Offensive and Smart!

Almost done with my writing/directing for the internet classes and will be posting new videos soon.

In the mean time - check out one of my fellow students shorts on McCain. His series is PAINT WITH HATE and he's an equal opportunity offender.

It's smart and funny and gleefully non PC all at once!

You may laugh, you may cry, you may feel anger and bile rising in your throat, but you will not leave unmoved.

And that, my friends, is no easy feat. Kudos to Andrew! If you like it, check out his other work at youtube - just type in PAINT WITH HATE. This is the kinda stuff that goes viral!

Wow! A Nasty Topper!

I thought I'd seen it all, but this political ad hits below the belt and in back of the knees and between the toes! Holy crap!

Al Franken is deried as a pornographer/rapist/bully. Poor Minnesotans being subjected to this in prime time!

Volunteer Angst!

Tried to volunteer to help on a political campaign and was highly irritated!

My offer to go to Nevada for a wknd and pay my own gas/room wasn't enough - they wanted more wknds. And I was to come in to make cold calls to other states. When I told them that my Ohio relatives still had election fatigue from 4 years ago and HATED those calls then and now - I was poo-poo'd and told that polls show the calls are effective and that I might have to do what they thought was best as opposed to what I thought was best.

I'm a volunteer - for God's sake! A volunteer. If you are going to condescend to me at least write me a paycheck.

Did It Again!

Ruined another shirt cleaning! Geez! And all I did was spray the kitchen counters in anticipation of our new dog Harvey!

The lesson is - limit your cleaning, it ruins clothes ;)

Lazy Cleaning - Tip on What Not to Do

If you are cleaning with anything with bleach, ANYTHING, even if it's just a dollop, change your clothes if they are something you like.

I already ruined a concert T-shirt that way and I did it again today. Just didn't feel like changing my outfit and thought I could clean neatly. STUPID.

Paradise in Portland!

Make no mistake about it - McMenamin's Edgefield is pure utopia! This former poor farm/inmate labor/nursing home is self-contained paradise.

Thank you FDR for helping this happen! The bones of this place wouldn't have been built without your belief in people helping others. Alas - sooner or later - no one wanted to help the insane and infirm and would rather have them wander the streets.

The stately institutional buildings almost hit the wrecking ball when Northwest pub maestros - the McMenamin bros - rescued and renovated the 74 acre grounds.

An on-site brewery, winery, distillery, concert grounds, par 3 golf course (that goes right through the concert grounds), a beautiful soaking pool, comfy robes you wear around the grounds, multiple little bars (that used to house laundry rooms, the morgue, potato processing plant, etc.), big porches (where you drink your beer in your robe), painted doors showcasing the former inhabitants, views of mountains and lush green grounds teeming with flowers, blackberries, pear and apple trees, (I ate handfuls of blackberries before I saw the signs where the berry fairy asked you not to), etc.

After I finish this Hammerhead amber ale microbrew made on site, my beau and I are going to check out a musician at the winery. A Nosy Nelly video will most likely come soon (unless I am too caught up in my microbrews to coherently make a piece). In the meantime - check out the link to this paradise on earth...

http://www.mcmenamins.com/index.php?loc=3

CHEERS!

90's Flashback

Isn't it amazing how a song can bring you back to the past? Just like that.

Long forgotten feelings (and lyrics) resurface and suddenly you're 16 again. Cheated on by your boyfriend and driving around town in your 8-cylinder Chevy Malibu screaming along to your cassette stereo which blares Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name."

It's the closest thing to time travel we have.

Some times when I hear certain songs/voices I even have an olfactory memory. Smells come back to me. Yeah, I'm weird that way. One of my ex's once said to me that "it was nice to smell me again" after we hadn't seen each other for a month or so (I was in Chicago while he finished college in Ohio). I still think that's romantic in a very visceral way.

But I digress...

Downtown LA's Pershing Square had these fantastic free concerts this summer and on Wednesday night we saw The Gin Blossoms. I have no idea what happened to them after their top selling album - New Miserable Experience - with all kinds of hits - "Alison Road," "Found Out About You," "Until I Fall Away" and the big one ""Hey, Jealousy!"

The singer's voice is just as melodic and unique and emotive as always. It took us all back and we realized we knew all the words to every song! Even though we had that CD (upgraded from cassette) stashed away for over a decade. Holy shit!

And on that note - here's "Hey Jealousy" - bet you know all the words still too ;)

Oops - YouTube's disabled all the embedding for the Gin Blossoms videos so go to youtube and look 'em up - you won't regret it!!!