{"id":5909,"date":"2017-11-14T22:01:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T02:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cgm13.net\/wordpress\/?p=5909"},"modified":"2018-05-18T16:32:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T20:32:18","slug":"the-lowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=5909","title":{"rendered":"The Lowdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend was a bit crazy. Lots going on. So, let’s get to it.<\/p>\n

Saturday, I went to the River Arts District Artists<\/strong><\/a> Studio Stroll. I hadn’t been in a couple of years as this was something that Franke and I did every Fall until we had our falling out. I ended up going by myself and it was kind of depressing. I didn’t have anyone to talk about the art with, so I don’t think I will do it again (at least not by myself).<\/p>\n

The Stroll also depresses me because all the cool art just reminds me how long it has been since I have done any real art because I am terrified of failure. Recently, two paintings of mine that I have hanging in the house were met with some skepticism (i.e. “Oh, YOU painted those?”). That didn’t help my fear of failure issues where making art is concerned.<\/p>\n

Anyhoo … I did see this cool painting that I wanted to buy. It was only $700 which seemed pretty reasonable as this was a large piece.
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Saturday evening, I put in an appearance at my nieces birthday party and then we attended a wedding. I didn’t know anyone there and it freaked me out quite a bit. The wedding got started 45 minutes late (annoying) but the service was really sweet (I almost cried) and the reception was “breakfast for dinner” foodables. Yummy! I think I ate my weight in bacon.<\/p>\n

Sunday, we went to the dedication for the new public art piece<\/strong><\/a> here in town. Afterward it was off to John’s 60th Birthday Party wherein the free wine flowed a little TOO freely. The “photo booth” thing seems to be all the rage at parties now. David, Judy, Jeff, and Lloyd joined in on the fun.
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Somehow we made it home … after a Walmart detour (why the fuck did we go there?) and a stop at Taco Bell for cheap and sleazy eats to soak up the wine.<\/p>\n

And then … MONDAY. It was a suck-ass day (and not in the good homo way). I was tired (and, thankfully, not too hung over) from all the wine consumed the day before. I hadn’t slept well and got out of bed with a feeling that something bad was going to happen. This feeling lasted most of the day. Work was annoying as I couldn’t seem to do anything right. After work, we met Wanda for dinner which was a nice distraction from the general awfulness of the day.<\/p>\n

And now, the boyfriend is off to a conference in San Diego … so I am footloose and fancy free for the rest of the week. I am going to listen to my records too loud and watch movies that I know he would hate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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