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October 30, 2005.
At 12:00, we got ready for the birthday party colaboration which was gonna be done at Wendy’s house. My George Shuffler costume was easy to put on . . . it was just that darn tie that was so frustrating to tie! Luke got his bum costume ready. I was doing something on the computer and Luke said “hey Kyle.” Without turning my head to look at him, I said “yeah?”he didn’t say anything so I turned my head and was blown off my feet! . . even though I was sitting down! He smeared charcoal all over his face (but particularly on the lower half of his face) which looks like he hasn’t shaved in a while. Boy, that was shocking! Mama finally decided to be Sarah (after flip-flopping over different costume ideas).
Papa was gonna come later. I didn’t know what his costume was gonna be. Two days ago, Mama was talking with Wendy and I listened on my phone. I heard Wendy say to Ma, “So, does Carl know about his costume?” Ma said, “no, I haven’t told him.” Something seemed suspicious, especially since that conversation was in a muffled whipser . Afterwards, I asked Ma what the costume was but she wouldn’t tell me.
We passed by Ian’s house to give Clark a left handed guitar. We were kinda “late” (that’s relative) so we couldn’t talk much. We left soon. At Wendy’s, we set up food and stuff. Wendy was dressed up as a French Poodle. She was a little disapointed in Mamas costume but I thought it was great! Dan was the first to come. He wasn’t dressed up but he was dressed none the less and that was costume enough. Paul and Gael came. Paul was dressed as a casual Saddam. They brought homemade egg rolls. We ate ‘n stuff. It was a while before an
ybody else came. Suddenly, I saw Billy and Sarah pull up. Billy was dressed up as Marge Simpson! That was hilarious! John came and he was dressed up as a generic Abbott. He had a well, it’s hard to describe. Well, Luke is probably gonna read this so maybe he can leave a comment describing John’s costume (hint hint). Papa came and his costume was me! he got one of my shirts that I always wear (I have five pairs of the same shirt, they fit perfectly)
Anyway, later Andy came dressed up as an angel (he had a furry halo on his head). We had two jams going.
The rest is kinda boring to describe. We inhaled the helium baloons but I didn’t have anything funny to say. Luke turned on the ceiling fan and got all the balloons and let them go below the fan. They flew up and the fan scattered all the balloons around. Then the air from the fan sucked them all back in. Later, one of the balloons broke.
Ok, well, enough of that.
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October 29, 2005.
Luke played at a Corporate Gig up at Saratoga area. He was playing for the workers at a company picnic. I worked on my banjo when he was gone (Got the skin over it and it’s lookin’ mighty good). If some banjo enthusiest (or anybody else, I’m not picky) donates something, I’ll post the final product up here! Since it was all corporate, he had to dress up all fancy. He got fancy shoes and a nice shirt ‘n coat and the thrift store.
When he came back, he told us all about it. Turns out he didn’t have to dress so fancy. Billy was even dressed rather casual. He didn’t need a tie. When Luke talked about the food . . . augh! Lucky! Apperantely there was a cheese and cracker tray that was always full! Never ending! Later they rolled out the Fillet Minon and steak and glazed chicken! adfkjgdfhgairuhgskdngbaertukh! Plus! He got paid 250 bucks! klsdngkjga;rvdfgmnawert. . . .
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October 28, 2005.
I was writing out Chinese characters and I was drawing a character with the “Yue” thing and I was rolling ‘em out, they looked . . . normal, nothing special. Later, I drew one and I did a double take. I noticed I drew one pretty impressive curve! I mean it stood out more than the others. I just sat there and thought, “boy, that’s a nice curve!”
What do you think? I thought that was pretty spiffy if I do say so myself. Especially after seeing my other curves.
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October 26, 2005.
Since we’re having a little birthday party colaboration (a lot of birthdays combined to save money) and halloween is coming up, we decided to make it into a costume party. When the idea of a costume party came up, I didn’t think much about it but then it hit me! I’ll be George Shuffler (The creator of Cross-Picking and the guitar picker for The Stanely Brothers)! Billy ‘n everybody say I look like him and I play exactly like him (even though I didn’t hear much of him) and I wear wrap-around sun glasses like he does. Well, I have a suit ‘n everything so I wouldn’t need to spend much money on a costume! I just needed a tie and extremely shiny shoes. We went to the thrift store ’cause Luke needed special clothes for his bum outfit.
I actually found some great shiny shoes that actually fit and were only $1.50. I looked at the ties but all of them were too decorative. The picture I have of George Shuffler shows him wearing a plain, no frills Xtra thin red tie and I needed to have the same tie. Since the chance of finding a plain tie was laugh, I decided to make one at home. Luke found some great clothes for his bum outfit. He found a knit orange/yellow beanie hat, teal pants and a dirty shirt with holes in it! Perfect! When we were checking out, the cashier (who we kinda know. She’s cashiered on us before) showed us the hole in the shirt and and was suprised that we wanted it! I knew she was thinking “they are losing it!”
The tie was very easy to make. The actual tying was the tricky bit. I went online to tie-a-tie.net and they had very easy diagrams to follow, I just kept getting lost. I either and it coming out the wrong hole or a misplaced loop. I mean it still worked, it just didn’t look too . . . nice.
Luke’s costume is gonna be great! He’s gonna rub beer and dirt on his clothes to smell like bum and he’s gonna have a wine bottle in a brown paper bag and the works!
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October 25, 2005.
We went to Karate today. It’s Luke’s first time doing Karate since he’s been sick for a week. Since we switch off wearing the good gi (we have a good thick gi and a cheap thin gi and we switch each class) and I’ve been wearing it for a week, it was Luke’s turn to wear it. I was used to the good gi ’cause it was thick and I was used to it being hot but now when I wore the thin gi, I was chilly! brrr. . .
Class was good. John (the teacher) had us do Kumite from one step sparring all the way to semi-free sparring. At the end, he got out some tape and marked the corners for a makeshift tournament ring. Kai (who is a tournament champion) was there and he helped out. I won the first (out of two) matches. Then Luke sparred with another student but the student won so I went up against him to see who was the semi-victor. I managed to feint with a snap kick and then went in with a lunge punch which got me the first point. Next round, he got me either in the chin ((lightly) or in the chest but either way, he won that round. Next round, I accidentally stepped out of the ring which lost me a point. Next round, I managed to push the guy out of the ring (not by touching him but by advancing and feigning attacks) which got me a point. Last round, he attacked to the chest and I blocked and counter attacked but struck his hand rather than his chest. Even though I didn’t hit, I think I got a point ’cause the timing ‘n all was good. Either way, I won.
So all in all, That was “hecka” fun!
At 12:00, we got ready for the birthday party colaboration which was gonna be done at Wendy’s house. My George Shuffler costume was easy to put on . . . it was just that darn tie that was so frustrating to tie! Luke got his bum costume ready. I was doing something on the computer and Luke said “hey Kyle.” Without turning my head to look at him, I said “yeah?”he didn’t say anything so I turned my head and was blown off my feet! . . even though I was sitting down! He smeared charcoal all over his face (but particularly on the lower half of his face) which looks like he hasn’t shaved in a while. Boy, that was shocking! Mama finally decided to be Sarah (after flip-flopping over different costume ideas).
Papa was gonna come later. I didn’t know what his costume was gonna be. Two days ago, Mama was talking with Wendy and I listened on my phone. I heard Wendy say to Ma, “So, does Carl know about his costume?” Ma said, “no, I haven’t told him.” Something seemed suspicious, especially since that conversation was in a muffled whipser . Afterwards, I asked Ma what the costume was but she wouldn’t tell me.
ybody else came. Suddenly, I saw Billy and Sarah pull up. Billy was dressed up as Marge Simpson! That was hilarious! John came and he was dressed up as a generic Abbott. He had a well, it’s hard to describe. Well, Luke is probably gonna read this so maybe he can leave a comment describing John’s costume (hint hint). Papa came and his costume was me! he got one of my shirts that I always wear (I have five pairs of the same shirt, they fit perfectly)
Anyway, later Andy came dressed up as an angel (he had a furry halo on his head). We had two jams going.