Hi!
It's been a good long time since I've done this, and I'm rusty as fuck. I'm afraid that all things I write these days read like unfortunate lists, so I'm not going to fight it.
1. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and talked to my mom on the phone while I was gathering food for purchase. She called me a bon vivant because I asked for asiago at the cheese counter. I don't think it's a negative thing, really, but it may be negative when it comes from my mother. The reasons for this are probably obvious. We all know about moms.
2. I am now finishing Four Weddings and a Funeral, which I watch every time it's on tv. I like John Hannah. Ange, in your infinite knowledge of all actors, fancy this one? Also, I love "darling Fee," Kristin Scott Thomas' character. I realized today that she may be me. She's all gaudy and fabulous, over accessorized, possibly drunk, cigarette smoking (more on that later), and sadly in love with Hugh Grant. Ah, me. Darling Fee.
3. This week I started walking to Georgetown. It's three and a half miles and highly enjoyable, even though I don't find D.C. very walkable. That may be why I like it. I'm spitting in D.C.'s face, all fuck you, I'm walking. Yeah.
4. I can't stop listening to Ted Leo lately. Maybe it's the D.C. connection. Did you know that he apparently used to live a mere few blocks from where I live now? I wonder if he still does. I think my favorite thing about Ted Leo is that he's an East Coast nomad, which I am too. I think the Tyranny of Distance is a great fucking record.
5. Last night I did something quite unprecedented. I'm still awaiting the results of this experiment. Eventually I might write a long and sorry post about it.
6. Nico just bit my hand. Have you guys been to www.icanhascheezburger.com? I think you might like it.
7. I realized when I was thinking about creating this thing that I'd completely forgotten about awesomebaby. If you don't know what awesomebaby is, maybe you shouldn't go to www.awesomebaby.blogspot.com. It's the blog I used to have with Pat (Pooch). I'd completely forgotten about it. Strange.
8. After all this time, I still really miss smoking cigarettes. I think I'll start smoking again. Maybe just for a little.
That's all, you guys. Thanks for doing this with me.
8 comments:
Responding to items 1 + 2
1. I think you are a bon vivant aside from the asiago cheese. However not in the same way your mom might think. Also, good call on that cheese dude; it's a real winner.
2. We do like the look of John Hannah, but do be honest the only other thing I remember him from was a short lived series called Cold Feet. My dad and i were watching four weddings today which happened to be on tbs, just as Gareth died. This is important Ange lore, as I got to relate how I had read Simon Callow's very detailed biography of Orson Welles this past summer at the beach. Man o man, those British actors had a thing for Orson.
i think awesomebaby died around the time of riverside drive.
i think it died, in part, because after you could filter it with hip-hop language there was nowhere else to go.
-pat (pooch)
i hope you keep commenting.
It's been a week without cigarettes for me and I'd like to bludgeon most people and steal theirs.
Well...maybe not bludgeon, but something that would end in them relinquishing control of their cigarettes to me.
No matter how long I go, that is how I feel. There's just some warm fuzzy feeling that comes with smoking.
Cancer maybe? Who knows.
All I know is, no matter how long you go, you always want to come back. Even if you don't, you secretly do. Especially those people who stop smoking and say smoking disgusts them.. yes, especially them..
/rant.
also, I have a blogger account? Who knew?
dear d, i sympathize. i bought my first pack of cigarettes in a really long time this evening, and i felt really good about it. it's one of those 'either you just are or you just aren't' things. that said, stay strong! this is a supportive blog. also, if you have a gmail account you have a blogger account. they've merged. speaking of which, want posting access?
posting access = awesome. So, absolutely.
Sweet guys...cool blog. nice to hear how youre all doing.
nice, jamie!
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