DAY 179

Friday 6 January 2012

Three Kings Day was anticlimactic for us but nevertheless we enjoyed hearing the children in the neighborhood shrieking delightedly with each gift they opened. It was blustery outside but we still hung our laundry out and prayed it wouldn’t fly away.

We took the opportunity to shoot some hoops that morning, Nicole adding a little flare to her practice. Behold, this marvelous sequence:

Charles read aloud from Don Quixote (page 77 out of 1026 but hey, who’s counting), and Nicole and Dian did art projects. We had chili con queso with sausage and tomatoes for lunch and then called Frances to confirm our hike departure time the next day.

As our readers already know, we’d been asked to “look after the house” while Frances was away for a few days and this she announced by gift wrapping her house keys and saying, “Look what the Three Kings left!” God bless our big hearted friends.

Nicole and Dian laughed their butts off creating band names, origins, styles of music and participants names:

1. Thistle Man - traditional English-folk from England, with frontman Baggity Bibbins

2. Whether Vein - alternative/hard rock from USA, with Kim Black on lead vocals and guitar

3. Mattress - garage band/some covers from Tempe, Arizona, with frontmen Dean Michael and Greg Ack

4. Bristle - gypsy-punk/ska from Brussels, Belgium, with sister and brother leaders Dulci and Rick

5. Mea Culpa (My Fault) - heathen cha cha from Cuba, with Loli ChiChi (transvestite) and the Band

6. Grey Horde - alternative rock from Scotland, with frontman Michael Cap (their biggest gig to date at Fjord Theater, sponsored by Ford)

7. Loch Me Out - punk/riot grrrl from Scotland, with Ginji Studebaker, Lana Mann, Mikki Armenia, Monique the Freak, and Jean BuBuPa

8. Flannel Formica - folk blues/rock from Jamaica, with Jah Booty on lead guitar

9. Birds Fly Overhead - pop rock/B-52's-esque from Fresno, California, with John Owens on synths and drums

10. Tiller - Fishbone-esque experimental rock from Norway, with Jan Jan on lead vocals

11. LowGo - Devo-esque electronic pop from Florida, with frontman Marty Berg

12. Eyelash Out - all electric/mauri/Loudon Wainwright III cover band from Spain, with Miguel Montoya on accordion

Charles shot MORE hoops and proved he hadn’t lost his touch. Dinner was left over pasta with fresh bread and cheese.