i left wednesday, 260708, and got back on monday, 260713. i got my wristband, laminate, and parking pass with unusual speed, proceeded to morningwood odditorium, set up my camp in EXACTLY the same spot i had last year — which is still not the spot i wanted, but it was close enough: there was a group with ENORMOUS sets, and a pair of stage crew who had an ENORMOUS tent (and a baby) taking up the spot i wanted… oh well, maybe next year — and made it back out to north miss piggy (the “alter-abled” parking lot) by 17:00 (5:00 pm) without difficulty. the shows went well, i managed to eat relatively normally and avoided emergent bathroom incidents, got to know a few more folks that have been involved with the panto for a few years that i haven’t gotten to know before… played my harmonic flute less than i wanted to, but that was okay… i celebrated my 66th birthday on saturday by playing my harmonic flute in four different locations at the fair (Jill’s Crossing, Altared Space, The Bush That Looks Like A Dragon, and the intersection just south of the Ark Park and Du Caniveaux stage which has the disco ball), sold one CD (to a sound engineer), and was gifted a small hair clip that is shaped like a lemon on the end of a twig with leaves… i loaded out some of my stuff on sunday evening, and helped other crew members load out, and then helped take apart the stage, and managed to break free of the fair before 11:00 monday morning, so i missed the major traffic snarl in portland…

and when i got home, i was met with a dentist appointment, a(nother) medical emergency with moe’s mom (which meant going to her apartment to rescue her dog), a BSSB rehearsal for a performance that is happening on saturday 260718, a circus class, and the fact that moe is still up to her eyeballs in getting her new business running, which, in this case, means she has been at the school until 23:45 (11:45 pm) pretty much every day this week, painting and digging fence post holes. 😕

AND, i got an incense order from SOUTH KOREA on wednesday (my first order from south korea, EVER), which i just shipped out this afternoon… it has a REALLY STRANGE address — Jisan Mokryun Apt 5-410, Yonghak-ro 42 gil 13, Suseong-ku — which, i assume, is the name of the apartment building (“Jisan Mokryun”), but i’m not sure what “Yonghak-ro 42 gil 13” means, and “Suseong-ku” is apparently a neighbourhood in Daegu, but… who knows? hopefully the postal code will get it where it is going without too much difficulty.

i am SO FUCKING TIRED…