“Well, this is not a boat accident! And it wasn’t any propeller; and it wasn’t any coral reef; and it wasn’t Jack the Ripper! It was a shark.”
Today is overcast and humid. We never got any rain. I was disappointed. Yesterday I needed the air conditioner. Gracie was panting the whole afternoon, and I started to get sweaty from the humidity. Such a lovely visual! The house cooled down nicely, and I slept well.
Fern is feeling better. She is back to her favorite spots for sleeping and hasn’t hidden in a few days. This morning she woke me up at 6 by meowing in my face. She has taken to doing that the last few days. I pat her and try to go back to sleep. In my world 6 is far too early. Today I made it to 6:45. Fern is back to sleep. Somehow that’s just wrong!
I wear my cozy clothes around the house. Getting dressed is only for errands. My pants are cotton with weird designs which would cause staring in public. I wear teeshirts and go barefoot. The deck is as far as I go outside clad as I am. I always hope no one rings the bell.
With July 4th coming I have to choose my movie. Independence Day, Jaws and 1776 are the choices. I like Jaws the most. It takes place on Cape Cod though Amity Island doesn’t exist. The film was shot on Martha’s Vineyard. I can’t think of a movie with a better opening or better music. The girl in the water, the first victim, swims to ballet music then she is thrashed back and forth. We never see what has hold of her. We just know because we are the shark in that scene. Ask anyone the sound of the shark music, and I suspect most people can tell you by sort of singing it: duunnn dunnn… duuuunnnn duun… duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun …
I consider that about the scariest music because we all know what’s coming and it is terrifying. That shark kept people out of the water the summer it was released. Now we have several Great Whites off the coast of Chatham. They already have a soundtrack.
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June 28, 2016 at 10:38 am
Only in the morning yesterday did we have rain – the rest of the day was Oven Time. Our heat index topped out at 108°. Thankyewjeebus for dem A&C.
Glad Fern’s responsive to treatment – that’s gotta make you a happy girl, too.
‘Cozy clothes’ … that’s in interesting descriptor. I wear Ts ’n stuff … ’course, that’s my ‘Formal Attire,’ too … I long ago lost any appreciation for goin’ full Brooks Brothers save for funerals and weddings. Comfort Is King. Shoe, btw, are right out unless I’m venturing into the Outdoors to check mail. There’s no way my tender flesh will be the ‘egg in the pan’ on the baking sidewalks.
Yes, 04 July is nearing. I’m both happy and nervous becos of that fact. Happy that we get to celebrate with our British cousins our independence, and nervous becos my daughter and her family leave 02 July for Rome. I will not rest easy until they’re back home and I know they’re safe. Will I let them know I feel that way? No. They’re looking forward to their trip, and it’s not my intent to spoil their anticipation of revisiting places they’ve seen before on previous trips to Rome. Youngest Grandson’s coming here tomorrow for a visit while my daughter takes care of trip prep, and I’ll enjoy his company tremendously while we’re together. This morning is one for gathering ingredients to make Special Eats for his visit …
Scary music … ? Hmm. The soundtracks from ‘Terminator I’ and ‘Alien’ come to mind … both may have been improved with that ‘dun-dun-dun-dun-dun’ beat in the background, tho’ … just something about that pacing cadence …
Today’s Musical Moment is provided by Mr Jesse Cook, guitarist extraordinaire, and he’s accompanied by Ms Holly Cole, she of the Sensuous Voicing. Together, they perform for your Musical Enjoys a li’l tune bearing the title of … ‘Fragile.’ It’s quite well done, you know. And now, to begin …
June 28, 2016 at 11:20 am
Richard,
I was complaining while you were being cooked alive. I can’t even imagine 108˚.
Fern is most decidedly more herself. She has taken up her usual spot on the couch cushion in the living room. She purrs when her neck is scratched. That’s a good thing.
I hope all goes well with your daughter and her family. Rome was one of my favorite cities. It was all the ruins from Roman times which captivated my attention. One of the best was the catacombs.
Your grandson is in for a treat!
My other clothes are usually slacks and a regular polo shirt. That’s dressing up for me.
I don’t remember the music from either of those movies. I’ll have to take a jaunt to YouTube to jiggle my memory banks as I have seen both movies.
Holly Cook I know but not Jese Cook. I hear that Sensuous Voicing you mentioned. She does have a tremendous voice.
June 28, 2016 at 1:26 pm
You’d love more of Jesse Cook, Kat. I’ll see what I can do about that. Probably make perfect “deck music.” Good choice, Richard.
June 28, 2016 at 7:57 pm
im6,
Thanks.
I won’t never say no to good music. The deck did come to mind.
June 28, 2016 at 8:37 pm
Celebrating independence for our British friends? They have no idea the negative effects of their vote. I find it interesting that the most Googled terms in the UK on Friday was “What is the EU?”.
Hopefully, Americans won’t be Googling on November 9th. “Who’s Donald Trump?” Hopefully, everyone will know who and what he is and give Hillary a landslide.
Too bad few people actually read articles in reputable newspapers rather than listing to sound bites from that Republical Echo board Fox News.
Your daughter will probably be as safe in Rome as she would be in New York.
June 28, 2016 at 9:51 pm
Bob,
I heard the same thing on NPR that many had no idea the repercussions of the leave vote. Three million people have signed a petition requesting another vote.
June 28, 2016 at 10:38 pm
Aww Bob … I knew you were gonna cast your lot with La Skankette … gotta say, you never disappoint. And yes, I’m absolutely thrilled that Great Britain is once again not only great but has in common with us, its offspring, its own Independence Day … maybe we can even sell ’em some fireworks.
June 28, 2016 at 10:39 pm
Btw, Bob – leave my daughter out of this.
June 29, 2016 at 12:34 am
Let’s see Richard, when you don’t agree with a candiate you call them “Skankett” how juvenile.
The UK itself may be doomed if Scotland and Northern Ireland decide to leave and join up with the rest of Europe. There’s no reason that the other members of the EU will give the British fair trade agreements once they formally leave. British aerospace suppliers provide lots of parts for Airbus aircraft since Britain was part of the consortium that created Airbus. Now Tulouse can get those parts from the other EU members without paying the son to be installed tarried imposed on British products. Bye, bye Airbus money.
BTW Airbus was created to pool the resources of all the EU member states because individually they couldn’t compete with Boeing in the commercial airplane business. Now Airbus sales globally are neck and neck with Boeing.
Airbus is only one small part of the British economy that depends on trade with the rest of Europe. We couldn’t possibly make up the loss of business they will lose going it alone. If Scotland and Northern Ireland abandon the UK it’s just England and Wales which is a fairly small market.
The European Common Market was created by the U.S. after WWII to prevent the French and the Germans from going to war again by making them economically interdependent. How could France attack Germany when Airbus of Framce needs wings that are built by Airbus of Germany?
Of course, Scotland can build a wall across its border with England to keep all those displaced English workers out and get the English to pay for it. 🙂
June 29, 2016 at 1:15 am
What I choose to term a POLITICAL CANDIDATE who voluntarily enters the arena is fair game. You have not earned the right to comment on my daughter or her safety. Based on your stated preference for the coming election, I must conclude that, had you been in Skankles’ position when the terrorist attack occurred at Benghazi – resulting in the death of our Ambassador and four elite military personnel who mistakenly believed help was on the way – you would have, like Skankles, been asleep when the ‘3 a.m.’ phone call she touted in her ads finally came. Don’t try to lecture me – you’ll lose. I repeat: Leave my daughter out of this.
There won’t be any ‘rest of Europe’ for Scotland et al to ‘join up with’ at the rate things are starting to implode. Good luck with your little Socialist dream – it, like the Soviet Union, will end up on the ash heap of history. The EU captive nations will revert to their pre-EU nation-state status, which is as it should be. They’ll regain control of their borders, their currency, their language, etc etc. Those ones who favor the EU ‘SuperState’ are intellectually kin to the citizens of the former Soviet Union who, after the fall, were scared because they then had freedom. There are, if no one’s told you, two types of freedom: Freedom FROM, which is negative freedom, and Freedom TO, which is positive freedom. The inmates of the Soviet Union were so conditioned to having nothing but negative freedom they had no idea how to care for themselves or manage their own affairs once they had positive freedom. The Soviet conditioning ran – and still runs – deep; people used to not needing to think because the State does their thinking for them are virtually incapable of adapting to the sudden release of their chains. It’s a much stronger iteration of the Stockholm Syndrome that enslaves them … they, like ‘Winston Smith,’ love ‘Big Brother.’ No, don’t thank me – I know you know exactly what I’m saying … and you’d like to see it happen in this country.
June 29, 2016 at 2:33 pm
BTW If you don’t want anyone to comment on something, then leave it out of your post. You brought up your daughter’s trip and her safety not me.
If you kept up with the news, the House Intelligence Committee report cleared Ms. Clinton of responsibility in the Bengazi affair. The committe wasted millions of taxpayer dollars and valuable time which could have been spent on useful issues instead of on an investigation that was a political witch hunt and hatchet job from the start.
Your opinions on the EU are based on unfounded platitudes which have nothing to do with the modern democratic states in Wester Europe. They have no relationship with scrap heaps of history or the old Soviet Union.
Everyone has a anal sphincter and an opinion. Your opinion in this case and your anal sphincter have the same odor.
June 28, 2016 at 11:08 am
In the hangover of England’s pathetic performance against the Puffin Eaters of Iceland, I began the day by listening to the Fool Farage issuing instructions to the European Union and being met with a hail of disapproval, This Clown has feels empowered. What have they done ?
The only good thing that from this Brexit disaster has been that my Brexit dollar goes so much further and I intend to plunder the stores of the old country while the rate falls and falls again
Paris beckons – A week and a day until the wheels roll. Hello Deux Magots, here we come
June 28, 2016 at 11:24 am
My Dear Hedley,
I even watched the second half of that game. I found the Iceland team interesting as Iceland is supposed to have the purest genetic population yet there were obvious non-Icelandic types.
I thought of you when I saw the pound plummet. It sounded like MDH would have a wonderful shopping spree.
Wow, Paris is close. I start getting antsy about 4 or 5 days before I leave. You’ll have a great time!
June 28, 2016 at 1:29 pm
Hi Kat,
I’m being a total slacker today. I woke up at 3AM for no good reason. I’m still in my pajamas as I type. I haven’t had breakfast or read my morning paper. I have futzed around on the computer all morning while telling myself that I needed have breakfast.
The dogs have been fed and let out. They need to go out again but even they don’t look like they want to move. Both of them are plastered up against my left leg as I sit on the couch. Piki Dog is using Rocky as a cushion for his butt end and my knee as a pillow for his head. If I say the magic words “chicken jello”, they will run to the kitchen. And maybe I’ll get up and give them their lunch snack and get myself some brunch.
It’s grey and humid here today. It did rain earlier and looks like it wants to continue but nothing is happening.
Hooray for Fern being better.
Enjoy the day.
June 28, 2016 at 7:55 pm
Hi Caryn,
In the heat and humidity I went to Agways and bought flowers for the new pots I had to buy because of the spawns. It was hot and humid. When I got home I put the AC on as I needed it.
I read the papers first thing and have a cup of coffee which each paper. The cats and dog sleep the whole time.
Last week at this time Fern had hidden and I was frantic I couldn’t find her. It broke my heart do see her dragging her back leg. Now she walks just fine. Her leg got better every day. It’s not 100% but close. Getting pills into her is the one hitch. She sleeps on my bed, and eats heartily.
We didn’t get a single drop. We only got the gray sky and the humidity.
Have a great evening!
June 28, 2016 at 10:10 pm
When Steven Spielberg made Jaws they tried to build a mechanical shark without much success. Therefore, he decided to never show the entire shark which of course made it more suspenseful and a better movie.
The new Independance Day movie got a horrible review from the New York Times. Better to watch the old one.
The first triple digit day should be tomorrow. When it breaks one hundred degrees the humidity has to be low, thank goodness. I was in Dubai a couple of years ago in late May and the afternoon temperatures were around 45 degrees Celsius with near 100% humidity. It was like Houston on steroids. 🙂
June 29, 2016 at 9:33 am
Bob,
I have seen a documentary on the filming of Jaws. Spielberg didn’t think he had a hit on his hands. He figured it would falter at the box-office.
I saw those reviews. It got panned.
We have been in the middle of humid days. Yesterday afternoon I had to put on my air-conditioning. It should be gone tomorrow for a while.
We need rain.