And here we are, barreling through yet another week, while I remind myself to take deep breaths. We’ve had a Swine Flu scare, abundant and blazingly hot hot heat - with time spent in the wading pool, my son’s last week of third grade, my Dad’s last week on the job, more half-assed roommate hunting, lots of show-skipping (didn’t go to either X or Mika Miko, but will go to Shellac tomorrow night), procrastinating on a number of projects (including setting up my etsy site), been struggling to complete a thought and now I’m on to last minute trip prep. I will be flying to L.A. on Friday. And when I say L.A. I do actually mean Los Angeles, not the Appalachian Trail via Argentina.
Instead of posting regularly I’ve been stockpiling my “good and/or interesting things” list items. Now to flood you with them:
- John Hodgman at the Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner.
- I hadn’t realized that Cinema & Civics at Steven Square Park started up again. Doh! But do hope to be there next Wednesday, for the awesome pairing of Labyrinth with musical guest STNNNG.
- Stunning pictures of ‘hole in the clouds’ as astronauts witness volcano eruption from the International Space Station
- A nerdy new mural in San Francisco’s Mission.
- Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is coming along nicely.
- My son is all about papercraft these days, but this crazy cute one? He was pretty milquetoast about it.
- Our current contender for Halloween costumes - Squid and Frog. I’d be Squid, of course. We’ve been watching the videos before bed. Last night we watched the songs and Haikus of Regret. #5 is my favorite.
- Do NOT look at this list before bed: The 13 Most Unintentionally Disturbing Children’s Toys
- Powell’s book blog has a Q&A with author A. Lee Martinez.
- Adorable sibling buddies Vanessa and Joey have started up Snob Face. Can’t wait to see what they do with the place.
- Bedazzled tampons. Two words that probably shouldn’t go together. Craftastrophe! Because handmade isn’t always pretty.
- Berliners attempt to storm Tempelhof airport in protest.
- Remembering Burton’s Batmania, 20 Years Later - is bittersweet for me. My brother was dying in the hospital at the time but desperate to see the movie. We managed to get some promo materials through Make-A-Wish, but he didn’t hang on long enough to even see stills. But Pixar was able to grant the request of a dying girl recently, by bringing a copy of Up to her home. Yep, I got all choked up reading that.
- Poking around for things to do in L.A. I came across the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. Doesn’t seem to be happening in the Twin Cities though. And while I’m away I’ll be missing Sheela’s vegan peach with vanilla bean buttercream cupcakes! Oh wells.
And now to push off my list of concerns until after my brief sojourn. The worrying will wait until my return. That will be my mantra for the next several days.
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