bear hugs book

I was out for a walk after work and saw a bear hugs book for kids near a dumpster. it made me feel kind of sad, so I did what I often do when I see something similar. I got a photo of it. I think I have a book in my collection with a similar title and theme.
   at work I closed 12 more loans, and 2 rejected loans were handled as well. it was nice to get the one cleared that wanted the property description. but I also checked what was in imaging, and there was one version that was easier to copy. I have typed these out before myself, when they are short enough. but I read this one and it could be repetitive, so I said it was too long for that. sometimes it means coming back to something when one ha more patience with it. I don't like having to skip over loans but I did it today. and for whatever reason, it has been working to have this game plan. but I also recall a lesson from school, about doing the easiest ones first as it takes up less time. I also let my boss know about an I.T. issue on drafting assignment pages, and found out there was a simple solution for it. I think it was odd that there was no prompt about required information before I was allowed to move to the next screen, as there usually is. but you live, you learn. so I do like how there is no 'unfinished business' left in my queue at the end of the work day, probably the first time this has happened. there are some loans in it, but no rejected ones. I like how not too many have been rejected. each one I see it as a 'teachable moment'.
   I went to perform tonight, the show the spoken words performer does. he was wearing a Chicago bears football jersey, he is from that city. I liked seeing airway there, somebody I know from another mic. the 'techie' from last night wasn't there, so I did the bit about him, easier to do when this is the case. I also did the one given to me by laundry, a perspective about me that made me laugh even though it wasn't true.

cleaning glasses

when I was at the performance venue tonight the 'techie' asked me if I would take off my glasses so he could clean them. I said I could clean them myself. he is often trying to have fun with me. I liked how I was able to be on the lineup fairly early despite being in the bar area eating popcorn and enjoying a beer while the signup was starting. I considered doing this bit tonight but did not, probably will still do it sometime soon.
   at work I felt good about closing 12 loans, but it was all about the numbers. I spent time on loans I couldn't close today, such as one that needed a new 'bene'. hard for me but it means it will be easier to close when I have what I need. and I had to go to more than colleague to find out how to over-ride an auto-correct issue. but one must live for those who want to help you. there is also the reject where I need to create a new page with the property description on it, saying 'exhibit A'. but I also know my boss hasn't said anything about it, and hopefully I can find the time to work it soon.

i've gotta be me movie

I went to see a movie at a film festival this afternoon, at the sabes community center in st. louis park. it was 'I've gotta be me', about Sammy Davis, Jr. when I was looking at what was in the lineup for this year's twin cities film fest, I figured it was best to try to pick only one movie to see. and since I like biographies and documentaries, this one worked for me, along with the schedule of being on a day when no other events were planned, including my performing schedule. it doesn't cover everything about his performing career, such as the 'cannonball run' movies, but it does cover being a guest star on 'all in the family'. as usual, I learned some things from it. there was mention of a big deal surrounding supporting president Nixon in 1972. and plenty was covered from his early life as well. I liked seeing interviews with entertainer colleagues such as jerry lewis, and billy crystal. I was a little worried about being there on time, as the traffic wasn't moving well on one road I was taking to get there. but no big deal, as they had their preliminary speeches and announcements first. so I still arrived before the movie started. there was a Q and A session after it, and then some footage from his own show as well. I do recall the day he died, it was in 1990, same day as 'muppets' creator jim Henson. and there was a cartoon in the paper shortly after it, saying 'what, never seen anyone dance on a cloud before?' I even recall a quote of his was used in a 'simpsons' episode, when krusty the clown's estranged dad was in it. lisa used it as a longshot for them to get over their rift.
   I watched some of the world series tonight, the red sox beat the dodgers 5-1 to win the series 4-1. the red sox were ahead 2-1 early on when I woke up, as I had turned it over to fox while a football game was still on, rams beat the packers. I watched much of the bears-jets game in the afternoon, but knew I would have to leave before it ended to get to the movie. I saw through the end of the 3rd quarter, and the bears were ahead then and went on to win. so I liked how I didn't miss all that much. I am still deciding to free up more sheet protectors, some of them were from my stamp or first day cover collection. I decided that postcards belonged in photo albums with other postcards. some others were freed up as I didn't want to remember failed auditions or interviews. when space is a premium, one must make the use of that space count. so there is nothing wrong with going through every so often to evaluate what should be kept.

something to be, rob thomas

I went to a goodwill store as I figured they still had a vince guaraldi  CD with charlie brown songs on it. there was two, so I bought them and the third was 'something to be' by rob Thomas. I got it because 'lonely no more' is on it. this serves as reminder of my new York visit in 2005, hearing it at that time. I spoke of 'putting myself in a safe deposit box for the night' when I was in Albany, on the way to seeing the baseball hall of fame in cooperstown. it appears to be a double-sided disc. I have listened to the CD and there is a DVD on the other side. 

   a big part of the day was acting at a haunted house in the evening. I know I have done my job well when people end up swearing at me. I was told my a colleague, at the end of the night, that I made a woman cry in the corner. after that I went to sing some karaoke, I got one song in. I chose 'edge of glory' by lady gaga as I had seen 'star is born' recently and I was in the mood to do another gaga song. 

wilma costume, trump nametag

i went to perform karaoke tonight. at first I was about to leave as it wasn't in the typical room, which was being used for some other event like a private party. it is Halloween season after all. but I didn't want to go to Maplewood to sing so I took another look around and saw it was moved into an adjacent area. the tip-off was seeing the screen, hard to do at first when there was a big crowd. I like seeing the popcorn machine in the corner, so I had some much like before. notable was seeing some of the costumes of course. I saw a man dressed like fred flintstone. the lady with him seem to have the Wilma costume, but she had a 'trump' nametag on as well. odd, since I didn't think Wilma looked like any of the trumps. I sang 'just like fire' by pink. I was inspired to find a pink song since I was going through printed online articles and had multiple ones about seeing her show at the xcel center in 2013. and I finally decided to get one of them in a sheet protector, along with mention of getting a code for ticket ordering priority if doing an advance purchase of her CD, 'truth about love'. since I haven't wanted to buy more sheet protectors for now, it means looking through binders to see if I can double up on any, or taking some out that aren't high-quality. this has yielded quite a few. more evidence of this was deciding to go from six to four on the meetup event confirmations I printed. the main opportunity is from taking out to free up space, as there aren't many left that are singles.
   at work I am still growing by leaps and bounds, and this is a good thing. I found out that the stamp from the county isn't always at the top of the page, or on the first page. so once I found this out I could close more loans. I was bogged down on this for a while, and skipping over them. but I still got 12 loans closed, due to this discovery in the afternoon. so it was just slightly lower from the previous day. it was a weird night for watching the world series, red sox-dodgers, game 3. I said I need to get up now and go to the grocery store after one inning, and I bought 7 items there. I watched some more and it was tied 1-1 after 9, so I went to sing. and the game kept going. I sang and of course had to wait a little while for my turn. but I drove home and the game was still on. I knew how it was going as there was TVs in the bar I was singing in. I watched some more at home, trying to think of how long, then fell asleep. I think I saw through at least the 14th inning, but it went until the 18th, dodgers hit a home run to win 3-2 and the red sox lead the series 2-1. I know this happens all the time, where I fall asleep in my chair. much like in recent years, I haven't watched much of the world series as I want to go out and perform. I watch as much as I can, and it is nice that some places have it on where I am performing.

welcome in italian

I made my annual visit to the community center for their spaghetti dinner tonight. there was something by the front door, and a kid said he didn't know what it said. my guess is it was 'welcome' in Italian. it is a reminder of how I am still not used to people waiting on me, as I gave my ticket to somebody with a basket near the entrance of the basketball gym and then somebody got me spaghetti. I was used to going to the serving window for that. I sat at a table by myself, and had the bread and the cole slaw as well. I still wanted to serve myself for the dessert, so I got up and went to the table where it was, near the back. was it blueberry cobbler? whatever it was it tasted good. I was served water then got myself a carton of milk when I was getting some photos of the venue. I made mention of Vivian maier when somebody spoke of me doing photography. I picked up a newsletter but it is still hard to tell if there are any other events that would be of interest to me at this community center. I didn't get around to it all that early, wanting to watch the 6pm news first, and then go to the ATM. so I ended up missing 'big bang theory' but still saw most of 'young sheldon'. funny how part of the storyline was how the plan that Sheldon's mom had about saving people backfired.
   I am really in my rhythm now at work, closing 14 loans today. I worked a reject as well, hopefully the rejects end up dwindling soon. another notable thing was how a tire on my car finally got replaced, after seeing how it just wasn't holding air on Saturday morning. I also cut back some more on my facebook friend list, by two. I added somebody last week, but have also cut 5 people so the net loss is 4. I prefer having relevance in my friend list, no big deal how it is now under 240. it could probably go even lower, especially when three of them are no longer alive, and I think a fourth is actually duplicating another account. I am still asking 'when was the last time I interacted with these people?' and if it has been too long, or they make their profile inactive for a while, I cut them. my page has evolved a lot in the 9-plus years since I joined.

spelling bee diva

near the end of my set tonight I was asked to spell a word by the show runner, I said I didn't think it was a spelling bee. then I had to go get my coat, I said I was a diva due to bringing it onstage. I watched some of the world series at the performance venue, and at home as well, red sox beat the dodgers 4-2 to go up 2-0. there were some weird people there, which is kind of typical for this venue. I asked one of them if he could clap or laugh whenever he heard something he liked. it was distracting to see him talk a lot during my set but I knew well enough to plow through it. another one was a lady that asked me to buy her a beer and I turned her down. I should have known that something was up as I rarely have unfamiliar people talk to me. I don't want to be cynical and think that some will only talk to me 'when they want something' but sometimes this is true.
   at work I closed 11 loans, felt good about that. there was another one that had to be sent to exceptions, so I worked 12 loans today. and no rejected loans to re-work! so in many ways I am moving right along.