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May 2006 Archive
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
posted
on 5/30/2006 11:50:00 PM
Monday, May 22, 2006
The sunburn.
Anne hooked me up with Aloe Vera gel. It's heaven. Anne is a true
pal.
posted
on 5/22/2006 02:48:00 PM
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Maxwell
Street
Maxwell Street Market is a Chicago
institution. It survives, even after being moved off
Maxwell Street. I had never been. Never saw the original incarnation.
Today, I went with my very good friend Billy
and his very lovely wife Tuesday. It was a swell Sunday morning
wandering up and down Canal nee Maxwell Street.
It is sorta a flea/farmers market. You can get fruit, spices, power
tools, brooms, used books, questionable dented canned food, cheap
underwear, ktochkes, (probably bootleg) DVDs, more power tools,
door knobs, bicycles, bedding, knockoff designer stuff. I scored
a $3 elephant statue thingy with lots of character and a $10 iron.
I've been hoping to replace my 15 year old plastic body iron with
an old-school heavy as a mofo iron like my Grandma has. It's looks
like it's in good shape, and the cloth cord is in fine shape. Gotta
try it out.
Here are some shots:
Tuesday treated me to a virgin
Pina Colada. Thanks, T! It hit the spot.
Snocone down!
Epilogue: Billy, Tuesday
and I headed north and had a delicious lunch at Svea in Andersonville.
I had a large appetite and ordered the Viking breakfast. Swedish
pancakes, swedish sausage, browned taters, two eggs and toast! I
ate it ALL. *whew* With my last bite, Tuesday quipped, "Now you'll
have a Viking nap."
I was right in my friend Anne's
hood, so I toddled off to her place to meet up. As we sat and visiting,
I didn't feel well. I felt kind of hot and strange, like when I
react adversely to shellfish. But I was nowhere near shellfish.
I was flummoxed, but tried not to worry about it.
Before I left, I used Anne's bathroom. As soon and I saw my reflection,
I thought, "You idiot! You're
sunburned."
The good news is that it's been so long since I've been sunburned
that I forgot what it felt like. The bad news is that I'm a dork
who also forgets that even if it's 55 degrees out, 3 hours of walking
around in the sun will get you sunburned. Doofus.
posted
on 5/21/2006 06:53:00 PM
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Good
morning, loyal readers. Very, very quick post. Life is good, wheels
are turning, ideas are brewing. I am woefully behind on my blogs.
I'm running out the door for a trip to NYC to feast my eyes on arts
for days. More soon!
p.s. Loosetooth.com turned SEVEN
on May 1!
posted
on 5/11/2006 06:34:00 AM
Monday, May 08, 2006
102
Films
Jim Emerson wrote an article about "101
102 Movies You Must See Before..." you become a film
critic. I don't aspire to become a film critic. In fact, I value
my movies as my one non-productive hobby. I love watching 'em, but
I don't feel terribly intellectual or erudite about them.
For laffs, here's the movies I've seen bolded, comments in italics.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Big
Kubrick fan, but Barry Lyndon, Lolita and Eyes Wide Shut are my
favorites)
The 400 Blows
8 1/2
(Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits is my all-time fave,tied with Harold
and Maude)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (I
saw Herzog's Fitzcarraldo first. That one charmed me more)
Alien
All About Eve
Annie Hall (Uh, I don't
get why this one charms so many people. I've never found neurotic
characters endearing.)
Apocalypse Now
Bambi
The Battleship Potemkin
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Big Red One
The Bicycle Thief
The Big Sleep
Blade Runner
Blowup
Blue Velvet
Bonnie and Clyde
Breathless
Bringing Up Baby
Carrie
Casablanca
Un Chien Andalou
Children of Paradise / Les Enfants du Paradis
Chinatown
Citizen Kane (Finally saw
this last year. It held strong against the hype for me.)
A Clockwork Orange
The Crying Game
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Days of Heaven
Dirty Harry
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Do the Right Thing
La Dolce Vita
Double Indemnity
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial
Easy Rider
The Empire Strikes Back
The Exorcist
Fargo
Fight Club (A favorite.
I own it, and I only own a dozen DVDs. Glad it was added as the
102nd movie)
Frankenstein
The General
The Godfather, The Godfather, Part
II
Gone With the Wind
GoodFellas
The Graduate (Love the
tone of it)
Halloween
A Hard Day's Night
Intolerance
It's a Gift
It's a Wonderful Life
Jaws
The Lady Eve
Lawrence of Arabia
M
Mad Max 2 / The Road Warrior
The Maltese Falcon
The Manchurian Candidate (A
BIG fave. Lansbury knocked my socks off)
Metropolis
Modern Times
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(Meh. I'll publicly admit
I'm not a MP fan.)
Nashville (I got hooked
on Altman with Short Cuts - I enjoy seeing all of his movies, even
if I don't like all of them.)
The Night of the Hunter (A
pleasure seeing this one for the first time in Grant Park in Chicago.)
Night of the Living Dead
North by Northwest
Nosferatu
On the Waterfront
Once Upon a Time in the West
Out of the Past
Persona
Pink Flamingos
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Rashomon
Rear Window
Rebel Without a Cause
Red River
Repulsion
The Rules of the Game
Scarface
The Scarlet Empress
Schindler's List
The Searchers
The Seven Samurai
Singin' in the Rain
Some Like It Hot
A Star Is Born
A Streetcar Named Desire
Sunset Boulevard
Taxi Driver
The Third Man
Tokyo Story
Touch of Evil
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Trouble in Paradise
Vertigo
West Side Story
The Wild Bunch
The Wizard of Oz (Soon
I'll be working on a personal graphic
facilitation project, drawing
this movie to demostrate what the heck I do for a living.)
Looks like I've got some catching up to do. If this were
a list of "The Best Movies You've Never Heard Of" I'd probably have
a higher percentage. I'm a magnet for the obscure. Too bad Netflix
has started throttling my DVDs. I've been a hyper zealous customers
singing their praises from the rooftops. I've officially started
getting their shoddy treatment. It sucks.
Via Me3dia.
posted
on 5/08/2006 08:59:00 PM
Monday, May 01, 2006
Happy Birthday, Loosetooth.com!
Yowsa. My site is seven
years old! I blush with excitement and pride.
posted
on 5/01/2006 03:50:00 PM
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