YARD SALE OF THE CENTURY

Good Turn Out…Good People, Good Dogs- Babies, Happy NESS.

The weather was beautiful.

Ewan had a lemonade stand and I have to say, my sweet lil’ kid-o fell right into the role of huckster (it’s true).

The key to his success was letting his customers exercise their FREEDOM OF CHOICE!

Oh yessss- That Great American past time of having it YOUR WAY……this was the model for:

EWOK’S BLOODY BEVERAGES!!!!!!!!!

The kid made a killing.

Lauren and Jim reunited with their grandson Gary…..

This guy had fun.

 

The “guts”….

 

 

 

From Tom Waits:

Q: What’s wrong with the world?
A: We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Leona Helmsley’s dog made 12 million last year… and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio made $30,000. It’s just a gigantic version of the madness that grows in every one of our brains. We are monkeys with money and guns.

Q: Most interesting recording you own?
A: It’s a mysteriously beautiful recording from, I am told, Robbie Robertson’s label. It’s of crickets. That’s right, crickets, the first time I heard it… I swore I was listening to the Vienna Boys Choir, or the Mormon Tabernacle choir. It has a four-part harmony it is a swaying choral panorama. Then a voice comes in on the tape and says, “What you are listening to is the sound of crickets. The only thing that has been manipulated is that they slowed down the tape.” No effects have been added of any kind except that they changed the speed of the tape. The sound is so haunting. I played it for Charlie Musselwhite and he looked at me as if I pulled a Leprechaun out of my pocket.

Q: You are fascinated with irony, what is irony?
A: Chevrolet was puzzled when they discovered that their sales for the Chevy Nova were off the charts everywhere but in Latin America. They finally realized that “Nova” in Spanish translates to “no go.” Not the best name for a car… anywhere “no va”.

Q: Do you have words to live by?
A: Jim Jarmusch once told me “Fast, Cheap, and Good… pick two. If it’s fast and cheap it wont be good. If it’s cheap and good it won’t be fast. If it’s fast and good it wont be cheap.” Fast, cheap and good… pick (2) words to live by.

Q: What is on Hemmingway’s gravestone?
A: “Pardon me for not getting up.

Q: What is up with your ears?
A: I have an audio stigmatism where by I hear things wrong- I have audio illusions. I guess now they say ADD. I have a scrambler in my brain and it takes what is said and turns it into pig Latin and feeds it back to me.

Q: What is a gentleman?
A: A man who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.

“The Bullshit Express” = Booooooooo.

It has been super hot out here in the PNW. I have been working outside in the 96 degree weather serving the masses icy cold beeeeeer (i am not mad-nope). So pardon me if my brains have gone scrambled.

Anyhooooooooo-

I just watched a John Mccain press conference this morning- and I am pleased to announce that his lil’ speech was busted up by a couple of protesters in pink aprons screaming “Someone’s in the kitchen with George Bush!!!!”. They just jumped up, waving a blood-red banner.

The ladies were escorted out- screaming the whole way.

Ah- it was so, so, great- I started screaming m’self. 

I at one point kind-of liked McCain. The whole “straight talk express”, no b.s., gettin’ the job done- Remember those days? It is a shame to watch this man try to weasel his way into the white house on the coat tails of fear and oppression (the tactics of you-know-whos-its).

He was in T.C. this past winter. I woke super- crazy early to go hear him speak. 

It was deeply underwhelming. Basically he stood on this elevated platform showcasing his wife (i am serious) and making solemn promises on “getting Osama Bin Laden”. COME ON!!!! 

My god- watch this………..

 

That is what I am talking about. ooooooo- he is hungry for some oval office!!!! Creep. 

 

Mccain’s latest display of lameness is exhibited in his attack on Barack’s foreign policy in dealing with our country’s tenuous relations, Iran especially.

It is infuriating to hear this sort of crap……..I mean god forbid that the United States choose diplomacy as a strategy (Barack has suggested this) over divisive “bad guy” (Iran=bad, Israel=good, etc, etc) mentality!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrr…..

Well- Obama was here in Portland yesterday. I tried to get out of work, and although everyone there at The Kennedy School held some sort of sympathy for me it wasn’t enough for them to offer up their Sunday. 

I couldn’t make it but 75,000 other humans did.

I ran into a friend who had made it to the waterfront and I asked her how it was….

She said,

“I believed him.”

I believe him too.

(oh!!!!!-

Could it be? !!!

Heart pounding,

fingers crossed!!!)

xo-

 

 

 

We make party.

 

   We all know my boyfriend is a graphic design genius but this little flyer he has conjured is WAY up there……we are having a garage sale/party. Food, freaks, family and junk. Can’t wait. 

Pulp.

  A few years ago my crafty musings found a home in the land of decoupage.

I spent some time searching, cutting and fashioning images and making stuff-

or re-making stuff. 

I have a fondness for vintage pulp and pin-ups. This cover art helped me construct some nice christmas gifts that year…….

 It is all just so weird and wonderful-

  LOOK:

I LOVE IT!

In the Gutter.

 Let’s talk about bowling. 

We’ve been down to the Hollywood Lanes a couple times now.

Bowling is fun. 

Until you start sucking of course.

I am sure there is a ton of skill in mastering that spin- the one that lets the ball ride the edge of the gutter then suddenly,

at the last lil’ second sends it smashing into the pins…..

Actually- I get really distracted watching these people launch their bawlz.

It is very dramatic. 

There are two fates a bowler faces-

triumph-

or deep suck.

I always seem to suck after watching “those people” bowl- call it performance anxiety….

And lemme tell ya- when you are bowling a 49 the pain is real.

Although- I’ll let you all know I did DESTROY both the boys (Aaron n’ Dale) on game two a few days ago.

Maybe there is a chance for me-

a future spin/fancy move?!!!!!!!

For now it seems that I can dip into my pocket of bowling ch’i-

if only for a moment……

 

Devotchka

   I was bored.
I had to get out.

And not to go to work or to school.

Something different.

I did a little research and discovered a muzak show.

Rico and I made plans and met for Devotchka! at the Wonder Ballroom.

****I live in this city for many reasons- and GODDAMNIT It is time to enjoy some stuff!**** 

So- I did.

This band,

      They are out of denver. Their sound is this strangly beautiful working melange of bolero, Romani, Greek, mariachi- lots o’ brass and a theremin.
A THEREMIN.

wow.

I loved it!

I Love Tom.

Why I love Tom Waits:

Multnomah Falls r purty.

We took a walk.

Last weekend Ewan, Gary and I took a nice hike up the side of a Mountain. 2 miles uphill. Poor Lil’ Gary’s short legs held out, his resolve was strong. He offered “protection” the entire way- making sure none of those other dogs had a chance to bite,sniff or come within 3 feet of us.

Gary has a fierce bark.

My son has been hiking with me for many years now. He is usually tough- this time the uphill thing had him hurtin’, declaring at one point “Mom, IT FEELS LIKE MY BONE IS ABOUT TO POP OUT OF MY LEG-…….
I AM SERIOUS!!!!”
Don’t worry, we made it.
There were waterfalls n’ caves n’ views of the Columbia Gorge.
Very nice.