| Monday March 31st 2003 Wow - lots to catch up on. I can't think of what topic to base today's entry on. There's my new cat - sorry, our new cat, mine and LA's - named Maggie, who's now haunting this apartment with me (usually under the bed). And the potential for a small dog to join her as per a special request from LA, which could result in my looking after the poor pup for a month or so by myself, which could result in any number of crazy tales worth telling here. There's my new eyeglasses, which I thought would entirely change my look and revolutionize the impression I make upon people. Except that no one in my French class commented ... or at work ... or any of my friends ... or anyone else I've bumped into. If you haven't seen me since I got them, please say something nice when you do. I could talk about my writing, which has picked up steam again. I could talk about the 'Chicago' soundtrack, and how the song 'Mr. Cellophane' sounds eerily familiar to me, like from way back, like from childhood (which would fit, since the original stage production came out in 1975), but I've no idea how. Maybe someone did it on 'The Muppets'. That's a great soundtrack for listening to on long car rides. I also especially like 'Funny Honey'. 'We Both Reached For the Gun' is still good, but not as good without the fantastic visuals (you know, the one with the puppet strings). Unlike my tirade last year about 'A Beautiful Mind', I can see the point to Chicago walking away with Best Picture; which reminds me I never posted my predictions or did a follow-up here afterward, which I'd intended to make a tradition. I was talking on the phone through most of it with LA - tells you how much I love her, eh? Which kind of rhymes. Which reminds me I had an idea for a poem I want to write for her, and I thought of this entire entry just being that. Maybe soon, or maybe I'll just keep it private between us. And there's any number of things to talk about where she's concerned; how excited I am about her moving here in June, how incredibly relaxed we've become with each other, how at perfectly at peace I feel when I'm with her. Speaking of peace, I could talk about current events, and how I'm not impressed with the role the United States is assuming for itself these days. But their actions pretty much speak for themselves, and I'm learning that political statements don't make for very exciting retrospective reading. |