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Post 1799, Day 23 of 2017
- 2,215 days since I started this blog -
- 2,215 days since I started this blog -
I meet people through going out and playing music. Since I moved to Syracuse eight-and-a-half years ago (!), music has been almost the only way I've made new acquaintances, with one exception.
Before I got here, I knew exactly one person living in Syracuse, who was living in North Carolina when I met him. In North Carolina, I didn't meet too many people through music. In this case, I met Al through friends I knew from working at Northern Telecom.
We had few interests, and little background in common. One thing we both enjoyed was music, although he is not a musician, he is a music fan, and was immediately supportive and enthusiastic when he learned I was one.
But Al is also a rare type of person: He is playful and helpful, always willing to contribute to any good time. He is also loyal and generous.
I hadn't seen Al in almost seven years when he learned of my divorce and financial distress. He immediately reached out with an offer to help get me a job interview at a company he had just signed on to work for (but not yet started, as he was finishing up a contract). That led to me flying up to Syracuse for an interview (Al helped me prep for that, too) - my first time setting foot in that place.
Al has been a good and generous friend as long as I've known him. He's also, getting back to my initial point, the only person who has introduced me to people I now consider friends outside of the music world.
I'm writing about this because the music world once again threw some new friends my way tonight. I may be in another new band, based on my appreciation of the little rehearsal/jam we had last night. In making conversation with my new friends, I mentioned how almost all the people I know in Syracuse I've met directly or indirectly as a result of going out to open mics, music jams.
Immediately, the exception came to mind.
I am grateful for the people in my life, now and past - somehow, they've helped me get where I am (floating in an ocean of gratitude, if you have to ask).
Before I got here, I knew exactly one person living in Syracuse, who was living in North Carolina when I met him. In North Carolina, I didn't meet too many people through music. In this case, I met Al through friends I knew from working at Northern Telecom.
We had few interests, and little background in common. One thing we both enjoyed was music, although he is not a musician, he is a music fan, and was immediately supportive and enthusiastic when he learned I was one.
But Al is also a rare type of person: He is playful and helpful, always willing to contribute to any good time. He is also loyal and generous.
I hadn't seen Al in almost seven years when he learned of my divorce and financial distress. He immediately reached out with an offer to help get me a job interview at a company he had just signed on to work for (but not yet started, as he was finishing up a contract). That led to me flying up to Syracuse for an interview (Al helped me prep for that, too) - my first time setting foot in that place.
Al has been a good and generous friend as long as I've known him. He's also, getting back to my initial point, the only person who has introduced me to people I now consider friends outside of the music world.
I'm writing about this because the music world once again threw some new friends my way tonight. I may be in another new band, based on my appreciation of the little rehearsal/jam we had last night. In making conversation with my new friends, I mentioned how almost all the people I know in Syracuse I've met directly or indirectly as a result of going out to open mics, music jams.
Immediately, the exception came to mind.
I am grateful for the people in my life, now and past - somehow, they've helped me get where I am (floating in an ocean of gratitude, if you have to ask).
Food and Diet
Today's Weight: 208.8 lbs.
Diet Comment
Previous Weight (1/20/17): 206.4 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: + 2.4 lbs.
Diet Comment
I didn't think I did badly over the weekend, but I was seriously wrong, and my one acknowledged cheat - at a birthday party Sunday afternoon - seems to have done real damage.
Food Log
Breakfast
5:15pm, at CoreLife Eatery:
5:15pm, at CoreLife Eatery:
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| Tuna poke salad with: Kale, cabbage, quinoa, cucumber, carrots, scallions, ginger,edamame, avocado, tuna poke, sesame seeds, almonds and miso-sesame dressing. Not shown: A cup of chicken bone broth. |
Lunch
Skipped.
Dinner
12:15am: Sliced London broil with Philippe's famous hot mustard, and a salad (Spring mix, spinach, cabbage, shaved parmesan cheese, creamy balsamic dressing).
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 0 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 48+ oz.
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