Back from Roch-cha-cha. Reunion was fun. It's a testament to the SO's classmates that I have now attended 2 of their reunions while attending only 1 of my own! There are a great group of people and always good to see them. Happy to report the quilt shop came through and I purchased all 4 of the fabrics I wanted. Disappointed by the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, however. They seem to have fallen prey to the GenX intern model of display development so things did not flow quite as I had hoped. And they severely downsized the Women in Baseball exhibit and shoved it into a back corner. A real disappointment.
I finished a special order and shipped it off last week. And started 2 new wall wall hangings perfect for the holidays. Two weeks from today I'll be at the second day of the first inside show of my season. I'll be the one wearing a mask, even though I'm fully vaccinated plus boosterized as of last Sunday.
WARNING! OLD PERSON RANTS BELOW!
We attended our first concert in months (years?) last night. We like to support our local venue when we can and this was only their second affair since COVID shut them down last year. It was a band from Boston that I had heard of but not heard and they were fine musicians and somewhat entertaining. Unfortunately, the experience was negatively impacted by some inconsiderate attendees who 1) stood at the side of the dance floor which placed them squarely in front of people seated at tables; 2) same people them relocated to the only narrow walkway to the restrooms; and 3) a different group at the back of the room who talked loudly over the final song of the first set, which was the Beatles Blackbird, done acoustically (as it should be) by the lead singer. I was about ready to get up and go give them my best Librarian SHUSH but thought better of it, given the times we are in. I just wonder why these people think it is okay to be so inconsiderate of their fellow concert-goers and, in the last case, the artist? Was it the alcohol? Was it a sense of entitlement? I'm stymied.
And I witnessed something I've never seen in person but have seen evidence of on the Internet - one of the inconsiderate floor parkers seemed to think it was their right as a "fan" of the band to cozy up to the stage during the intermission, snag the set list from the leader singer's space and capture it on her phone. I guess that's what passes for fandom these days, but I just don't get it.
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