Hanging out…

Today was a busy day and began with some time spent hanging out with my good buddy, Jeremy.  He is a very adept nerd in the area of audio equipment, so we went to his place so I could hear his setup which has largely been handcrafted from thrift store equipment and it sounded AMAZING.  He also surprised me with a set of his highly modified speakers so I could get started on my own rig.  Shortly thereafter, we were perusing some local thrift stores for equipment.

Jeremy delights in taking old discarded equipment and stripping them down for components, then using those components to create an excellent audio experience.  We struck out on the audio equipment front, but we did find a cache of old vinyl.  I added 7 new records to my collection and spent less than $8, he added another 25.  I got stuff from Billy Joel, Elton John, Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, and for some reason I don’t quite understand Godspell.  I think I remember my Mom really liking that musical and for $1 I didn’t question my gut.

After that I had to go and get my final measurements for my tuxedo sorted out.  It went smoothly and it is currently being tailored so I can pick it up next weekend.  I also had a 40% off coupon that came through my email, as well as other sales.  Eric, the person helping me out at Men’s Wearhouse, took very good care of me and had found a tux that was 50% off, shoes that were 50% off, and applied the 40% for the coupon so I made out pretty well.  While I was standing at the checkout, I decided to pick up an extra shirt too.

To wrap up the day, I went to Church.  In light of the big Denver game (which turned out disastrous), we opted to change the format slightly so we could keep it short for everyone that wanted to watch the game.  So I ended up just going to to the front of the Church and getting introduced and didn’t have to do any talking yet.  It was a nice primer to get used to having a few hundred people staring at me again.  Next week it will be my turn though!

Tomorrow I will be doing that same thing three more times, then lunch followed by a get-together with our friends.  Where did this weekend go?