the following is a response to an email from the owner of the cat that I'm cat-sitting (emailed a couple of minutes ago):
hey there--
glad to hear the you made it safe & sound to Portland--I'll try & get the tape [Lullaby Baxter Trio] in the mail tommorrow, but I'm pretty awful at remembering things like that (I keep meaning to pick up a...
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hey there--
glad to hear the you made it safe & sound to Portland--I'll try & get the tape [Lullaby Baxter Trio] in the mail tommorrow, but I'm pretty awful at remembering things like that (I keep meaning to pick up a...
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spent about 3 hours yesterday stapling "lost cat" fliers all around town, came home, & of course the lost cat in question was sitting on the front porch, altho she bolted as soon as I approached.
at least I know she's still alive.
near as I can tell, she's been living in the weed-infested lot at the back of my house, among the charred &...
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at least I know she's still alive.
near as I can tell, she's been living in the weed-infested lot at the back of my house, among the charred &...
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sylvia, whom I'm supposed to be cat-sitting, has disappeared. run off. gone.
2 things: one, the friend who left her in my care said that she'll sometimes disappear for a couple of days & come back to where the food is.
two: the first couple of days I discovered that, even in my little sparsely furnished house, she's pretty good at hiding, & I halfway...
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2 things: one, the friend who left her in my care said that she'll sometimes disappear for a couple of days & come back to where the food is.
two: the first couple of days I discovered that, even in my little sparsely furnished house, she's pretty good at hiding, & I halfway...
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it seems like whenever I get on top of my bills & it looks like I can start socking away a little bit of money towards my eventual escape, SOMETHING will pop up to divest me.
a couple of days ago I recieved one of those bland, plain white envelopes with bland black printing that you know, without there being any external clues or ominous...
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a couple of days ago I recieved one of those bland, plain white envelopes with bland black printing that you know, without there being any external clues or ominous...
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poetik:
I have the same problem will bils!!! it's like saving is impossible... I was ranting to someone about that and she said: Welcome to the real world. You always have to pay somebody... (yeah, that's great news) 
Kinda sucks about the apartment thing though. Iif it was me, I'd think the girl from the collection agency was out to get me (ok, a little too many conspiracy theories... :p)
Kinda sucks about the apartment thing though. Iif it was me, I'd think the girl from the collection agency was out to get me (ok, a little too many conspiracy theories... :p)
vacation coming up in two weeks from today, & I've pretty much decided to drive from Nevada (here) to Madison, Wisconsin (there) to meet up with a friend for a few days there & a few days in Chicago.
any suggestions on things to see & places to stop 'txixt here & Wisconsin would be most welcome.
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worth remembering even if those in power...
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any suggestions on things to see & places to stop 'txixt here & Wisconsin would be most welcome.
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worth remembering even if those in power...
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sakita:
ooh i wish i could go to chicago with you.
i have good friends there
and of course i have family in kansas city.
i cant tell you what to see though
kansas city is full of stuff
but it only seems fun if youre from there.
i think
i have good friends there
and of course i have family in kansas city.
i cant tell you what to see though
kansas city is full of stuff
but it only seems fun if youre from there.
i think
different sexy ladyfriend just visited for four or so days.
it's almost unbearable living in such a remote, out-of-the-way locale, but it's made somewhat less so when people trek your way to spend some time with you...
anyway, she's on her way up to Canada via Reno, Eugene, Portland, Seattle--then back down along the spine of California towards Mexico in her funky li'l VW van....
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it's almost unbearable living in such a remote, out-of-the-way locale, but it's made somewhat less so when people trek your way to spend some time with you...
anyway, she's on her way up to Canada via Reno, Eugene, Portland, Seattle--then back down along the spine of California towards Mexico in her funky li'l VW van....
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it just barely turned September, & I've already got the heater going--it's still summer, right?
but there's been lot's of rain & nice little splashes of lightning all over the place. from my current post at the prison I've been able to watch a nice lightshow flashbulbing the desert.
also, I got slashed in the face last week.
(such are the vagaries of language--the close...
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but there's been lot's of rain & nice little splashes of lightning all over the place. from my current post at the prison I've been able to watch a nice lightshow flashbulbing the desert.
also, I got slashed in the face last week.
(such are the vagaries of language--the close...
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tororo:
Hooray! --rats' is back!
From a distance, your week sounds like a pretty good week, en effet, mon cher.
... and regarding your comment.. by the way, the quality I praise most in Char's translation is one that belongs as well to ratsonjulia's Mechanical Little Helper's: it's definitely not everybody's french! It has Italian syntax, Italian rythmics, and phrases go a pace that would be natural to old Adso von Melk's: the pace somebody who's got all the time from here to eternity uses to walk ...
From a distance, your week sounds like a pretty good week, en effet, mon cher.
... and regarding your comment.. by the way, the quality I praise most in Char's translation is one that belongs as well to ratsonjulia's Mechanical Little Helper's: it's definitely not everybody's french! It has Italian syntax, Italian rythmics, and phrases go a pace that would be natural to old Adso von Melk's: the pace somebody who's got all the time from here to eternity uses to walk ...
not one but TWO gorgeous ladyfriends driving great distances from different parts of the country to see me tomorrow.
life is good.
life is good.
tororo:
I commented belatedly to the poem you posted wednesday.... was it for Poetry Day? I just found out about this Poetry Day... but if I'm not mistaken, there will be a Poetry Wednesday every week... will it?
But I don't want to be late for commenting appropriately today's entry: wow!
But I don't want to be late for commenting appropriately today's entry: wow!
tororo:
Ah! l'amour, toujours l'amour.....
for anyone who fancies themselves a bit of a writer, an interesting article.
THE SPANISH LIE
This will be answered.
The tears were not answered but thsi will be answered.
The tears of Madrid, of Barcelona, Valencia--
The tears were not answered.
The tears are dry on the faces.
The blood is dry on the sand.
The tears were not answered: the blood was not answered.
This will be answered.
Because the men of Guernica do not speak,...
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This will be answered.
The tears were not answered but thsi will be answered.
The tears of Madrid, of Barcelona, Valencia--
The tears were not answered.
The tears are dry on the faces.
The blood is dry on the sand.
The tears were not answered: the blood was not answered.
This will be answered.
Because the men of Guernica do not speak,...
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tororo:
Beautiful words. And, a certain relevance, indeed.
Speaking of relevance.... Do you remember these days (it seems so long ago now) when the UNO inspectors used to present to the press weekly reports on the state of Iraq's disarmament? To arrive at the conference room the presentations were made in, journalists needed to walk a gallery a large reproduction of Picasso's Guernica was usually exposed in... some day somebody noticed the gigantic picture had been covered with a even more gigantic UNO blue flag... asked why, UNO officials answered it was for "technical reasons": for offering to TV cameras a suitable background.... in case cameramen would have to follow the UNO representative outside the conference room....
They were right, of course. As a background, a plain pale blue hanging is suitable for almost any imaginable circumstances.
Except, probably, a landing of pale blue-skinned aliens.
Speaking of relevance.... Do you remember these days (it seems so long ago now) when the UNO inspectors used to present to the press weekly reports on the state of Iraq's disarmament? To arrive at the conference room the presentations were made in, journalists needed to walk a gallery a large reproduction of Picasso's Guernica was usually exposed in... some day somebody noticed the gigantic picture had been covered with a even more gigantic UNO blue flag... asked why, UNO officials answered it was for "technical reasons": for offering to TV cameras a suitable background.... in case cameramen would have to follow the UNO representative outside the conference room....
They were right, of course. As a background, a plain pale blue hanging is suitable for almost any imaginable circumstances.
Except, probably, a landing of pale blue-skinned aliens.