old friends and the moon

...i got a call from an old, old friend last night--kae!!! i haven't talked to her since her wedding. i'd been emailing namhee & she gave kae my number. it was great catching up with her. i can't believe she's a mom now. the class reunion is still 3 months away, but it seems that a lot of us are going to reunite before that. i also got in contact w/ michelle after all these years. i just can't believe how easily you lose touch with those who were once so close to you. i'm usually an out of sight out of mind person, i guess, which is why i'm surprised that i've managed to stay in contact with josh even though we've lived in the same time zone for only 1.5 months out of 10 months of friendship since we got back in touch last may/june.

well, i went to home depot last night and bought a screwdriver. so i got the darn table out of the closet and set up my laptop and connected the speakers. it's one of those surround sound computer speakers with 4 little satellites and a subwoofer. now i can't get two of the speakers to work. it's somewhat frustrating. but two of these speakers are like a gazillion times better than the laptop speakers, so i'll deal until i can get some technical hardware support.

today's the old town school of folk music's annual all-night party!!! i'm excited--it was one of the best events i attended last year. i missed the opening nite to the int'l pop overthrow fest last night cuz i was visiting my dad, but that's okay. family first. music & photography somewhere after that. i've got plenty of concerts to choose from in april anyway.

the following was written yesterday nite at 2050cst:

...i am writing this at the same beach i was at yesterday afternoon. i was on my way to glenview to pick up some more stuff when i happened to see the full moon and so instead of going west, i went east to the lake. one of my favorite things in the whole wide universe is the full moon shining down on the lake.

the waters are calm and singing that lovely song, which i can hear through the ocean blue playing on my headphones. it's so chilly--the wind is not showing me much mercy tonight, and as always i'm underdressed for outdoor photography in the cold. something about the cold, the sound of the waters, and the planes flying overhead all make me want to go to the bathroom. ok. i'm gonna go before i get frostbite.

i just turned around to leave and looked up and got an eyeful of stars! there's orion to the west. and that's gotta be one of the planets, either jupiter or mars, maybe venus. i don't know who's up these days. it's good to be under a big sky of stars tonight...