A couple of weeks later I attended St Francis Xavier Parish again.  First I had the final LepreCon XXXIV committee meeting (at the JB’s on the southwest corner of Indian School Road and 24th Street).  Half way there I realized that I had forgotten my phone at home.  I could go home to retrieve it and be late, or deal with not having the phone.  I chose the later.  At the meeting we finalized everything we could, with the few committee members who bothered to show up. 

From there I rushed to Burton Barr Central Library, so I could quickly go online (using an Express Workstation)and write down the instructions for getting to LunarLumiere‘s new place.  I had forgotten to print them up or write them down, and without my phone I couldn’t just call her up and ask.  Once I had that information, I rushed to St Francis Xavier Parish for mass.

One of the things I was impressed by was that, like St Raphael Parish, the Ushers open doors for those entering from the vestibule.  It’s a very welcoming gesture, one I wouldn’t mind seeing implemented at more parishes.  Another thing that impressed itself on my memory was that the first lector was so soft-spoken, it was extremely hard for even me to hear her, even from the miked raised ambo.  Hopefully, someone will have impressed upon her the need to project her voice. 

Afterward I attended LunarLumiere’s house warming party.  I teased Charles about him opening up the mother-in-law house he was renting from her, to have his own house warming.  However, he was too embarassed about how it looked still.  There was much, much amazing food to be had.  And, I ran into Eva, an old chum from FK.  We were both very involved in different student organizations, so we knew each other from that.  Apparently, Eva is a friend of LunarLumiere’s and also a teacher.  Small world!  She’s now married with a small daughter, who was very into capturing live bugs and drawing things while at the party.

I started rereading To Kill a Mockingbird because I wanted to reread it before seeing it at the Herberger Theater Center.  However, I just noticed that I missed that chance.  I always seem to miss my chances at seeing live performances (music, theatre, et cetera).  At least I thoroughly enjoyed the novel again.

“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”  ~ Miss Maudie Atkinson, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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It was a busy weekend.  Saturday after work I headed over to Tricuspa’s so the two of us could enter all of the HLA events into the Phoenix Con Games web site.  We had started to enter them during our Thursday night meeting, but he was going to be unavailable the following Thursday and we were working against a deadline. 

Sunday morning we finally finished playing my Christmas themed D&D game, in the middle of Easter season.  Everyone seemed to have fun though, and gave suggestions for when I run again.  Of course, I have other priorities at the moment, such as LepreCon, Phoenix Con Games, and Chaos Out of Order for one of my other groups of friends.  I’m not adverse to running again though, and have several unfleshed out ideas I could run for them or others. 

After the game I rushed over to St. Francis Xavier Parish for mass.  I hadn’t attended mass there before.  It’s built in the classic domed ceiling style.  The ambo has a set of stairs leading up to it for proclamation (probably predating the microphones).  The main interior colour scheme was a very light aqua marine blue, like this colour only with a glossy sheen.  It made for a lovely worship space. 

From there I rushed to Copper Star Coffee to meet with LunarLumiere and her friends to see Levi Weaver in a live concert.  Charles ended up showing up after the concert, only expecting to be partially late.  Silly kid, he missed out on a great show.  Levi Weaver is a very remarkable and talented musician when playing live.  He manages to truely be a one-man-band, without needing to record several tracks separately in a studio to create the effect.  No, he creates that effect live, in a very impressive format that completely meshes with the songs and their performance.  I’d definately recommend seeing him live, and appreciate the fact that LunarLumiere talked me into seeing him.

The heat has come.  Friday morning my butter was just starting to separate, so I had to put it in the fridge.  It’ll be there for months, until it’s safe to leave it out come November or December when it cools off.  Friday afternoon I also noticed that my sweatpad was still damp when I left work.  If it absorbed enough sweat that it didn’t dry completely during the work day, that’s a sign that the heat has come as well.  It’s only going to be getting hotter, too. 

Speaking of bicycling, I finally had to come to terms with the fact that healthy people who exercise are more unnormal that I ever expected.  A week ago Friday Paula made sure to tell Jessica about my commute.  I’m kind of used to people doing that, so I’ve become blase about the whole thing.  But then she made sure to tell her something about my thighs.  I didn’t really understand what the big deal was, so I just let it go and stayed out of it.  Then this Friday Stephanie did a similar thing.  She made sure to tell Sandi about my commute, then wanted to see my calves.  So, she hiked up my right pant leg and made a big deal about my calf, and made sure to show it off to Sandi.  So I guess I can’t deny it anymore.  Trying to be healthy by exercising has made me a deformed freak.  I mean, my body looks natural to me, but then again I don’t focus on other people’s bodies like many women do.  It’s not going to change my regimen, but at least I can be aware of how other people view me.  I know a lot of times I can be clueless about that.

I also wanted to comment some on my weekend, but I have to go.  More later.

“Plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy.” ~Astrid Alauda

The Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time

News-Talk 92.3 KTAR is pulling a hilarious April Fool’s joke.  How do I know?  It’s just too outlandish.  Last night the State Legislature supposedly passed an emergency measure so that starting tomorrow, Valley freeways will now be tollways.  Hah!  Tollways always get voted down.  The legislators are too chicken to pass such a thing on their own.  It’d be political suicide.  Then there’s the prices:  $0.51 for SR51, $1.01 for SR101, and $2.02 for SR202.  And you’ll have to have exact change or be turned around!  Hah hah.  Like they wouldn’t accept overpayment.  They have Doug Nitzel from ADoT in on it, as he tells listeners to plan an extra 3-4 hours to commute tomorrow as they’ll have toll booths at every onramp, including those at highway interchanges!  Like there’s a safe place to do that.  Like they can man that many booths without advertising a job fair.  Like they can come up with enough toll booths in one day.  Then there’s the State Representative from Wilhoit, who claims that it’s a great way to deal with the State deficit.  He also admits that it doesn’t directly affect him, but he hopes more people will choose to move to Wilhoit where there aren’t any tollways.  Hah!  The traffic reporter is in on it, too, claiming that people should enjoy their last free commute.  Then there’s the public reaction…

But I have to get ready for work.  I’m sure you get the idea.  It’s rather humourous.  Probably their best April Fool’s Day joke yet.  They even have been giving out a special Toll Road Hotline and mentioning that more information is on their web site — neither of which I have time to check.  Just remember, this “news” is at the end of the newscast.  Something this major, not only would it not have so many loop holes or just plain silly things, but it would lead the local news, if not all the news.  Thanks for the laugh, KTAR.

Thanks to jada_marnew for the quiz:

Your Inner European is French!

Smart and sophisticated. You have the best of everything – at least, *you* think so.

“No two gardens are the same. No two days are the same in one garden.” ~Hugh Johnson

I hear that I do this exact same thing when I fall asleep on my feet.

john pulsed:

When I see a blog with 5 stars but no comments, I know they’ve self-starred. I too have self-starred (I was young and needed the stars). You?

The world is diverse enough, that you should realize that people will use the system properly even if you don’t.

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