Wow, Sunday was an amazing day/night. It started with me pulling myself out of bed at 9am to get ready for the day’s events, and ended at 3am with me battling a centipede intruder before going to bed. In between I had a wonderful time playing with Jamie, Kit, and Maggie at the Wasshoi Festival, although there were serious concerns that we were going to be rained out. As it turned out, the rain never got bad enough that the canopies weren’t sufficient to protect both us and the equipment.

Later, we hurried over to Barco Tropical for the 2nd Anniversary Party. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people at a Barco live music event before. The place was packed. About 30 musicians in all played in rotating sets, with a very wide variety of styles from country, to tango, to hard rock, to theatrical performance art. Yes, it was a wild night, but we didn’t want to stop. Finally, exhaustion got the best of us.

Sometime over the weekend, I found the time to watch The Last Samurai on DVD. There was a mild controversy recently on a local website about this movie, and how some people didn’t like the way it takes so many liberties with Japanese history. At least, I think that was the argument. I didn’t participate in the conversation, because I hadn’t yet seen the movie at that time. For my part, I enjoyed the movie.

Oh, by the way, that centipede won the 3am battle against me. He didn’t survive my wife’s wrath the next morning, however.