Monday, December 22, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Oh, God: Book ???
Today I went to lunch with the Atheists for Human Rights. They had their annual Winter Solstice celebration at Ol' Mexico Restaurant this afternoon, and donated gifts to the students at Amy's school. I have to say it was a goofy few hours.
They had a backroom of the restaurant all to themselves, buffet and live atheist band. Yes, live atheist band. Calling themselves "Age of Reason" they managed to screech out a few folksie cover tunes, such as "Bobby McGee", "Imagine" and "Here Comes the Sun". They were fun. The food was alright for buffet, the margaritas were tasty and the average age of the people there was 60+. Quirky, hippy-dippy folks who raise money for causes and bring notice to all sorts of global religious issues, or non-religious issues. Wherever there's an uneven balance of church and state, the atheists are there.
Unfortunately, we had to leave before their holiday skit "A Cruxifiction Story: Dad, Get Me Out of Here!"
Being a former atheist, I appreciated the candor (the agnostic label has stuck for the last few years). It's the ones who latch onto the ritual of "God Bless Us All" without thought beyond the self (ie. except you Muslims) that seems to be problematic.
Happy Solstice! Longer days ahead...
They had a backroom of the restaurant all to themselves, buffet and live atheist band. Yes, live atheist band. Calling themselves "Age of Reason" they managed to screech out a few folksie cover tunes, such as "Bobby McGee", "Imagine" and "Here Comes the Sun". They were fun. The food was alright for buffet, the margaritas were tasty and the average age of the people there was 60+. Quirky, hippy-dippy folks who raise money for causes and bring notice to all sorts of global religious issues, or non-religious issues. Wherever there's an uneven balance of church and state, the atheists are there.
Unfortunately, we had to leave before their holiday skit "A Cruxifiction Story: Dad, Get Me Out of Here!"
Being a former atheist, I appreciated the candor (the agnostic label has stuck for the last few years). It's the ones who latch onto the ritual of "God Bless Us All" without thought beyond the self (ie. except you Muslims) that seems to be problematic.
Happy Solstice! Longer days ahead...
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Long night's journey into....night
It's that time of year again! When you wake up before the sun shows itself, and then leave work in the dead of the darkness. It's depressing, but knowing that it'll get lighter sooner, is the only reason I tolerate Minnesota year after year.
I'm also temping again, which is good for the money, but taking the train into downtown is a long haul weekday mornings. It's tolerable enough, and the data entry that accompanies it will last just long enough before it drives me crazy. Still working on finding that day job.
Funny how life works itself out without killing you. Usually.
I've also been working on a couple of ideas for my puppetry project. Admittedly, it's been a challenge this last week actually doing the writing and reading necessary, for starting temp work again tends to sap my strength, and lately coming home and playing Baldur's Gate is about all I want to do. Just a matter of establishing those habits again. The very idea of performing puppetry makes me happy, it's all of the prep work and construction that scares me.
I'm also temping again, which is good for the money, but taking the train into downtown is a long haul weekday mornings. It's tolerable enough, and the data entry that accompanies it will last just long enough before it drives me crazy. Still working on finding that day job.
Funny how life works itself out without killing you. Usually.
I've also been working on a couple of ideas for my puppetry project. Admittedly, it's been a challenge this last week actually doing the writing and reading necessary, for starting temp work again tends to sap my strength, and lately coming home and playing Baldur's Gate is about all I want to do. Just a matter of establishing those habits again. The very idea of performing puppetry makes me happy, it's all of the prep work and construction that scares me.
Monday, November 17, 2008
sticking it to the man
I told one of my temp agencies to cram it today. Not that dramatic, but it was time to sever the relationship, or what was left of it.
Monday, October 20, 2008
It's quote time!
Zorak: You dance like a woman.
Space Ghost: I dance like a woman... if she were a man!
Zorak: Well... ya got me there.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Zorak: My favorite episode of The Golden Girls is the one where they all took contaminated Geritol and died.
Space Ghost: That was never an episode!
Zorak: Well, it should have been.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Space Ghost: Dennis, you've played a number of cops. Tell us how you came to be Robocop - the ultimate cop!
Dennis Miller: Well, listen, I had, uh, done a one-man show as Peter Weller called "Give 'Em Hell, Peter" for years off-Broadway...
Space Ghost: Hang on, Peter. I'm way too angry to check out each off-Broadway production of "Robocop." I'll wait until it's on-Way!
More Space Ghost fun here.
Space Ghost: I dance like a woman... if she were a man!
Zorak: Well... ya got me there.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Zorak: My favorite episode of The Golden Girls is the one where they all took contaminated Geritol and died.
Space Ghost: That was never an episode!
Zorak: Well, it should have been.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Space Ghost: Dennis, you've played a number of cops. Tell us how you came to be Robocop - the ultimate cop!
Dennis Miller: Well, listen, I had, uh, done a one-man show as Peter Weller called "Give 'Em Hell, Peter" for years off-Broadway...
Space Ghost: Hang on, Peter. I'm way too angry to check out each off-Broadway production of "Robocop." I'll wait until it's on-Way!
More Space Ghost fun here.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Bang bang
The roofers hired by the association are working on our quad today, replacing the older shingles for newer ones. Hammer hammer thump thump. At least I have plans today to get out of here. The temp job ended yesterday, and I'm at home being domestic. I'll leave for a bit to go to the apartment and take a load to Goodwill, finish laundry, go to Minneapolis and have a late lunch with John, then stop by the Jungle Theatre to read a script of "Crime and Punishment". I'll audition either next Saturday or Monday. The entire day will then be capped off by a cultural intake of "America's Next Top Model" and "Project Runway".
As with any uncertainty, I have fear of not getting another job soon. Especially since we need to pay our final month of rent over at the apartment this week. No financial break there. As always before, it always works out.
Watched the end of "Roswell" this morning, not the Sci-Fi Channel series, but rather the strange Kyle MacLachlan 1994 movie "based in fact" of the events surrounding the alleged 1947 alien spacecraft crash. Not a well constructed or well written movie by any means, even with the half-hour I spied this morning, but I appreciated a bit of the details given with the characters and events. The puppet aliens constructed for the movie actually looked pretty good. There's always something to appreciate, even with low budgeted alien crash movies.
As with any uncertainty, I have fear of not getting another job soon. Especially since we need to pay our final month of rent over at the apartment this week. No financial break there. As always before, it always works out.
Watched the end of "Roswell" this morning, not the Sci-Fi Channel series, but rather the strange Kyle MacLachlan 1994 movie "based in fact" of the events surrounding the alleged 1947 alien spacecraft crash. Not a well constructed or well written movie by any means, even with the half-hour I spied this morning, but I appreciated a bit of the details given with the characters and events. The puppet aliens constructed for the movie actually looked pretty good. There's always something to appreciate, even with low budgeted alien crash movies.
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