Valentine’s Day looms. The pressure is off a bit this year. It’s our second time through as a couple and we’ve been living together for nearly a year. But we will be enjoying dinner out, at a restaurant we’ve been meaning to try. And afterward hanging out with friends at an art/music show that will feature a display of my photos. Along with work by sixteen other artists. But I know how awkward this manufactured holiday can feel when not paired off. So I appreciate what the Swedish Institute’s restaurant, FIKA, is doing. They’re hosting a dinner for singles where “The only love you need in February is the love of awesome and adventurous food.” Right on.
Five good things for this chilly Friday:
- I’ve been hoping to get up to Duluth for at least one of Low’s Seven Thursdays at Fitger’s in Duluth. Local (self-described) music fiend Kyle Matteson has been keeping track of the set lists and I’m sad at what I’ve already missed. But at least I get to see Low at the Drone Fest at The Cedar tonight. Also at The Cedar Fred Armisen will be hosting a Portlandia screening there Tuesday, March 18th. Neat.
- I LOVED The Lonely Doll books when I was a kid. A Lonely Doll ~ The Dare Wright Story https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/349559654/a-lonely-doll-the-dare-wright-story
- What a crazy job this would be. Restaurant Editor: “We’re seeking a passionate, restaurant-savvy editor to travel the United States for us year-round to uncover the best of what America’s restaurants have to offer. The role requires a sense of adventure, a love of travel, a strong palate (and stomach), impressive critical faculties, and an aptitude in photography.” I could see that being fun, for a little while. Until the burnout and homesickness kick in.
- Next week we have not one but two free movie screenings to attend. First, an advanced screening of the Robocop reboot. It’ll probably be unintentionally terrible, unlike Paul Verhoeven’s classic original. Which I just watched with the boyfriend last night. Somehow he’d never seen it. It was released the year he was born (I have weird feelings about that). The other free screening we can attend is for Walker Art Center members. A showing of the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis. I’m excited about that one.
- So happy to see Pussy Riot in the US, and on the Colbert Report! They speak out against Putin, of course. And speaking of - Canada Fires Back At Russia’s Ban On Gay Propaganda With Hilarious Homoerotic Commercial. So well done. HRC also highlights Russia’s Anti-LGBT laws with a banner at their HQ. And the company I work for, Clockwork, has put together something with our great client at the Family Equality Council to show support for LGBT athletes.
It’s the dead of winter - and the beginning of the Winter Olympics - yet I’m already having to sort out my son’s summer plans. He is officially too old for the summer camp program he’s attended the last several years. Thankfully those fine folks have other options for him. He rejected the first outright. He does not want to become a Counselor-in-Training (and eventually a Counselor). He fears the responsibility. And all of the interactions with the young’uns. He’s a kid who would much rather go off and do his own thing. I get that. But I just learned about another option. It’s still on-site at the same camp, but it’s a program for special needs young adults. The little man has made huge strides over the years. But it’s clear that he has autism and may always need a little extra help to make sense of others around him and situations he will find himself in. I’m hoping this life skills camp will be just the thing. Though I’m pretty sure he hoped I’d let him sit home alone all summer, playing video games. Nuh-uh. Do as I say, not as I did.
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