Byvshyj CCCP

[ Sunday, October 29, 2006 ]

 
What a good, extended weekend.

Thursday night I saw the Pet Shop Boys at Detroit's State Theater. A great, energizing show. I was so happy.

The following morning at 6am I picked up my college friend Dave from DTW. We had time to kill until hotel check in. We had breakfast at Bob Evans, drove around an area I'm thinking of living in, spent time in Royal Oak, then headed to Ann Arbor. I showed him the new science buildings they've put up at the University; one was on the spot of the lab he once examined degu livers. We walked to the river in the Arb. Once at the hotel, I went to see a friend in Northville and hoped to rest a little there. Instead, we ran errands and I got no rest before heading back to Ann Arbor to go out to a club. My day didn't end until 3 in the morning.

The next day I was sore -- too much dancing (too much age!). Managed to have dinner with Dave and Todd at the relocated Metzger's. We were all pleased with the meal. Then back to their hotel so I could get changed into my Halloween outfit -- Indian wedding clothing I brought back from my trip -- and headed to Northville. The party was hosted by friend's from my community college and had nearly no one I knew.

Today, I cantored at Liturgy then picked Dave up from his late check-out. He had a hankering for falafel with hummus so we had lunch at Jerusalem Garden, the best cheap eats in town. We bummed around town, then went to Northville. We sampled hot cider at the mill, walked downtown and Mill Race Historical Village. Then to the airport. Now I'm ready for my weekend to be over. Good thing it came with an extra hour.
S [8:08 PM]

[ Sunday, October 01, 2006 ]

 
Most of yesterday, Saturday, was irritating, but it ended well.

In the morning, I got a call from a friend that I'd been planning on seeing. I was expecting to pick up some boxes from him and put them in storage. But he calls and says he has to find an apartment today, an activity that would take more time than I'd allocated.

He's known for two months (more actually) that he'd have to leave his present living situation. The absolute deadline was Sunday at noon. The chief problem is that he's unemployed. He'd called friends and friends of friends trying to find a place to stay. His step mom and sister won't take him in.

He had been putting out resumes in the field he's interested in. But with the minimal response he was getting, he should have been trying retail and other easy to obtain jobs. But he didn't until the last couple weeks. So he has no job, no money and no place to stay.

I'd told him I'd help him get an apartment, naturally expecting that would be after he got a job. But he asked me yesterday and to my amazement he was able to sign a place the same day. I don't circulate in the "no credit check" part of society but that's where he found a place. He didn't want to spend even one night in a shelter. But if he doesn't a damn job, he will be in November.

So I missed my nephew's third birthday, though it was for a good enough reason.

In the evening, I attended The Alloy Orchestra performance at the DIA. They're a trio that does cool, modern accompaniment to silent films. Last night the performed to "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925 with Lon Chaney) and "Nosferatu." The latter was directed by Murnau in 1922 and is still creepy!
S [3:26 PM]