12 posts tagged “qotd”
I think it was the Chinese display at Toronto's Festival of Fire a gazillion years ago. One rocket went up and came down as a lacy, green necklace with red flowers. I'd never seen anything like it and havent' since.
Course, D and I picked up the "Phantom Fright Night" assortment outside of Oakdale on Friday from a roadside stand. I'm not sure when or where we'll light them, but I think it's going to be fun.
Arcade: Joust
Computer: A Fool's Errand
Cliff Johnson is publishing a new game soon. I think I prepaid a couple of years ago. The game release has been delayed on numerous occasions but the email that accompany these annoucements have been well worth the price I paid.
Before the advent of tweezers in my life, people said Brooke Shields. Some say Uma Thurman. I think Juliette Binoche.
Balloons. For everyone. I'd stand down on Market Street and hand them out.
There's a Citibank "There's more to life than money" commercial that features Master Paper Cutter Hon-Tien Cheng. It's very pretty.
Jeffrey Deaver, The Twelfth Card - a leftover from my recent trip to Joshua Tree with Judith (one must read at least on trashy novel while on vacation - I'd picked up Map of Bones which is completely unreadable)
Paul Malmont, The Chinatown Death Peril - this year's must read
Natalia Ilyin, Chasing the Perfect: Thoughts on Modernist Design in our Time - a birthday gift from George, Kalle Lasn spoke about this at Compost Modern earlier this year.
A couple of years ago I tried to organize a "Lots-a-Leias". In the end, we had about 8 in various stages of Leianess. It was the first and only time I've been asked to pose for photos in the Castro.
Enya, Sheperd Moon.
Course, you have to look past my Time-Life 80s collection to see it, but I'd say that Enya's the most embarrasing.
Quite frankly, I think I have enough embarassing CDs for everyone. If your collection is all fabulous, I can lend you one of mine.
1990. We were visiting Disney World and there was some sort of malfunction on the "It's a small world" ride. We were stuck in there for over half an hour. Those dolls are kind of creepy when you have a chance to take a good long look. It's remarkable that I didn't go insane! Wait.....