come on is such a joy / come on get in the car

Again, i rem. that i was doubleplustired in last posters, but i made it through the nite, yammering and chatting and worried that my wildewinters mode would just be too much for the peoples about me...................i dunno

But practice was after school (which i left an hour late: its nice ....etc............), and after yelling @ the girls ( the normal stuff: c'mon, lets go! or switch sides !! and, of course NOWWWWW !!! etc -isn't it a great thing to be a coach-and esp in that enviroment) i played, say 5m before i got too tired to play (and me/ cigerette free/for all this time)......

afters, i gave rides home to 3 of the boys, another 'duty' for the adults of the program; its also a duty of the kids, since i was dropped off many times when i 'bussed it back in the day'

then i went to the 2d best thrift store in the world, the one on 26th near pulaski, that has a great selection of books..............i didn't want to pile up too many, but i got about 15 ($4.60 !!)......i like to get books @ thrift stores and put them into the collectiom; its enables me to expand the collections fer cheap,, and the kids get a lot of expanded reading/studying options...........................once, joker said, in my deepest time of personal trouble ((i quit a gigg in-season once and decided the classroom was no place for me, and decided the library was the place for me)), that he always (did he say always??- i doubt it) thought i'd make a good librarian, and i do believe he was very rite-thank God.

before i went into thrift store, i wanted to change back from my shorts, soccer shoes, and Man U jersey back into my professional clothes that were bundled up in the back of the car...........i did it on a side street, rite in front of= what were they in that area, 2-6? Kings ?=whatever, they were obv. all ganged up....felt a little unease, but im pretty much @ home in most 'hoods here in city, so they must have realised, after sending out scouts on both sides of the street, that i was harmless.they were gone when i came back out........................

tried to connect w/ coach goodkixx on my way north..............he's from pilsen back in the day, and he has stunningly great gang stories (he was a good kid and 0% ganged up, but he grew up with it all around)............he's a bit of a character (A BIT ??? Wait, everybody i hang wit is a character in some way).........anyway, he wasn't home (he's 22d/damen), so i decided to stop for a tired killing coffee(well, it turned out to be a hot choc, wit lots of cream) @ jumping bean cafe,a favoured place, on 18th near blue island, where we will bring his kids and my neices & nephews when we can (some are frenz wit each other).........ran into a teacher @ my school, who was rapping wit a female..............i thought twice, said hello, then left them alone 'cause it looked like , maybe, a first date ?? ill see him monday and ask and tell him that's why i sat away away

sparred north up ashland, spotted a pkg space that turned out to be 1/2 m away from the party place (jakes), and went in.................it was full swing, with 10 or so of my people there

and a list :

B-day boy

Gunners

Guitars

The Rogers Park Bobsey Twins

Lord Snowden (of roger park)

The Newlyweds

Chartman

Dragon

and others , some left before me got dere mon..........

again, i was in a yammering mood, so i went on and on about the science fair, hawks, eagles, starlings, monk parakeets, the old neighbourhood, back to accipiters, etc..................me guess i was talking to much, but people didn't seem to mind...............i think

final, it seems a done deal....................trying to get an old fashion party going, and since i have no real rank (((BUT, AS THOSE IN THE KNOW KNOW, I FINALLY HAVE ASSUMED THE MANTLE OF..............................................WINTERS...........so yes, i have ultimate rank, in my soul and in my werkes, and the world is the better for it............say, check out my profile, updated 8-9x a week))) in certain areas, i had to dragoon gunners and joker into saying "yes, were wit you, we'll support yr plan for a perty" during the week==if they said no, then i wasn't going to lend Dragon support for this plarty plan of ours....................but, they fell in, and the next step was to get 2 of the other major players, Mr. newlywed and chartman, to fall in....

.....................here's the deal.......we 4 all have our b-days 'round the same time, and instead of going to a bar, we're going to have it @ dragons.............for me, it was ultimately this === i wanted to make sure, if i was going to put myself out in my very very very busy life, that people would respond and come to the party..............................i needed that initial support from gunner and lipton ((( these two are close to me, one closer than the other, but both deeply loved and deeply appreciated for all they have brought to my life==enriched it in many ways== to me and i have leaned on both in the past, but they have busy lives as well, busier than mine, really <> ))) to say "ok, i'm into it" =they gave it= the next step was approved when the other 2 b-days boys said "KOOL"..................................so, it's 99% sure that its to be 10 Feb, in the uptown neighbourhood(OOPS<>

the easy part comes next...................to gunners and joker i sent this ridicilouse pompous email basically begging them for their support, with lines like "we've been frenz for decades now, will you do this for me........please...........?"...................that part is over, and im hoping that my frenz will respond to the regular party call..........................so, readers, its 2m off, its a saturday, i'd like you to come......................i was gonna pull the "frenz fer 2 decades" on 2 other frenz to get them to go and use their good offices to pull in others, but maybe i won't...............one is great about making things and can be counted on (that would be gallo), and the other has a wonderfully social wife, so with a minimum of pressure i bet they'll go.....anyone else, y'll just be treated as normal party goers, but please do come.................if i may: ive been to so many of yr fucking tv shows, b-day parties, concerts, ass wipings, shit cleanings, ammoinia spill cleanups, picking through garbage dumps to glean copper to be resold in recycling centers, and stuck with you w/ counsel and i hope good cheer (((though i know i fucked up so and let you down so so so many times))) etc etc etc etc etc etc etc.........that i kinda hope you will respond to this :

I'M HELPING THROW A PARTY THAT IN PART CELEBRATES MY BIRTHDAY, BUT FAR MORE

IMPORTANTLY HOPES TO FOSTER AND CELEBRATES HUMAN TO-GETHERNESS

ITS TWO MONTHS AWAY STILL -

THE 10TH OF FEBUARY

CAN YOU PLAN AHEAD AND PLEASE MAKE, SAY 2-4 HOURS AVAILABLE TO BE WITH US ??

IF YOU READ THIS BLOG, YES YOU ARE INVITED

OH, AND YES, YOU HAVE ALL REPAID ME FOR all OF WHAT I SAID ABOVE, AGAIN AND AGAIN and again, and i know i sound snippy and petty and little and, I KNOW, BUT.....I WANT YOU TO COMEON COMEON

such a joy