Some dates have a history of fun activities, and I love how Facebook memories keeps track of them for me. In the early morning hours of March 22, 2009, after leaving Dave Attell’s show at Zanie’s in Nashville, I declared on Facebook, “Wicked funny good time.” I barely remember it now, and might not have at all if not for the memories feature. As for Dave Attell, I haven’t heard his name in ages, but an Internet search tells me he is still out there doing standup. I wonder if I would still find him as funny as I used to.
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St. Urho dinner, Saima Park, 2015. |
Last year on this date, friends and I went to see Richard
Thompson in Derry, New Hampshire. It was my second or third time seeing him,
but my friends had seen him dozens of times.
Today, the final Saturday of broken wrist home incarceration, was
spent at home. There were multiple events happening in different cities including
an art reception, a photographer’s talk, some craft fairs, and this year's edition of the St. Urho dinner, but not for me. There is still no driving for me, but at least I’m in the home stretch of
it. I practiced dances, then puttered around the house. Attended an online
writing webinar. Did laundry and changed the sheets. The wrist that has me
grounded alternates between feeling pretty ok and more mobile and frustratingly
stiff.
The incision scar forced its way into my consciousness with
sensitivity that amplified when I bumped it on the edge of the mattress while tucking
in the clean sheets. Ow! It remained extra sensitive for the rest of the day
and into the night and all I could think of was Harry Potter and his occasionally
painful scar.
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The Residence, Netflix. |
Tonight, The Residence on Netflix kept me quite occupied and entertained.
It stars Uzo Aduba, who I first saw as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” in Orange is the
New Black. She was great in Orange, and I love, love, love, her in the White House comedic whodunit as
the brilliant and quirky detective Cordelia Cupp. There is nothing like a well-written lighthearted murder romp on a solo Saturday night.