SHARING THE SHOWS
Okay, so I mentioned the previous blog would be the last one for a while. Well, thanks to Nicole, that’s simply not true now. She proposed the Cheesy String Trio reuniting virtually for a live stream of Dropkick Murphy’s annual St. Patrick’s Day show from Boston (telecast to the entire music-listening Internet, with no physical audience). After a day of online teaching, I logged onto the stream to be met with a rapidly moving chat screen and some static-y audio. Fortunately, that got fixed when the band came on. The only song I knew of this group was “I’m Shipping Up to Boston,” but that would change (setlist here). During “Black Velvet Band,” my cat/son Chester came out, and as I danced around the room, Chester’s facial expression indicated he didn’t dig it too much: Me, however: I poured a ginger ale and “Cheered” to the screen: Before launching into “First Class Loser,” the singer, Ken Casey, dedicated this to “the old lady or the person in your house driving you nuts.” As a singleton and an introvert, I’m actually enjoying self-isolation for the most part (I actually call it self-solitude), especially since I saw a comment on the chat screen about how someone’s wife kept interrupting his show with updates about closings and cancellations due to “The ‘Rona” (as labeled by one of the students in my Blogging class). Casey (whose Boston accent brings to mind Cheers’ Cliff Clavin) also gave a speech about the “Quarantine 15,” in which referred to “lotta snackin’ goin’ on.” Dude, I am trying to fight that urge big time. At the supermarket, I saw people with stacks of junk food, but I resisted. Broccoli, steak, celery, lunch meats. And since I’m not going to the gym, I’m doing push-ups, crunches, and jumping jacks at home. I also read a “Home Workout” page that suggested having a dance party. As I write this, I’m going to have one on a weekly basis, set to DVDs I own (or streams suggested by Nicole) until things get back to “normal,” and I’m gonna blog about it here. All in all, it was a good workout, and it was nice being able to groove digitally with friends. Here’s Maggie! Stay safe, be healthy, and don’t forget to do the five (am I the only one who has a hard time not scratching my face when it itches?)!
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