1) raspberry preserves 2) 1/4 carton of almond milk 3) 4 slices of Ezekiel bread 4) half tub of vanilla yogurt
These are not the makings of a fabulous meal. Dinner tonight was the end of a green pepper and a bag of microwave popcorn. Actually, it was fairly satisfying; I'm a cheap date. Still, I think I may end up grocery shopping this weekend. Or else, dinner tomorrow will be interesting...
And why did I find this? Because I've spent this productive day reading old blog posts from when I was surrounded by people with crazy Aussie accents; unlike now, when I wish I were.
To share this stroll down memory lane, the archives are on the bottom right of the main blog page. Oz was 7/05 - 7/06.
Not so much an exercise in narcissism as an exercise in figuring out when, if, and how I'll be able to put all this into something...
And perhaps a bit of narcissism. But dude, I'm really funny sometimes.
Jon Stewart on Michael Vick, with Vick saying he'll be vindicated when he can tell his side of the story, how he'll be vindicated...
"Turns out, he did it. And now he's going to jail. Michael Vick, who had dogs fight each other, pit bulls fight each other to the death, just for his own amusement? Little does he know the prison he's going to." *
My anti-violence little soul has a loophole for people who abuse animals where the abusers get done to them what they did to the animals. And now this fucker is going to get exactly that. How awesome is Jon Stewart?
(*quote is approximate, from the tv a minute ago...)
Okay, so who wants to take bets on how long it will be before whatever shit is going to hit the fan (i.e. the reason he's resigning now) to hit the fan?
Okay, we didn't just meet, but yesterday we had a reunion after a very long separation. And I got to drink lingonberry juice. And pronounce things; which anyone who's been there will tell you is half the fun of the place.
And have you seen their fabric dept? Bolts of really great graphic prints. Got a loverly roll that I'll make into drops for the bedroom. In theory. When I get to it.
I am overjoyed at the sheer number of things that can be acquired there for under $10. And even more by the number of things under $1.
IKEA, say it loud and there's music playing, Say it soft and it's almost like ...you're whispering about a big chain store. That I love.
Maybe it's because his name rhymes with "Melvis." Maybe it's because he's slimy. And creepy. Maybe it's because we still talk about him in the present tense.
But I get a great deal of joy from the fact that the recent Elvis film marathon on some cable channel was sponsored by Poise pads.
Not by Mustang. Not even by a fast-food burger place. But by a bladder-weakness pad.
In much classier news, I just saw The Lion in Winter (1968), with Katharine Hepburn (and Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton).
It contains a fantastic speech from her Eleanor of Aquitaine:
Prince Richard: A knife! He's got a knife!! Eleanor of Aquitaine: Of course he has a knife. He's always has a knife. We all have knives. It's 1183 and we're barbarians. How clear we make it.
See the video of the quick speech at this page: kumbaya.
I'm having a Katharine mini-filmfest of ones I haven't seen. Lion in Winter, Stage Door, Glass Menagerie. Bless Netflix.
Text from the uploader on YouTube: "So these two people raised this lion cub who they named Christian, and sadly he got too big for them to take care of so they decided to release him to live as a wild lion. Well, in this footage, a year has passed and it looks like Christian's adapted to living with a pride of lions when his old friends come back to visit him. Watch closely and you can see the look of pure disbelief that dawns on his muzzle- it's awesome. ^_^ Next thing you know, we have a heart warming reunion. Not long after, members of Christian's pride approach and even they seem to accept Christian's human friends.
"Again, THIS IS NOT MINE! This footage from Christian's documentary was also kleptoed from www.kimbawlion.com- a FANTASTIC website about Kimba the White Lion. ^_^ So send all Kudos where it belongs!
"I'm only uploading these to give people who're oblivious to Kimba an idea as to what the heart of the series really is about. ^.^"
"I always had trouble distinguishing between what happened and what merely might have happened, but I remain unconvinced that the distinction, for my purposes, matters." -Joan Didion
I am won over with offers of:
(1) plane tickets, theatre tickets, concert tickets for anything folky;
(2) late start times, obsolete alarm clocks, afternoon brunch;
(3) charming personal anecdotes, a good bullshit story, choosing one’s own adventure;
(4) pickles, multiple forms of the potato, every form of chocolate;
(5) and dogs. All of them.
