Here’s a video of the seagull that followed J and me all the way from the north end of Cannon Beach clear down to Haystack Rock. The white one wasn’t far behind him, either. When the brown one finally gave up on us and flew away, the white one stayed behind to make sure we weren’t holding out a secret food stash for him.
Ah, nature.
I may be a little scarce around these parts for the next couple of days, ’cause it’s my Big Birthday Blowout Bash weekend, and it’s chock-full of fun stuff.
Tonight, Shelby’s taking me out, and we’re going to see DrummerDrew (of Stephanie’s band) play over at Zaytoon, then it’s off to either Pi-Rem or Maiden in the Mist. I’m thinking probably Pi-Rem.
Tomorrow involves BoringFish, then S & W and either sushi or chocolate or both, and then DrummerAdam is coming all the way down from Yakima just to help celebrate my birthday (oh yeah. . .AND he has a gig at the White Eagle).
Sunday, J and I are going to the beach for the day; probably Cannon Beach and Oswald West State Park, but we may head up to Astoria also/instead.
I’ll try to remember to take some pictures and stuff. This promises to be a great weekend.
Wednesday night:
My friend Shelby and I went to see DrummerAdam and BassistWayne play with Stephen Ashbrook. Did I say ‘play’? Cause I meant to say ‘tear it up.’ They all sounded incredible. You can tell they’ve been touring together, because they were rock-solid. Adam even sang harmonies, which I’ve never seen him do before.
Thursday night:
Gig with Steph and the band up in Vancouver at a nice big park downtown.
Friday night:
Went to see a Very Special Susie Blue show. I play with her normally, but Friday night’s show was a birthday party request from her friend Erika, who wanted to see Susie rock out with her old band members again, like she used to years ago. It was pretty awesome. Joan was going to come with me, but she was sick, so she had to give it a miss, unfortunately. I invited Shelby instead. Total blast.
Saturday (today):
Got up early and drove three hours to Bend, played an hour-long gig with Steph, grabbed a bit of food, then drove home. SUCH A LONG DAY. I was invited to a friend’s party, but I’m way too exhausted, so I think I’m gonna crash instead.
Sunday, after my gig down in Gleneden Beach with Susie Blue, I drove the hundred-mile trip up curvy Highway 101 to Cannon Beach, where my mom, stepdad, brother, sister-in-law, niece and baby nephew were. As soon as I arrived, I made dinner for everybody. Mom made a delicious salad, and my stepdad made an amazing dessert.
After all that, we walked down to the beach. The house they rented was directly in line with Haystack Rock, so it couldn’t have been easier to get there. After driving two and a half hours to the gig, playing the gig, driving a little bit and then stopping at the factory outlet stores in Lincoln City (where–among other things–I got a new blue hoodie to replace the one I left in Salem a couple of weeks ago), then driving four more hours up the coast (stopping to take a few pictures along the way), it was an exhausting day, but completely worth it. It was great to see everybody, and here are some pictures:
Even I am amazed at the amount of stuff I crammed into one day. Here’s what today consisted of:
1) got up at 8:00 and sold my oak bookcase (you know, the one that was in my living room), then helped the buyer load it into his truck
2) did three loads of laundry
3) washed the dishes
4) took out the trash and recycling
5) transferred the files I needed from my old computer onto my new computer
6) went to Fred Meyer and bought a dining table and chairs for the kitchen, and food for the trip to Cannon Beach tomorrow
7) assembled the table and almost finished one of the chairs
8) vacuumed the living room floor and did SpiderWebRemoval along the ceiling and corners with the vacuum throughout the entire apartment
9) swept the kitchen floor
10) disassembled the old table that was in my kitchen, and took it to the basement
11) disassembled the new table because it wouldn’t fit through the hallway to get to the kitchen (Grrrr!)
12) reassembled the new table in the kitchen
13) took a shower
14) loaded my instruments in the car and made the hour-long drive down to Salem for a two-hour gig with Breanna Paletta. It was a blast, by the way. I played cello mostly, but also accordion and a little bit of acoustic guitar. My favorite songs were the ones with Breanna singing and playing guitar, her friend Karli playing violin, and me playing cello. Seriously amazing combination.
15) drove the hour-long drive home and unpacked all the instruments from the car
16) wrote this blog entry
17) probably see who’s on Austin City Limits and have a glass of wine. Words cannot express how tired and sore I am right now.
18) go to bed and sleep like an effin’ baby
