Father's Day/West Virginia Day/Vanilla Milkshake Day/Cuckoo Warning Day/Midsummer's Eve/Summer Solstice/Ice Cream Soda Day
2004-06-20 @ 11:52 p.m.

CIP today was quite bizarre. The morning and afternoon just passed by in a surreal haze, a mixture of scorched cement and cool breezes. The carnival itself lasted more than half a day! We arrived at sometime past 8 am, and there were already kids on the field doing some funky exercise. Some of us taught the few kids that were willing to come with us how to play the classical and electric guitars. Don't quite know how to put it, but this CIP, like many others, left me feeling rather empty. Not that I don't want to help people, make a difference and all that jazz. It's just that I'm wondering how much impact most CIP actually has, on the participants and the beneficiaries. Maybe I'm just too cynical. I think they were all just waiting for our performance to be over, because they started packing up all the chairs the moment we got off the stage. Well, at least some of them stuck around for our performance! Waited nearly half a day to play about an hour's worth of guitar onstage. It was fun just sitting around and stoning with everyone though. Avoiding hitting the books with the best excuse possible! Didn't read anything today, which was a shame because Gibson' Mona Lisa Overdrive is weird, in a good sort of way. It's incomprehensible until towards the end, when all the different threads all start tying up. Argh, need to study. Such a bitter refrain...

This week:

Forgiveness Week

Amateur Radio Week