Jumbo Barking

Lora's Birthday Cigar

Just call her boss lady.

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Hellish Nightmare

Last night I was possessed by the devil. I had a true Evil Dead, Drag Me To Hell dream. I unlocked the door to a mansion, walked in and hovered down the hallway, proceeding to slaughter everyone I encountered with a samurai sword, including my mother. I was all locked up and making trapped-in-a-bad-place sounds in bed until my sweetie woke me up.

Made in Japan

One of my obsessions: Japanese tea cups. Just found this beauty yesterday in Royal Oak. Too bad there was only one.

Glasses

My friend Dawn has an 8-year-old who needs glasses and the poor little sweetie is kinda bent outta shape about it, so Dawn is having all of her friends send pics of themselves in glasses so that Faith can see how incredibly cool glasses really are. Anyway, here's the one I sent. Truth is, I normally only wear them in dark theaters or driving because ... glasses are dorky! Kidding, of course.

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Lora's lips are chapped. It's that time of the year. Looks like she's had Botox injections.

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Madeleine Peyroux

Her new CD, Bare Bones, is gorgeous. She's the Billie Holiday of our generation.

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Happy Birthday, Lora!!!

"She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her baby." -- Helen Reddy

Poor thing had to work (retail) on Thanksgiving and today (her birthday) which also happens to be Black Friday.

NuStep

So, you know that NuStep bike machine I got for fifty bucks at the Salvation Army? I put an ad on Craigslist and listed it for $1000 just to see its resale potential and I've gotten about five serious responses. What a conflict because now I really like the thing and I don't wanna give it up. I think I'll just use it for a year or so and then sell it and make a ginormous profit.

Here's a good shot of my Halloween costume, courtesy of Carol. It took her a while to post her stuff, but she got some good ones. Had a great time at her place last night for Thanksgiving. The turkey was done to perfection. And it was a cozy little mix of people. Got to meet Glenn's mom who is a hoot.

 

Quote

"Have you developed a hillbilly accent?"
-- mom

Weird Self-Portrait

Mp3: Surfer Blood -- Take it Easy

New Purchase

Check it out. This here is called a Nu-Step TRS-4000, made in Ann Arbor. It's a $2000 recumbant bike and I got it for 50 bucks at a garage sale. As you can see, it's in great shape. Works arms, legs and heart. Looks a little geriatric, but ... that's okay. If it ends up being a giant paper weight I can always try to sell for a thousand dollar profit.

So, yesterday was a mixed bad.

I did, on a light note, sell my car, which everyone seemed to think was impossible, for 800 bucks. And I sold it with complete honesty. The guy who bought it works on Hondas and is going to rebuild the engine for his sister (her first car). How sweet.

Found out this week that my favorite student is moving back to Japan (earlier than expected because of the economy here). I've been meeting with him three times a week and we were just getting ready to start a new book, so it's a bit of a financial blow to me. Oh well. The new job, taking care of Pam, helps buffer that. The additional income has come in handy. That said, hanging out with Pam for four hours five days a week is surprisingly draining.

Last night we went to Detroit for the tree-lighting ceremony and Lora's car was broken into. They bashed her rear window. Now, that's a prime way to ring in the season. It will probably cost her about 500 bucks to fix it so I told her I would split the cost with her. Afterall, I'm the one who was too cheap to put it in a five dollar lot (we drove separately). I found meters for both of us, but ... well, what can I say? Lora hates Detroit even more than she ever did now.