what in the name of all that is holy

am i doing up at this hour?

for the record, it was indeed only intermission when allen came in. the concert lasted until after 1:00 AM. at least everyone left in a timely manner. unfortunately, this included anyone to help with tear down and since i had to wait until the lone sound guy was able to get all of his stuff torn down and onto his truck, i didn't leave mason until around 3:30AM.

this is ridiculous.

allen had an excellent suggestion - from now on, if an event runs over by more than an hour, then we should get time and a half. or double time. or triple time. geesh, glad i didn't have anything else planned for the evening. what if i had made plans to meet up with friends at a bar after the gig? (unlikely, i know, but still) it didn't seem to bother them that they had gone over, that they basically were holding five people's lives hostage (i'm including the custodians in this as well).

of course, the extra four hours of pay will help.

Easter saturday is always a bit odd. falling between the darkness of good friday and the celebration of resurrection morning, it's a day ripe for contemplation. it seems a bit off kilter to be running errands, working, visiting. should be a day for mourning, of remembrance. but this is the way life is, no? we must continue on with life. i think of the deaths during this lenten time, chad and mark, and remember how sometimes doing the mundane daily activities helped to take my mind off the sadness. those simple moments of every day life reminded me that life goes on, as cheesy as that may sound.

the question becomes, then, how do i spend the day? alone or with friends? i'm leaning toward alone (gee, big surprise there). must go to lowes. going to head to sam ash to get some strings. maybe over to cincinnati mills to finally buy some steelers super bowl paraphernalia might shop a bit for my new birks. lots of consumerism. but then, i did earn an unexpected extra $100 last night.

we'll debate the selfishness of spending it all on myself at another time.

looks to be a beautiful day outside. here's hoping i can stay awake for it....
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ps one more day 'til the tunes return. woohoo!