Driving north away from Cave City, I knew I wanted to make good time before I lost the sun. I pushed the car a little bit, impressed at its performance thusfar and found it was hard to get a signal on my cell phone, couldn't find any sustained company for the longer leg of my drive.

( Drop n Jaw )

Today, the sun is out and the breeze is warming, and I have this on my mind:


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So, I have this 9 days of vacation coming up the first week of October. Will use some of it to get the apartment in new order, laze and read, to get drunk on a Tuesday afternoon ( Read more... )

Last Saturday morning, the alarm went off at 4 a.m., and I got up in the dark to shower, try to wake up, for the trip Beth and I were taking to East Tennessee.  I had been unable to sleep the night before -- well, maybe a light hour or so. When I walked out the door to pack the trunk, the pre-dawn air was already heavy and hot -- sheets of warm ( Read more... )

Been a long time since I've seen it, but we're s'posed to head out on our eastward trip tomorrow at 5 a. m.. Actually looking forward to getting on the road so early. The hard thing will be getting myself to sleep earlier tonight ... .

After a throat infection and a new computer set-up here (with much-needed tweaking by dom_ino) I am now ready to continue my long overdue update on my time in the Bay area:

( shabu shabu )

( The Getting There )

I am back. Got in late last night, dragged dom_ino out for a couple drinks, recounted our weeks apart.

I can't even wrap my tongue-mind around what a wonderful time I had. f8n_begorra and whiskerfish were even more incredible than I might've imagined. Between the art, the wine, and the sweet jawin', I was more than happy to be sent home, as they say, a bit more "high ( Read more... )

After I get off work today, I go home, throw the last of the clothes in the bag and wait for Beth. I hand over my keys to her, show her how to feed the turtles, which plants to water, where to put the mail. Then we head over to Adel's where we'll likely order some food, watch a movie, and fall asleep as early as possible ( Read more... )

Last night dom_ino and I watched a Pedro Almodovar movie Dark Habits (Entre tinieblas). I love the way it wound the absurd, the farcical, tighter and tighter until it was nearly wrung dry. Almost 18th-century, done in the 80s. A nightclub singer goes into hiding in a convent where the sisters have names like Sister Rat of the Sewers, Sister Damned, and ( Read more... )