mardi gras videos

 i attended a meetup event in the evening, it was watching mardi gras videos. saw some from three different cities, most from rio de janeiro. some also from venice, as well as new orleans. the ones from rio appeared to be in a stadium, and i recognized a few american parade floats, one of them depicting lincoln. another depicted ladies sewing a flag, a third showed the new york skyline including the statue of liberty. the ones from venice had the most sophisticated costumes, almost like halloween. many of the scenes from new orleans had ladies showing their tits. no surprise how some parade-goers had on jerseys of the local football team, the saints. the event coordinator likes his beer, and had plenty of craft beers to try. i brought a vegetable tray. i liked the utz cheese balls, and it was nice to have two slices from a frozen pizza once it was baked in a toaster oven. it was a small crowd, so not enough people to have a murder mystery. i was given a role in advance and only found this out on arrival. but i showed up in costume, a suit, and had to keep it on. i was wearing a saints tie, seemed like a good idea geared to the holiday theme. it would still be nice to see somebody my age there, but usually there isn't. i was getting annoyed with those who wanted to ask about performing, as i don't want to talk about that subject all the time. another i just wasn't on the same page with at all. 

  it wasn't the only event of the day. i tuned in to a history lecture from the state historic society about the american midwest, on zoom. the speaker was from illinois and spoke about things like breeding pigs that were more appealing to foreign markets such as great britain. i moved up going to aldi to before this lecture as i wanted to have it done well before the meetup event. i made it to the post office, four orders to pick up, and two more were ordered when i got back. i picked up the vegetable traty at a target. after the meetup event i went on a walk and found 92 cents.