sunned and sleepy

the early wake-up this morning was a killer, but i made it to the meeting on time.

the man i'm dealing with is about my age, wealthy and extremely confident, and i suck at bargaining. i did my best, but i can't say that i'm entirely pleased with the results.

to be fair, though, if i was in his position i wouldn't be very flexible either.

we drove to see the apartment together, which looks much better post-paint, and noticed that the next road over was closed. none of us knew why, so we just carried on with the morning.

the kid and i did some shopping, and i took one of the books i'm reading (justina robson - selling out) to coffeeholic for breakfast, then walked to meet singer and egg at the flea market.

it was on the way there that i discovered that there was a street party on the other side of the barricade, with loads of stalls, ramps and a few stages set up. walking through with all the crowds (early as it was) was irritating, and some stupid cyclist girl ran into me full tilt.

we went to the music store (is that what it's called? my english is terrible), found a decent acoustic guitar for a fair price (cheaper than i'd anticipated, at any rate), a solid beginner's guide and a tuning harmonica.
singer introduced me to a friend of hers who's the drummer in a well-known band, and it turns out that he's friends with a couple of my favourite artists :)

fair play, though - i'm only familiar with all these bands through singer...

i came home to drop off the new acquisitions, and singer and i went back to see the show. the first band we saw was highly amusing and pretty good (dunno what they call themselves), the dance-off was a bit weak, and the punk band got no shame were brilliant.

we made a detour, singer reminding me that in south africa i wouldn't have been able to walk through a police barricade drinking a beer (what's up with that?!), and after deciding that the band wasn't coming back we each went our separate ways.

i put on my blades, coasted to the park - empty due to the music festival - and read a bit on the bench, then returned to shower and glue myself to the screen until now. now being the time to read the comic i bought - להZOO (zoolah), fantastic artwork by some guy from netanya (ארז צדוק - erez tzadok) - and sleep some.

this wall animation is absolutely incredible. that's the craziest piece of art i've seen, and it's something i can totally identify with. thanks to tycho from penny arcade for the link. and thanks to the artist for being amazing.