Sitcoms and SeaHawks

Just a few random thoughts.

GO SEAHAWKS!!!!

Yes, oddly enough, no sooner did I move here, I was transformed into a Seahawks fan. So, Best of luck. The Rams had their run, it's time for another team to take over.

Next, I never have been a Sitcom fan. I love re-runs, but that's about it. I have started watching a few from time to time, like ER, yeah, WAY back in the beginning, but haven't seen it for many years. My ex loved Amazing Race, which was fun, but if you miss out on an episode, then you're lost, and the stress was crazy, yes stress.... Yelling at the television, mad that certain people didnt' get booted off. But now, I have fallen in love with Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy (Yeah for the character that lives in an Airstream!!!! ) So, Way to go girls on your Golden Globe awards. I know that's way overdue.

Congrats to Sandra Oh!!!! Love Her in everything I've ever seen her in (Under the Tuscan Sun... a personal favorite) !

Back to my book. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT... I'm going to miss reading it when it's done. But there are so many other books listed within this one, I have been making notes. Wings of the Dove was filmed in the Palazzo Barbarro which is mentioned often in the book. So, I rented it to refresh my memory. It's rather sad, Matt and I were supposed to be going to Italy this spring, but I told him not to go through with the plans. Wish I would have continuewd on with those plans. it makes me miss a place I've never been before.

Not much else to say.

Until Next Time...

Ron

A GREAT BOOK TO READ....

If you like Venice at all, or any book that deals with truth, reality, or true crime, you'll love this book.... More so, if you liked the book MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by JOHN BERENDT (and I'm not talking about the terrible movie made about that book, I'm talking about the fantastice book that was mutilated into a movie) you'll LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. I'm only 17 pages into it, and I already know you will love it.

It's called

THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS by JOHN BERENDT

Here's what he has to say about it, and several exerpts (sp?)

Author's Note

This is a work of nonfiction. All the people in it are real and are identified by their real names. There are no composite characters.

" I understood why so many stories set in Venice were mysteries. Sinister moods could be easily conjured by shadowy back canals and labyrinthine passageways, where even the initiated sometimes lost their way. Reflections, mirrors, and masks suggested that things were not what they seemed. Hidden gardens, shuttered windows and unseen voices spoke of secrets and possibly the occult. Moorish-style arches were reminders that, after all, the unfathomable mind of the East had had a hand in all this."

"The dichotomy between the two cults- Apollonian restraint and Dionysian abandon- is very important to the Italian theater, and particularly Venice. Do you know the difference between Apollonian music and Dionysian music? Apollonian music its the music of the city, and that includes opera. It has a codified form and follows accepted structural norms.

The music of Dionysus is the music of the countryside. It is improvised music, spontaneous, witout structure, formless. Nowadays we would call it pop music. It evokes a sense of pure pleasure. It is the music of oblivion, of alcohol, of wine and drunkenness..... of Dionysus and Bacchus."

If you pick up this book, you're sure to enjoy it..

So on to that Stolen Car.

I didn't realize that after my computer froze up, that part of my post, posted.... so, on to my car being stolen. So, all of that luggage that I left behind, was really my clothes. My good clothes, and all of my costumes, that I didn't know I would want for a 'camp' drag show were all in my car. Along with my favorite quilt, baseball cap, that I've had for many many years... etc, were all in my car. But it was stolen one late night just outside of the bar. Several days later it was recovered with a broken out window, and nothing but a knitted winter hat that Nicole in Fort Collins CO made for me, and a few other stupid things, like all of my underwear....

So, I lost VERY much that night. I was thrilled that my car was found. That really was the most important part. So, I've moved on. I did keep the wig that I made years ago, that has some 9000 feet of curling ribbon woven into it....LOL.... You'll get to see that in the next post. I have a lot to catch up on.

So, I drive around in this freezing cold with an open window, but I just have to put on my new hat, and breathe in that wonderfuly fresh air. Well, at least I try to think about it that way.

So Far Behind

Hello all, sorry I haven't posted recently... Lots going on. I'll get some pics of Seattle up on Monday. Have a great weekend.

Ron