Funky jazz, satire, the art of Joan Snyder, slightly neurotic men, 18th c Brits, Gewurztraminer, funky people who know how to work blue, the word "funky," B&J's Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch, the art of Salvador Dali, Southern culture, shoes ... tall shoes, short shoes, boots of all shapes and sizes ... stamps when I need them, the art of John Lurie, B&J's Karamel Sutra, the philosophy of Gaston Bachelard, Mig Kokinda, June Yamagishi, curly-haired flirty guys, irreverence, conversations over coffee and pie, crocheted green dresses, Sister Raya's New Orleans Folk Art, Phad Tai from Bangkok Cafe ...
Music
Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Taj Mahal, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, César Cui, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Elvis Costello, The Meters, The Clash, Patty Griffin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Nirvana, Police, U2, Galactic, Ray Davies/The Kinks, The Lounge Lizards, Giacomo Puccini, Los Straightjackets, Vince Guaraldi, Queen, Antonin Dvorak, Etta James, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Vivaldi, Mose Allison, Jimmy Smith, Papa Grows Funk. Bubble Puppy,Mozart, John McLaughlin, The Portugal Japan, Johann Pachelbel, The Boonaraaas, Buttersprites, Edith Piaf ...
Movies
Vicky Christina Barcelona and Frost/Nixon (on DVD)
Television
Can't wait for the new season of Burn Notice
Books
Always. Currently I'm reading The Human Stain by Philip Roth. I'm about mid-way through and wow!! ...
Click the Library Thing link to see what else I'm reading.
Heroes
Pass me by, but then, I'm not exactly standing around waiting to be rescued ...
Patricia Why am I feeling guilty about spending time w/my family for half the holiday weekend rather than grading the entire time? Stupid guilt. Posted 5 hours ago view more
hey are you putting some stuff in the art show for YEAH? I think I may, but don't think my stuff THAT good, your is though. You should do it! photo expedition? going out of town will be back june 16th gimme a call, you can use my Diana.
I need some new running shoes, TOO! Well... running shoes that will mostly be walked in, with a little bit of jogging and a sprint every now and then. I'm working up to running, but when you almost pass out after 1/2 mile of jogging, I think it's a sign that I'm not ready for running. What do you think? Do they make multi-purpose shoes that will keep me from fainting?
i want a cry session too! can we do it together or like catholics in a confessional and it can still be private but sympathetic? i'm sorry you want to cry. i hope it's because grading has finally made you go bonkers and not something terrible.
Long time! Sorry I haven't been in touch, at all. Life happens :-( So, how have you been? How is your mom? Hope everyone is doing well and I look forward to hearing from you once the chaos of the semester is all over!
I laughed the most at "doinkey boys" because that just sounds funny when you say it out loud.
I went to MS on Saturday, came back Sunday. No donkeys were involved, unfortunately, although we could have used a pack mule at times to haul the stuff out of my grandparents' house.
You doing alright? Seen any doinkey boys yourself lately? HAhahahahaha!!!!
the reviewers stuff is all set, but thank you anyway. Does this mean we don't need to talk, you may ask? hell no! It means we can talk more about fun stuff. Call me or I'll call you. It's been CRAZY here. Sigh.
Yeah, I wasn't gonna call you out on that misspelling, but since you said something... what is THAT all about? Maybe your students' papers are having a bad influence on your own writing. Run away from them RIGHT NOW!
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<br />I hope you've had a nice time with your niece and nephew the last few days!
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<br />Yes, I do have a birthday coming up. How could I forget? I don't know about these paper streamers and bar tunes. What bar tunes do you have in mind? Maybe we could get together and NOT celebrate. :)
I'm happy that you're happy that I'm happy!
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<br />Yesterday afternoon, I was punning all over the place, and Grady just doesn't appreciate the puns like you do. We need to pun together soon.
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<br />I find it unbelievably amusing to think of you watching basketball all weekend. I can just see you yelling at your tv while papers are flying everywhere. :)
Since these are his friends he knows from Camp Boxwell, I think they would probably pass all of the endurance tests. I'm more nervous that they'll put ME through those! :)
it's today! i share wi1812 Charles Dickens (author)
1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder (author)
1908 Buster Crabbe (swimmer, actor)
1960 James Spader (actor)
1965 Chris Rock (comedian, actor)
1978 Ashton Kutcher (actor) th... also, on this day.... 1904 Fire breaks out in Baltimore, Maryland. The Great Baltimore Fire burns for 30 hours and destroys 70 city blocks.
1964 The Beatles arrive on their first visit to the USA. 1971 Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.
1974 Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1992 Treaty on European Union signed between members of the then European Community, in Maastrict in the Netherlands.
