I hadn't realized it had been so long since I blogged. Thursday I had nothing to say except that we had our usual Union meeting. Friday I worked from home, but in the evening Travalon and I did something exciting - we went to the Badger Men's Basketball game! They were playing Arizona, who were ninth in the nation, while the Badgers themselves weren't ranked. It was a very exciting game, with the Badgers pulling ahead right away and never falling behind, although at one point it was a tie. One guy named John Tonje got 41 points, and there were some amazing 3's from him and his teammates. The woman sitting right next to me recognized me from working at the Killer Building, so that was crazy. The student section threw confetti after the first basket, and they chanted "You f--ked up!" when the other team got a foul. The band even played "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind, and Fire. I had so much fun! But the best part (other than the Badgers winning) was that most of the 2014-15 team made it back to see Bo Ryan, the former coach, get his name put up in the rafters. Here are some photos.
Afterwards the whole student section ran down onto the court and danced around. I was loving that vibe, then when it died down, we went to Local Motion, the bar in a couple of train cars. (Travalon was there once before, and he took photos that I posted on this blog, but now I can't find them.) There were too many people at the bar to order, so we grabbed some free water and sat on a couch, enjoying the beautiful lighting and the soft club music in the background. We will have to come back on a quieter night, because some of their drinks looked amazing. As we walked back to the car, I needed to powder my nose, so we were going to duck into a hotel lobby, but it locked at 10 pm. No worries - some people went into before us, so we just slipped in with them. There was a giant inflatable Bucky Badger there, so he and Travalon got into it.
Today Travalon and I went to explore more of the paths we went on last weekend. We tried taking the branch labeled "Path to Governor Nelson State Park," but it just seemed to lead us to a path labeled "Path to Town Center" that went left and right. We went right, but it was just a loop, so we went left... and ended up on the same loop. As we headed back to the car, the path was labeled "Path to Town Center," and then when we got to the car, we looked for a map (unsuccessfully), but we saw another sign that said, "Path to Town Center." It didn't specify which town center, Westport (which doesn't have much of one) or Waunakee. Then as we drove home, Travalon spotted a path on the other side of the road, so we will have to explore that sometime. Here are some photos, including of a little area with benches overlooking a bend in the creek.
When we came home, my hot fuchsia third eye beanie had arrived!
Here is what it looks on me, a little crooked. Oops!
It came with stickers and amazing tissue paper.
Then we went to a Christmas craft fair at the East Side Club. I'm not sure if this person who parked there was happy or sarcastic.
I got some crystals: a selenite wand with chakra crystals (oops, upside-down), a diamond-shaped crystal of moss agate, and an obsidian crystal with the phases of the moon etched into it.
Then we went downstairs, and one stand giving free chocolate samples was manned by a couple who were gaga over my Copper Falls hoodie, because they had been married there, and my third eye toque, because they had the All-Seeing eye in their business logo. We got some, er, infused chocolate from them.
Two dark chocolate, two raspberry, and two coconut. Since we had no plans this evening, we thought it would be a good time to try it. Then we went to a Natives Art craft fair. I got some earrings.
Travalon got a print and a keychain. (Sorry, no photos yet.) By then I had gotten my steps for the day, so we headed home and waited a bit before trying the infused chocolate. The guy had said it takes half an hour to kick in, so I prayed a rosary as I waited to see if these were just delicious chocolates or anything more. By the end I did feel weird and happy, and then Travalon and I were conversing in show tunes and laughing about nothing. He decided to watch the Badger football game, even though they are playing Oregon, who are #1 in the country, so I'm not expecting big things out of them. Oregon's kicker is named Atticus Sappington, and I was thoroughly enchanted with that name. It seems like he should be The Third or something, right? It's so snooty, not at all what you'd expect on a college football player.
I decided to use my altered perception to create art, since while cleaning I'd found my third canvas. I still have plenty of blacklight and glow-in-the-dark paints left, so I decided to paint my cartoon alien surrounded by heavenly bodies. (No, not Playboy Bunnies. Stop it!) As I thought how when people would ask, "What's the name of your painting?" and I would say, "Atticus Sappington III," I began to laugh hysterically, so Travalon asked what was up, and then he began to laugh. Anyway, behold Atticus Sappington III!
But that's now how he's meant to be viewed. Here he is under blacklight.
And here he is glowing in the dark.
And here he is, as I walk from the darkness back into the light.
Maybe that isn't that exciting in a photo, but it looked really cool in real life.
Originally Travalon and I had thought that I should call this blog post "All Roads Lead to Town Center," but when I said that to him not too long ago, as he watched football under the influence, he was very adamant that I should call this blogpost "Atticus Sappington III." So that is what I am doing. I am writing this while a bit goofy - let's see if it makes a difference.
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