Today was a Thursday I kept thinking was Friday. I made it into the pool during lunch today, in part because Jim was home with Balt. My students are all busy with their first projects, so the day was calm and easy going. After school I ran a couple of errands and got Balt for a quick walk around school before Jessi was done with basketball. I took the three girls out to dinner and then to the Ben Folds concert at the Overture Center-- it was a ton of fun although both Jessi and Monika were not happy about the homework situation they were going to be in once we got home. I am always amazed at how different the three girls whenever I spend time with them together, but it just warms my heart to see them having fun together.
I discovered Ben Folds when his third CD came out in 1999, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner which included the hit, Army. I listened to that CD over and over again for months. I suppose there was a strong attraction to the keyboard, song-writing, male voice that made me think of Jim at times. Erika brought home other CD's of his, so our iTunes collection of his music was pretty fat. His CD from two years ago, Way to be Normal, was one I purchased shortly after Erika moved out-- I gave her a copy of it for her birthday when we were not really speaking to each other. Ben Fold Five had been one of the first bands that the two of us really enjoyed listening to together. Folds ended his concert with his Army hit, but then returned for an encore of One Angry Dwarf. BUT the highlight of the concert for me was Effington, from his Way to be Normal CD.
During the concert Ben Fold worked on a little project and has been posting his progress on youtube. Here's Madison's bit... I am in the middle of the center balcony.
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