Nice Melons

NiceMelons
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A random, semi-sexual still life shot from Kathleen's kitchen.

What Is Wrong With Me Today, part2

Let me start by saying I know stealing music is wrong and I shouldn't do it . . . and if I am stealing music I shouldn't complain about the results I get because I am breaking the law. That being said: I am lately obsessed with Schubert's Ave Maria. Firstly I cannot find a version that is sung in latin. Every version I have is in german which is weird because they all start out with the words "ave maria" leading me to hope the rest is latin. Secondly since I have 2 versions of it with female singers I want a version of it sung by a male. By the way Jessye Norman is how I believe god (if god were to exist in a corporeal human form) would sound. So I find this version that is labeled "Ave Maria-Josh Groban" what could be more perfect? Ave Maria sung by my future husband! So I "borrow" it and am so excited once I open iTunes and who should be singing? Instead of Josh it is - I almost can't type the letters . . . Michael fucking Bolton. I am scarred. Deep emotional scars that may not heal. I think it was my punishment for stealing music. What is funny is that I was so surprised to hear Michael fucking Bolton singing instead of Josh Groban that I don't even remember if it was in latin or german. The file is deleted but I still carry the horrific memory of those 5 seconds.

What Is Wrong With Me Today, part1

There is a certain colleague (who shall remain nameless) that I am not getting along with for some reason. In the past we have had our problems but this year everything this person says or does infuriates me. I mean flames-on-the-sides-of-my-face infuriates me. I don't know if there has been a change in me or them but something has changed.
I have no problem admitting when I make a mistake. However the other day this particular person discovered a mistake of mine and corrected it in a manner that can only be described as "with relish". It was rude and really pissed me off. Then this morning I get a call to figure something out and this person asks me something completely ridiculous, rude and borderline inappropriate. This caused me to be blatantly sarcastic on the phone, which thankfully went right over their head.
I just don't know how to fix this problem. We have worked so well together for the past 4 years and now suddenly I want to bitch-slap them everytime they open their mouth. Thus far my only plan has been to let the season get started because we have relatively little contact once rehearsals start . . . but everything that has pissed me off is routine stuff that we do together and could occur in June as well as January. This doesn't bode well for the next 11 months.
The biggest frustration is that I don't know why. I can't determine if the change has been on my side or their's. I am not claiming that I have never been pissed at this person in the last six years but never at this frequency. Since I started back to work on the 11th it has happened at least twice a week! I am really confused. I thought about just sitting this person down and talking about the problem but I am pretty sure that will just make it worse and for certain reasons I feel I can't go to the Artistic Director. I don't know what I am going to do. It scares me because if this doesn't get better it could make the season a living hell.

My Latest Obsession

Nellie McKay I can't get enough of her! With lyrics like "My cat died and I quickly poured myself some gin / Did she die from old age or was for my sins?"
How can you go wrong? Check her out, she rocks.

Kyrie Eleison

This is such a sad day for America . . . but there is a ray of hope - on Wednesday Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) followed up their tough questioning of Condi by voting "no" on sending her confirmation to the full Senate. Not like that fool Joe Biden (D-DE) who had lots of tough questions but ultimately voted "yes". We need Democrats who will follow up their tough rhetoric with action. I don't want someone to just give me sound bites! Yes, Condi will be confirmed no matter what, but why not show Georgie that the Democrats aren't going to take this second term sitting down. We have to stop just vocally opposing the Bush agenda and ACTUALLY oppose it. And two great ways to do that in the next couple of weeks will be by voting "no" on Condi and "no" on his candidate for Torturer General Alberto Gonzoles.

Sign The Pledge

Refuse to surrender your freedom brought to us by the great folks at the ACLU

Refuse To Surrender Your Freedom

Rednecks In The Mist

Kathleen and I went shopping tonight and I felt like Dian Fossey . . . except all my gorillas had racing paraphenalia on and wielded carts like four-wheeled light sabers. It was like a National Geographic educational movie. I was attacked by no less than 4 cart wielding hicks. Why is it that people who shop at Wal-Mart feel as though the usual rules of the physical universe do not apply as long as they have a cart? I can't count the number of times I would be stationary and someone would come trucking down the aisle and make as if to either run me down or pass through me like a specter. Have these people never learned about allowing others their personal space. If you are less than four inches away from me at anytime you had better be performing CPR or fucking me otherwise BACK THE HELL UP. I truly feared not only for my life but also for the future of the species (humans not gorillas). Is this what we have come to? Running over each other in a discount store without even apologizing? The planet is truly doomed. In order to recover from the trauma Kathleen and I immediately went to Chili's and got drunk.

"Oh life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea,
And love is a thing that can never go wrong,
And I am Marie of Roumania."
~ Dorothy Parker

Mr. Bush Regrets and I write him a letter

So this article pretty much spells out everything that is wrong with our president. He is 58 years old and is just learning that words sometimes have consequenses. Sweet Zombie Jesus! I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. I realize he grew up in a very sheltered lifestyle but come on, five years as Governor of Texas and he didn't realize that "words sometimes have consequences you don't intend them to mean" We are on a rocket ship to hell. Also this is what he learned from his first four years in the White House?

Bush's Regrets

Dear Mr. President: Here is something you should have learned in these last four years: There won't be weapons of mass destruction in Iraq(Iran)(Syria) no matter how much you want them to be there. The number of times you tell us that there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq does not change the fact that there are actually no weapons of mass destruction in that country. See, here's the thing George, just because you believe in something that doesn't make it true. Like the way you believe there is a crisis in Social Security. There isn't a crisis you just think there is. You are getting the word "opinion" confused with the word "fact". You are mistaking your opinions for facts. Look up the words "opinion" and "fact" and if you still don't understand get Colin to explain them to you before he leaves town.

hugs and sloppy kisses,
John

Best Video Ever

You really have to check this out . . .
The Best Music Video Ever Made

Fire Place

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Because I have entirely too much time on my hands I am experimenting with posting photos.

The Year of Crazy

So I have decided 2005 will officially be "The Year of Crazy". Let me assure everyone reading that I do not mean the good kind of crazy. I mean the "show up at work wearing slippers and a bathrobe carrying poo in a brown paper bag" kind of crazy. Mainly me, but others should feel free to participate. I am pretty sure for a variety of reason I will go stark raving mad this year. I am looking forward to it. It is very freeing to give yourself over completly to something, even if it is mental illness, at least that what I keep telling myself.

Back in Abingdon

“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” ~ Martin Luther King

Just got back today. I stayed at my parents' 2 days longer than I planned. It was great to see my family. Spent some time with my brother and his girlfriend. I got ditched by my best friend from high school. (Seriously, Miss Law you suck!) Saw some friends. Got lots of sleep.

Saw an old, old friend and it was kind of odd. I really became aware that by staying friends with this person I am holding on to something that really needs to end. I sort of cling to this friendship that is very unhealthy and yet comforting. It’s time to loose the safety net. It is sort of like addiction, you can’t stop yourself but you are conscious of how destructive it is. That type of dual awareness is so frustrating. That is pure torture. Knowing and yet being unable to stop yourself, being a slave to your own weakness. I spent so much of 2004 improving my life, I guess this is just another step on that path.

Vacation, carbohydrates and Joel Schumacher

At home with my parents. Having a great time just relaxing and shopping. I actually hit that point today where laying in bed changed from good to ugly. You know that point where the sweetness of sleeping late changes so abruptly to pain and embarrassment? It was great! I stayed in bed for ten more minutes just feel like a slug for that much longer. It also appears that this week I am carbo loading for the marathon I will never run. If I have encountered it in Northern Virginia and it is covered in carbohydrate I have eaten it! It's not pretty folks, thank your lucky stars you aren't here to see it.

We went to see Phantom Of The Opera (the movie) this week. Wow . . . how does Joel Schumacher get work? Seriously, I bet the only movie he has listed on his resume is The Lost Boys. He must have the best agent in LA.

Oh Prudie . . .

Heading north to my parents' home tomorrow for some much needed vacation. Tomorrow as soon as I get there I will be in full couch potato mode. I am literally giddy with excitement. Don't know how much I will post in the next week but I expect to write a lot so I will have lots of profound tibits to post once I get back to the mainland.