and the night life remains the same

just like the song... the highlight was a group called the young americans featuring the voice of Donnie Lee and yes, they and he deserve this individually linked mention here in the daily life blog... some amazing sounds come out of Donnie's voice as he covers an amazingly wide spectrum of songs... and the band holds it together well as they cover the music... see them if you can, hear them too, but live is where it's at...

listening, watching, i heard a voice in my head say... i used to do that...

so dinner at the mellow mushroom was switched to friendly confines because the mushroom took too long to seat us... so some delicious pizza was traded for some coconut shrimp and trivia games and a sports bar atmosphere... good to see some friends i had not seen in weeks though... after dinner a few of us headed to the other party at the cricketer's arms pub and i knew dozens of the people in the place... it was great to walk in and get hugged and see happy smiles and conversation headed in my direction... i was surprised to see a few of my favorite game people there and people from other groups as well, which made the night all the more fun... and the music, as i meantioned above, was great...

arriving home, inspired and hungry, i had the choice of heading to the gym at 3am or cooking some food or going to bed or writing... i chose the food and writing, which undermines the end of lonely days, lonely nights, and so on, but sure does provide the immediate sensory satisfaction i wanted tonight... as i rationalize it to myself, when i have a reason (a person) to provide the same sensual satisfaction then i will deny myself the food/oral pleasures and increase exercise in order to enjoy and provide enjoyment of other sensual pleasures, but until someone comes along i will enjoy this physical body as much as i can all by myself cuz (and here's the bottom line), i might die tomorrow and i don't want my last day or few hours to be spent in denial... a hedonist perspective, perhaps, but that's life...

and you, how are you enjoying yourself tonight? :)