Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Favorite Lines:

"I'm sorry. I meant drop dead comrade"

"What can I say, I'm a capitalist and they pay."

"We seem to be reaching the age when life stops giving us things and starts taking them away."

"A new frontier of psychic warfare. Stalin's Dream."

"Where did they go?" "Into space?" "Not into space but into the space between spaces."

BART

The BART operators were especially charismatic today.

Deal-breakers: Please Interact

Please would you add to my accumulating list of deal-breakers? Throughout my travels I've accrued some good ones, not just mine, mind you, and would like to see the list grow. To summarize, a deal-breaker is a trait, personality or otherwise that brings any question of the possibility of a romantic relationship with the haver to a screeching, glaring, squelching halt. A Deal-Breaker is unique in that it only relates to romantic relationships. One might put up with a deal-breaker trait in a friend but when it comes to love, you just. can't. hang. For inspiration I'll list a few of my personal favorites:

Fake flowers (possession of)

Overuse of internet/text message abbreviations ie: lol, omg, btw concurrent with lack of irony (key point)

Matchpoint, the film by Woody Allen (appreciation of)

Unfortunate last names (quick check: would you ever want this name to become associated with you?) Special credit given to those that sound like a bodily function, bodily excretion or body part

If this net I'm casting catches some good fish I'll post a full list.

Miettekin-sprach--An Ode

For Miette a.k.a. Miettekin Cutesandra Princessa Loveydovey Boldterson

Hello Mein Mine
hello my petkin
my pretty pretty prettty pet
mein mine
hello little kin cat
little pusskin
the pusskin cat
the pusskin meow
Vladimir Pushkin
little pussface kitty
little pussface killah
hello pet kin
pet kin puss
little one face
little face face one
meowkin
meowkin Katt
the Miette
the Miettekin
the Miettekin one
my little miettekinest one
the miette miss
O' the puss puss face
to the face
in your face!

Road Trip Purchases

Road trip purchases in brief:

To begin...
Food Stuffs from Trader Joe's- Hummus, block of cheese, salami, beef jerky, chips, salsa, cheesey crackers, Trader Joes' brand Emer-gen-C, bagels, Trader Joe's Brand Reeces Peanutbutter Cups, chocolate covered malt balls, Laughing Cow Cheese (Garlic and Onion flavoured), 1 six pack Czech beer, 2 four packs tall, German canbeer, 1 bottle sparkling red wine (weird), 2 bottles red wine, water, smart water

1 Pendleton plaid shirt (thrift)

1 grandma quilted purse (thrift)
1 stewardess or Albertson's employee-style clip on tie (duh)
1 pair short shorts
1 pair red flip flops
1 pair 4th of July socks
1 pair tortoise shell sunglasses
1 IHOP breakfast
Many postcards
1 campsite
1 bag Marshmallows
1 package hot dogs
1 can vegetarian chili
1 package of tiny sugar cereals
1 tiny bottle o' milk
1 bag o' salad
2 tall cans Chelada (Budweiser and clam juice)

1 red leather zipper case containing 5 plastic viles held in place by elastic (thrift)

1 little boy's tie dye t-shirt (thrift)
1 little girl's t-shirt with music note motif (thrift)
1 pair cat shorts (hand made boxer-style shorts in rainbow cartoon cat print...thrift)
1 hand painted japanese flower motif t-shirt (thrift)
1 hand made flowery tank top (thrift)
1 skirt in asian/hawaiian motif (thrift)
7 chances to pop a balloon and win a prize

20 Carnival ride tickets (we got sick)

Coffee x every morning, thanks
Gas x a lot
Hotel x 3
Entrance to National Park x 2

1 bottle Coolant
*1 plane ticket--Salt Lake City to Seattle. (Decidedly NOT thrift)
Resulting in...
1 pizza bagel
1 scratch and win ticket (no dice)
2 whiskey sodas at airport bar (Julia had 2 gin and tonics)

ROAD TRIP!!!

ROAD TRIP!!!

The West Coast Party...don't stop

Olympia, Washington Stats:

Hometown Designation -0- (any positive or negative feeling neutralized by any positive or negative feeling of equal value)
Tree-splosion! + 5
Burfoot Park +3
Dog-friend at Burfoot Park +2
Barnacle cuts -0- (any negative feeling neutralized by the presence of actual barnacles, mud and muscles)
Mama +10
Mama house +5
Myron Stepdad +5
Gray-ass skies -0- (any negative feeling neutralized by previous derth of said gray skies in life previous)
Mama Car +2
Lack of SHIT to do -0- (any negative feeling neutralized by the fact that I will be ---- out of here soon enough)
Promise of elementary school chum +2
Fear of awkward encounters with acquaintances -1 (Wup! There's one now...)
Coffee +3

p.s. New York it's been real, real. I'll be back don't you worry.

Max Camera

Thank goodness, goddess, gracious for Max's camera because it would be a shame to have had our trip to Atlantic City go undocumented.

Weep not for the Nickelodeon Camera

To all of you who were incredulous upon first seeing my little camera that could (not) and who might now be inclined to say, "I told you so." let me just say:






Don't worry, there's plenty more of THAT where that came from. Flickr here we come!

Mouth flavored mouth

Baltimore, MD

Ahhh Baltimore. Thank you for not being New York for 1 day, also for:

the brick row houses with colorful doors
the stinky bay
the American Visionary Art Museum
the American Visionary Art Museum
the American Visonary Art Museum
the delicious sausage, tomato and fennel pie
the blueberry pie that spilt in my backpack but was still pretty tasty
feeling like Olympia
feeling like Portland
feeling like the mid-sized size of city that I like so much
the psychic and her wrinkled mother and their collective plastic-covered green couch
John Waters
having an appropriately-sized opinion of yourself

New York Stats Round 2

Here I am coming up on the end of week 2 in New York a.k.a. Home of the Gold Standard and I'd like to make a second additional assessment of this city.

College Chums +5
Amazing Art +5
Brooklyn +2
Coney Island +2
Coffee -2
Public Transit +3
Occurance of not-to-be-missed cultural events +10
Occurance of not-to-be-missed cultural events -1 (too many)
Strolling ground in West Village +2
Proximity to Baltimore + 1
Chinatown Bus +3
Chinatown Bus -1
Presence of Maxwell Heller +15
St. Mark's Poetry Project + 5
Bowery Poetry Club +5
Academy of American Poets +2 (internal conflict ensues)
Opportunity + 10 (knock, knock, knock)