16 posts from May 2008

Nevermind the Bay City Rollers...it's Saturday.
I have a massage gig downtown this evening, but when that's all wrapped up I'm going home, putting my feet up, drinking some beer and watching "Bubba Ho-Tep."  Yes indeed...because it's just that kind of day.
For those of you that haven't seen Bubba Ho-Tep, you really should check it out. Bruce Campbell plays a geriatric Elvis living in an east Texas retirement home who, along with the help of his side-kick Jack , who thinks he's JFK(played by Ossie Davis), does battle with an evil Egyptian mummy.

Sheer Genius.

"I'm In Love" through the viewfinder print
  Originally uploaded by Scarlet_Beautiful

If you realized you still had feelings for an ex, you suspected it was mutual but they were seeing someone else what would you do? would you keep it to yourself and let them live their life or would you confess your feelings?

because my thursdays are hectic this will be to the point:

* Ghost hunters ROCKED last night...although I disagree with their interpretation of the second EVP they captured...they heard "I will do this."  Do we all become Shakespearian actors when we die?  I certainly don't know anyone who speaks that way.  I heard "I will..." and then a word that begins with a "th" sound.  They should seriously consider bringing in a speech pathologist as a consultant...they would, without a doubt, be able to more accurately decipher EVPs since they specialize in recognizing speech patterns.

* My mom was sweet enough to swing by my house this morning with a cup of coffee from McDonalds for me...and I hate to admit this, but McDonalds sugar-free vanilla coffee blows Starbucks version out of the water.  *hangs head in shame*  Those of you who know me, know I despise chains like McDonalds, Burger King and the like for numerous reasons, but I'm afraid I will have to lift my boycott and make an allowance for their coffee.  Delicious.  Seriously.  Yum.

other things i'm loving right now:

*Smith's Rosebud Salve:  great multi-tasker...it makes you lips soft and shiny, makes my cuticles and nails (and i have a habit of picking at them when i'm anxious) look amazing, makes my elbows nice and soft, looks great on the cheeks for that dewy look and it smells fantastic.  The only way this stuff could get any better is if it changed flat tires and did laundry.

*David Lynch:  I have been resisting the urge to go on another Twin Peaks bender...whether this is due to my friend Charlene's recent visit (we would have TP marathons in high school, complete with coffee and cherry pie) or because my mother and I were talking about Kyle McLaughlin (sp?) I do not know.

*Spray Paint:  it's ability to simplify crafting projects is AWESOME.

*Special K protein water:  as a vegetarian I am always looking for a little extra protein.  Since I started drinking this once a day I have noticed I have more energy...who knows whether it's due to the extra protein or the fact that it is LOADED with b vitamins.

Hope you all have a smashing Thursday.

Since it's Sunday I thought I would take the easy way out today (not only is it my favorite day...have you ever noticed how quiet Sundays are?...but this particular Sunday I have a ton of projects to finish...) and post a list...let's make it a list of essential films, shall we? Movies, both old and new, that everyone should see at least once in their life (or, if you're like me, 80 or 90 times...yeah...i know...)
So here it goes:

*Harvey
*Buffalo 66
*You Can't Take It With You
*Jezebel
*Gaslight
*Road to Morocco
*Arsenic and Old Lace
*Heathers
*The Outsiders
*Roadracers
*Rebel Without A Cause
*Suburbia (the 1980's version...not the one that came out in the 90's)
*Penelope
*True Grit
*Gormenghast
*Bleak House
*La Jetee (this is the short film that 12 Monkeys was based on)
*Willard
*Romper Stomper
*Bartleby (the version with Crispin Glover)
*Titus
*Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
*Sid & Nancy
*Stand By Me
*Cold Mountain
*Man Bites Dog
*Amelie
*Delicatessen
*16 Candles (THE BEST of the John Hughes brat pack films...let's face it...The Breakfast club SUCKED...it's an entire film based on high school stereotypes...it would have made a better after school special than a feature film...)
*Beatlejuice
*Trainspotting
*Welcome to the Dollhouse
*Pi
*Secretary
*Donnie Darko
*Boondock Saints
*Mystery Train
*Slackers
*Some Like It Hot
*Benny & Joon
*Death Becomes Her
*The Evil Dead Trilogy
*Star Wars (as thought that needs to be said)
*Cemetery Man
*George Washington Slept Here
*A Patch of Blue
*Dead Alive
*Any and All of George Romero's zombie films
*Giant
*Bubba Ho Tep
*Romeo Is Bleeding
*Fire Walk With Me
*Battle Angel
*The Iron Giant
*To Kill A Mockingbird
*Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
*Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

I'd better stop or this could go on for days and days and days...
but rest assured there will be more to come in a future post...
i love movies.

What's the oldest book you own?
Submitted by Lies.

  A 1944 Edition of Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon complete with a note by the author to my great-grandmother.

I was listening to the radio yesterday when Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young" came on. I couldn't stop smiling...not because I'm a Billy Joel fan, but because it reminded me of something I had completely forgotten about...

Many moons ago I used to travel around the country working at Renaissance Fairs. At the Arizona fair I managed a pottery booth. I had a hawker, for privacy purposes I shall refer to him as L, who would stand out front all day telling jokes and singing songs to draw in business.

One night, I was walking down the trail to my campsite with my then boyfriend when we bumped into L. He was carrying his ukulele and smiling (as usual) from ear to ear. He proceeded to drop to one knee and serenade us, on his ukulele mind you, with "only the good die young."

It was just one of those wonderful random moments that, I'm quite sure, will still make me smile when I'm old and grey.

And if truth be told, I'll take L's ukulele rendition over Billy's any day.

the good news:

Tom Waits is touring.

image courtesy of tomwaits.com
the bad news:

tickets are RIDICULOUSLY expensive, you can only buy 2 per person and they are damn near close to being sold out...a miracle would be lovely right about now.