Summer in the Northwest. Too hot for lengthy narrative.

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Just found out Ray Charles died. Sigh.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/10/obit.ray.charles.ap/index.html

Last week of school. Too busy, thanks in part to my extraordinary procrastination skills. Upcoming topics for my lj entries may include:

*One (more) reason to like the French
*West Side Story
*Gluttony
*Lust
*Sloth

Any more of the seven deadlies that I should put on the list?

Today's my birthday. I'm pleased to be here. It's raining, which makes me happy, and somewhere in Multnomah County my friends are making a peanut-butter cake to share with me this evening. How cool is that?

Oh boy! Here's a film I want to see:

The Five Obstructions
a k a De Fem Benspænd

2003 - Denmark - Special Interest, Drama
Reviewed by A. O. Scott

PLOT DESCRIPTION
Starring Patrick Bauchau, Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth, Jacqueline Arenal, Daniel Hernández Rodríguez. Directed by Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth. (NR, 90 minutes).
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I found this interview (nytimes talks to Simon Cowell of American Idol) entertaining. I'm not entirely sure why.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/19/arts/television/19IDOL.html

Someone bless him, anyway.

The latest edition of "How Much is Inside" features mixed nuts.

Here's the site:

http://cockeyed.com/inside/nuts/nuts.html

I chortled.

God bless the BBC. From their website http://news.bbc.co.uk/:

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin celebrate birth of baby Apple

I'm praying The Onion will run with this.

Portland Farmers' Market purchases made by Michele and friends yesterday:

*Cheese curds from Rogue Creamery
*Homemade cream soda, ginger ale, and root beer
*Caramel Corn
*One "Morning Bun" and one brioche from Ken's Artisan Bakery
*Tangy dipping sauce from a Thai restaurant in Lake Oswego

The cheese curds didn't make it home unopened.

Hello Michele,

Thanks for your e-mail to REI regarding your recent visit to our new Portland location.

I will forward your comments to the Portland store management for their consideration.

We do appreciate you taking the time to comment.

Have a great summer.

Tom
REI Online Customer Service