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Rand and me (last year). Photo by Allison.


Woohoo, Lord of the Rings won in all 11 Oscar-nominated categories! A perfect capper for an equally wonderful weekend. My friend Rand came to visit from Buffalo, arrived on Friday and stayed through the weekend. I used to only see Rand a couple of times a year at filk conventions, with very little contact between. Now I consider him a dear friend. Not sure about the rest of you, but it always takes me a long time to build up the trust level necessary for what I consider a close friendship. For me, I need to know that other person is going to stick around for the longterm, even if things sometimes get rough. Rand has seen me at my worst and not run screaming, so I figure he's around for good. :-)

One of the things I enjoyed most about this past weekend was the overlap between people I deeply care about from different areas of my life. Going out for a walk with Parki and Jeff and Rand on Saturday afternoon (visit to Silver Snail comics shop, checking out Jeff's new office space), for example. Parki and Jodi meeting for the first time. Dim sum with Jeff and Rand. Rand and my sister going out for coffee on Sunday morning; Ruth put Rand in an illustration for one of her new books, by the way: a busker playing guitar and singing!

Allison and Jodi came over for dinner on Saturday. Much fun and great conversation lasting late into the evening. With Rand, we also called Beckett and Paul to see how they were doing; Beckett had sprained her knee last week.

Anyway, 'twas a good weekend with good friends. Been feeling somewhat down lately because of recent armstuff/pain, so the timing was much appreciated. :-)

And one last note: many thanks to Amanda Snyder for the most entertaining phone message I've had in a very long time!

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