tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158718082011-08-20T04:08:22.931-07:00The Scottish Toodler doing what she does best: TOODLING! A blog all about me and what I am reading, thinking about, and listening to!Scottish Toodlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17846209988015583381noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871808.post-20529901189335574502010-02-22T13:18:00.000-08:002010-02-22T13:27:33.807-08:00

I am moving to a new blog: http://www.laladyrae.blogspot.com/Please follow me there!Toodle On!!!

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All day long on CBNC and CNN you hear these words "recession" "This economy" blah blah blah. Sorry. I get that there are some tough times ahead for a large portion of our population but I am not sure what exactly is receding-- other than arctic ice, arable land, clean water, and a temperate climate.I tell you what- there is no recession of housing. Homes stand empty, for rent signs stay up for

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I cannot stop saying it!!!!!President Barack Obama! The first African-American President! The "yes we can" man!!At some point before the elections someone said to me "there is a buzz about the ticket 'Obama-Biden' because it is alliterative with Osama bin Laden." Undoubtedly this buzz was created by Republicans. But it does share a similar sound.I think that a "sounds like" is just another

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Not the moron in the White House, but the glossy monthly magazine from Women's Wear Daily. In the last three weeks I have been to the hospital three times (plus a fourth to fill out some forms and pick up prescriptions). I have had a blood transfusion and minor surgery. Over the next three months I will be preparing for surgery again. I have been recovering very slowly. If I wasn't so grateful

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I walked down Hollywood boulevard the other day, from Vine all the way past Highland.I moved to Los Angeles when I was 19. But before that, when I was 13 I ran away from home and came out to Orange County. I often describe this portion of my life as "Breakfast with Travis Bickle."One of the reasons I disliked the movie Pretty Woman so much was that it was almost verbatim the daydream I had when I

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Superman flies. He's macho. He plows through air. Spiderman swings; Batman swoops. My friend Enigma has a great balcony for imagining supernatural Superheroine fantasies. The San Gabriel mountains beckoning in the horizon; the sunrise to your right, and the California coastline sunset to your left. When it is dark, though, you look out over the endless sea of rooftops and the romance is the

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This week was San Diego Comic Con. My next post will be on that adventure, but I have a few corrections/omissions from my previous posts.Beauty did my hair and make up for the photo session that my profile photo comes from. I meant to mention that in my last post. Since the pictures feature me bare breasted (from the waist up; the cleavage I use as my profile photo was cropped by the

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Beauty and I are hanging out at Starbucks during her break. When I go to the restroom everyone stares at me. At first I think I must be looking extra fabulous, but when I look in the mirror I remember that the skin around my eyebrows is super red and unnaturally shiny. My eyebrows themselves are perfectly shaped, but much darker than usual. At this moment I am truly an L.A. lady. Maybe not

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I make everyone that I write about choose their pseudonym.  My teamster friend has chosen "Rolo", pronounced "rah-low", not "roll-low."  Don't ask me why.  I have been friends with Rolo for about 12 years now.  We used to be neighbours.  Rolo is a teamster in the film industry.  Teamsters are the first to arrive on set and the last to leave.  Other set workers usually have call times that are

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I am at The Hair God's house, hanging out while he waits for his client.  I have known The Hair God for about nine years, since we worked on an ABC MOW (movie of the week) together back in 1999.  He is one of those people that from the moment we met, I knew we would be friends for life.At the time he was seriously addicted to drugs, but within a year he would check into Betty Ford and become

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My friend Enigma and I went to the beach on Monday.  We went in the morning, before the crowd arrived.  It was a hot day in most of Los Angeles.  The wind was really strong at the beach, which made it a very sandy experience, but nice and cool.  We went to Leo Carillo, but we couldn't go in the caves because the tide was too strong.  We had planned to do a ritual to release some old karma and

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I wonder if I can ever get all of the different parts of me to fit into one location.  I miss my hometown, but I like myself better in Los Angeles.  I like my life better here. I just needed to slow down I guess.  My friend "The Lizard" took the photo below.  We had an informal memorial for someone we knew that died 20 years ago (6/08/88).  This included watching videos of said departed friend,

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I went to see the eagerly awaited SEX & THE CITY movie last weekend. In my other life I am Candice Bushnell (the author of the real Sex and the City columns that the show was based on). Actually, I think I am half Candice Bushnell and half witch. Or something like that. Anyhow, I love her.Before I tear this movie apart, let me say that I did enjoy watching it, if only to see the Girls again. And

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That's right. I have no problems anymore. For 42 years I have had problems. They never stopped coming. It didn't matter if I had that job (that not having was the problem before I got it) or the right guy (ditto last paranthesis) or more money or a better place to live.Problems were like bunnies. One, and I was okay, but inevitably it would go into heat and another would show up. Then they would

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I guess I should have called this "NOT FILING TAXES WHILE BLACK." But you get my drift.Back in the early 1990's Wesley Snipes was pulled over by the Los Angeles Police Department for "driving while black." I don't recall the whole story (I actually read the entire ACLU report on the incident) and I tried Google-ing it, but there are too many stories about his recent trial and sentencing, and the

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My favourite television show of all time is Xena. (Yes, I do know that I am geek. ;o) In the show, Xena, a penitent former warlord, tries to clean up her old karma by using her skills as warrior to defend her former victims against her former colleagues. Xena wants to make amends and be a "good" person.Xena was the only mortal who could fight with and negotiate with the Gods. Even after she gave

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I don't have permission to re-publish this. It is so important I am taking the risk of blogger wrath. If you think Eliot Spitzer's downfall is just something that "happened", think again. It happened because of the Bush regime and their committment to making sure that the rich get richer, and no pesky, do-gooder politicians mess up the scam. And people, please. It is the 21st Century. Sex

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Below is psychiatrist Dr. Paul Minot's evaulation of Dubya that was emailed to me. It really explains alot. It does not, however, explain WHY KARL ROVE HAS NOT BEEN SUBPOENAED YET!!! Anyhow, read on.... A Psychiatrist's Analysis of George W. Bush George Bush's "irrational"consideration of a "surge" in the wake of the Iraq Study Group report -- which apparently defies all credible

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"Neo-con" means "neo-conservative." People like Karl Rove, George Bush, Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice count on the support of neo-cons. Rush Limbaugh is their "leader" if that term can even be applied to him.So, today, one of these morons (Southern Baptist "Reverend" Mohler) came out saying if it were determined that there was a biological basis for homosexuality then the fetus should be "

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The pictures in this post have nothing to do with what I am writing about. I am just using my favourite pix from the first year to divide up all my random thoughts. MY FAVOURITE PICTURE FROM MY FIRST YEAR OF BLOGGING.I've been listening to India Arie. "Sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes I don't/Sometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I won't...I'm not the average girl from your video/And I

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I was talking to my Mom this morning about my grandfather, who died about six months after I'd moved out here. His birthday is the 23rd and my 21st anniversary of living in Los Angeles is September 1st."You should see these letters he wrote Nonny," my Mom told me. "He was once a vibrant, healthy, sane man." (My grandfather is where my mother inherited her manic depression.)"He was obsessed with

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Photo linkHappy Bloomsday to all Joyceans, Dubliners, and Dubliners at heart!A nice link about Bloomsday:http://www.irishabroad.com/Culture/Literature/writers/bloomsday/A nice little article about Joyce's grandson, Stephen Joyce:http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060619fa_factI don't have time to track down the exact quote (and I admit to reading Joyce the way I read Woolf, skimming

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I invented a new word: crappetite. I have an appetite for crap. I should send it to that contest whatever newspaper has every year. Does anyhow know which paper it is?Anyhow, my crappetite has been in full swing this weekend. I have been eating pizza, fried foods, etc. My stomach is paying for it.I had a mini-meltdown this weekend. It was like I felt imprisoned in my life. I wanted to pack up a

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Screaming Lord Sutch performing.Brits are always surprised that I know who Screaming Lord Sutch was. More surprised than if I spout a few (Scots) Gaelic phrases at them. More surprised than if I profess to knowing that he died on Bloomsday, an obscure Irish celebration of James Joyce' ULYSSES held every year in Dublin. (I hope to attend one year.)To my ABSOLUTE HORROR I recieved an email from

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Why do you blog? Why? When you have so many other things to do and your blogging"buddies" are people you have never met? People who do not steer the events of your day to day life except in comments that (in my case, usually) don't come until long after you have posted?BECAUSE YOU MUST!I have been hearing (and reading) from so many people that there is general level of disatisfaction in day to

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"If I were the PresidentIf I were queen for a dayI'd give the ugly peopleAll the moneyI'd re-write the Book of LoveI'd make it funny..." --Laurie Anderson, MY EYESMy first official April Fools prank was this morning when my friend Enigma called."Did you hear Bush is resigning from office?""What?" Enigma was clearly confused. "No way.""April Fools! But wouldn't it be great?"I suppose if I were

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Opening ceremoniesFabulosity Toodle (acceptance speech)Hootanahollernanny Toodle (acceptance speech)Fotosurreallic Toodle (acceptance speech)Babsilicious Toodle (acceptance speech)The Toodles: Better Than The OscarsRomantihofficity ToodleCollectimusikane-san ToodleWHY ARE WE IN THIS HANDBASKETOne of the many things I love about Digital Cowgirl is her Net or Blog "handle". I imagine an aerial view

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Opening ceremoniesFabulosity Toodle (acceptance speech)Hootanahollernanny Toodle (acceptance speech)Fotosurreallic Toodle (acceptance speech)Babsilicious Toodle (acceptance speech)THE HOFF WISHES HE WAS AS SAUVE AS MR SHIFE.CONFESSIONS OF A DUMB WHITE GUYTop Ten Reasons Why Mr. Shife Must Win The Romantihofficity Toodle!10. His blog is educational.9. He has spectacular visions.8.

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Opening ceremoniesFabulosity Toodle (acceptance speech)Hootanahollernanny Toodle (acceptance speech)Fotosurreallic Toodle (acceptance speech)Babsilicious Toodle (acceptance speech)THE TOODLES ARE BETTER THAN THE OSCARS OR ANY OTHER AWARDS SHOWWhy, you may ask? First of all, because the Toodles are imaginary, everyone can attend: the dead and the living, celebrity and non-celebrity,

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HOW TO GO INSANEWhat can I say about Ms. Babs? I first knew her as Sooner's "Stepford Babs" in the epic Monkey saga. It was not until after "meeting" her at Sooner's Bar and Grill that I realized she was the recipient of one of the first posts I ever read: on MENTAL EXCREMENTS, "Thank you for being you." I encourage to read this wonderful post, as it says everything that I am going to try to say

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THE RETURN OF THE TOODLES!!!I have moved the previous two awards and the opening ceremonies up as to keep all the awards together. Scroll down the page, or follow these links:Opening ceremoniesFabulosity Toodle (acceptance speech)Hootanahollernanny Toodle (acceptance speech)LIFE IN THE NIGHTMARELife in the Nightmare is blog about politics, about music, about photographs of Stockport,

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The Toodles continues with the presentation of the second award. (Opening Ceremonies, First Award)YELLOW DOG GRANNYYellowdog Granny has lived through many adventures and incarnations. She might be sober now, but I imagine her past life as being able to outdrink, outcurse, and out armwrestle pirates and Hell's Angels. She's been an outlaw and a housewife; she's had spicy affairs and been on the

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I wanted to begin with a history of blogging and give the first Toodle to Turtlelinni, and then Mental Excrements, etc and so on, in chronological order. That might have seemed like the right thing to do, but we at The Toodles are known to make certain exceptions.Our philosophy is "if you flatter us by hyping our awards ceremony on your own blog, you WILL be rewarded...first...." (We also accept

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THE RED CARPET ARRIVALS BEGIN...EVERYONE LOOKS FABULOUS!!!VIGGO MORTENSEN SHOWING HOW MANY TOODLES HE HAS RECEIVEDWell, the excitement is almost unbearable! I've been told that Pamela Anderson has fainted with anticipation, and Leonardo DiCaprio has been hyperventilating into a paper bag in the men's room for the last ten minutes. As in all past years the TOODLES are very protected; not just

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[Despite many promises and false starts and stops, THE TOODLES will return on Monday. I have set aside this weekend to honour my grandmother and my recently deceased aunt's birthdays.]This would have been my grandmother's 93rd birthday. Everyone that knew her fully expected her to be alive well into her nineties, but she used to always say "I hope I die in my sleep, peacefully, with no

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On Valentine's Day every year I call my mom and we both try to say, before the other one has a chance, "HAPPY VD!!" Because we are the kind of people that think that kind of humour is funny.So yes, it is genetic, and not contagious...Here is my Valentine's Day tribute to all the men I have loved before, those who make me dreamy (or give me the "blush 'n gush" as I like to describe that sensation

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"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."G. K. ChestertonToday I contributed one of those weird searches that turn up in people's stat counters."Chesterton + get a handle on his hedgehog". I also tried just "Chesterton + hedgehog" and did these under images first and then websites.I was looking for an illustration by Chesterton of a very portly man (maybe a self-portrait), a

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ROBERT BURNS BIOROBERT BURNS POETRY ON-LINEAlmost everyone knows AULD LANG SYNE, and some might know MY LUV IS LIKE A RED, RED ROSE, or if you read J.D. Salinger you know COMING THROUGH THE RYE. Maybe you know SCOTS WHA HAE, or the epic TAM O'SHANTER.But may favourite song was on my mom's Jean Redpath album, about Bonnie Prince Charlie. I always loved that he uses an old children's fairy rhyme as

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THIS IS MY FAVOURITE BIRTHDAY BOOK!I would like to have a birthday like they do in Katroo!Well, between a wee stomach virus and some car problems I have been off-line for the last few days.Tomorrow I am going to do a small celebration with a friend and go out for lunch and to see TRISTAN AND ISOLDE. (They used the German spelling. I guess because it is more well-known.) I will do my birthday

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"This is the moment which I call epiphany. First we recognise that the object is one integral thing, then we recognise that it is an organised composite stru ' cture, a thing in fact: finally, when the relation of the parts is exquisite, when the parts are adjusted to the special point, we recognise that it is that thing which it is. Its soul, its whatness, leaps to us from the vestment of its

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The Naughty Girl: Maryjane.I was over on Texlahoma's page, and he was, once again, talking about the 420.Alcohol can go to parties with an escort, but Maryjane is a bad girl. You'd better see her at night, in strange neighbourhoods, or alone, and don't tell anyone. You know why?She doesn't need big business, or lobbyists. She doesn't create enough illness for insurance companies and hospitals to

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"...the constructive use of solitude. It requires that we be able to retire from a world that is 'too much with us,' that we be able to be quiet, that we let the solitude work for us and in us. It is characteristic of our time that many people are afraid of solitude: to be alone is a sign one is a social failure, for no one would be alone if he or she could help it."It often occurs to me that

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I just watched PIE IN THE SKY: THE BRIGID BERLIN STORY. Watching this put me in touch with the depression I have been fighting off for the last month. Now I am tired and worn out. Despite the vast differences in our backgrounds I could really relate to this woman. The addiction personality (mostly hers was food, but also drugs) her refusal to sugar coat or hide bad behaviour (I think a hallmark

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I wasn't sure if the hummingbirds were feeding at the feeder now that the tree has lost all of its flowers. (And leaves!) The other day I was outside raking, and I saw the female come to the tree. I was right under the feeder, and she flew away when she saw me. Then, yesterday morning early, I went outside to feed the birds (mostly sparrows, doves and a few finches) and I heard that distinct

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MAY YOU HAVE A MERRY YULE AND MAY THE LIGHT OF THE SEASON STAY WITH YOU ALWAYS!!!HAPPY SOLSTICE!!!TOODLE ON!!!

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Every year, the desire to wear a Santa hat emerges before the Christmas decorations have been dug out of storage. (This includes the many years that "storage" referred to the garage or back of the hall closet, and not Public Storage!) For this reason, every year I end up buying a new Santa hat.So this year I decided to make it a custom. Make it official, it looks like you are endorsing it.

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(My job is nothing like this...That's Christy Canyon, btw.)My friend and her boyfriend rearranged their condo and they didn't have anywhere to put their third television. They watch a lot of television, but only in the living room and bedroom, where the other two are. So they sold it to me for $20. (This is how I acquire most of my belongings. Or by helping people move.)Since my friends have all

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December 8, 1980. I don't remember what I was doing, when John Lennon was shot. That was a time in my life where I was usually on at least two substances, not including constant nicotine and pot smoking.This was before my conversion to The High Anarchy Church of Punk Rock and British Ska. Later I would add to my calendar that this was the day Darby Crash of the Germs died, but from partying too

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I was writing a long report on all the "events" of the week. But I couldn't finish it, and I was jotting down this bit, and thought, "well, it seems to work on it's own." So here it is. I am fine, but on the bus and very busy at work. No time to really read or write blogs!I don't want to merely cling to the tightrope of life, grasping my way across it, eyes clenched in terror, dreading the

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If there were some sort of permit for adulthood I think I would have failed it. I think a great many people would have."Yeah, he's got the house and the wife, but he keeps failing the test.""She got promoted at her job and she's having another baby, but she can't even get through the written test."Probably some people would pass but then there would be no outward sign."Yeah, he passed the test

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This afternoon I was sitting outside at Starbucks during my lunch break. It was such a beautiful day, and working in an office has really made me lonely for the clouds and the birds and the Rosebush!A wind was stirring all around me, sending napkins flying and ruffling the pages of books. I saw a blur out of the corner of my eye. Like a strong spirit or angel. I felt like something beautiful was

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I made people laugh tonight at Trader Joe's. The lady ahead of me was buying some Charles Shaw Merlot, and she complained that they didn't have the Chardonnay.I had left the line to get my own Cabernet Sauvignon ("life is a cabernet, old chum") and when I came back one of the cashiers was saying "Boy, we sure sell alot of that. It's so economical." (It's two dollars a bottle, hence it's nickname.

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(EDIT:  Please do not steal this for your film school final thesis.  Especially if you are in Los Angeles.  You will be found out, trust me.)If you think I spend too much time pondering Godzilla's representation of U.S./Japanese relations, or just too much going into things altogether, I warn you, this one was quite tricky even for me. However, if you liked my Harville Hendrix post, I think you

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Do pictures really speak louder than words? I think so. BTW, Digital Cowgirl, get back to work! You have a show coming up!!! And Sooner, was that you in the backyard last night, or was it the Halloween ghosties?Someone (Rand?) said that my boobs were the last thing he expected to see on my post. If you ever went drinking with me, or if you were a punk or ska band that toured the Mid-west in the

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Scotland's great monarch was Robert The Bruce; Her great hero was William Wallace; Her great bard was Robert Burns. I suppose Her next greatest royal would be (Catholic) Mary Stewart; hero, (defeated) Bonnie Prince Charlie; and bard? Well, I would choose (irreverant) Ian Anderson.Tony Scott (on KLOS-- sorry Native Wayne, but it was some long commercial and I switched the station!) was spinning

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I went to the Queen Mary Shipwreck Sunday night and IT WAS AWESOME!!!! We had so much fun.I went with my friend "Enigma" (not her real name). She is one of my favourite friends because she is so -- well-- enigmatic. She's a lesbian that sleeps with men, a thirtyish woman who is in one of these Shriners Organizations (NOT the Shriner's-- but I must protect the guilty and keep everyone's top secret

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I got some emails about my Hilton heiress dream, and I just thought I'd clarify in case anyone else wondered: The tablecloth being paper was the sign that there was a "falseness" or an appearance. Since the family is so obviously wealthy (as all families are, even if it's not always with cash) it seemed strange to dream-me that they didn't use the real thing.The diaper table represented children

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...Yeah, well, it was a dream I had. I sent it in to my buddy at SLOW WAVE, but I don't know that he is going to be able to break it down into four panels.In the dream I went on a picnic with the Mom and two sisters and their entourage of servants and assistants (the rich are rarely alone). For some reason the Mom insisted very Martha Stewart-like that we all sit on the red and white checkered

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My sister came to visit me in 1993. We did a lot of sightseeing, including important stops like having toast at the now closed Ships restaurant, visiting Disneyland and riding the Haunted Mansion ten times in a row, and naturally, a trip to Hollywood Boulevard and Grauman's Chinese Theatre.As Angelenos know, most of the media and ticket hawkers and surveyers do not want to talk to people who

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In 1992 I had a pretty serious nervous breakdown. I'd been carrying alot of trauma from my past, and also I just did not want to keep living the way I had been. It all worked out for the best, but I would not wish what I went through on anyone. I am always very honest about having been a suicidal wreck because I've found that it helps other people be more honest about their own depressions and

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Maybe everyone has already heard this. My friend Jack told me once that there is a theory among Godzilla fans that the lizard monster born of Hiroshima's fallout actually represents Japanese/U.S. relations. In the first movies Godzilla is a rampaging destroyer, but in later movies Godzilla defends Japan against other monsters. And that further, this change takes place as the U.S. strengthened

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I've been over on Ron Kane's site, digging through the archives. On one of his posts he shows a picture of himself at age six holding up a Harry Belafonte record. This put me in a nostalgic mood.About a year before Elvis (America's only King) died there was some sort of giant movie extravaganza on Channel 30. My sister and I loved Elvis movies, and we were huge fans of Ann-Margeret (especially

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I was watching the Cockettes documentary, and I kept having these feelings that I'd met them or at least seen the movie before. So, it kept driving me crazy, and I watched the movie about fifteen times, trying to figure out if it was just deja vu or what. I either did meet them once, or I had a very, very detailed realistic dream that I did. If you have ever been to a party with me where

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Last Wednesday this went from being something that I had been planning to go to, if I had the money and someone wanted to go with me, to a really exciting event because -- in case you didn't hear me shouting and jumping up and down-- I won tickets through Indie 103.1, the greatest radio station in the world. (This is Divine Providence. I have never even called a radio station trying to win

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That is the truth. Radio, television, the Internet, all exist to sell widgets. If your show doesn't sell enough widgets you must go! It doesn't matter if you are Oprah or if you are that book guy on the PBS station way down at the end of the dial. You must sell widgets. And widget selling and buying is where most of our time and energy go.The thing is, money doesn't really exist... I know, "try

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What finally encouraged me to get this blog together was my "i love jonesy's jukebox blog": http://ilovejjb.blogspot.com/But I do need a place to record some of the random thoughts that go through my head... and I do wonder if even those close to me realise just how busy my mind is... It's like Grand Central Station at rush hour...Check back frequently, and until next time,TOODLE ON!

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I have lived in Los Angeles for 20 years; originally from the Mid-west. ("Scottish" refers to my ancestry.) I am a writer. I have a "past." But lately I am almost a recluse. Because I am so out-going people are always surprised at how introverted I am. I am often told that I am "different" and "deep", but sweet. I can also be shocking, but usually unintentionally. Friends tell me that I am "hard

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