I was meeting Joe at his apartment at 9 to ride up to the camp the men's retreat will be at with him. He told me last night to bring my camera because he had an idea, which had me wondering. Did he want me to take pictures of his fabulous hair? Was I going to show him a thing or two about ISO and aperture? The suspense was killing me.
I thought I remembered how to get to Joe's apartment, so I didn't bother asking for directions...silly me. For some reason I was thinking it was near Wendy's on Woodruff road, but turns out it's on Roper Mountain Extension. Once we got that squared away, I got headed in the right direction. I remember where his apartment was specifically once I got to his complex...weird.
The ride up to Bonclarken was an enjoyable one. Joe talked through some camera settings with me (the earlier comment was a joke), and took some pictures of his own:
By the way, if you want more pictures, and a different account of our trip, you can check out Joe's blog, which is called "Resurfaced." I think us both taking pictures was his real idea, and I of course I had to oblige since he is my muse after all.
Once we got there we walked around the chapel and checked out the video and audio equipment that would be available to us. The mixer was in a wooden cabinet with a sign that said not to open, so of course we opened it. How else would we know what to bring? It also had a sign saying not to adjust levels, so we had to talk about that with an employee. Apparently they don't want anyone adjusting levels...but since it would be impossible to run sound that way we talked about it a little and I think it's going to be OK. I'm thinking we can probably take a picture of the board and then make sure each knob is exactly where it was when we started. Anyways, after all that we left, making sure to take a picture at the sign on the way out:
We stopped at Ruby Tuesday's on the way back for lunch, which was delicious. The past two times I have been there I have gotten the "Thai Phoon Shrimp," which are kind of like buffalo shrimp, except a little tangier. They are wonderful. Our waitress was extra talkative and cheerful. I thought she was just bored and friendly, but I think Joe suspected she was looking for a big tip. When you're so bling-bling like Joe and I, it's pretty understandable that people would be looking for some free cash. And Joe wasn't even wearing his cowboy hat...
After lunch Joe dropped me off at my car and we both went back to the church to work for a while. I set some things up on stage, moved a bunch of lights, set up a camera, etc. Just the usual. I ended up leaving a little after 3, which I think is a little later than usual, but it's OK because I've worked less than usual the past two weeks with the holidays and all.
When I got home I played with Lucy, played drums for a bit, and then got started on cooking dinner. We invited my parents over for dinner tonight, and I was in charge of the main dishes. Kristi and I picked out this lime chicken dish which looked delicious. Anything involving honey, lime, olive oil, thyme, and garlic must be good. I wear a sweet apron to cook, so I thought I'd take a picture of it for the blog. Kristi wasn't home, so I used a mirror to my advantage:
Unfortunately things didn't go that well with the food. I put tin foil under the chicken, which turned out to be a mistake. I kept wondering why the mixture wasn't getting brown and sticky like it was supposed to, and when we took it out we discovered that most of it had leaked through a hole in the foil and was beneath the chicken. It turned out to be pretty bland, but it wasn't a disaster or anything. The roasted potatoes and corn on the cob were great at least. Since my chicken wasn't exciting, I took some pictures of a candle instead, practicing my new photography knowledge:
I played my new amp for my parents, showed them my snare, and then we all played Yahtzee. Somehow Kristi ended killing us all. We also ate some peach cobbler that Kristi made, and oh man was it great. I really like hot desserts with vanilla ice cream, and this was one of the best I have had. I look forward to heating up some tomorrow, although nothing is as good as right out of the oven.
We enjoyed watching the pets play together tonight. My parents' dachshund/beagle mix, Molly, is really interested in Oliver, but doesn't know what to think of him. It's funny to watch her follow him around. They were all playing together by the end of the night, although Lucy was extremely grumpy today. I think she is just very tired from the past two days, as she has been snoring away loudly for the past 3 hours. My parents left a little before 10, and Kristi and I decided to get into bed. She wanted to watch "27 Dresses," which she got for $5 today at Target, so I had to set up our stereo system in our bedroom. I hadn't set it up in the new entertainment center yet, and we don't have a DVD player in our bedroom, so we thought it would be fun to do that. The only thing is that our CD/DVD player is powered by the sub, so you have to connect pretty much everything...it didn't take too long though. I kind of drifted in and out of the movie while I read about pro audio stuff online. It seemed OK, but I couldn't get into that much. That's not to say I don't like chic-flics. For instance, one similar style chic-flic I do enjoy is "Return to Me." If you haven't seen that, it's a great story.
After that Kristi went straight to sleep, and I have just been watching Leno. Tomorrow is going to be a wonderful day because there is not much planned. I am hoping to do some recording, especially of my new amp. Once I get some recordings of it, I'll post them and some pictures of it on here for all my loyal readers to hear and see. I've been wanting to record a comparison of my snares also, so we'll see if I have time for that. For now, I'll leave you with this picture I took of the pets sleeping the other night:
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