Dance Mix 89

Today I listened to an old mix tape of mine:

Side A
Bring Me Edelweiss / Edelweiss (I still love this song.)
Route 66 / Depeche Mode
Blister In The Sun / Violent Femmes
Kiss Me / Stephen Duffy
Tenderness / General Public
She Drives Me Crazy / Fine Young Cannibals
I Beg Your Pardon / Kon Kan
A Little Respect / Erasure
She Wants To Dance With Me / Rick Astley (BWA!)
Funky Cold Medina / Tone Loc
Round and Round / New Order

OW! I Burned My Hand!

Week 2 of Grand Jury:

When selling an item on craigslist, do not agree to meet the prospective buyer alone, in a bad part of town...at niiiight.

Illegal entrance onto a premise with criminal intent during the day is called Breaking and Entering and is considered a felony. This very same action is called Burglary and is then considered a capital offense when committed...at niiiight.

Before fleeing the scene of a crime, always check to make sure you didn't drop your wallet on the floor because it'll be a bummer when the po po knock on your door...at niiiight.

(For proper intonation, click here and then re-read.)

Dear Firecrochet,

As we begin our second week of Grand Jury service do you think you can take it upon yourself to *not* crochet while victims and witnesses are testifying? Although the sweater you're making looks beautiful I'm pretty sure last week's victim was just as appreciative as me of your indifference as he testified, in tears, to being robbed and severely beaten.

Sincerely,

Junior Deputy Foreskin

Halloween!

Zombie Elton John, Pumpkin Pussy and Bucktooth Billy.

We did have a total of six but three were casualties of Cabbage Night.

Life Is A Lemon

...And I Want My Money Back. I personally hate Meat Loaf the singer but hey, it went with the post.  Kinda.

I love this meatloaf hand! I don't think I'd have the patience for something like this but I love that someone else gave it a shot and included such detailed notes along the way.  (And I love the fact that she included a cute pancake chaser at the end.)

And while I'm on the topic of food, I just have to say that I have a new addition to my "If I Ever Own A Restaurant" list. Tonight I ate at a restaurant where the waiter was not wearing a tie clip. This would never be allowed in my restaurant. I can't even begin to describe to you the all kinds of disgusted I was at seeing his patriotic tie sliding this way and that across my salad as he reached across the table to give my friend her drink. So not cool. From now on, tie clips must be worn and all butter served soft!

And So It Begins...

• There are 23 people, myself included, serving on the Grand Jury.

• 98% of them are extremely bitter that they will be serving for the next 6 weeks.  The exceptions being myself and a mystery writer with fierce red hair who likes to crochet.  And yes, I have since nicknamed her "firecrochet".  I'm so mature, I know.
  

• The Grand Jury room is so not grand.  I'm thinking shabby chic with the emphasis on shabby.

• I was appointed Junior Deputy Foreperson.   What that is I'm not sure but I'm throwing that title around the homestead like it means something.

More to come!

Scary Movie Roll Call

Fur:  An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006):   
Okay, this is not a horror flick but I’m including it here anyway because of the fur factor. I was a little ick'ed out by the ridiculously hirsute Robert Downey Jr. but then seeing Nicole Kidman wear the fur jacket that was made from none other than his very own hair really grossed me out. One could argue that this was a very sweet and intimate gesture in that the fur jacket was symbolic of his undying love for her but I just couldn't make the leap.  Interestingly enough, Secretary was directed by the same guy.  Makes sense considering the fetish bent.

Cannibal Holocaust (1980): 
Disturbing exploitation film.  I felt dirty after watching this.  And not in a good way.  My one word review: Yikes. 

Them (2006):
No, not the film about giant ants although that’s pretty good too. This is a French horror film that is downright scary and has a really good twist at the end. I highly recommend this film.

Cabin Fever (2002):
Quirky and scary.  Not for the faint hearted.   And if you are familiar with who Topanga is/was then you'll recognize the leading actor in this film.


Trick ‘r Treat (2008):
This was okay.  Not as good as I had hoped but some neat twists here and there.  Certainly no Creepshow.

Next up:  Hell House.  A documentary about fundamentalist Christian "hell houses" that try to scare people into believing that they are damned to hell if they don't accept Christ as their savior.   It's totally reminiscent of Jesus Camp.

p.s.

I fixed the linkage issues for RDJ's fur-o-rama and the oh so lovely fur jacket.