new month and new preoccupations
May was not much of a month for me writing here, for a number of reasons. Some disconcerting-but-not-necessarily-bad news, which sucked a fair amount of my attention away; two visits to the IRS office to try to resolve things (now just old New York State stuff, and things should be good); visits to the Center for Sex Positive Culture, resulting in mixed feelings about the community; plans for another round of Botox for Soren's leg, thanks to a friend, which wound up being scheduled for the morning of my return from Minneapolis; a week in the Midwest, Minneapolis with Elise, Wiscon with various and sundry, and back to Minneapolis; Zach's confirmation the evening after I returned; emails of various levels of helpfulness....
...and, because it was a goofy idea, I have submitted a video of myself singing "I Miss the Mountains" to Chorus Idol, which is a contest being run by the Seattle Men's Chorus. On the off chance that I win, I would be singing a solo in the SMC's concert later this month. The odds are very low that I will even make it into the semi-finals, but, as I observed earlier, if I didn't enter the contest, the odds would be even lower.
Jane has posted about Skippy missing me; I should note that he's been deliberately snubbing me for the past two days: I put fresh food out for him, and he walks away from it. (He does eat it when I'm not in the kitchen, though.) If we have salmon for dinner tonight, I'll see if I can win his affections back with some.
...and, because it was a goofy idea, I have submitted a video of myself singing "I Miss the Mountains" to Chorus Idol, which is a contest being run by the Seattle Men's Chorus. On the off chance that I win, I would be singing a solo in the SMC's concert later this month. The odds are very low that I will even make it into the semi-finals, but, as I observed earlier, if I didn't enter the contest, the odds would be even lower.
Jane has posted about Skippy missing me; I should note that he's been deliberately snubbing me for the past two days: I put fresh food out for him, and he walks away from it. (He does eat it when I'm not in the kitchen, though.) If we have salmon for dinner tonight, I'll see if I can win his affections back with some.