Week 112

So much done!!

#8 Read two books--

Voodoo Queen. I am very interested in voodoo. This book was about the descendant of Marie Laveau. It was really out there. A lot of poetic license, which really ruined the book. Plus the story was week.

Girl Bomb. Free book I got at D'echos bag sale. Good read about a girl who runs away and lives in a shelter at 16. Her plight includes drugs, ever-changing hair color, love, sex, violence, Central Park, empty cash registers at work and the ass that will never go away.

#29. So, one of the good things about Facebook is that you get to reconnect with people that you have had in your life in the past. One of those groups was the Crab House. We have been talking in the Facebook world, and finally decided to get together. We met, where else, at the Crab House. The interior has changed, but my nostalgia ran deep. It was great to see everyone again. We really are a family.

Also had dinner with J. from Nashville. She is down for a couple of weeks visiting, so it was mandatory that we get together. Went to Dexter's and had a great dinner!

#36 Gave M a footrub after another discgolf tourney. He deserved it. It was an international competition and he came in second in his division in the world! Yeah, he's that good.

#35 I was superwife while M was in Nashville recording. He forgot two camera cords that he needed. I packed a love note in the box because I am sappy and totally in love like that.

#40 Watched a ton of movies this time:

The General--great silent flick with Buster Keaton. Hilarious but action packed.

Spartacus--Gotta love a movie where an underdog gets mad as heck and starts a movement to free the people.

Modern Times--Silent?? movie with the every man, Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin was a genius. I say Silent?? because there was some talking in this flick from supporting characters. Charlie was a man of no words, as usual. Best scene? Roller skating in the department store on the edge.

A Clockwork Orange-- What? A Stanley Kubric movie that I actually liked. Should have watched this one sooner. It was great! Stanley, I got you this time--

Apocolypse Now--I love the smell of Napalm in the morning

The Wild Bunch--A western I dug. Ernest Borgnine was epic in this movie. I am not a big western fan, but I loved this one. Maybe because it wasn't all about robbing trains and the plot moved along. Maybe because most of the cast was older and worn and rugged and awesome. Maybe because the guns were bigger. Maybe because you knew at the end, no one was going to make it.

The Grapes of Wrath.--So, I put this one off a long time. I thought it was going to drag. Henry Fonda was so cute. I could not stop looking at him. The interesting thing about this movie is that the plot is very true today. Greedy banks taking land. Corrupt politicians taking no blame. Everyman taking the crap. John Steinbeck knew what he was writing about. Sad that we have not forced our society to change.

Lawrence of Arabia--I will forever associate the theme music with this movie. The sand dunes were pretty killer, literally. The movie was really drawn out and ended odd to me. I mean, Lawrence just left.

Only 5 movies left!!

#74 CD's for the session:

Wolfmother--Wolfmother
Stevie Wonder--Songs in the Key of Life
Zappa--Joe's Garage
Dirty Dozen Brass Band--Buck Jump
Priceless Jazz Collection--Various Artists
Butch Walker--2 bootleg CD's
Lucinda Williams--World Without Tears
Wallflowers--Bringing Down the House
Roger Waters--The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Roger Waters--The Wall:Live in Berlin
Roger Waters--Amused to Death
Whitesnake--Whitesnake
Whitesnake--Slide In It
The Who--Who's Next
The Who--Endless Wire
Butch Walker and the Black Widows--I Liked it Better When You Had No Heart