Sunday, April 5, 2009

Stranger on the Street

Hey I had one of those! (pointing in my general direction as I put away my phone)
Really?
Yea I like your boots
Thanks
You know I'm a Scorpio Libra
Really
Yea I was trying to get a scorpion necklace from this guy in San Francisco. And you know what he sold me?
What
A fucking dragon with 3 claws!
Really?
Yea a DRAGON! You know what a scorpion is? You know, goes like this (hand motion wavy and snaping)
Yes I know what a scorpion is
So I asked this guy "who are you?" and he said "I'm a Druid" and I was like "WHAT?" I'm like Druids are only in fucking fairy tales right?
Yea that's right
So my girlfriend. We were in San Francisco. And she started smoking meth amphetamine! And I was like "Get out. Get out of my apartment!" it's crazy you know!
Yep
California man... You know I'm like a care giver. Yea my mother was too. She liked the church. A lot. She was a nun. My mother was a nun.
Oh really?
Yea..

This guy who started talking to me on the street. He had on a time-turner necklace from Harry Potter. He also had a cross with Jesus on it. And multiple bandannas hanging from his pocket. He had on reflective blue sunglasses and long curly black hair.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Donald Where's your Trousers?

I like this song. It's called Donald Where's your Trousers. It's a Scottish Folk song.
  1. I've just come down from the Isle of Skye,
    I’m no very big and I'm awful shy,
    And the lassies shout when I go by,
    " Donald where’s your troosers."

    Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low,
    Through the streets in my kilt I'll go,
    And all the lassies shout hello
    Donald where'syour troosers
    .
  2. A Lassie took me to a ball
    And it was slippery in the hall
    And I was feart that I would fall
    Fur I hadnae on ma' troosers
    Chorus
  3. I went down to London Town
    And I had some fun in the underground
    The ladies turned their heads around
    Saying "Donald where's your troosers".
    Chorus
  4. To wear the kilt is my delight
    It isna wrong, I know its right
    The islanders would get a fright
    If they saw me in the troosers
    Chorus
  5. They'd like to wed me everywan
    Just let them catch me if they can
    You cannae tak’ the breeks aff a Hielan’ man
    And I don't wear the troosers
    Chorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_Zgla48g4

:)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Coffee for me

• At this very moment I am sitting in a new coffee shop on Newbury St. Like most of the commercial world in American cities, this shop has gone environmental. In fact it is called Natural Bean Organic Coffee! Personally I am not an excellent judge of coffee because I am a fairly new member of the coffee drinking population. Despite this limitation, my free cup of organic coffee seems mediocre. Perhaps my conscious distaste for the organic hippies taking over the streets is projecting onto the coffee, or maybe it really isn't that good. Either way, I am silently dissatisfied with my entire experience here.
• The small basement level cafe has potential to be great, however it is ruined by the bulletproof-glass surrounding old burlap coffee bags which decorate the walls combined with a strange ceiling... Art? I'm not even sure what to call the awkward oval of scattered environmentalist words over my head.
• I'm also not sure why I am staying here... There are two women sitting here in the small seating area, as well as a couple other students who are quietly working. The two women are talking extremely loudly and answering phone calls which provokes even louder erratic conversation. How rude. Did no one ever teach these women how to behave in public areas?
• Recently I have been trying to figure out why some people are so unaware of their surroundings. Or perhaps they are simply unwilling to behave with etiquette. As these women chatter on, I try to give a not so discrete glare to the one facing my direction. My multiple attempts fail. I'm glaring at a brick wall.
• Literally.
• One thing I have always loved about the architecture in Boston, is all the exposed brick. The jagged red blocks hold up the low ceiling and form the steps leading into the café. The yellow gravelly mortar adds a beautiful element to what could have been an ugly, plain plaster wall (if a modern architect had gotten to it).
• I have been pondering the thought of opening my own café recently. I was in the Mississippi Mud House in St. Louis when a friend brought up the idea. In this particular café, I saw a shelf with a bunch of books on it for sale. I found this rather uncommon feature of a café intriguing. Titles from Moby Dick to War and Peace were available in old hardback editions, all appearing straight out of grandfather’s classic library or the back shelf in a used bookstore.
• When I was in The Mud House in New York City, I had the pleasure of drinking my orange juice out of a jam jar. How creative! As I have been traveling around and seeing numerous coffee shops I have been mentally designing a list of memorable features and notes... As I sit listening to Eartha Kitt, I think I can see this happening someday.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Men

I just saw the movie Gran Torino. It is so refreshing to see a movie about a true MAN. The character Walter Kowalski is unapologetic, brave, strong, masculine, honest, and proud. It is rare to find this type of character in the modern film industry, much less in modern society. The more popular character is a man who is either a playboy or a gangster. Walt drinks American beer, drives an American car, and worked in an American company. Finally there is a movie that doesn't go straight into the popular modern attitude of hating America, but rather shows an image of a man who is faithful to the United States. He is a man who fought for his country and he is unashamed of voicing his opinions.
His vocabulary of racist, offensive slurs fits in with his attitude towards life. His caring, fatherly side surfaces when he teaches Thao, the boy next door how to be a man. Walt does not baby Thao, he tells him exactly what he thinks and exactly what Thao needs. While this approach to guidance may be seen as harsh or cruel by others, I think that it is a clear example of masculinity. A role model doesn't have to be politically correct, socially acceptable, or even friendly to be effective. Walt is territorial, defensive, blunt, and judgmental however he is the man who Thao can look up to. He is the hero, the father, the protector and the friend.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Explaination

Many of you, or not so many, maybe wondering what is the purpose of this blog, and why should we begin to read it. I will explain it to you briefly because I want to go to bed. This blog is shared by two writers me, Lady Dominique, and Lady Sophie (who is presently sleeping). This first venture together began because we wanted a progressive arena to publish the editorial comments, and observations we daily make to one another. The purpose it to amuse the reader with our witty banter at the troubles of the world, the direction of present society, and what people are doing with there lives. These are editorial comments an expression of our first amendment rights because they do more than just protect naked bike rides and playboy. It is within human composition to search for ideas, all ideas, most essentially a diversity of ideas, that is what we aim to supply - a diversity of ideas; the true diversity that seems to be missing from our current definition of it.