I decided to visit Boston\u2019s South End \u201cFirst Friday,\u201d art event. A bunch of galleries open their doors and put out chips, salsa, juice, and the occasional bottle of wine. People dress in their festive best \u2013 their casual whatever \u2013 or perhaps some art of their own design (we saw some truly awesome outfits) and wander around taking in the scene. I thought that it was just fantastic that the city can still support a little mini-bohemian artsy corner \u2013 even in the current, savage economic times. It lifted my spirits to see how creative my fellow human beings can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of particular note were Galvinized Hats<\/a>, a funky \u2013 modern \u2013 artsy hat store and Triiibe,<\/a> photography gallery that was showing a series of photos of identical triplets. That second was fascinating because it really brought out how much clothing and attitude generate an impression of someone. Even given physically identical (or reasonably so) models \u2013 they were able to create complex social dynamics in their images. It was cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yesterday I went ballistic with bleach, broom, and vacuum and got the house slapped into some semblance of neatness. Of note was the liberation (LIBERTY, I SAY!) of the guest room from the oppression of cardboard boxes and plastic storage tubs. Then redmed put on some shoes that made her a full inch taller than me and went to her charity gala<\/a>. For my part, I went to get sauced at as part of <\/a>technolope<\/a>s birthday. He\u2019s got two friends with the same birthday as him \u2013 so we had like 20 people whooping it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other news, the martial arts training proceeds apace. I feel like I\u2019m starting to make progress at Judo again \u2013 which is a good thing. It seems to just take time (and effort, and caution to avoid injury) to teach my body to not oppose force with force. I\u2019ve been *thinking* about that sort of thing for a while \u2013 but I finally feel like it\u2019s starting to *happen*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n