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Yes, I'm sucking at subject headings lately, sorry. Absurdly happy today. Had a lovely little wander down to the promenade which over looks the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline/Statue of Liberty. One side you have the views of the Manhattan skyline, on the other side old brownstowns and gardens, with a myriad of people wandering with dogs, strollers, sitting and chatting. It remains one of my favorite places to visit in the city. Very peaceful. Since it was 67 degrees today, I wandered to this little promenade and sat on a bench, looked out at the view, closed my eyes and soaked in the sun - my percentage of Vitamin D today. Honestly I think if I was out in the sun more, I'd be happier. Wandered back, did the old window shopping - dropping into a shoe store and a comic book store (was looking for mags with pics could draw from), also dropped into assorted artisan stores specializing in hand-made jewelry, dishes and other pretty things...then off to buy food at Met Foods, and more wandering - looking at real estate options, noting I do not have the money to afford these outlandish prices. An one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn goes for $295,000 dollars. A two bedroom? 575,000. Some for 1.2 million. This does not include the maintenance fee or the property taxes. These aren't houses, these are apartments. It's rather frightening. Rents range from $1300-4200. But I figure I have time. And...my federal tax return came today!! YAY!!! You have no idea how worried I was about this. I was so scared the nit-wits that took my lap-top, would also attempt to steal the tax return. But they didn't. YAY!!! What did I do with it? Well...it was just enough to pay for my lap-top. Upside: The lap-top is much better than the last one. And was cheaper. (Thumbs nose at thieves.) And I still get the state one, which is coming. May use it to buy a new tv or go towards Lake Tahoe. My Dad asked me today if I was still planning on going to that...I think so, yes. Be nice to relax and not worry, just sit and look at a bird sanctuary, maybe do a bit of gambling in Reno, maybe do some hiking, and spend time with folks who I share so many interests with. Wales said the other night, "maybe some day you'll find people who like and enjoy same things you do..", my response was: "well, sort of already have - my correspondence club."
At any rate, came home, poured myself glass of wine mixed with Newman's blackberry soda (yes, I'm making my own wine coolers and they are really good - the soda kills the sulfites and no heartburn). Also ate the chocolate gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar free cupcake (which was also, oddly, very good. ( gluten-free stuff )
Got this week's Entertainment Weekly - which is my pulp mag of choice. It reviewed the Oscars. I did watch a good percentage of the telecast, did not watch all of it. Mostly because, I more or less knew who'd win - I may be the only person on the planet that was not suprised by Crash winning best picture. Also because I find the whole thing a little silly and self-congratulatory. Do you really need someone giving you a reward to tell you the film was good? OTOH - I noticed that Crash, which has been out of the theaters since well May, has returned to the theaters in my area. So winning an Oscar does give a film a second chance at theaters apparently. More people may actually look at it - out of curiousity - to see why a group of people, namely the group that produces, acts in, and makes movies thought it was the best thing out there. So there is a purpose to the whole thing - just as there's a purpose behind all the other award shows and prizes - National Book Award, Pulitizer, Nobel, Stoker, etc... Ask yourself - would you have gone to see, read, or considered listening to a specific piece of art if it didn't win an award? (I don't mean generally, I mean say something you discounted when first looking at it, but changed your mind because well, it won.)
Unlike most people - I sort of liked George Clooney's speech. ( longish bit on movies, oscars,and which movies stood out for me... )
Okay signing off...getting sick of my security system telling me it has detected and blocked a malicious network virus that I downloaded a patch for yesterday. Going to make dinner. Watch flicks and maybe write a bit tomorrow.
Hope everyone had a lovely day...
At any rate, came home, poured myself glass of wine mixed with Newman's blackberry soda (yes, I'm making my own wine coolers and they are really good - the soda kills the sulfites and no heartburn). Also ate the chocolate gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar free cupcake (which was also, oddly, very good. ( gluten-free stuff )
Got this week's Entertainment Weekly - which is my pulp mag of choice. It reviewed the Oscars. I did watch a good percentage of the telecast, did not watch all of it. Mostly because, I more or less knew who'd win - I may be the only person on the planet that was not suprised by Crash winning best picture. Also because I find the whole thing a little silly and self-congratulatory. Do you really need someone giving you a reward to tell you the film was good? OTOH - I noticed that Crash, which has been out of the theaters since well May, has returned to the theaters in my area. So winning an Oscar does give a film a second chance at theaters apparently. More people may actually look at it - out of curiousity - to see why a group of people, namely the group that produces, acts in, and makes movies thought it was the best thing out there. So there is a purpose to the whole thing - just as there's a purpose behind all the other award shows and prizes - National Book Award, Pulitizer, Nobel, Stoker, etc... Ask yourself - would you have gone to see, read, or considered listening to a specific piece of art if it didn't win an award? (I don't mean generally, I mean say something you discounted when first looking at it, but changed your mind because well, it won.)
Unlike most people - I sort of liked George Clooney's speech. ( longish bit on movies, oscars,and which movies stood out for me... )
Okay signing off...getting sick of my security system telling me it has detected and blocked a malicious network virus that I downloaded a patch for yesterday. Going to make dinner. Watch flicks and maybe write a bit tomorrow.
Hope everyone had a lovely day...
