Since being boyfriend-less, again, I’ve had to relearn how to budget my free time. Not that I have loads of it. And going out alone to see bands is fine because a) it’s all about the music and b) I know plenty of people at the shows I attend. But other decisions that were no-brainers have become head scratchers. This evening, for instance. I came by free passes for an advanced screening of “30 Minutes or Less” - from the director of Zombieland. Before I would have taken the boyfriend as my plus one, obviously. This time? I had to rack my brain trying to think of someone who could accompany me. Someone who would enjoy this movie, who either lives near me or has a car, who doesn’t have band practice tonight, and would be willing to arrive an hour before showtime. Thankfully I got a volunteer. Likewise I branched out on Tuesday and grabbed dinner with someone else I’d never hung out with before. I could have gone alone. I don’t mind being alone, but I feel like I spend enough time solo and the loneliness is starting to eat away at me. So instead I’ll suck it up and maybe end outside of my comfort zone now and again. Maybe good things will happen. Maybe not. It’s a social experiment in progress.
Five things either good, bad or from someplace in between:
- French photographer Sacha Goldberger (who did the superhero series with his grandmother) has a great “Before and After Shots of Joggers” series (just don’t read the comments - people are idiots, of course).
- Reading the Riot Act - “Today it is a phrase more associated with teachers or parents scolding badly behaved children - but back in the 18th Century being ‘read the Riot Act’ had far more serious consequences, including the possibility of being taken to the gallows to be hanged.”
- A beautiful multimedia piece by my friend Craig: Captured & Left Behind
- Kid Ethnic aka Saleem is stateside and started a new project
- Squeeeee! Doctor Who Fall trailer - all new episodes starting August 27th!
Somehow it’s Thursday already and I feel like I’m still recovering from my Monday night out. I didn’t drink, mind you, just stayed out too late having an amazing time. I’m so glad I went out to experience the majesty of South Dakota’s Rifflord! And after that I went to see local metal band False, at Memory Lanes, but haven’t even had a chance to process those photos yet. Tonight perhaps. And tomorrow night? I’m helping to document the madness of The Amazing Adventures of the Corporate Wizard in the Land of LARP at The Soap Factory. Yowza.
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