Eagan Park
On Thursday and Friday, they framed my house. Here's a view from the window in the front room. The house on the left with the car parked outside of it is Ash and Carrie's house.
Here's the house itself. Trust me, it'll look a lot nicer when it's done. For one thing, I'm going to see if they can move that dumpster out of the way...
Better...
Okay, here's a better one. After a trip to Whole-Paycheck...
Yes, the Happy Birthday banner has been hanging up since Donna Marie's birthday party...
After dinner, Bevin, Andy and I went to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last night. As with Adaptation, I felt strongly affected by it and couldn't figure out what I thought right away. It was good, though. I'm always dying for Jim Carrey to do serious movies — I think he is quite talented, and doing only silly stuff doesn't stretch him.
Hi Mom!
Okay, so mom has been bugging me to post something on my blog. Like a picture of my new house, or of Bevin, or something, anything! So Mom, here's a combo - Bevin at the new lot. The colours are awful, since my camera decided to focus on the sky and leave everything else dark, resulting in much tweaking in the GIMP — no, Bevin is not completely pink in real life...
"At one point, right after September 11, I was singing this song and looking at the stars. I'd made it out of the city. As I was singing, this voice came to me and said, "God isn�t coming now, but he�s pretty close." I don't really mean this in a religious sense, but there was something in me writing that song that had a connection to the universe. And I realized there was going to be a lot of darkness before there was light, but that it�s going to be okay. I think a lot of people have that feeling now — either that, or they're watching reality shows. When I went to record "Beautiful Child," I wanted it to be uplifting. It's a happy apocalypse. It's about redemption." — Rufus Wainwright
I haven't heard that album yet, but I might have to. My coworker Alan lent me Poses, and I finally thought I should listen to it properly before I gave it back. The first time through was so-so, but the second time through, it stuck. In fact, I've had the whole album stuck in my head for the last couple of days. "The Tower of Learning" is ridiculously cool. Very weird album, but it grows on you.
His comments about his latest album, Want One, echo the Ten Shekel Shirt comments about four-letter words — their albums are Much (fantastic) and Risk (haven't heard it yet).
The Payoff
When I was little, I was fascinated by the fact that grownups could carry full cups of tea, and even trays with several teacups on them, without spilling. I would try to hold the cup as steady as possible, but could never achieve that totally smooth, totally level control that left the liquid undisturbed. I put it down in the category of things that grownups could do but kids couldn't, not having had years of practice.
Well, today I was walking back from the watercooler, cup in hand, when I happened to glance down at the unruffled surface of the water lying there so close to the brim. Cha-ching! All the waiting was rewarded. Life is good.
Sometimes I really like getting older — many of the things I used to worry about or struggle to get almost right just sort of work themselves out over time.
