OF COURSE...

 

OF COURSE Nicolas Cage once owned a two-headed snake he had to feed with a spatula because the snake heads fought. And OF COURSE he has a pet crow who randomly swears at him. And NATURALLY he once considered buying a cave full of bats so he could get “totally naked” with his wife in the heart of the earth. These are all VERY Nicolas Cage things to do, it’s part of his eternal appeal, just as Keanu’s measured speech and thoughtfulness are part of his. By the gods old and new, PLEASE send us more proper Movie Stars who LIKE being Movie Stars and share with us these entertaining glimpses into their completely bonkers lives. 

so says Sarah and I completely agree

우와

I was so engrossed watching this Korean rom com that I nearly killed everyone in our house... 

The pasta water boiled over and put out the flame. Only later did I realize and turn off the gas.

And then there is this: BinJin just got married IN REAL LIFE!!

The Perfect Amount Of Dirty

 

When you come across something so well done, it's a delight...

and

Stromae

 I am late, so late, to this fandom. I just found Stromae thanks to late night internet browsing and I almost cried with relief listening to his music.

He meets the moment. He digests multitudes and feeds us back to ourselves as an offering of personal artistic expression.

Rather than eat dinner, Ben and I held a dance party to Alors On Danse in his honor.

 

Women Are Staggering

 

Miscarriages have been coming up all over my radar lately-- in this photo essay, in walks with friends, as voices join an emerging chorus in the mainstream media... 

Given how often pregnancies end in miscarriage, I marvel at the degree to which experimentation is woven into the very fabric of human reproduction. In ways both subtle and profound, a confluence of body and spirit gauges and probes, conceives and reverses, following its own wisdom which in turn reflects the wisdom of the universe as a whole. 

And women, as vessels for the process, bear intimate witness to this hormone-driven unfolding. Women hold this. Women carry this.

What a wonder. What a slow reveal. What a commonplace lunacy. What a tectonic, personal subduction.

An Obituary To Aspire To...

 

Renay Mandel Corren

10 May 1937 - 11 December 2021

A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday.

Something

Rage

All open-mouthed howl

All outward propulsion

All breath and pulse

All untempered cleanse

None of anger's smoldering

corrosive gnaw,

stoppered tension,

weary grind.

You're Welcome

As in the appropriate response to, "Thank you."

You. Are. Welcome. 

Here is space for you and your particulars.

Make yourself at home.