OB SCENES

curbside view of Newport Avenue
from home

music

played with anarchist navy guy last night down on newport, above the wednesday evening farmers market, nice guy who pounds on his guitar harder than i do which is a lot, highlights ring of fire and some pogues tune about being a drunk

joined a friendly and welcoming folk music jam circle near work the night before, mostly older folks, got the card of a GOOD dobro player in the north county whose band was featured, and am in correspondence with another fiddler with some Cajun music creds

instruments about

opting to not drive 45 min to encinitas tonight for similar jam, instead having some needed chill time hanging at the house, catching up on rest and calories, where i find i can crank up the itunes fairly fat without it being very audible outside

slightly functional kitchen
note to self: eat more corn flakes

waves

got into the ocean this afternoon, in a wetsuit given to me by my landlord who's been surfing since 1963, and on a boogie board rode the longest wave of my life, from fairly deep water all the way onto the sand, i would estimate i was cruising on top of this wave for 7 or 8 seconds and covered something like 30 to 50 yards, was just about expecting applause but was laughing loud nonetheless

surf's up!

post big wave

ranged internally from wow i move like a fish must be growing up by the beach to holy sheit i'm getting crushed by these waves and just hope that whatever else i don't have to get rescued

family

signs of stress at the kids' place, guessing at empathy needs underneath, at least got nephew Grant (10) out to the pool where he talked and talked, and then entertained himself in the water for well over an hour, plans to get his brother Erik (13) to the beach and on a board tomorrow afternoon

nephew Grant
savoring the water

poolside foliage

nvc

after first full work week, already at five days, could use some general empathy myself so last week posted suggestion for empathy circle around ocean beach bonfire, it was well received, now i need to get some wood (tons free on craigslist) and nvc book and schedule it in

miscellaneous
wires everywhere, if i find my camera download wire, photos will make this a much better blog

in search of said wire, so far i have grabbed the phone charger, a speaker wire, the radio cord, an unplugged skype cam, the speaker wire again, the printer cable

ah there it is