Henry Nam

How's this for a weekend:

Thursday, teach lessons, drive out to Rockville, eat at California Pizza Kitchen, see and a couple of old friends, pick up a drumset from said friends, drive to GMU, see another friend for the first time in years, go to a Blues Jam, sleep for 4 hours.

Friday, somehow manage to get up, get showered, get changed, and make apple fritters in a kitchen I've never been in before, drive out to the Zoo to run an errand, drive out to DC, find out our reserved parking was taken, unload gear, spend an hour and a half looking for parking all around DC, spend 5 minutes frantically running from the parking lot to where we need to play, have the sound guys screw up the wiring, needing to cut several charts, playing a mostly successful set list for the National Cherry Blossom Festival, NOT offend Asian tourists by playing Shanghai Gumbo, NOT get rained on by the 80% chance of rain that favored the 20% that it wouldn't rain, take this picture:

PHOTO CREDITS: Sierra Polisar

Then take this picture ...

PHOTO CREDITS: Sierra Polisar

and NOT have my shirt actually tucked in for any of them, drive up to PA, get dinner, fetch a very special someone from a very discombobulating drive, and have an absolutely wonderful weekend of relaxation and good dining with the best of company I could ask for.

Monday, briefly see my family as they return from the airport from California, drive out to Southern Maryland, hit stupid traffic and construction making me miss a class despite leaving with plenty of time, then having class until 9pm.

Today's been pretty good.  I woke up, studied for a quiz, found out that the class was canceled, did work, prepared for teaching, found out an hour before the lesson that it had to be canceled, did work, updated this, and make preparations for rehearsal for Friday's concert.

Definitely lots to do, but I have the time to pace myself in a relatively comfortable, yet brisk pace.

And a beautiful video:

And a breathtaking video about a flying man:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping.html

Love and Peace,

Nam