May 2008
168 posts
saw a 2 year old tantruming. Mother: ‘this is bipolar at age 2”. WTF???!?!! all 2 year olds do that!
finding no coincidence that download size of each bank statement gets smaller and smaller, as each closing dates become more recent.
finding no coincidence when @MagickalMiriam’s used a word sharing etymological roots with “rectum” whiling tweeting about “Blazing Saddles”.
thinking the timing and casting in film adaptation of “The House of Yes” was mostly off. (maybe it’s just better on stage.) Bujold is okay.
worked outside all afternoon and evening, with @Natterjack, knocking multiple items off my @HearthHill to do list.
refreshed by a dip in the swimming hole, now blocking out a new kitchen garden with @Natterjack.
though overwhelmed with a deep backlog of work, sitting on the porch swing on a perfect afternoon in May makes it feel alright.
watching Hitchcock’s “Rich and Strange” (1931), a transitional talkie film laden with vestigial silent film techniques & lackluster dialog.
“Nothing of him that doth fade / But doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange.” - Shakespeare
[AmyPhetamine.com] “In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water t.. http://twurl.nl/ocnk1e
[AmyPhetamine.com] (photo via *Karine) http://twurl.nl/ynk0hx
a chipmunk stands on his hind legs, hands primly clasped, head turning to scan the lawn like radar, back to the tree outside my window.
Okay, so the brutality has backed off for now. But it’ll return, with a vengeance… you can bet your sticky T-shirt.
talking with @AreAitch about how hollow life would be without nachos.
watching Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes” amused by how, 70 years later, all sexual innuendo — and lack of — is absolutely backwards.
vibrant with fresh rainfall, the valley is snug and hidden beneath a soft grey blanket. the trill of birdsong echos from all directions.
With a peerless holiday weekend behind us, now comes the brutality.
back from a weekend at the river.
“when i have children? blended woodpecker … they have very small bones … as baby food.”
reasons why i should not procreate with @Natterjack follow…
“when i babies, i’m thinking of having there bones removed.”
room temperature jello, when shaken, sounds like post- surgical medical waste.
and the spring breeze howls inside our empty shotglasses.
honoring America’s fallen war veterans with lime & rum jello shots, sitting with @Mydwynter & @Natterjack on the front porch.
“if there’s jello in my glass i’ll drink it …. it’s like when you find M&Ms in the bathroom sink.”
gonna hike up @HearthHill with @Natterjack. wonder if we’ll find any wild blackberries.
the sound of carpenter bees is suddenly muted, as they seek shelter from the rain that has begun falling on my budding roses.
in the kitchen cooking breakfast at the crack of noon.
i knock down the fire, kick the larger logs to the sides of the fire pit, and leave the red coals to slowly fade to grey, then black.
i’m available as a virtual life coach. i only work with you online — hate the smell of sweat — so there’s no way i’ll catch you cheating.
followed up jogging with pepperoni pizza, plus rum & cola. now i feel ready for anything.
feeling very sick. i’m a junkie. remind me to never forget my meds again.
in preparation for jogging, crumb cake and coffee. i feel healthier already.
every spring, the brilliant variety of bulbs in the old garden @HearthHill reminds me that the previous owner’s favorite color was purple.
painkillers are killin’ my buzz.
10,000 BC: a pseudo proto-biblical prehistoric heroic adventure romance, with more conviction & anachronisms than energy. induces sleep.
could the next film fail to be any better?
like any third rate afterschool anime, “Speed Racer” simply fails as a motion picture, because the pictures fail to tell its simple story.
Speed Racer: like a videogame, designed by children, stuck in “attract mode” for 2 hours, like the cartoons to which it pays slavish homage.
listening to 21st century state-of-the-art digital audio reproduced on one glorious lo-fi monophonic vintage drive-in movie speaker.
“A shaken martini contains more antioxidants than a stirred.” i knew there’s a reason i follow @TinyDoctor (and listen to @NPR). thanks Doc!
nothing spices up a second rate motion picture like seeing it at a drive-in! http://twitter.com/HearthHill/statuses/819119692
a family of gophers forages behind the chicken coop, as @Natterjack and i take refuge in a Sopranos break (season 6, episode 9 “The Ride”).
as @Natterjack and i sat on the porch swing, a hyper humming bird flew so nearly into our faces, we could see a drop of nectar on its beak.
chasing painkillers with bourbon. tasty.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: the latest amusement park ride in this ongoing high budget homage to low budget serials.
[AmyPhetamine.com] Hasami (oil on wood) by audrey kawasaki 2007 http://twurl.nl/s18tjh
sustaining myself with a steady diet of coffee, cola, tater tots, coffee cake and DVDs. i don’t think this is what the dentist had in mind.
reblogging how Paul McCartney is a dumb ass, re: his carbon footprint (via @DIGG_Science): http://tinyurl.com/4qu6yl
the longest continuously operating movie theater in the U.S. is The Robey, in the small town of Spencer, WV. http://www.robeytheatre.com