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Thursday was Rome's birthday, and it was celebrated in style at Allen house by classics majors and friends of the classics. There was truly delicious cake and Falernian wine and the best in Italian music. There was also a better turnout than expected, and quite a bit of revelry.

Friday classes were fine and the night was mild. We gave Andy a cookie for luck on his comps test.

Saturday there was a track meet and I was disappointed to provide a poor spectacle for my collegiate-record-tying 2 fans: Summer and Jackson. Although I very much appreciated the support, I could not seem to send the discus anywhere at all decent. Perhaps it was due to the illness I have been sporting for a few days now. Nevertheless, I had (rather pathetically) a season high in the shot. Go figure.

After the meet Summer and I went to fetch me medication and shaving supplies at Target before our big journey to the cities with Neal and Anna. We all, after some fine dining, attended the Festival Dancing in your Head, narrowly missing an act we had hoped to catch, but managing nevertheless to see a prog/doom-rock band called Zebulon Pike, a trombone soloist doing a piece dedicated to a late European clown, an Indian veena/percussion ensemble complemented by Anthony Cox on bass and some really happy looking guy on trumpet, an Ethiopian church choir, a free jazz trio, an avant-garde guitar player with an interesting ensemble including a crazy-looking guy playing the laptop, then Happy Apple, Dosh, The Bad Plus, and The Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars (later joined by the great Ornette Coleman and his son Denardo). The latter four will likely receive a more thorough explanation when I finish my concert report for history of jazz, but some highlights which can't wait until then include the musicians wandering through the theater looking for seats after performing, my tearing up my undershirt to blow my nose, the 75-year-old Coleman playing a set between 1 and 2 in the morning, and running into Carleton greats Jack McGrath and Theo Cateforis.

Today I don't know quite where the day as a whole has gone. I listened to a lot of music once again, spent some time with Summer (including a fantastic installment of Fun Time with Laveranues), practiced piano, thought about next weekend and next year, read up on the NFL draft, took a shower, and didn't think much about schoolwork. So that's where I stand now--it's been quite the weekend. While the weather may be looking somewhat unpleasant for the near future, otherwise I'd say the outlook is good.