Didn't discuss or post everything... the pic below is from my solo pass through at the art museum downtown before the Friday night party. Travel home...was ridiculous. The 30 lbs I mailed out needed to be abandoned or repacked. My large check-in clocked at 54 lbs and I had to rip it all open and remove 4 lbs to put in my carry-on (which had my ( Read more... )

Night of the bike ride. Dodgeball in the park - half costumed, half not. Biking, beer, cold, music, cemetery at midnight...Sweet. (very cold, temperature dropped into the 30's but the beer, the burlap, and the biking kept me warm).

HooDoo trimmed up and gator head attached to bike helmet.

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Day of the Deadbusing downtown, hanging around event post-parade, playing with wax skulls, viewing much better makeup jobs and costumes than ours, hitting a video arcade (Frogger!), eating an amazing upscale NOLA-esque meal (in full costume, barely a blink in Portland), finally hitting the Rogue Brewery (sadly, below expectations...Portland has a ( Read more... )

Oh but this was a gorgeous day. Portland gave me perfect October weather. Mostly sunny skies and little rain. Can't remember all the details, so many photos of storefronts and yards, sidewalk gardens...lots of inspiration for the NC house.

Dancing night. Hadn't gone dancing in years. Some of the songs I'd never heard played before (outside my ( Read more... )

feeling some obligation to complete this Halloween thread.

so the 28th was the Friday evening...the hosted house party. I clearly missed the cue to make "scary face"


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Ian McEwan's Amsterdam

As always with McEwan, there are so many passages to choose from. I didn't enjoy Amsterdam as much as his other works, but as always - as good turn of phrase makes so much worthwhile. My picks below are, as usual, ones that speak most loudly to my experiential self, my soul, politics, etc.:

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The loveliness of this post is that I don't have to play by any rules...these aren't the best of the year, what I would vote for if voting were required, or justifiable with logical, precise, analysis that I've crafted througout the year. They are simply MY Top 10 films and Top 5 performances in each category.

Top 10 Films 2011:
1. Drive
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Biked out and about...with jupiterjuniper trying to get me as many beer tastings as possible:

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