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I just saw Raul Midon live and it was incredible–he’s a blind man–Stevie Wonder/jazz/R&B/gospel/latin/flamenco feel.  He just plays acoustic guitar, but he hits the guitar, and sings like a trumpet at times.  It was nice to see such a diverse crowd and hear his uplifting music.

Chinese pickup soccer–near where i live these Chinese guys play soccer–and I have played with them a handful of times.  I’ve never seen anyone so happy to play together, they are laughing, smiling, clapping, it’s incredible.  It’s not a physical game–or an overly serious one–I think I have the most fun playing with them, it’s just the pure enjoyment of the game.

Wow, so this is coming up on record time, and certainly the most amount of time I’ve spent with any girlfriend.  But, I can’t complain, she treats me well, and we enjoy our time together.  She knows when I need to go do things on my own/go running around the block, and understands herself very well. 

Life has been extremely busy, but good, I try to keep it all in perspective, it’s hard to let things go, but I try.  That’s part of life, everything doesn’t go your way, you have to accept that you can’t control everything/achieve perfection–but just do the best with what you can

Ahh, so I spent a week away in-between jobs, I got to travel to the Cape and spend some time with my gf, her parents, and some other related parents.  On the trip there, I stopped at a glorious Italian restaurant in the Northern Italian section in Boston, for my cheese-less pizza and pasta–the pizza they had a hard time with and didn’t end up giving it with any red sauce either.  It was still excellent.

Ahh, the week away, I spent windsurfing, kayaking, swimming, playing on the beach, biking, cooking, and hanging out with the gf.  I’ve never actually stayed with anyone’s parents like that on a trip, and it took some getting used to, although they were very nice and we pretty much did our own thing.  I did get heat stroke/sun stroke a little bit, when it was excessively hot and we didn’t really have any shade.  That didn’t feel good at all.  I just needed to stay out of the sun and rest–it is still terribly hot in DC.

The thing I noticed more than anything else was that when I came back I missed the gf.  This is a pretty rare feeling for me, I usually don’t miss anyone, and not like that…