Archive for November, 2008
Flea Market Finds: The Overindulgent Pilgrim
November 28th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Happy Thanksgiving, ever’body …
From A Long Forgotten Notepad In The Glovebox
November 26th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Song Of The Week: Killing Stars
November 24th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
UPDATE: The After School Special
November 23rd, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
This post is an addendum to another, located here: The After School Special
A call to my brother yesterday left me with the urge to append an addendum to the heartwarming, lip-smacking tale of my childhood’s clandestine pet food consumption.
For one thing, I’d forgotten Gaines-Burgers.
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Movie Wisdom #2 – Harold and Maude (1971)
November 22nd, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
“Vice, virtue … It’s best not to be too moral: you cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you’re bound to live it fully.“
Ruth Gordon as Maude in Harold and Maude
I just saw this film for the first time and feel stupid having waited so long – I really liked it. Sure, it has a lot of 1971 funk and isn’t entirely successful but if any film has had an influence on director Wes Anderson (“Rushmore”, “Royal Tenenbaums”), this one has. Great quotes and messages throughout.
There’s a great scene in the second trailer on the dvd where you see Harold and Maude watching the sunset on the beach with a gigantic, impromptu sign in the sand before them (“UCK WAR” it says, partially off camera – two men run in and disassemble the UCK).
Besides, where else you gonna see a Jaguar XKE hearse?
Free Idea #3 Testing the Possibility of Levitation
November 21st, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
(I’ve had hundreds of ideas over the years and, due to finances, sheer laziness, or the fact that the idea is completely ridiculous, have only attempted a few of them. As I dribble slowly towards quietus, it is time I quit holding so close to my chest the ones I am unlikely to ever attempt)
This idea is truly harebrained, ethically reprehensible, and stems from dreams of flight I’ve had since childhood:
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The After School Special
November 19th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
When I was growing up there weren’t a lot of snacks in the house and what there were we weren’t to eat. We didn’t have much money and my father didn’t hold with snacks. You ate at mealtimes and that was that.
Unfortunately, when you’re growing, there are times of nearly constant hunger. You’re satiated for so little of the time and then the gnawing comes back, a sympathetic vibration of your metabolism stretching your bones and tissue to fill your DNA’s incontrovertible requisition form.
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UPDATE – Song Of The Week: When The World
November 18th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Okay, I just listened all of the way through the Durutti Column’s The Guitar and Other Machines album again (for the first time in forever, if you ignore the times my ipod has randomly spit out bits of it) and I think I’ve finally come to the conclusion that it’s actually pretty darned good, if dated.
In any case, it’s better than the Washington State Unemployment Board hold music (a sappy, soapy, female vocal version of Aerosmith’s “Dream On”) presently pumping into my earbud …
Song Of The Week: When The World
November 18th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
The Thing In The Overshoe
November 17th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
One cold, January day in the early 80’s, with eyes on an expedition into the iced-over irrigation ditch behind our house, I decide a pair of black, rubber overshoes would be my best choice of foot gear. I’ve not worn such a thing in forever, a combination of woolen stockings, waterproofed boots, and diligently avoiding standing water having replaced the cumbersome, black and, truth be told, hated rubber overshoes of my youth.
Sometimes, however, they’re just the thing.
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Phantom Pains
November 15th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
The Lovely Couple
November 15th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Gargantuan
slope-browed
white trash schlub
with the petite beauty
on your arm:
How did you do it?
Then she speaks.
Oh. I see.
She is inside
as you are out.
You make a lovely couple.
Hippie Chick
November 13th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
It is a pleasant summer day, the sun radiating down to heat our pleasant and bustling tourist destination of a town. I am on my knees behind the counter, busy taking inventory of a shipment of pseudo-prayer flags; squares of cloth emblazoned with brightly colored, new age motifs, strung together with black, cotton string, and selling for $41.50 apiece, retail.
The store is only moderately busy; tourists and regulars milling about the crystals, books, and tarot cards like lazy bees in a somnolent flower garden.
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Song of the Week: Spiraling Shape
November 13th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
All The Time In The World
November 10th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Free Idea #2 Time Lapse Lives
November 9th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
(I’ve had hundreds of ideas over the years and, due to finances or sheer laziness, have only attempted a few of them. As I dribble slowly towards quietus, it is time I quit holding so close to my chest the ones I am likely to never be able to attempt)
Inspired by the the writings of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and documentaries that visit people throughout various stages of their lives, this idea requires a family or group of people: Four times a year you assemble them in the same place, in essentially the same positions, and take a picture.
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