Five for Friday, from yonmei

1. What was the last song you heard? "Hold me Now" by the Thompson Twins. On the radio coming in to work


2. What were the last two movies you saw?
In theaters: Two Towers and HP& the Chamber of Secrets
On video: The Adventures of Huck Finn, Working Girl


3. What were the last three things you purchased?
RIT dye, a pack of T-shirts, a pack of handkerchiefs.


4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?

Write.
Run the badge workshop (for which I purchased the dye, t-shirts and hankies)
Clean
Plant my roses.


5. Who are the last five people you talked to?

IRL:
Benjamin (the instruction librarian)
Phong (a work study student)
Heather (ditto)
Miss Rose (daycare)
Dollface (my baby)

Not counting by phone, since they never identify themselves.

A Musical Interlude

So anyway, I'm big on country music. I like the beat, I like the sound. It's a natural descendent of folk which I adore.

But lately, I'm not too keen on what's being played.

For everything like the Dixie Chicks' "Travelling Soldier" there's a lot of half-pop stuff like Mark Wills "Nineteen Something" and far too much like Tobey Keith's "Talk about me" (an unholy hybrid of rap & country) and "Chrome."

Lately, some of the singers are getting a bit more political.
Darrel Worley, whose work I like (I adore "I Miss my Friend." The video is a tear-jerker, even if it did mess with my mind by being het), released this gem lately.

( Have you Forgotten? )

And the DJs were cheering.
::shudder:: I personally think we need to finish the last war before starting a new one.

Y'all pardon me while I go watch the "Nineteen Something" video, with the kids in vest and cape chasing each other with a Kenner brand TIE fighter and Millennium Falcon.

Been meaning to add this

From my local paper:

Based on the novel by Michael Baisden, the play The Maintenance Man runs at the Orpheum through Sunday. This story about a male escort stars Darius McCrary of the sitcom "Family Matters" and Billy Dee Williams. Shows are at 8 tonight, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $29-$35. Call 525-3000 or 525-1515.

There's an interview with Mr. Williams
here.


I have a barfy kid. My weekend is shot.

Friday Smutfic Theater

( A Missing Scene from ANH )

Just because it needed to be written exactly why Luke gives that little yearning motion toward Han after they come out of the smuggling compartments.

I survived

So i did it.

5 girls, and me.
We tie-dyed t-shirts. Very Groovy, Baby! They really did come out nicely.

We macramed key-rings. They sorta got it.

Crochet? What a nightmare. Maybe next time.

Embroidery? They all got the outline stitch. We'll pick up Monday and get the others. Then they can stitch their birth flowers.

I'm not insane, I'm not hoarse, and i didn't manage to tie anyone's hair into their macrame. Therefore the evening was an unqualified success.