Yesterday I opted not to go to the beach with Amy in favor of futilely emailing, IMing, and paying visits to my ISP in hopes of getting them to re-open port 10000, by beloved VPN via TCP port.
In the interests of not wasting the entire 24 hours, Amy and I decided to go out. We went to Gemmayze, and to the Gemmayze Cafe, where we ate brochettes, fattoush, and hommos and were entertained by a gnomish accordian player and a truly proficient oud player. The oud is a really elegant, lute-like instrument and once I’m actually making money again, I hope to purchase a hand-made one and learn to play.
There was a huge party happening at the Cafe, with lots of dancing. One guy in particular kept dancing with chairs and canes balanced in his mouth and on his nose, respectively. It was a nice touch.