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Here are a few fragments of drawings I've done that I felt like sharing. ( To see more of my stuff, click here )
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It really was no miracle. What happened was just this: The other day I went shopping for clothes at Goodwill.
I didn't have my good camera on me, but did take pictures with my cameraphone. A visual feast awaits.... ( For more, click here ) |
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...posted by a cute little house fan.
This is your little home-away-from-home on a lake, of course, and down the leafy autumnal road, just a short drive away in your red pickup truck, is a little store that sells wood and apples and coffee.
I bet never was an alarm clock allowed in this house. No, whoever lived here was called awake by the sound and smell of bacon in a skillet. : ) |
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I like the paintings of Caio Fonseca.
They remind me of the inlaid marble Qur'anic prayers at the Taj Mahal.
I enjoy looking at that style of calligraphy.
It's a bit like opera to me; I have no idea what it means but hearing it cancels out the need to know and fulfills many other needs unnamed.
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This is a picture I took in a parking lot with my cameraphone. It's a melted sucker and an insect.
One of the saddest things I've seen in a while. I was too late to save him, already stiff and dead, and what a death, so terrible. One unlucky hop.
I like to watch the grasshoppers hop; they're spring-loaded little guys and don't seem to premeditate where they're going, and where they land is often dictated by the breeze... which is kind of like ourselves, I think.
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Hey! And welcome to Penis Thursday! Do you love yourself some penis? Then you stopped by the right LiveJournal entry, my friend.
(By the way, hi, Grandma! Don't read this entry! Love you!)
Here at Penis Thursdays, we strive-- heck, we thrust-- to provide you with classic high-quality all-American penis.
It all started over here at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) chas_lou's LiveJournal. His fondness for a beautiful building in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, The AEGON Center,
or as he calls it, "The Penis Building," inspired me to give writing a weekly column a shot this month.
So, column, let's start shooting! For today... ( Click here to read more )
Nov. 5th, 2009 @ 01:02 am
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After staying up to get some election results, I decided to re-post this entry from November of '08. It's my little note of optimism. I wish there weren't a need to post it again, but I might end up doing so every year and make it a November tradition, until there isn't any need....
Here is a closer look at Asheville NC's turn-out for The National Protest Against Proposition 8, which was held in cities across the country on Saturday, November 15th.
[Hey, a warning to those with slow Internet connections: There are many pictures ahead. There's a YouTube clip, too.]
( To see the pictures, click here )
Nov. 4th, 2009 @ 03:13 am
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We ought to set up these two mixed up kids on a date. They have so much in common.
Or do opposites make the better match, yin and yang, "you complete me," and all that? Something to ponder...
Whatever the case, in matrimony or not, someone should join these guys. They're falling apart. See, I used join there as a funny....
Nov. 3rd, 2009 @ 11:10 am
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Time for a little recycling, so, all right, strawberries... let's get ready to jam.
Since I live in fear of the thought of Mondays on LiveJournal not being iambic, I thought that it might be time to blow the dust off and instigate the second annual Poetic Entry Contest*. If you're on my friends list, you've already cleared the qualification round. Go, you!
If you want to participate, here's the deal, pickle:
1) You say, "I'm in!" or, "Hit me, dealer!" or some other affirmative.
2) I hunt through your archives because I haven't yet figured out a way to rifle through your underwear drawer. I find a brief [get it? n'yuk!] entry of yours and charge you with rewriting or reconfiguring or paring it down or summing it up until it rhymes, LeAnn.
3) You post the rewrite on your journal. Then everyone-- most importantly, myself-- has something wacky to read tomorrow or Wednesday or whenever. Simple! Merriment!
If the idea doesn't suit, don't worry. I won't be yanking anyone off my friends list who doesn't want to play. But if you do, then sign up below, pluck a feather from your nearest pheasant, dip it in your trusty inkwell and... pebbles? Get ready to rock.
* No prize awarded, so it's not really a contest... unless hearing me shut up and stop calling you a berry, a dill pickle, a pebble or LeAnn Rimes is considered a prize.
Nov. 2nd, 2009 @ 07:51 am
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I reckon I'll give posting a journal entry every day in November a shot. I'm not sure what to say.
Confession: I typed the above two sentences. After that I stared at the blank remainder of the screen for an approximate time of 4 minutes, wiggling my left foot, which was crossed over my right knee. Then I left the room and went to the kitchen and made myself a peanut butter sandwich. Then I came back. I've been staring at the screen and eating, trying to form thoughts. Just a couple of seconds ago, I put the half-eaten sandwich in my lap, having been raised by wolves, and am now typing this paragraph of rapid filler.
I'm typing this after having picked my sandwich back up and finishing it. Now I need a beverage and my pants are crumby. See you tomorrow.
P.S. Happy November to you.
Nov. 1st, 2009 @ 06:25 pm
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Here are some photos I took yesterday. Took 'em to the cleaners! Kidding. Anyway, I hope anyone reading enjoys seeing this picture...
...plus a few more.
( Click here for more )
Oct. 30th, 2009 @ 10:49 am
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| » Exchange student |
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At a very early point in my education, we were exposed to art along with milk and cookies and cartoons. We stared in transfixion at mobiles as they turned above us, at primary colors, at shapes we didn't yet know the names of, and still don't, in my case.
Later on... ( Click to read more )
Oct. 29th, 2009 @ 10:57 am
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Hey! Every year come October I take the same sort of photo and post it here in this journal. Who the hell knows why. They'll be debating this centuries from now, I feel certain. Anyway, here is 2009's edition,
as well as a surprise....
( Click here for more )
Oct. 26th, 2009 @ 01:16 am
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...and yet, it's still lame as all get-out.
Anyway, here I am, posting some pictures from my deck that I've been taking lately, plus another. ( Here they are now )
Oct. 19th, 2009 @ 10:37 am
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| » Swing and a young miss |
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The model in the center, as you probably know, is Colleen Corby, a textbook example of an It Girl.
Colleen was unstoppable in the Swinging Sixties, and from what I hear she was the most popular model for Seventeen magazine; she scored 15 covers.
I think she's wonderful. Thinking about her made me wonder if there's such a thing as an It Boy. The closest thing I could come up with was maybe a young quarterback, like my current favorite, Aaron Rodgers.
He plays for my favorite NFL team. I've liked that team since I was so young I couldn't pronounce the word football. I used to say, "Wutball," a story my family likes to tell. And I chose that team because they're green, my favorite color from the get-go.
They recently played against my brother's favorite team, the Vikings. The outcome of that game isn't something I wish to discuss.
Young, beautiful and seemingly blessed by the gods, aglow with the sheen of heroism, figures with an atavistic power... a little idolatry on a Tuesday morning.
Oct. 13th, 2009 @ 11:52 am
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Good morning! Nowhere among my nicknames am I called The Next Ansel Adams, and here are some photos from my recent beach trip to illustrate the point, like this one:
"Er, um... hello."
( Click here for more stellar photography )
Oct. 12th, 2009 @ 10:51 am
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Hi, there. Been gone for a few days, and now I'm back. I felt the need for a spontaneous beach trip. Even though the sky looked like this the morning I left...
...I decided to take my chances with the weather anyway. And I got you something.
( Click here to read more )
Oct. 9th, 2009 @ 12:42 am
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Remember "I Touch Roses" by Book of Love? I used to love that song so much. Anyone else?
By the way, there, happy October from me to you. : )
Oct. 2nd, 2009 @ 01:30 pm
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Such a beautiful morning! I wanted to share what it looks like here on my deck with you, because-- and I can't deny it any further-- I like the way you're built.
Breezy, temperature's just right, nice place to kick back and have a cuppa* and watch the clouds scud.
Sep. 29th, 2009 @ 11:35 am
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