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October 2005 ArchiveMonday, October 31, 2005Holiday Hijinks Ok, seriously. Isn't there a obscenity board that reviews holiday decorations before they go into production? Jim called and told me that I had to come visit after dark, with camera, looking for the giant penis on the walk over. I'm as shocked as the pumpkin. posted on 10/31/2005 04:12:00 PM Friday, October 28, 2005MinnesotaI'm in Minneapolis for my good friend Mark Ehling's wedding tonight. I'm staying at the fantastic EcoHostel, enjoying the greeniness and friendliness of it. __________________ A favorite moment in last night's great conversation at the hostel - Allen an apiring psychologist/psychiatrist(?) self-depricatingly said, "I'm a cuckoo doctor." Riley, the raw chef from the upstairs' Ecopolitan restaurant, instantly quipped, "I think he meant to say cookie monster." __________________ The hostel is closed from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Good because it got me out to visit an old friend:  This is Elsworth Kelly's Double Curve in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. It's one of my all-time favorite works of art. (Hmmm... that should become a list...) It's such a lovely shape and scale and it's got a great prescence. Besides, it appeals to my obsession with symmetry. And it posed with me for one of my all-time favorite pics of myself. :) I enjoyed the Walker Art Center. Seeing the Permanent Collections is like visiting more old friends. The current show of Huang Yong Ping's House of Oracles was fantastic. It keyed into so many ideas about art, images, language and gloablism that I've been thinking about lately. I turned a corner between the old Walker building a the new part and saw this:  For a moment, I thought the Walker was next to a calm lake, or met by a fog. I had this unexpected sense of maritime stillness. Geez, good use of frosted windows to help folks inside be in the quiet of the museum, ignoring the traffic and rushing outside:  Here I am outside my pal Walker with the Lawrence Weiner piece outside.  Mmmm, I feel great on this lovely autumn day. Good art, good weather. Over in Loring Park I watched some squirrels frolicking:  And saw one poor dead one:  And a nice tree:  Walking down Hennepin, a ethnic rastaurant with a onion dome/pumpkin top:  A tasty lunch at the Black Forest Inn of cabbage and spaetzle:  Back to the EcoHostel to try a infrared sauna for the first time and then I gussy up for Mark and Sara's wedding. posted on 10/28/2005 04:35:00 PM Wednesday, October 26, 2005Hooray!! The White Sox musta won!!! I can hear hoots and hollers from my 12th floor apartment building. I know squat about baseball, but I'm glad they brought it home for Chicago. Sweep-ety sweep!posted on 10/26/2005 11:07:00 PM Tuesday, October 25, 2005Self-Portrait Tuesday Here's what it looks like to have a hedgehog on your chest. Oh, if you didn't know, I have a pet hedgehog named Numo.  This is what he looks like when he's trying to sneak out between my fingers.  Kung fu Numo. Those are actually his back feet, his front ones are tucked in.  And here in Numo all full of cute. It was bound to happen - I put this pic on a bunch of CafePress stuff over here. You can get your Numo fix if you'd like. But a freebie for you too. A pic of Numo for your desktop wallpaper. 
posted on 10/25/2005 05:16:00 PM Friday, October 21, 2005In Transit Here I am in the Denver airport. A layover between Chicago O'hare and Reno. I was feeling whiny about the 3 hour layover. Then I quickly got over it and made the best of it. Got a good breakfast of fruit, yogurt and a double espresso in a big cup with loads of milk. Yee-yum. So good. Got a great seat at the window. A gray day in Denver. I got a front row seat to a plane arriving. Mesmerizing watching all of the various vehicles pull into their painted boxes on the asphalt. Then as the plane arrives, people and people in more vehicles comes out of nowhere to swarm. Buzz, buzz and then they are done. Found a spot in an empty gate to paint my nails Blackest Green to match the weekend's green scheme. Sat and listened to Cinecast and cleaned out my wallet, my bag. Before I knew it, I was on the next plane. posted on 10/21/2005 08:24:00 AM Tuesday, October 18, 2005Red  I match my Netflix envelopes! posted on 10/18/2005 04:10:00 PM Sunday, October 16, 2005Death to Aunt Beatrix! Long Live Aunt Beatrix!Pat (Charles Filbert Murgatroit) and Jim (Nelson Brazil Murgatroit) threw a party to celebrate our great, great Aunt Beatrix's birthday party. We were all Murgatroits, all cousins er something. We all had a couple sentences of backstory to work with, and folks did a remarkable job at being their character. Much fun. A few pics:  Michele and I were twins Marcia and Megan Murgatroit. We ran the Lillies of the Valley Funeral Home. She's used to be a wedding planner but joined the family business because the center of attention bitched less. I was the more officious of the pair.  Lenyr with a sea anenome hat.   Amihan was a scientist trying to grow the flavor of mustard into vegetables. And here she's eating one of her they-are-so-good-she-oughta-quit-her-job-and-start-a-business flaxseed crackers.  Michele's very cute hair knobs. With very, very little effort we were nearly perfect coordinated.  Pat 'splaining something.  Jim lost his raygun fight. posted on 10/16/2005 12:28:00 AM Saturday, October 15, 2005
posted on 10/15/2005 10:43:00 AM Tuesday, October 11, 2005A Day in the LifeIAD > MDW > Home > The Long Good Friday > Nap > Lunch with Rose > Helping Rose hang curtains > Home > Yoga > Soup > Numo > Bath > Bed.                            
posted on 10/11/2005 11:58:00 PM Sunday, October 09, 2005A huge "ROCK ON" to my friend Anne Ford who's story about a writer of hobbit slash fiction made this week's Chicago Reader cover! Click here read a PDF version onlineposted on 10/09/2005 11:18:00 AM Saturday, October 08, 2005Whatchoo Lookin' At?I just had a lovely day with my college friend Heather, her fiance Rich and the Art Institute. I toddled off back north, leaving them in the tasty hands of Hey Sushi. I stopped off at the grocery store to get a few essentials. I was standing in line groping my half a dozen items without a handy basket. I was in the line that wasn't moving. The woman in font of me was staring at me. I didn't know why, and I didn't like it. I kept and eye on her with a stern, what-are-YOU-lookin'-at expression on my face. Then she smiled awkwardly and in an Eastern European accent joked, "You don't always match your food, do you?" I was primarily buying yellow apples, unripe bananas and cabbage all decked out in green:  I smiled back and replied, "That wasn't planned, but you're right!" posted on 10/08/2005 10:04:00 PM |
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