Good Evening, Sweet Baby,
I am just now home from Pearl's. This afternoon, I drove out to Placerita Canyon for a nice 4 mile hike. I went all the way to Walker Ranch and back, it's all on the same trail. I didn't take a ton of pictures, but may have got a good one or two. I will check 'em in just a little while.
I saw your photo when I got back to Pearl's at 4:30. You have got to be one of the best self-portraitists out there! I don't know how you do it, but you get a great one every time. The title/comment on your photo is "Remembrance". I wonder what you are remembering! I myself can remember something that happened three years ago, almost to the day, that involved three little words.......... :):)
But I won't guess that that's what you are remembering, because your look is somewhat pensive. A great photo, though, by any measure, and a beautiful lady too!
That's you. :)
Well, I am gonna check my Placerita photos real quick and then zip back out. We have heavy clouds in the sky again today, which could mean a colorful sunset. Oh no, more sunset pics! Don't tell my photo teacher.
I will be back later tonight at Pearl's, maybe a bit earlier like last night, if she is asleep, so I'll see you then.
I Love You! Enjoy the rest of your evening. :):)
Midnight : Happy Late Night, my Darling. It did take me a while to get situated, hence the midnight writing. Kind of a busy day overall, though mostly with fun stuff like my trip to Placerita, but that was why I didn't post much on FB today (with the exception of the guy who posted that Manson nonsense a little while ago. That I had to respond to, because I have studied that case since I was a teenager. The Manson Family lived at Spahn Ranch, which is now part of the Santa Susana property. It was a big deal here when all of that happened, probably the most infamous crime in Los Angeles history).
Anyway, I try not to get into Internet arguments, but idiots bug me. The crazy thing is, that guy - Adam Parfrey - is the owner of a publishing company called Feral House, which publishes some of Dr. Farrell's books! Dr. Joe is a genius, but his publisher seems to be a dumbell, or perhaps just a provocateur, and not just for his Manson comments but other things he says as well.
At any rate.....forget all that stuff.
I saw your post this morning from berlin-aparatiste. Is that how you spell it? Well no matter, I was thrilled because it answered my question from yesterday. The post was about living your dream, having a dream come true step by step, as if it was predestined, and it was everything we've always talked about. One good thing about our age difference is that I am kind of "up on my perch" of years, and having observed things for all these years (and having paid very close attention!), I kind of have a feel for what is happening and what is gonna happen next.
It doesn't mean I can see the future, not hardly. It just means I have a feel. You do too.
And we have always been talking about The Magic Of Life from Day One, and we have always talked about Intent, and other things like quiet confidence, which is merely focused self awareness, and knowing who you are. We have also talked about simplifying life, so that you don't pay too much attention to what we have called the 24/7 of life, and all the things that 24/7 might apply to.
And so, the result has been really awesome to watch, and from my perch I can see that all you've gotta do is keep going, and doing what you do. Don't worry too much about money at this point. I don't know what your bills are at home, but from what I can see, your Mom supports you in everything you are doing, and that is awesome. So, one day at a time, as always. Every day can be awesome, I have discovered. It took me a long time to make that discovery, and it doesn't always happen that every day is awesome - some are just so-so - but the more I go on in life, the more awesome days I have, and the more I discover that every day can indeed be awesome, and that is simply because Life Is Magic. Don't ever let anybody tell you different.
Having said all of that, I will wish you Sweet Dreams. I wanted to post a photo from Placerita today, but didn't really get anything that was top notch. I wanna stick with my best stuff now. Didn't take any sunset pics, as nothing really materialised in the sky tonight.
But I am gonna stick with my plan of a hike per week, and I will get some good pics along the way.
A great Summer so far, I think.
I Love You, Elizabeth. I will see you in the morn. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Tuesday Night Love (left & right + sweet dreams)
Hi, my Darling,
I thought I'd check in before the usual Late Night time, just because I haven't posted yet today and also because I have a chance to - Pearl is already asleep and so is The Kobedog. I hope your day was good. I saw several of your posts. I hope you get the piano you are looking for! Something tells me that you will, and your video will proceed as planned. Your post of the tattoo guy, I don't know if you meant that as a commentary for your own situation, or if it was just a simple "like". He talks about the frustrations of losing work to other tattoo artists; I don't know if you mean that you've lost video work to other videographers, but if so - don't worry! Like I have been saying, from my vantage point it looks like things are proceeded very nicely indeed. Nothing happens all at once, the main thing is to just stick with it, and know that this is what you do.
Take the attitude that there is no turning back. You are a professional now, everything else follows from that.
Of course, I am only speculating that that's what you meant by that post. It could be that it was just a regular "like" of your friend's post, and that you are very pleased with how things are going. That's what I would guess, anyway. Especially since you just got done saying that you had a productive 4th of July weekend!
So all is probably good, I'd guess. I am gonna have a quick snack, and then I will be back at the usual Late Night time, in just a bit.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:05am : Now I can say Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby! Not much else to report, except that I finally saw "American Sniper" this afternoon while Pearl was at Golden Agers. I had a free code from Redbox, so I got it, and having seen it, I absolutely cannot imagine what all the political brouhaha was all about. It was your basic, modern, hi-tech war movie, similar in style to so many others, like "Black Hawk Down" or "Lone Survivor". It showed some atrocities, to be sure, and some very unfortunate situations, but when compared with a movie like "Platoon", which depicted out-and-out sadism and savagery, it was pretty tame. Actually, it struck me as a sad film, and I thought Bradley Cooper did a great job in the lead role.
I don't usually get political, but that's what bugs the heck out of me about reactionaries on the Left, is that they pick-and-choose what to demonise. An incredibly brutal film like "Platoon" was okay, in 1986, because it was directed by Oliver Stone, who is as Left as you can get. And it was a great movie. But "American Sniper", which shows the horrors of war in a much tamer fashion, is turned into a political football because the protaganist, and director Clint Eastwood, are supposedly heroes of the Right. What a total bunch of baloney.
It's the same with the Left's championing of Pat Tillman, an Army Ranger who had been a professional football player. They didn't give a hoot about him until they discovered he read Noam Chomsky (who I hate to say is a brilliant man but also a phony baloney leftist whose political stances don't add up).
Anyhow, sorry to go on a rant. You know I am not that political, because politics are just a surface-level depiction of what really goes on in the world, and the combination of politics and the reporting of politics in the media on a daily basis is what serves to keep people fixated and divided, but in some cases I find myself getting just as upset over the liberal reactionary faction as I used to get upset over the Right.
At any rate, a good movie. Sometimes I've gotta say what I think about stuff, lol.
The rest of my day was just reading, and thinking. Two of my favorite pastimes. :)
Sweet Dreams, my Baby, and sleep well. I will see you in the morning.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I thought I'd check in before the usual Late Night time, just because I haven't posted yet today and also because I have a chance to - Pearl is already asleep and so is The Kobedog. I hope your day was good. I saw several of your posts. I hope you get the piano you are looking for! Something tells me that you will, and your video will proceed as planned. Your post of the tattoo guy, I don't know if you meant that as a commentary for your own situation, or if it was just a simple "like". He talks about the frustrations of losing work to other tattoo artists; I don't know if you mean that you've lost video work to other videographers, but if so - don't worry! Like I have been saying, from my vantage point it looks like things are proceeded very nicely indeed. Nothing happens all at once, the main thing is to just stick with it, and know that this is what you do.
Take the attitude that there is no turning back. You are a professional now, everything else follows from that.
Of course, I am only speculating that that's what you meant by that post. It could be that it was just a regular "like" of your friend's post, and that you are very pleased with how things are going. That's what I would guess, anyway. Especially since you just got done saying that you had a productive 4th of July weekend!
So all is probably good, I'd guess. I am gonna have a quick snack, and then I will be back at the usual Late Night time, in just a bit.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:05am : Now I can say Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby! Not much else to report, except that I finally saw "American Sniper" this afternoon while Pearl was at Golden Agers. I had a free code from Redbox, so I got it, and having seen it, I absolutely cannot imagine what all the political brouhaha was all about. It was your basic, modern, hi-tech war movie, similar in style to so many others, like "Black Hawk Down" or "Lone Survivor". It showed some atrocities, to be sure, and some very unfortunate situations, but when compared with a movie like "Platoon", which depicted out-and-out sadism and savagery, it was pretty tame. Actually, it struck me as a sad film, and I thought Bradley Cooper did a great job in the lead role.
I don't usually get political, but that's what bugs the heck out of me about reactionaries on the Left, is that they pick-and-choose what to demonise. An incredibly brutal film like "Platoon" was okay, in 1986, because it was directed by Oliver Stone, who is as Left as you can get. And it was a great movie. But "American Sniper", which shows the horrors of war in a much tamer fashion, is turned into a political football because the protaganist, and director Clint Eastwood, are supposedly heroes of the Right. What a total bunch of baloney.
It's the same with the Left's championing of Pat Tillman, an Army Ranger who had been a professional football player. They didn't give a hoot about him until they discovered he read Noam Chomsky (who I hate to say is a brilliant man but also a phony baloney leftist whose political stances don't add up).
Anyhow, sorry to go on a rant. You know I am not that political, because politics are just a surface-level depiction of what really goes on in the world, and the combination of politics and the reporting of politics in the media on a daily basis is what serves to keep people fixated and divided, but in some cases I find myself getting just as upset over the liberal reactionary faction as I used to get upset over the Right.
At any rate, a good movie. Sometimes I've gotta say what I think about stuff, lol.
The rest of my day was just reading, and thinking. Two of my favorite pastimes. :)
Sweet Dreams, my Baby, and sleep well. I will see you in the morning.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Monday, July 6, 2015
Happy Monday Love (sweet dreams)
Good Evening, my Darling,
I am home from Pearl's. I saw your post & photo, and it sounds like everything went well with your recording. That's great, and I am looking forward to the results! :) Sorry I didn't post yesterday, but there was nothing to report, and I figured you were probably busy anyway. There was no choir, and I didn't do much except shop, so that sums up yesterday. Today I was really glad to hear the news about Ritchie Blackmore, as you know my favorite musician. He is gonna do some shows next year with former bandmates in Deep Purple and Rainbow, and they will be playing those songs, so I am thrilled, even though it's just for a few shows and they probably won't be in Los Angeles.
But overall, everything is good on the music front!
I am gonna do my Usual Nightly Schedule, and go for my walk in just a bit. I will be back to write more later on at Pearl's. Enjoy your evening. :)
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:15am : Happy Late Night. All is quiet at Pearl's, and the melatonin seems to be working. She has slept through the entire night every night since I came back to work last Thursday. Pretty amazing, eh? Not much to report for me, though I did watch a good movie this afternoon : "The Most Dangerous Game" from 1932, starring Joel McCrea and Fay Wray of "King Kong" fame. McCrea is on a boat that is shipwrecked near a mysterious island, inhabited only by a strange Russian Count and his henchmen. There he meets Wray and her brother, who soon goes missing, and then...........
Back in the 30s and 40s, they used to make shorter movies that ran from a little over an hour to maybe 75 minutes. These were called "second features" and were meant to play as the last film on a double bill. In those days, an afternoon at the movies could last quite long, with two features and a newsreel and a cartoon. At any rate, in this Age Of The Dvd, a lot of those shorter second features have found their way to disc, and this one was on Criterion, beautifully restored, and very well made indeed, considering that the movie is 83 years old now. Though I'd never before seen "The Most Dangerous Game", I knew about it since perhaps the early 1970s, because an episode of "Gilligan's Island" is based on that movie, haha, and of course "Gilligan's" is my all-time favorite TV show.
So that was my Monday Movie. I also got a Joe Farrell book in the mail, "Nazi International", which is from 2008, but one I haven't read until now.
Gotta read, gotta watch movies............let's see - what else?........oh yeah! : gotta write, gotta listen to music, gotta hike......I'm gonna try to do One Per Week this Summer, since The Great Era Of Trail Discovery was more a thing of last year, and I pretty much discovered every trail within work-time driving distance, so now I will re-visit various trails at the rate of One Per Week (hopefully), all Summer long and into Fall.
I hope you had a great day, Elizabeth. I wish you Sweet Dreams and I will see you in the morning.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am home from Pearl's. I saw your post & photo, and it sounds like everything went well with your recording. That's great, and I am looking forward to the results! :) Sorry I didn't post yesterday, but there was nothing to report, and I figured you were probably busy anyway. There was no choir, and I didn't do much except shop, so that sums up yesterday. Today I was really glad to hear the news about Ritchie Blackmore, as you know my favorite musician. He is gonna do some shows next year with former bandmates in Deep Purple and Rainbow, and they will be playing those songs, so I am thrilled, even though it's just for a few shows and they probably won't be in Los Angeles.
But overall, everything is good on the music front!
I am gonna do my Usual Nightly Schedule, and go for my walk in just a bit. I will be back to write more later on at Pearl's. Enjoy your evening. :)
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:15am : Happy Late Night. All is quiet at Pearl's, and the melatonin seems to be working. She has slept through the entire night every night since I came back to work last Thursday. Pretty amazing, eh? Not much to report for me, though I did watch a good movie this afternoon : "The Most Dangerous Game" from 1932, starring Joel McCrea and Fay Wray of "King Kong" fame. McCrea is on a boat that is shipwrecked near a mysterious island, inhabited only by a strange Russian Count and his henchmen. There he meets Wray and her brother, who soon goes missing, and then...........
Back in the 30s and 40s, they used to make shorter movies that ran from a little over an hour to maybe 75 minutes. These were called "second features" and were meant to play as the last film on a double bill. In those days, an afternoon at the movies could last quite long, with two features and a newsreel and a cartoon. At any rate, in this Age Of The Dvd, a lot of those shorter second features have found their way to disc, and this one was on Criterion, beautifully restored, and very well made indeed, considering that the movie is 83 years old now. Though I'd never before seen "The Most Dangerous Game", I knew about it since perhaps the early 1970s, because an episode of "Gilligan's Island" is based on that movie, haha, and of course "Gilligan's" is my all-time favorite TV show.
So that was my Monday Movie. I also got a Joe Farrell book in the mail, "Nazi International", which is from 2008, but one I haven't read until now.
Gotta read, gotta watch movies............let's see - what else?........oh yeah! : gotta write, gotta listen to music, gotta hike......I'm gonna try to do One Per Week this Summer, since The Great Era Of Trail Discovery was more a thing of last year, and I pretty much discovered every trail within work-time driving distance, so now I will re-visit various trails at the rate of One Per Week (hopefully), all Summer long and into Fall.
I hope you had a great day, Elizabeth. I wish you Sweet Dreams and I will see you in the morning.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Happy Fourth, Have A Blast! (a fun day)
Hey my Darling,
I just wanted to check in to say hi, and wish you a Happy 4th. You are probably at the studio right now, I am guessing, or maybe doing some video work. Anyway, I am gonna be doing (mostly) The Usual, which is going up to Shepherd Of The Hills in Porter Ranch to watch the fireworks. I might mix things up a little bit, and maybe try taking Pearl and The Kobedog over to Lake Balboa at 4:30, if her energy level is good. That would be fun and it would get them both out of the house, so we'll see when I get back there at 4:30.
Also, for myself, I thought I might leave a little bit earlier than usual to go up to Porter Ranch. Limekiln Canyon is a short ways away from Shepherd Of The Hills, and I am thinking about maybe going for a short twilight hike before the fireworks begin at 9pm. If I got up there at 7pm or so, it would still be plently light outside, and I could hike till about 8:15 or so, and then make my way over to the church for the show. That would count for some of my daily miles, too. So, I am not 100% sure yet, but I might do it that way. Grimsley has been coming with me to the fireworks show for the last several years, but I haven't heard from him so I'll probably just go solo. The show ends at about 9:30, and then I'll be back at Pearl's for my usual nighttime schedule.
They are also doing something really cool at Santa Susana State Park - they have a twilight hike scheduled for 7pm tonight. I think it's led by park docents or volunteers. I dunno if they are gonna go up The Slide or what trail they are gonna take, but it would be fun to try. Except that I'd miss the fireworks if I went to that one, so I will stick with my original plan. I can do my own twilight hike at Santa Susana sometime.
Well, that's all for now. I hope you are having a blast, both with your song & video, and with your family and friends for the holiday itself. I will be back tonight at the usual time.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:10am : Happy Late Night, my Darling. I hope you had a fun day, and that everything went well for your song. I wound up doing all the things I planned on - took Pearl & Kobi to Lake Balboa. It was jammed with people, lots of pedal boaters on the lake, barbequers (which Kobi loved!), and folks just enjoying the park, as we were. The weather was perfect and the water shimmered in the late afternoon sunshine.
After Pearl's, I drove straight up to Limekiln Canyon and went on a full-length 3 1/4 mile hike before the fireworks began. It was a great way to get my walk in, and the canyon was just a tad mysterious at twilight, with frog sounds growing louder, and rustling in the bushes. I saw a bunny rabbit, too.
Then I walked down the road to the church (actually a megachurch as they are called), and there were the usual thousands of people. The fireworks show was spectacular as always, and I got back quickly because I know where to park to avoid traffic jams........so all was good in the hood. :)
I love the 4th. I am very nostalgic for Americana, for some reason. So now I am listening to Charles Ives, that most American of composers (and he was kinda weird, too, which is always good).
We will have no choir at church tomorrow, and for the whole month of July (cause many members are going on vacation), so on the one hand I get to sleep a little later. But on the other hand, I don't get to sing.
I love singing, so I'll be glad when all the vacations are over, lol. Meanwhile, I will sing in the car and everywhere else I go, sometimes louder, sometimes under my breath when people are near.
Hope I don't get 'em mixed up. :)
So if you hear someone driving by, belting out a tune, it's probably me. I simply can't be stopped.
Sweet Dreams, Sweet Baby! I will see you in the morning. Best wishes for recording tomorrow.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I just wanted to check in to say hi, and wish you a Happy 4th. You are probably at the studio right now, I am guessing, or maybe doing some video work. Anyway, I am gonna be doing (mostly) The Usual, which is going up to Shepherd Of The Hills in Porter Ranch to watch the fireworks. I might mix things up a little bit, and maybe try taking Pearl and The Kobedog over to Lake Balboa at 4:30, if her energy level is good. That would be fun and it would get them both out of the house, so we'll see when I get back there at 4:30.
Also, for myself, I thought I might leave a little bit earlier than usual to go up to Porter Ranch. Limekiln Canyon is a short ways away from Shepherd Of The Hills, and I am thinking about maybe going for a short twilight hike before the fireworks begin at 9pm. If I got up there at 7pm or so, it would still be plently light outside, and I could hike till about 8:15 or so, and then make my way over to the church for the show. That would count for some of my daily miles, too. So, I am not 100% sure yet, but I might do it that way. Grimsley has been coming with me to the fireworks show for the last several years, but I haven't heard from him so I'll probably just go solo. The show ends at about 9:30, and then I'll be back at Pearl's for my usual nighttime schedule.
They are also doing something really cool at Santa Susana State Park - they have a twilight hike scheduled for 7pm tonight. I think it's led by park docents or volunteers. I dunno if they are gonna go up The Slide or what trail they are gonna take, but it would be fun to try. Except that I'd miss the fireworks if I went to that one, so I will stick with my original plan. I can do my own twilight hike at Santa Susana sometime.
Well, that's all for now. I hope you are having a blast, both with your song & video, and with your family and friends for the holiday itself. I will be back tonight at the usual time.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:10am : Happy Late Night, my Darling. I hope you had a fun day, and that everything went well for your song. I wound up doing all the things I planned on - took Pearl & Kobi to Lake Balboa. It was jammed with people, lots of pedal boaters on the lake, barbequers (which Kobi loved!), and folks just enjoying the park, as we were. The weather was perfect and the water shimmered in the late afternoon sunshine.
After Pearl's, I drove straight up to Limekiln Canyon and went on a full-length 3 1/4 mile hike before the fireworks began. It was a great way to get my walk in, and the canyon was just a tad mysterious at twilight, with frog sounds growing louder, and rustling in the bushes. I saw a bunny rabbit, too.
Then I walked down the road to the church (actually a megachurch as they are called), and there were the usual thousands of people. The fireworks show was spectacular as always, and I got back quickly because I know where to park to avoid traffic jams........so all was good in the hood. :)
I love the 4th. I am very nostalgic for Americana, for some reason. So now I am listening to Charles Ives, that most American of composers (and he was kinda weird, too, which is always good).
We will have no choir at church tomorrow, and for the whole month of July (cause many members are going on vacation), so on the one hand I get to sleep a little later. But on the other hand, I don't get to sing.
I love singing, so I'll be glad when all the vacations are over, lol. Meanwhile, I will sing in the car and everywhere else I go, sometimes louder, sometimes under my breath when people are near.
Hope I don't get 'em mixed up. :)
So if you hear someone driving by, belting out a tune, it's probably me. I simply can't be stopped.
Sweet Dreams, Sweet Baby! I will see you in the morning. Best wishes for recording tomorrow.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Late Night Love
Happy Late Night, my Darling,
And Happy 4th of July, too, since it's officially the 4th now. Have you started working on your song yet? I say yes! If I am right, I hope you had good results today. Are you doing the video and music all at once, just over this weekend, or are you guys gonna do it over a period of time? I ask because I am excited to see it! :)
I am back in work mode, so today was just a usual schedule day for me, although I did watch an exceptionally good Western called "Rocky Mountain", starring Errol Flynn. Now that I ran out of werewolf movies, it's back to Westerns! With Flynn, you can't go wrong, whether he's playing Robin Hood, or a pirate, or a Confederate captain as in today's movie. He was a good actor and a true Movie Star.
Tomorrow will be fun. I always look forward to the fireworks show at Shepherd Of The Hills. I will check in sometime before I go, just to say hi and to see how things are going at the studio.
Have an amazing 4th, and a great weekend. I will see you in the morn.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
And Happy 4th of July, too, since it's officially the 4th now. Have you started working on your song yet? I say yes! If I am right, I hope you had good results today. Are you doing the video and music all at once, just over this weekend, or are you guys gonna do it over a period of time? I ask because I am excited to see it! :)
I am back in work mode, so today was just a usual schedule day for me, although I did watch an exceptionally good Western called "Rocky Mountain", starring Errol Flynn. Now that I ran out of werewolf movies, it's back to Westerns! With Flynn, you can't go wrong, whether he's playing Robin Hood, or a pirate, or a Confederate captain as in today's movie. He was a good actor and a true Movie Star.
Tomorrow will be fun. I always look forward to the fireworks show at Shepherd Of The Hills. I will check in sometime before I go, just to say hi and to see how things are going at the studio.
Have an amazing 4th, and a great weekend. I will see you in the morn.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Everything Is Good (werewolves & artists)
Good Evening, Sweet Baby,
I am home from Pearl's, and back at work today. This morning I saw several posts by you, including your own Sweet Baby picture post, and also one about writing a song and being super happy, and also posts having to do with Megatone, so I am thinking that everything is pretty good right about now. :)
And that makes me Super Happy! :):)
I hope you are getting ready for a great 4th Of July weekend, and I know you are. Your song is gonna turn out great! But don't forget to watch the fireworks, too (did I already mention that? I think I did....). Well, I've run out of sunset pictures for the moment. The sky is not cooperating tonight: no more clouds, the monsoon weather went away and all we've got is a clear blue sky. Great for sunny Summer weather, but lousy for sunsets. I'll be on sunset watch, however, and as soon as a good one comes up, I'll be right there to capture it. :)
Well, for now I am gonna hang out a bit, and this time I'm gonna watch my last werewolf movie for sure, "Werewolf Of London", which was also the very first werewolf movie ever made. Are you scared? I sure am.....
Then after it's over, I'll go for my walk...........and hope I don't run into any werewolves. :)
That's all for the moment, my Darling. I will write more later at the usual time, back at Pearl's. Have a great evening!
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Midnight : Happy Late Night, my Darling. We are back to regular late night hours now that I am back at Pearl's. I was really turning into a Night Owl at home, haha. Maybe I am turning into a werewolf! :)
I watched the final film in the Legacy collection, "Werewolf Of London", and in some ways it was the best of the bunch. Very stylish and cinematic, considering it went all the way back to 1935, and it had a lot of great Mad Scientist stuff in it, too. Henry Hull is a botanist, searching in Tibet for a mysterious plant that only blooms by moonlight. Little does he know that it attracts The Wolf. In the movie, "Tibet" is actually Vasquez Rocks, instantly recognizable for the huge sandstone formations jutting out of the ground. The Rocks have been featured in many movies, and Star Trek too, and in fact I took some pics when I drove out there in 2013. Should be in my FB photos. But yes, all in all, a great werewolf flick, and now I'm depressed because I've watched 'em all and I need more! Not the modern ones, though. Gimme the old ones from Universal.
Hey! Maybe Hammer made some. I'm gonna check it out in just a minute......
I saw your post on "Why" are artists weird/poor/etc. And the answer is.......hmmmm, I'm not sure.
You can't really reverse it, because there are a lot of weird people and poor people who aren't artists.
Rick Wakeman had a great quote once on the theory of the Starving Artist. He said, "An Artist does not produce his greatest work while lying in the gutter; he does much better if he knows where his next meal is coming from". Now, I don't know if that answers the question of Why, but his statement is true enough on it's own.
I think an Artist does great and is motivated as long as he or she feels the twin excitements of curiousity and expectation. That's where the weirdness really comes in. And the happiness.
Connecting with a thought, being drawn in, and following that thought or idea or concept all the way to it's conclusion.
That's why Artists are weird/poor/etc., because they are tuned into those things. But you already knew that.
And Artists can get rich, too. Or at least make a living being Weird. :)
Sweet Dreams, my Baby. I will see you in the morning.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am home from Pearl's, and back at work today. This morning I saw several posts by you, including your own Sweet Baby picture post, and also one about writing a song and being super happy, and also posts having to do with Megatone, so I am thinking that everything is pretty good right about now. :)
And that makes me Super Happy! :):)
I hope you are getting ready for a great 4th Of July weekend, and I know you are. Your song is gonna turn out great! But don't forget to watch the fireworks, too (did I already mention that? I think I did....). Well, I've run out of sunset pictures for the moment. The sky is not cooperating tonight: no more clouds, the monsoon weather went away and all we've got is a clear blue sky. Great for sunny Summer weather, but lousy for sunsets. I'll be on sunset watch, however, and as soon as a good one comes up, I'll be right there to capture it. :)
Well, for now I am gonna hang out a bit, and this time I'm gonna watch my last werewolf movie for sure, "Werewolf Of London", which was also the very first werewolf movie ever made. Are you scared? I sure am.....
Then after it's over, I'll go for my walk...........and hope I don't run into any werewolves. :)
That's all for the moment, my Darling. I will write more later at the usual time, back at Pearl's. Have a great evening!
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Midnight : Happy Late Night, my Darling. We are back to regular late night hours now that I am back at Pearl's. I was really turning into a Night Owl at home, haha. Maybe I am turning into a werewolf! :)
I watched the final film in the Legacy collection, "Werewolf Of London", and in some ways it was the best of the bunch. Very stylish and cinematic, considering it went all the way back to 1935, and it had a lot of great Mad Scientist stuff in it, too. Henry Hull is a botanist, searching in Tibet for a mysterious plant that only blooms by moonlight. Little does he know that it attracts The Wolf. In the movie, "Tibet" is actually Vasquez Rocks, instantly recognizable for the huge sandstone formations jutting out of the ground. The Rocks have been featured in many movies, and Star Trek too, and in fact I took some pics when I drove out there in 2013. Should be in my FB photos. But yes, all in all, a great werewolf flick, and now I'm depressed because I've watched 'em all and I need more! Not the modern ones, though. Gimme the old ones from Universal.
Hey! Maybe Hammer made some. I'm gonna check it out in just a minute......
I saw your post on "Why" are artists weird/poor/etc. And the answer is.......hmmmm, I'm not sure.
You can't really reverse it, because there are a lot of weird people and poor people who aren't artists.
Rick Wakeman had a great quote once on the theory of the Starving Artist. He said, "An Artist does not produce his greatest work while lying in the gutter; he does much better if he knows where his next meal is coming from". Now, I don't know if that answers the question of Why, but his statement is true enough on it's own.
I think an Artist does great and is motivated as long as he or she feels the twin excitements of curiousity and expectation. That's where the weirdness really comes in. And the happiness.
Connecting with a thought, being drawn in, and following that thought or idea or concept all the way to it's conclusion.
That's why Artists are weird/poor/etc., because they are tuned into those things. But you already knew that.
And Artists can get rich, too. Or at least make a living being Weird. :)
Sweet Dreams, my Baby. I will see you in the morning.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Downtown (a fun day + sweet dreams)
Good Afternoon, my Darling,
I am still home, didn't make it Downtown just yet because of a late start, but I am gonna go. I discovered that they do have an evening commuter train back to Northridge from Union Station that leaves at 6:40. There is also one that leaves at 5:55, depending on if I am done with my sightseeing/picture taking by then. I will take the 2:54 train to get down there, and it gets to Union Station at 3:40, so that will give me up to three hours to walk around. I will go to Olvera Street, which is right across from Union Station, and then after that, I'll just see what I can see. I know Downtown pretty well, though I haven't done a walking tour since 2006. Since then, I've just been down there for concerts at night, and in those cases I take the subway and walk to a specific location. But our Downtown really isn't that big, maybe two miles square. Basically, you just stay away from Skid Row and it's all good, lol. :)
I saw your pictures of Tina, and as always they are excellent. You are a natural at portrait photography, and at photography in general! And at so many other things, too. You are just a natural Natural, I think! :)
I will be around til about 2pm, then I will head over to the train station, which is a couple miles from my apartment. The evening train gets back to the station at about 7:15, so I should be home between 7:30 and 8pm - just in time to take more sunset pictures, haha. And to watch another werewolf movie!
Have a great afternoon, Sweet Baby. I'll see you when I get back.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:15am : Happy Late Night, my Darling. Well, my final day off and it was a busy one. I had fun Downtown, and I basically remembered where everything was. From Union Station I walked up to Our Lady Of The Angels cathedral, the main Catholic church in Los Angeles. The atmosphere is awesome inside there and I could sit there all day. When I would take Dad down there on the train, we'd go there and sometimes the organist would be practicing. They have a massive pipe organ there and we always loved hearing it. I walked all over after that, to Olvera Street, up and down Broadway (and old historic street with buildings from the 1880s). I walked down to The Los Angeles Athletic Club, where we used to go as kids when Dad was a member.
I did the full walking tour, and I took pictures, but the only problem was that when I had already taken about half of 'em, I noticed I had the picture size set on a smaller than usual setting, so some of the photos are smaller and square shaped. Aww, man.......c'mon Ad, pay attention to what you're doing.
But the thing is, I have no idea how it got set that way. Anyhow, I still got some good pics, but some of 'em are small. I'll post 'em anyway.
Then when I got home, at 7:30, I went straight over to CSUN for.........yep, you guessed it! -
More sunset pics! Yippee! :)
This time, I got the bright idea of going to the top of a nearby CSUN parking garage, which is why you can see the silhouette of the Santa Susana mountains in the background.
Didn't have enough time to watch my last werewolf movie, but I'll do it tomorrow.
I hope you had a good day. I saw your post about rehearsal night at the studio, so maybe you went down there? I know you will probably be going this weekend, to record your tracks for the video. You can record and then watch fireworks. :)
I always look forward to 4th of July, it's one of my favorite holidays. I have another round trip ticket for the train that I have to use up before it expires on July 14, so I'll go back before then and take more pics, and make 'em the right size this time. All in all, though, 'twas a fun day and a really good series of days off for me. I feel rejuvenated and ready to head back to work, and continue the fun Summer.
I get one last sleep in tomorrow morn, and then I head back to Pearl's at 11am to take her to the hair salon.
Sweet Dreams, and I will see you in the late morning/early afternoon. I Love You!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am still home, didn't make it Downtown just yet because of a late start, but I am gonna go. I discovered that they do have an evening commuter train back to Northridge from Union Station that leaves at 6:40. There is also one that leaves at 5:55, depending on if I am done with my sightseeing/picture taking by then. I will take the 2:54 train to get down there, and it gets to Union Station at 3:40, so that will give me up to three hours to walk around. I will go to Olvera Street, which is right across from Union Station, and then after that, I'll just see what I can see. I know Downtown pretty well, though I haven't done a walking tour since 2006. Since then, I've just been down there for concerts at night, and in those cases I take the subway and walk to a specific location. But our Downtown really isn't that big, maybe two miles square. Basically, you just stay away from Skid Row and it's all good, lol. :)
I saw your pictures of Tina, and as always they are excellent. You are a natural at portrait photography, and at photography in general! And at so many other things, too. You are just a natural Natural, I think! :)
I will be around til about 2pm, then I will head over to the train station, which is a couple miles from my apartment. The evening train gets back to the station at about 7:15, so I should be home between 7:30 and 8pm - just in time to take more sunset pictures, haha. And to watch another werewolf movie!
Have a great afternoon, Sweet Baby. I'll see you when I get back.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:15am : Happy Late Night, my Darling. Well, my final day off and it was a busy one. I had fun Downtown, and I basically remembered where everything was. From Union Station I walked up to Our Lady Of The Angels cathedral, the main Catholic church in Los Angeles. The atmosphere is awesome inside there and I could sit there all day. When I would take Dad down there on the train, we'd go there and sometimes the organist would be practicing. They have a massive pipe organ there and we always loved hearing it. I walked all over after that, to Olvera Street, up and down Broadway (and old historic street with buildings from the 1880s). I walked down to The Los Angeles Athletic Club, where we used to go as kids when Dad was a member.
I did the full walking tour, and I took pictures, but the only problem was that when I had already taken about half of 'em, I noticed I had the picture size set on a smaller than usual setting, so some of the photos are smaller and square shaped. Aww, man.......c'mon Ad, pay attention to what you're doing.
But the thing is, I have no idea how it got set that way. Anyhow, I still got some good pics, but some of 'em are small. I'll post 'em anyway.
Then when I got home, at 7:30, I went straight over to CSUN for.........yep, you guessed it! -
More sunset pics! Yippee! :)
This time, I got the bright idea of going to the top of a nearby CSUN parking garage, which is why you can see the silhouette of the Santa Susana mountains in the background.
Didn't have enough time to watch my last werewolf movie, but I'll do it tomorrow.
I hope you had a good day. I saw your post about rehearsal night at the studio, so maybe you went down there? I know you will probably be going this weekend, to record your tracks for the video. You can record and then watch fireworks. :)
I always look forward to 4th of July, it's one of my favorite holidays. I have another round trip ticket for the train that I have to use up before it expires on July 14, so I'll go back before then and take more pics, and make 'em the right size this time. All in all, though, 'twas a fun day and a really good series of days off for me. I feel rejuvenated and ready to head back to work, and continue the fun Summer.
I get one last sleep in tomorrow morn, and then I head back to Pearl's at 11am to take her to the hair salon.
Sweet Dreams, and I will see you in the late morning/early afternoon. I Love You!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
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