SCHEDULED:
7:00 Tennis with
Paul Deakin @ Maryland Farms YMCA
9:30 Breakfast with
Jay Odenbaugh and unknown lady friend
10:30 Songwriting session with
Jason White3:00 Lunch with
Jay Odenbaugh and unknown lady friend
6:30 Dinner at
Peter Collins' house
ACTUAL:
7:00 Arrived
MFYMCA seven minutes early, stretched, chewed fat with
Deakin, proceeded to lose 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Serve impressive, ground strokes horrible-to-professional, with exception of lob, which is nonexistent, allowing
Deakin, the shithead, to execute weird drummer monkey-run to net with no fear of serious retribution. Draw small amount of pleasure from estimate that
Deakin has dropped somewhere between $500-600.00 on new gear, apparel and lessons since becoming interested in game six months ago. My expenses
thusfar: $19.72, for one can of balls and court fees. Suck it,
Deakin.
9:30 Breakfast canceled. Back to house to check on the ill and complain about various things over which I have no control.
10:30 Rode bike to J. White's. Started something vaguely Henley-
esque that eventually transmogrified into Randy Newman/Leon
Redbone-
esque song about
canine's: "A Dog's The Nicest Person You're Ever Going To Meet." My favorite song I have written in awhile, truly lovable and catchy as a cheerleader. Drank fresh apple juice, ate beef jerky from California and Gouda from Kroger. Smoked. Observed vegetable garden, very impressive and inspiring.
3:00 Rode bike to Fido to meet Jay and Karen, his friend from San Francisco. They are driving across the country in a U-Haul moving things. Karen is a dancer, very enjoyable.
Odenbaugh better get his game right on this one. Ate chopped salad called 'Chop Salad,' very good.
6:30 Dinner at Peter's, heartily anticipated. We're bringing a bottle of port and some flowers that Liz bought. Looking forward to telling more people to go see
Anvil: The Story of Anvil, the feel-good movie of the decade.