Random Find: Someone Loves Cary Grant!

Starr, Skye and Rocket went to the drive-in theater tonight so I was spending a little time recovering from Rockets obsession with WWE (wow, I really don’t get that stuff!) and started clicking around on YouTube. It started with a search for XTC and ended up here:

I have always loved Cary Grant too…but I don’t have the time or energy to do the minimum around here (Starr relished pointing out the near dust bunnies on the dining room table today…thank you very much! Am I the only one in this house allowed to touch a duster?? I worked so hard cleaning downstairs and washing sheets this week, I gave up on the upstairs. Funny thing is, Rocket wants to sleep on the sofa in the living room. I don’t think he even looked at the stairs…throw him Starr’s dirty pillow and blanket and he’s happy. Who knew?)…let alone make awesome videos like this.
      
The person/people behind CGMTV have at the moment posted 58 videos adoring Cary Grant. It took me awhile to choose a second example, it ended up being like picking a name out of a hat, but here it is:

            
**I’m off to rent some Cary Grant movies**

CGMTV YouTube Channel

QP Has Left the House

I am alternately happy and sad about this.

Starr and I spent the last eight days taking care of a little dog named QP. We loved the company, Starr loved being greeted with enthusiasm when walking in the door…okay, I will admit it, I liked it too.

I didn’t care for wet dog food. I hated, I mean really hated, picking up doggie poo…but I did it…every time. I also had to wash Starr’s comforter, and do some carpet scrubbing…I guess accidents happen (QP is getting old), but I could really do without that. Yet, I already miss the jangle of her collar, and the way she always followed me around the house…much to Starr’s dismay!

Caring for QP just solidified Starr’s wish for a pet. Although she was disappointed that the dog loved me more. Could it be that I was the one providing the food, and the one who took her on almost every walk? Hmm? It could also be that I was closer in age to her owner and I was more “comfortable” than an energetic, sometimes loud, 19 year old.

Maybe I am just awesome and irresistible?! *cough* Yeah, well…

Surrender The Kitchen

Hawaiian Sunrise

A few weeks ago, Starr and I spent some time cleaning in her room. Well, to be honest, she cleaned and I kept her company. As I was sitting there talking and watching “27 Dresses” with her, I also looked around at the things she had on her shelves and walls. This photo popped out at me, it is one of my favorites of her and my dad…so I stole it…temporarily, so that I could scan it.

About fourteen years ago (can that be possible?) Starr and I were visiting my folks who at the time were living in Kailua, Hawaii. We woke up early one morning to sit out on the lanai and watch the sun rise over the ocean.

It was a quiet, beautiful, simple moment. She looks so safe, cozy and loved there.

And she was.

Starr’s Christmas Gift 2007

It is my goal to finish this panel. Soon. I cleaned out the craft/storage room yesterday to clear my workspace and plan to post my progress here as incentive to get moving.

Dreaming With a Broken Heart

Choreographer Mia Michaels wowed us with the following routines on So You Think You Can Dance last night. I like the way her mind works…I don’t necessarily understand it, but I like it.

Woke Up New

For the past four mornings, I have startled awake, disoriented and confused. It goes something like this:

Startled Awake. Eyes wide open.

      Consciousness? Huh?

What am I? Am I late?

      Human, you are human…and what is “late”?

Panicky…Who am I? I must be late.

      I don’t know. Oh yeah…Dragonfly, you are Dragonfly. Late is a concept I don’t understand.

Damn it, where am I? Why don’t I know where I am?

     Don’t ask me.

Do I have children? Where are they?

     You are in your room. Why do you care about children?

What? Is it morning or night?

     …I’m not sure.

What the? Why is that clock displaying nonsensical symbols instead of numbers?

      Calm down.

     You are Dragonfly. You are in your room. Starr is asleep in her room. It is morning. You are not late. Take a deep breath. Look at the clock again, see…those symbols ARE numbers. It is early, go back to sleep.

Smart ass.

Really? Do I really need to reorient myself with the universe every morning? Hope not.

This Weekend…The Good and The Bad

Saturday afternoon, Starr and I went to Old Navy for $1 flip-flops. Thankfully, they were so picked over, we didn’t even try to find any her size. She did, however, find a cute dress for less than $10…maybe I am rubbing off on her after all.

Then we drove downtown to visit this unique store where Starr wants to live. I swear she could just move right in…pillow and blanket on one of the garage sale sofas they have for decoration…and she would be a very happy girl. I don’t know if there would be room for her hair products though…

Downtown this weekend was a place we shouldn’t have ventured…not unless we were prepared for the thousands of people attending the festival we forgot all about. Wall to wall people, cars (grrr..traffic!) and beer. We found a parking spot about four blocks from the cutest (or is it coolest?) store in town and walked back…we don’t mind walking as a rule, but it wasn’t really in the plan. No biggie, it was a lovely day.

Where things went wrong was later that night, or early this morning when Starr was working on the web site for their charity, and she accidentally erased everything important (and not) from her hard drive!!??

She woke me up screaming at 1:something this morning. “Mom…my desktop is empty!!! Help!!!”

I still don’t know exactly what she did, but everything was gone. All of her documents and her programs, everything. She called Apple Support this morning and received a lovely “Oh well…too bad for you!”

We did a little happy dance of thanks that I did that backup a couple of weeks ago, and were able to get her computer back to almost normal this afternoon. Whew.

I Love…

…Bill Dan and His Rocks:

Bebalance on Flickr

Bebalance on YouTube

…Today’s Note from the Universe:

Actually, Dragonfly, smiling or laughing for no reason at all is one of the best reasons to smile or laugh. Because doing either, turns wheels in the unseen, rearranges players in your life, and summons reason after reason after reason.
      
Grins, The Universe
         
Wider, Dragonfly. Nice, now louder…

…Thunderstorms!

…Matt…dancing around the world

…This Song:

Speaking of Dancing