double wow. My daughter called me from the road. She is in New York and Massachusetts this week. It has been cold. Everything is going well. They are over half way through with their tour. My son needs to call me. I have left several messages so I am sure I will hear back from him soon. My friend O is in Puerto Rico and I think he is having a good time out of the cold.
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I am feeling melancholy, I suppose that might be normal
I am trying to decide if I should start dating again. I am sitting on the fence with this one. A friend I dated about a year ago told me to check out a dating site he had been having good luck on. I checked it out. I am hesitant. Someone else I know has met someone nice there. But, I still don’t know. I can’t decide if it would be good to get back on that horse. But, I probably need to get a life. I love the pets but they never buy me dinner or ask me how my day was. Come to think of it, neither did my last boyfriend.
This week is T’day week. I am heading up to my cousin Connie’s in Camino. Also known as Apple Hill around here. The family is getting together at her place. We did this last year also.
How is your Monday treating you? Have you done your T’day shopping yet? This past weekend at the grocery store was monsterously busy but that makes it more fun for me. I love that part of it, all the people to help and chit chat with.
Anyoos, hope your week is great!
Comments (13)
I played the first CD of the Beatles White Album yesterday but I didn’t know about the 40th anniversary. Woodland is a nice town but my main memory of Woodland is serving on jury duty. (never again)
I also used to drive through Woodland when I took my mother to the Cache Creek Casino in Brooks. That’s actually a nice drive once you get out of Woodland. The drive to Lake Berryessa is nice too. California is nice all over. 
The anniversary party sounds like it was a lot of fun – I like the idea of performers covering famous albums and adding their own twist to it; I still remember the Red Hot & Blue album/video of performers like Sinead O’Connor breathing new life into Cole Porters songs – Neneh Cherry’s song was great!!
You should date for sure – you have too much going for you NOT to share some of it with a suitably deserving other human being! LOL at the pets v ex boyf. comment btw!!
@queerskinhead_UK - My favorite still belongs to Deborah Harry and Iggy Pop doing “Did you Evah”!
@queenie - That was very good and is still a great track to this day.
I saw Jos in the pic and I thought..”hey…she’s not home”…so where in Mass. is she? And yes…New England can get quite frigid in November..I hope she has mittens.
I can see you’ve been keeping continually busy and are not slowing down for anybody! And why should you? varoooommm!!!!
OK..so start dating. Find someone who has tons of money and can give you the lifestyle you really need. This will allow you the personal freedom to enjoy the things you want to and you will never have to worry about money for pet food again!! But he must like biking or at least is interested in trying it. If he’s educated, I’m sure he’ll have some kind of sports hobby involvement so that’s a good thing and you must be open to that as well. He must be a non-drinker and non-smoker with a propensity for the avant garde. He must be from a kind family and must enjoy being around his family and he must respect his mother. If a man doesn’t respect his mother (unless she is a sea creature who doesn’t deserve respect) he won’t respect women in general. He must be hard working and you must be able to respect the fact that he might not be available at any time, due to his responsibilities.
If he has an ex anything, be sure the relationship ended a looooong time ago, so that you aren’t the one dangling at the end of a “rebound string”. If he enjoys the outdoors that’s a good thing. If he notices all the different shades of green there are in the landscape, the trees, the grasses, etc., that’s even better, because it’s a sign of sensitivity to the beauty that sometimes goes unnoticed by many.
That’s my basic criteria of things you should look for. This is not an impossible task, but you must remain clear headed, not rush into anything, stay grounded and laugh and smile. (Laugh and smile are big ones)..
So there!…now….have fun!!!
I would have loved to have gone to that Beatles’ show!
no thanksgiving for me, i can’t afford it. i’ll be working and eating peanut butter and jelly.
I wondered why I keep hearing about the “White Album” lately. I hope you hear from Michael soon. Aaron finally returned my call tonight–it’s so frustrating when they don’t keep in contact!
Mike called me today and he is interested in help!
I am feeling the same as you apparently are, and asking the same questions you apparently are.
What’s the site’s name your friend told you about? I’m curious. If you don’t mind.
Time flies too fast .. my daughter’s 13th birthday is on Thanksgiving. sheesh.
“Life is like a box of chocolates .. you chew them up and no matter what they started out as, they get all mixed up and end up as shit.” – anon -
Take care, Cass-i.
john-o
I bet you can talk to your pets and they will listen to every word and not judge!
That’s tough about your job, hopefully something else will come your way, something more suitable to you. It’s good you are hanging in there though, tempting to just quit and live off of the state.
I love old houses! I wish I had the money to buy the one I’m in and fix it up. Oh…and move it about 20 miles into the country too.
Hope your week goes smoothly!
Monday was ok. But over. Now I just have to survive Tuesday.
You’re too busy to be melancholy? When do you have the time?
I love how you keep busy with big and little things. It’s so cool that you help out friends in need. Such good karma. As for dating, only you know when you’re ready. Maybe…maybe not?
Happy Tday hon!! We love you!
I know that you will start dating again when the time is right for you. For me after 2 years I didn’t feel like dating again….and now look at me….I live in the same house with my ex. We are the best of friends but will there be anything more? I don’t know…..and now that I have been able to say what I wanted to/ needed to…I am wanting to date….I guess if I had talked with a counselor I probably would have been dating earlier! So….do what you need to do….but do it!!
Love you Loads.
Things will fall into place for you….of this I am sure!