Month: September 2018

So I’m in a meeting today and I see this beautiful guitar come up for bid on Ebay.  There is 18 hours left on it and I bid.  Why?  I need another guitar like a hole in the head.  It’s really pretty though.  It’s an ES-335 Limited Edition, semi-hollow body, with coil tapping on the pots, and a hard case in “Ice Tea” color.  WTF, now I will get out-bid at the last second by someone using a bot.  

We went shopping for floor tile for the bathroom the other day and lo’ and behold, we agreed on a floor tile.  It’s very pretty.  Now we need to pick out a wall tile for the shower, a vanity, and a top.  I cannot wait to have this done.  

Love me some figure drawing and guitar playing.

-Rat

I ordered my new “Hollywood SportRider Tray Hitch Rack” via Amazon.  I wanted something that was a solid performer bike rack and also expandable.  So, the bike rack is solely for a 2″ hitch and is expandable to add a second rack or a rack platform.  You certainly pay a premium for those expandable attributes.  The rack is about 30-50% more than a standard bike rack.  I wanted to go riding last weekend and forgot that I sold my old bike rack. 

Tonight is art class at Elmhurst.  Looking forward to it….

-Rat

Ah, I had my semi annual vacation trip to Saugatuck Michigan.  We go to a “Resort” there – a quaint little place overlooking the lake.  Very peaceful, with next to no cell coverage.  The kind of place you can somewhat hide in.  It’s nice now that we are 1 hour closer.  It’s now only a 2 hour drive there.  It beats driving 5 hours (now 6) to Door County.  Similar vibe, less travel.  Although, its starting to get crowded – it’s been in enough “Chic Midwest Travel” magazines now that its loosing it’s small town, out of the way, special feel.  It’s now on the “Naperville” map.  Everyone now gets that “special” contrived vibe.  The vibe that’s phony enough for the me, me, me, crowd and their enabled kids.  Wow, I sound like a cynic.  I guess I am. 

Cynic:  a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons.

I was born into that crowd and moved away after years of therapy, self examination and became somewhat enlightened.  I think its time to find that next Saugatuck.  Tonight is my last guitar lesson I think – at least that’s how I am approaching it, for a while – to the start of November.  I am taking a drawing class at Elmhurst Art Museum, and only really have time for 1 class per week.  I can’t wait…

-Rat