*Pushing creaking door open ( Read more... )

My dentist and I shot the sequel to Marathon Man this morning. At four hours,  the critics are saying it's way too long.

Four hours in the dentist chair.

Turn the gas up, Dr. Cordova. Put it on 11.

I am a pansy about the cold.That's why I drink so much coffee. I just love carrying a warm cup around. I've got cement floors at home and at work and I just need something warm to keep my core temp up.It drops below the mid 50s and you can barely make me get out from under the covers, which, sadly, will always keep me in geographical exile from the ( Read more... )

I read that there are hundreds of different fruits in the rainforest, varieties completely unknown to the world outside ( Read more... )

Roguerouge  is the first icon source I 've found that was not anime or Linsey Lohan infested so I grabbed a few while visiting. Thanks for the generosity~

Went

tothewoods (what?Communities don'tlink?) to see an old friend, the one who introduced me to LJ some,what, 5 years ago? Four accounts later, and much water under the bridge between us, it was good to hear he ( Read more... )

Remember the girl who's arm was bitten off by the shark while surfing? Do you know what she did with the money she earned from the guest appearances she made after that happened ( Read more... )

Footage of kids wading through The French Quarter, with smaller kids on their backs, sacks of not much under their arms, smiling at the camera. What I would give to be handing them bowls of chicken and rice in my kitchen and tucking them under blankets on my couch, letting my hounds up with them to snuggle them into dreamless sleep.

Do you know why ( Read more... )

The handful of eucalyptus proved too top heavy
for my vase and toppled it,
shooting shards of mercury glass all over my tea stained cement floor.
I like how it catches the light so I leave it a while.
I know so much glass is dangerous in a space
populated mainly by barefoot women.
But honestly, I can't muster up the gumption to find a broom.

An ambulance wailed through the neighborhood this morning, just far and close enough to our house to catch the attention of my dogs who started howling along with it ( Read more... )

Back at work after a lovely week at the  lake house in the middle of nowhere otherwise known as Wetumpka,Alabama.Tim Burton made Big Fish there so that gives you an idea how trapped in time this little town is. The cabin is an arts and craftsish bit of memorabilia built in the 20's on the edge of a very quiet lake. No jet skis or any other modern ( Read more... )