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April
2003 Archive
Tuesday, April 29, 2003Hee hee heeJust now on Frasier: Marty Crane, cowering from the sun(light), "The guys on graveyard shift call it the scare ball." posted on 4/29/2003 08:17:35 PM
Sunday, April 27, 2003Recurring EgyptThursday morning I have a dream that Mr. George, my high school biology teacher, was teaching a non-bio class where everyone had to do a big research project on some aspect of Africa. It took me a long time but I finally thought - Egpytian hieroglyphics. I told Mr. George and he said "Well of course!" Later
that morning I was looking up what museums are free on Thursdays.
Noticed Oriental Museum is always free and I remembered that I
had wanted to take a hieroglyphics correspondence class through
them once upon a time. That
day I was meeting a friend for lunch who works at the Field Museum.
We had a great time and after lunch she said, "Hey, let me try
to get you into I
have always been fond of ancient Egyptian Art, but never really
gave it a whole lot of thought. My predominant memory of ancient
Egypt was reading a Weekly Reader in second grade and fainting
when I read that they pulled the brains out through the nose with
long, thin hooks. I've never been queasy and I think that one
of two times I fainted ever. Seeing
the show, my predilection for Eygptian art made a lot of sense.
It's super icon, systematic, narrative and symmetrical. All of
my favorites! Then
I was off the library anyhow, so I got a couple books on Egyptian
Art. One was Reading
Egyptian Art all about the common motifs/icons and how they
were used - SUPER cool book. The table of contents are almost
entirely icons. Each double page spread explains a single icon
with text on the right and illustrative pieces on the left. Fantastic
format, interesting content. More
investigating to do.
Thursday, April 17, 2003NuggetsThis is how I feel this morning. I've got one of those barometric pressure headaches. Took Excedrin PM. No dice. Took Excedrin this morning and went back to sleep. Feel like this, but at least I don't wince every time I move my head. Rain.
Rain! PLEASE! A
few disperate thoughts:
Monday, April 14, 2003Peeps DefeatAlright, so a couple weeks ago, my brain and hands were busied with the Peeps 50th Anniversary Easter Basket contest. The parameters were: create a basket with the theme of your state, at least 5 peeps, send in 4"x6" photo of your entry, one winner per state, five finalists chosen from those state winners. I really wanted to win the state of Illinois, much more for the Peeps fanatic pride than the 365 packages of Peeps. I made my basket. I glue jellybeans to cardboard in the shape of Illinois. I made a CTA train with Peeps peeking out of the windows. I made an Abe Lincoln bunny out of yellow fake fur. At one point I did think "I have lost my mind." I photographed my entry and sent it off. Alas,
when I checked the site today, I was not a winner. Happy to see
that the Illinois winner was a finalist, and I give her her props
for the Lincoln Log idea. Very clever. I steered away from the
dressing up the actually peeps, because I didn't think it would
read in a 4"x6" photograph. Perhaps my downfall. Go
see the winners! C'est
la Vie. Better to have entered the Peeps basket contest than not
to have entered at all.
Dynamite I
don't use that adjective often enough. Be forewarned, you'll be
hearing dynamite coming from my mouth.
Friday, April 11, 2003Friday Five(more info here) 1. What was the first band you saw in concert? Hee hee hee. I love telling this story. In fifth grade, I was obsessed with The Cars. I biked to Target (which was relatively far away) to buy the Heartbreak City LP. I was trying to win tickets to see them in concert, calling in to a radio station. I ended up winning tickets to see Elvis Costello instead. So, my dad and my 10-year-old self went to see Elvis Costello as my first concert. It was totally lost on me, but I was excited by the loudness and the crowds. Now I adore Elvis Costello and felt a nice circle closing, when I went to see him at the Chicago theater a few years ago - 17 years after seeing him the first time. 2. Who is your favorite artist/band now? So hard to pick one. At the moment, I'll say Stereo Total. Growing up, when I dug a band, I'd buy every single thing they produced. Now I'll get one solid cd and just listen to that voraciously. Stereo Total is the last band, that broke that barrier - I've bough all their stuff. 3. What's your favorite song? Impossible to pick one. Currently, I am totally digging "Who Takes Care of the Caketaker's Daughter" as performed by Johnny Mercer and Bobby Darin. Ask me again in a couple days, and it'll probably be something else. 4. If you could play any instrument, what would it be? Well, I barely play accordion. When I was in college, I decided I wanted to own an instrument. I wanted to learn to play something. Just like Maude says in Harold and Maude, "Everybody should be able to make some music." So after much deliberation, I decided on the accordion. I told everyone I knew that I wanted an accordion. That's how things get done in my world. My friend Arlo said, "My dad made my sister play accordion, and my sister doesn't like my dad so much - so maybe she'll be willing to sell her accordion." Now,
I have a gorgeous Symphonie accordion. I'm slowly learning it.
And the square dance band is a good kick in the seat of the pants.
Wednesday, April 09, 2003CinemaphiliaJust saw Laurel Canyon. *whew* It was good. Frances McDormand kicked all sorts of ass. Really nice acting and directing with lots of reactions that, while subtle, spoke volumes. I've
been seeing quite a few movies these days, but it's been awhile
since I left a theater thinking, "Mmmmmmm....goooooood mooooooviiieeee."
Tuesday, April 08, 2003WorkI've had my nose to the gridstone with many irons in the fire while I burned lots of midnight oil. All the dormant client resurfaced at once, so I've been living from deadline to deadlines for the last couple weeks. I'm a bit frayed, but still lots more work to do. Please forgive my lapse in blogging. posted on 4/8/2003 11:30:13 PM
Wednesday, April 02, 2003Valium Straight To My Home?Just got one of those pesky prescription spam emails. It did catch my eye long enough to see that it started with: "Stop being furious." posted on 4/2/2003 03:09:19 PM
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