Fiddle contest in Lincoln Square and some fabulous photos :)
Tonight I went to Lincoln Square after work and browsed around some of the cute little shops and then listened to some of the fiddle contest - the top contestants from tonight will be competing in the big fiddle finals on Sunday at the Folk & Roots Festival - which I want to check out a little sometime over the weekend. There were a lot of people there watching and listening, and also buying brats, pretzels and beer from the little stand set up there (it's the German area, so of course they have to provide the traditional German fare!)
I took some pictures and liked the music and tried to have fun, but I wasn't doing the best today with being completely comfortable being alone. I was too hesitant to really walk around to get a better view because 1) I didn't want to push my way in front of other people who were there first and 2) if I walked around people would look at me whereas if I stood in one place I would be more inconspicuous. I sometimes really wish I were one of those confident people who can just BE in a place without worrying about what everyone else around thinks of him or her. But oh well, it's not me - but I still went anyway and stayed around the area for an hour so I'm extremely proud of myself for that! I did want one of those fucking amazing-smelling brats but when I returned to the area after getting my prescriptions refilled at Walgreens and taking out money, I chickened out because I didn't want to stand eating it alone and I wasn't going to go walk alone and try to eat it while walking - so no brat for me :(
Okay but anyway, when I got home I called MWFB (My Wonderful Friend Benji) and we talked for two full hours - both analyzing The German (I forwarded him the IM, too) and also talking a lot about MWFB and a particularly hard time that he's going through. I always love talking to him and we have a lot of laughs even when talking about not happy stuff. And he also builds me up so amazingly by telling me over and over how fabulous I am and how fabulous I look - that always makes me feel so good!
Right, so now you get some fun pictures! And I'm going to bed (unfortunately again without ANY cleaning, and no laundry) - so that's it, tomorrow night it's my one job and since it's Friday night I'll drink coffee and stay up as long as it takes to do every bit of laundry and clean every bit of my kitchen and vacuum and all that shit!
4th of July sunset while sailing
I spotted this jeep this morning by the train and HAD to take a photo. It's a Sign because on Monday I bought The Tao of Pooh - I was very intrigued by CeeCi's discussion of it from a few days ago - and I'm halfway through it and find it just amazing, and can't stop thinking about it and talking about it as well. And before Monday I'd never even heard of the book and had no idea what Tao was, and I'd also always found Pooh very annoying before but now I'm kind of liking the little guy for the first time!
In Lincoln Square there's a little store that offers painting classes and students' work is displayed in the window. Isn't this just the most wonderful painting?! The expression and eyes are so well done that I feel like hugging this little dog! And I studied the brush strokes and colors and I thought I could maybe try to copy it but instead of a dog, I'll paint my two kitten babies!
A very interesting couple hanging out in Lincoln Square, although I doubt they're any kind of couple in the normal "couple" sense. The woman was fascinating and I really wish I could have taken a portrait of her, but I wouldn't know how to approach her or ask for that.
She had painted fingernails which looked nice, wore bright pink lipstick and heavy eye makeup. But she looked almost masculine because of the heavily receeding hairline. She was so interesting. I can't stop wondering about her story.
And finally, a painting or print in the window of a framing shop - I love it and can't stop looking at it - it's incredibly sensual. And gives me ideas for my next photo session! :)
