Sammy

Sammy gave two or three rounds of crying, but not lasting more than ten seconds. Not bad.

News Reel

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Not Getting Murakami

Janet Maslin has a way of killing your curiosity and interest in a book. I am so glad I ordered "The Exorcist" instead of "1Q84". If I am going to read a thousand-page, post-modern novel with a lot of longueurs in it, I think I would rather try "Infinite Jest".

Though, this means I will still be left with this curiosity about Murakami. Maybe I can find some of his novels at our library, and I can at least begin one and see how it feels to me.

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Tumblr pictures

It's hard to stop scrolling through my Tumblr pictures.

those last seventy pictures

I know I shouldn't have rushed through those last seventy pictures, but I felt compelled to hit zero, after it has seemed for so long that I would never get below a thousand pictures on my queue.

Now I have no pictures, of course, but I trust they will build back up readily enough. If I should feel too restless, I can always add a few tumblrs, right?

"Maybe even a few non-porn ones?" Pi asks.

Hope springs eternal.

"Day of the Locust"

Looking for a movie to record overnight, and feeling a little desperate about this, because I think it has been almost an entire since I even felt curious about a movie, I see a listing for a 1975 film titled "Day of the Locust". I assumed it was one of those insect-horror movies of the 1970s, along with "Kingdom of the Spiders", "Empire of the Ants", "The Travesty of the Termites", what have you. The critic gave it three stars and it has nudity. It sounded like a go, especially nothing else was tempting me. But I still looked it up, and was surprised to learn that it is a more serious movie than that about Hollywood corruption. Definitely a go!

Even better, I saw in the Amazon reviews that the film is based on a hit novel, and I gave that a look and learned that it is the guy who wrote "Miss Lonely Hearts".

Ring any bells?

I bought the audio book for it during my last months in Austin. A little hot. Rapes, even child rapes. Nathanael West. I see that they are selling a popular book that contains both "Miss Lonely Hearts" and "The Day of the Locust". Now on my wish list. I'm not aching to get it, but I'm more than a little interested.

Hamlet (2,1) Hyperion to a Satyr

After Hamlet agrees to stay home, the court clears, leaving Hamlet by himself. He takes the opportunity to vent his spleen, and we get an opportunity to see what is behind his sullen temper.

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H:
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!

How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world!


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colder tonight

Yikes, it's suppose to be colder tonight, with temperatures dipping into the thirties. Fortunately, I got all three cats indoors now. They are't going to be happy though. After tonight, however, they should be able to enjoy a string of nights in the great outdoors. Just a little patience, but, yeah, cats.

Neighbor Dog

At least they unpenned Neighbor Dog. I wish I came out with three snacks instead of just two. Nevertheless, although we are not expecting a hard freeze, I wish they would bring the dog inside. Thirty-anything should be taken seriously.

Neil Gaiman

It's my birthday today.I'm 51. There is no way I can get my head around 51.

It sounds so terrifyingly grown up. I know that I am remarkably fortunate: there are people I love who who love me, and I make my living making art that I take pleasure in making.

-- Neil Gaiman

I'm fast closing in on 50, and there is not a single solitary soul who loves me, not even my cats, and all I have to show is my blog, and no one is paying a red cent for any of that. But I'm not bitter.

Quote of the Day

“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.”

-- Eric Fromm

I suppose it does not even have to be romantic love. If it were, that would greatly lessen our opportunities to make life bearable. Building up a true faith in a loving God may work, and loving your pets helps. Books and art are good, too. Movies and cake are nice stop-gaps. Just try to love as much as you can. And try to at least be sympathetic toward yourself. Through such measures one may even be able to pull oneself out of those dark, deep holes that we sometimes fall into. Climb toward the light. It is a useful reminder during these, oh, so cheery holidays.

wasn't a shower night

I am so glad tonight wasn't a shower night, because I would be so behind the eight-ball.