vaccine #1, wilkins auditorium

 this evening i got covid vaccine #1 at wilkins auditorium in downtown st. paul. this was not my first visit to this venue. i had seen some concerts there- 311 in 2005, and smashing pumpkins in 2007- as well as some boxing matches in 2007. when the guard heard this on the way in, he said 'this event will help bring back the concerts'. i was checked in by somebody that also does comedy, but i didn't know the dude. he said he started doing stand-up just a few months before the pandemic hit, and had moved from arizona, so this might be why. like most people, i have attended way more events at the hockey arena, the xcel center, in the same complex. the second vaccine will be in the same complex, but sounds like it will be moved to the river center. notable about what i saw while there was the bust of civil-rights leader roy wilkins, the venue's namesake, with a mask on. not the first time i had seen an image of a famous person used to promote mask wearing. also a cardboard cutout of basketball star shaquille o'neal, at office depot/office max stores, as well as the statue of 'linus' (from the 'charlie brown and snoopy' comic strip) in sleepy eye, MN. i got some pictures of the signs before going in, but once i saw one that said 'no photography' i didn't take any inside where the vaccines were actually taking place. 

this was an active day in more ways than one. i moved up going to the post office to check for e-bay orders, all three postcards were there. i wanted to be ready for the call on doing some overtime at the bank. i got the call around midday, and went in for just over an hour, printing some test checks. but it looks like there is a problem with boxes around the digits. when i was driving home i finally stopped to get a look at a display about the mills in the hiawatha/minnehaha corridor. it was on the facade of a housing complex. it spoke of 10 mill buildings, 6 of which are still standing, from various companies such as ADM, cargill, general mills, ralston purina, and cenex harvest states. the housing complex is built on the site of one of the four demolished mills, the site was cleared in 2010. i also moved up going to aldi, for my weekly grocery order. after i was done with the vaccine, i picked up a redbox movie. on the way to the venue, i heard 'airplanes' by bob and hayley williams on my car radio. i like that one, since the lyrics include 'rapping to stay relevant'. i searched the song on youtube and found there is a part two, that includes eminem. i am not too familiar with hayley williams, but wikipedia said she is the frontwoman for the band paramore. just after i had posted on facebook about being at wilkins, i got a call from my dad. this call went better than the one from nearly a week ago. later on i went on a walk and found 76 cents.