Archive for May, 2002
a peculiar glow
The world has a peculiar glow to it right now. This is especially evident when I look at the house next door, which is a painted lady without the gingerbread trim and the turret. This lady is dressed in sage, pumpkin and rust.
A severe thunderstorm is passing through with dense clouds and heavy rain. It’s [...]
shock the parents
Having returned to the house Sunday night after taking my parents out to dinner, I suppose it wasn’t the best idea to sit down in front of the television to watch the last half hour of Queer As Folk. I warned my parents that the show is sometimes a bit risque, but I wasn’t quite [...]
déjà vu all over again
Geesh, being gay has gone so mainstream that when New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza said he is not gay, it made bigger headlines than when Rosie came out of the closet. As Yankee great Yogi Berra was once reported to have said, it sounds like déjà vu all over again. Rumors about his sexual [...]
curator
I get to play curator for photos by Michael at secretdesignshop.com for Rannie’s Film Exchange project.
Some very cool stuff.
Jay should be posting my photos on his site later Tuesday. I’m looking forward to seeing them … I hope he found something fun to work with.
impressive
Remember the scene in “The Empire Strikes Back” where Luke Skywalker has his big confrontation with Darth Vader? Luke uses The Force to leap out of the carbon-freezing chamber, summoning his light saber at the same time … and Vader growls a single word: impressive. That’s how I felt about 10 minutes into Attack of [...]
we, the jury, are bored
I know jury duty is an important civic obligation and all that, but in my experience it’s simply been a waste of time. I rolled into the parking lot of the Middlesex District Courthouse yesterday morning at 8:20 a.m. for my scheduled 8:30 check-in for my second tour of jury duty. Why they instruct you [...]