Monthly Archives: July 2004
6758 – Spidey2 note
I feel bad for the landlord’s daughter in Spider-man 2.
I hope that she finds a nice guy to share chocolate cake with.
6757 – put a bid down…
Last night I reviewed and put a bid down on a condo. Nice neighborhood, the place is a very roomy one bedroom (much bigger than my last apartment, let along my little studio) in excellent physical shape, and in a nice neighborhood.
I’ll know if my offer was accepted this afternoon…it just came on the market yesterday morning, and nobody was in line in front of me, as far as I know.
I’ve got my fingers crossed.
Hm… I thought that they weren’t doing any more There-upgrades, but I just got notification that I’m back in the beta, and it’s been upgraded. Maybe it’s not going dark as soon as I thought.
6756 – Journey, part 4, Sinister BBC series edition
Some things that seem taken from the set of The Prisoner TV series
6755 – Journey, part 3 – brides, brides everywhere, and not a one to wed
Many women in bridal gowns or the like were there on Saturday. I suspect a photo shoot for a magazine, but there wasn’t a lot of camera technology there.. just handheld cameras, none of those wacky reflector-umbrellas, makeup folks or people with light meters that I saw at the last shoot I witnessed in Fort Lauderdale. Maybe they didn’t need it with all of the natural light as nice as it was? Maybe the production values were just lower. In any event, they added a nice ambiance to the visit.
6754 – Journey, part 2 – Vandals, Statues, Lego
O Muse!
Sing in me, and through me tell the story
Of that man skilled in all the ways of contending,
A wanderer, harried for years on end…
Something worth mentioning about the trip of Saturday… It seemed like every common room had large white urns in them, with remains of someone or other inside. It was interesting at first and later became almost the theme of the house, which was fairly ostentatious.. makes Cinderella’s castle look like a grass shack.
I had hoped that the misting garden was open, but it wasn’t.. it’s a great way to cool off if you don’t mind getting a little wet.
6753 – The day out was lovely, though hot and steamy.
HAPPY 4th of JULY! I know I’m glad to be as free as I am.
So, Vizcaya it was. I walked the house (sadly, no photography inside was allowed) Outside, however, is another story entirely… so, I took a lot of pictures. )though, not all the pictures below are mine) There was *so* much statuary, and such extensive Mediterranean gardens that I could’ve stayed there all day… but the beating of the sun got to me after walking around in it from late morning to about 3pm, even with the cool breeze off of the water, and the gigantic fruit smoothie I was gunning down at a record pace.
Something nifty was that there was either a photo-shoot for a bridal magazine going on, or three different wives-to-be were all being captured on film in different parts of the outside, too. At times, it seemed as if I couldn’t take a picture without snagging a gal in a white dress and gloves someplace in the shot. (and I took a few deliberate shots, too… it’s to the gal’s merit how composed they were in the aforementioned super-sun beams. There was also a “Red White & Blue” celebration planned for the evening, with some rasta-guys working the soundboard. Unfortunately, I wasn’t up to staying there to the 9pm launch time.
I took so many photos that it’ll take me a while to sort the wheat from the chaff. I’ll toss in a few each entry as I go through ’em. Explanations of each are beneath the picture in question.
6752 Morbidity, dead stuff in general.
Once upon a time a little old lady was on a bus, who ever so slowly bought a transit ticket from a bus conductor. She fretted and fussed with her gigantic purse for the correct change… After 15 minutes of impatient waiting, the conductor became so enraged that he hit her on the head with the ticket-dispenser, and the poor old dear died instantly.
Not surprisingly, he was convicted and put on death row. Just before he was to be electrocuted, his last request was for 12 pounds of bananas, which he devoured.
They strapped him into the chair, flipped the switch, and he just sat there, smiling. According to tradition, this was considered a reprieve from God and he was freed.
Somehow he got his old job back, and he was happily dispensing tickets when he saw a girl stick her gum on the back of a seat on the bus. Furious, he lunged out with the ticket dispenser, broke the offender’s neck and killed her.
Again, he is convicted and sent to death row. He again ate the 12 pounds of bananas, and lo and behold, the electricity did not harm him. This time the executioner cleaned the contacts, made him sit in a bucket of water, he tried everything – but still the guy wouldn’t die. So again, he was set free.
Amazingly, he regained his job. It took him 1 day to lose his temper and beat to death a young boy who started to chew his bus ticket. He returned to death row, ate the bananas, and survived the electrocution.
At this point, the executioner can take no more – his professional pride has been hurt. Before setting the fiend free again, he asked him his secret – “What is it with the bananas?”
“Oh, the bananas have nothing to do with it”, replied the man. “I’m just a bad conductor.”
6750 – misc.
7/2/04 8:13 pm @ the laundry, once again.
no wireless today… It looks like the doctor next door shut down for the long weekend. No matter, I have plenty of things to read or write offline.
Ü – The Shoo-smilie. I still prefer it to 🙂 or ^_^ for a happy face.
hungry for Chinese takeout tonight, but I think I’ll hold out until Sunday call.
I haven’t been in reading mode this week… Still reading, but not the massive quantities usually digested.
Tired eyes, awake mind this evening. Maybe a music night… maybe a horseplay night with Newt.
8:57pm place started empty, but now hopping with people. got to love the variety… mostly young people.
For no good reason whatsoever, my bootup image on the palm –
6749 – It’s easy to knuckle-walk while holding a screwdriver.
Apparently I have a “repair aura” this morning.
I “fixed” the fax machine with my presence… I merely walked by, giving it a look and it clicked on, dutifully sending pages to assorted points around the world…perhaps it was afraid of getting some of what the router in the other room got once I was through with it. Don’t make me get all “Office Space / Bolton” on your booty, Mr. Fax.
Elusively skulking from workstation to workstation, the Scotto-yeti wanders into the underbrush of into the server-room, to be sure all is well in his electrical glade and plasti-formed work grotto.
The other nearby fauna are often nearby, and show little to no fear of wandering into our quiet ursine anthropoid’s foraging zone. Amongst them are any number of beasties, ranging from the pleasanty quiet and unassuming V-mouse to the loud, peevish clucking of a Rhode Island hen, scratching at the the gound and generally making a mess. Fortunately the buttergnome and the pebble-kicking wombat are occupied elsewhere lately. I wonder what it’d take to bring a little red monkee into the grotto?
6749 – It's easy to knuckle-walk while holding a screwdriver.
Apparently I have a “repair aura” this morning.
I “fixed” the fax machine with my presence… I merely walked by, giving it a look and it clicked on, dutifully sending pages to assorted points around the world…perhaps it was afraid of getting some of what the router in the other room got once I was through with it. Don’t make me get all “Office Space / Bolton” on your booty, Mr. Fax.
Elusively skulking from workstation to workstation, the Scotto-yeti wanders into the underbrush of into the server-room, to be sure all is well in his electrical glade and plasti-formed work grotto.
The other nearby fauna are often nearby, and show little to no fear of wandering into our quiet ursine anthropoid’s foraging zone. Amongst them are any number of beasties, ranging from the pleasanty quiet and unassuming V-mouse to the loud, peevish clucking of a Rhode Island hen, scratching at the the gound and generally making a mess. Fortunately the buttergnome and the pebble-kicking wombat are occupied elsewhere lately. I wonder what it’d take to bring a little red monkee into the grotto?
6748 – 183 Days into 2004. 183 Days to go.
Lazy daydreams and nice thoughts of mi Habibti this morning. Not much for writing, so here’s some linkiedoos.
Five pounds of silly putty for $60. (plus shipping) Egg not included, but you can buy 144 glow in the dark plastic eggs for $5.
Things in the sky on this day in:
- 1900 – First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
- 1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator. (Nobody ever remembers Fred.)
- 1947 – An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.
- 1978 – Charon, a satellite of the planet Pluto, is discovered.
- 1982 – Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
- 2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
Very groovy tunes on Smoke and Mirrors, leftyrok! Thanks for sharing them with me! the cd case’s production values are sharp, too. 🙂
Regarding this post from a couple of weeks back… The lizard I saw was a Knight Anole. Thanks for the herper info, Bart!
6747 – Angry Ghost Rips Worker’s Arm Off
A fire extinguisher sprung a leak and shot 12 stories into the air, taking off a construction worker’s arm in a freak accident that prompted his co-workers to pray in order to appease angry spirits.
The accident occurred in a building, in Hong Kong, that many believe to be haunted after a fire eight years ago killed 40 people and injured 81.
Workers were demolishing the Garley Building to make way for a shopping mall when the sudden leak in the fire extinguisher propelled it into the air on Monday.
The 36 year old man who lost his arm, identified only by the surname So, remained in hospital in a serious condition on Wednesday.
Newspapers and television footage showed workers in safety helmets praying on Tuesday in front of a small altar full of incense and food amid the rubble at the demolition site.
Ghost-appeasing rituals, once common in traditional Chinese society, are rare in modern day Hong Kong.
from –
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/06/30/519642-ap.html
6747 – Angry Ghost Rips Worker's Arm Off
A fire extinguisher sprung a leak and shot 12 stories into the air, taking off a construction worker’s arm in a freak accident that prompted his co-workers to pray in order to appease angry spirits.
The accident occurred in a building, in Hong Kong, that many believe to be haunted after a fire eight years ago killed 40 people and injured 81.
Workers were demolishing the Garley Building to make way for a shopping mall when the sudden leak in the fire extinguisher propelled it into the air on Monday.
The 36 year old man who lost his arm, identified only by the surname So, remained in hospital in a serious condition on Wednesday.
Newspapers and television footage showed workers in safety helmets praying on Tuesday in front of a small altar full of incense and food amid the rubble at the demolition site.
Ghost-appeasing rituals, once common in traditional Chinese society, are rare in modern day Hong Kong.
from –
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/06/30/519642-ap.html
6746 Spidah-Meng : PART DEUX – With more arms than ever.
Saw Spider Man 2: Electric Boogaloo last night with Dave; the 9 pm showing at Riverfront.
By Jaga!
The guy in line in front of me sounded just like Panthro. I half-expected him to ask me to take my foot off of the blasted samoflange.
Others seen were a large number of the mentally challenged… Lots of women with breast augmentation, too. Par for the course in Ft. Lauderdale. If I tried harder, I could probably make some sort of snarky comments using the term boobs to refer to both groups, but the brain is disengaged right now. Make up your own, dear journal.
Some young republicans promoting W and his team… well-to-do kids that don’t seem old enough to vote. I worked with Bush Sr.’s campaign in the 80s, so there’s hope that they’ll grow out of it too. How’s that for a dirty little secret?
So, the lightweight review: I liked the movie better than the first one… more my kind of villain, and they covered a *lot* of ground in two hours, without it getting sleepy or having “filler”. They got brutal with Doc’s arms, and I think it was very well done. They even got Doc’s brain boo-boo mentioned. Decent story, characters and action scenes. Very loyal to the source stuff, though the “force of will” dilemma isn’t my fave. I don’t want to see too much of Harry Osbourne in the next one, unless he’s teaming with someone else. I’m ready for Mysterio now, or more likely, the Lizard. plenty of potential baddies… but I have no need to see Venom or his ilk. In fact, I’d rather see any of the Sinister Six (the classic group of – Electro, Ock, Kraven, Sandman, Vulture, and Mysterio) than that guy. I still think that Morgan Freeman needs to reprise his role as Easy Reader in the next movie.
I hear that they’re going to rip those theaters down soon, because they’re not making any money… the supposed “new” arcade has long since been removed, but is still mentioned on the site. Right now they have a skee-ball machine, about a dozen out of date arcade games, and an air-hockey table. I can’t say as I recall the last time they showed foreign or indy films, either, for that matter. The best Sunrise theater for that is the Gateway. A far older venue… no stadium seats or anything, but a fun, musty vibe. That’s the last place I had shrooms, ages ago, and where I met April. Two experiences that started off well, and turned ugly after I thought things had just been great. Note – Shooms; 1998. April; 2000.