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Ash

No Ash this morning.

I trust she's just running a little late.

An Old Man Fantasy

Looking out the window at the devastated back yard, thinking about the likelihood of another 100-degree day in mid-September, I focus on the rich green that surrounds the two trees. Those green blooms are made almost entirely of weeds, but it gets me wondering, and I have one of those imagined scenes where I am an old man.

In this daydream I see myself standing in the back yard looking around me with satisfaction, as I have succeeded in greening the whole lawn, and it’s all grass now, and of course the trees are strong and lush.

I imagine myself blogging about how I wish I could call Mother to have a look, and I would tell her, “You didn’t think I could do it, did you?”

Remember, even when we first moved in, the back yard was ruined.

I imagine blogging about how Princess and Bo would love it. I’d concede that the cats probably prefer the dirt, but that doesn’t spoil my mood.

I also write about how I will try to maintain it, though I am not confident about how successful I can be, because the rains are as scarce as ever and the heatwaves now last over half a year. But I will try.

meter and rhythm

Now that my enthusiasm for poetry has cooled considerably and I understand that it will not be the great passion of my life, I am actually thinking about going back to memorizing... yes, poetry actually. Well, there is a sort of difference, as one focuses on a very small selection of choice pieces.

Yet, I do have this thought about getting the knack of meter and rhyme, and if not writing personal poetry, then to at least do another sort of book blogging. Instead of a lot of quotes and a smattering of commentary, it might be nice to reinterpret a piece into poetry, for instance, coming up with a poetic version of “1984”. Even though I know that I don’t have that kind of facility over the language, this thought is nibbling away inside my brain, urging me to take one more shot at learning meter and rhythm.

I have Kim Addonizio in mind, but giving her work another look at Amazon, I think I need something more focused on this fussy matter of meter and rhythm, if I am going to take one more shot at this skill.

the a/c humming

I have shut up the windows and doors and got the a/c humming. I'm not going to force Sammy inside. The temperature is suppose to drop back a notch.

Still no sign of Ash, I'm afraid.

"Tightrope"

"Tightrope". Clint Eastwood. 1984.

Almost thirty years ago. It's been a long time since this one has made a cable run. I suppose it's almost too provocative to ever run. Though, it could be better yet.

Funny. Clint is already showing his age in the movie and he's still making movies. Of course, he does look ancient now, ancient but vital, though probably starting to slip off now. But he'll be leaving a legend behind him. It would be hard to name a more successful actor and director.

And I'll be leaving behind me? My blogs!

Dreamwidth Communities

I should find some communities that I might like to read. I don't want to participate in anything with this journal, but there might be some good stuff to pick up here.

Post-Nap

95 degrees.

That is a notch down, but you cannot really feel the relief when you are out there dousing the elephant ears and trying to keep a dying patch of lawn breathing.

ONTD

ONTD is really getting uptight and blah:

The following needs to be CUT OUT immediately:

- ANY comment with a negative racial connotation (regardless of what race it is)

- ANY comment that calls a member fat, obese, ugly, etc. (even in a 'joking' manner)

- ANY comment that calls a group of people fat, obese, ugly, etc. for no reason

- ANY comment that belittles, berates or insults a moderator

- ANY comment that can be considered rumor mongering (pertaining to ONTD, obviously)

- ANY comment that can be contrived as "trolling"

- ANY comment that can be considered a personal attack

- ANY comment made by someone with a history of "trolling" and/or has been banned previously

- ANY comment that contributes, aids, perpetuates "trolling"

Remember, this is on top of the "no nudity" ban that went up in the last couple of years. I feel like commenting: So, we're down to ass-kissing and sucking up; is there is a celebrity-community that has free speech?


(ONTD)

Real Poetry

Going back two or three centuries and reading Longfellow, after feeling disappointed in the free-verse of the last half-century, the point is reinforced that you have to have meter and rhyme.

Blurty is down

I see Blurty is down again.

I am so glad I moved to Dreamwidth, but I am sorry that I could not take my old Blurty entries with me.

White-screen

White-screen. Very early in the evening. It happens about every night, but this was more frustrating as I was just about to get into Sully's Dish.

Then it occurred to me that the laptop has never white-screened on me. Like it must be me or my room. I think I've had the problem across two computers and two different wi-fi set-ups.

as lifeless as InsaneJournal

It was a disappointing experiece looking for some community life on Dreamwidth this evening. It feels as lifeless as InsaneJournal, possibly even more dead. I'm afraid Facebook and this new generation of social networking takes all the oxygen out of the blogosphere, particularly when it comes to these LJ-type sites. I guess this will only be good for my blurty needs, after all.

Rachel Maddow

Funny to see Rachel Maddow wearing make-up tonight. I like it. She definitely looks more feminine and pretty. More fuckable. It's just that I don't think she ever does this.

Ash

Once again Ash makes in at a little after ten in the evening. I half expected it, even though it's only the second time. Wherever she goes, it cannot be too great, because she comes back starving.