May the New Year bring...less division, more harmony...less traffic, more bicycles... less pollution, more Greening... swift fair end to Writers' strike, quality entertainment...less local corruption, better representation...fewer parking tickets, more celebration of daVine Silver Lake...an honest election, a Democratic president....
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Where have I been...
Morphing...
I went to take out the trash...my beautiful car, only 46,000 miles, parked in the driveway --Morphed into the air *poof* --vanished...made everything more difficult, balance of the year.
Out...injured --good health --Morphed --into 'crooked' bent-over stay-at-home.... Then: Perfectly good neck --Morphed --so painful, to call it 'stiff neck' equivalent
to calling Grand Canyon "ditch" --dread sitting, rising, turning, breathing....
Blogging...Wrote several posts --lined them up, clicked "publish" --Yikes --Morphed --into the ether. That used to happen often with Google, but not in years. Looked for a way --to retrieve --communicate with Google techs --protest --complain. Useless...out partying?...gone. Recreated the posts. But --holy cow --Morphed --into nothing --again --when my puter crashed. DRATS. Exhausted, annoyed, cranky, still sore from injury...slowly s l o w l y re-wrote.... No --NO --Nooo --CURSES --Morphed --again.... Only pieces...a few headlines remained.... Too annoyed to do all over again, immediately....
Crept/limped outdoors...Forced out, to do regular and a bit of holiday shopping, and ran out of my regular preventative remedies. While out Somebody: "gave" me --the flu. Perfect Flawless record --no cold -flu -sore throat -cough or even sniffles: since fall 1987 --Morphed --into...well, uncomfortable person, still....
Home...Needed repairs --I shifted this, then that, then those, endlessly --as workmen did whatever, slowly. --Morphed into giant mess.... Eventually: so many repairs --so slowly, a judge got very angry with the Moron property owner. --So angry I had to move into a hotel, my entire household into storage, while he got his act, and my home, together, slowly....
Moved back...Repairs, finally, finished --with way more boxes than made Any logical sense...explained on discovering: movers put a single item in a box, many items...sheesh. Movers: also not Good Listeners --stacked huge boxes --in NONE of the rooms marked on the box --three and four rows high --'iced' with the rug --on top --left only narrow space to navigate through each room. Mystery packages, in boxes too high/heavy to reach, utter chaos. --Can opener, hair brush, blender top, the fan --the Fan --FAN, yikes --where the heck is the fan, when the temp --hit 112??? Location unknown....
Shifting a box at a time, still bent from injury, un-packed, slowly...inching towards
the holidays...How to get ready
--Morphed --from 'warehouse' to Home --with dining room dressed in custom paint, in unique technique, thrilling ...kitchen --now 'square' instead of squished, with heavy large stove against the other wall, thanks to excellent Jeff... living room now painted the way I always wanted, re-assembled better than before...repaired fully-functioning --fresh --cozy --HOME! Who needs gifts, with such de-lish pleasures.... Morphed...
My usual joke: I am two years older now, after a birthday and New Year's, than I was before the holidays. But so what.... Much talk about 'recession' in the news, but so what --turn off the news. If you have good Health...if you have a Home...who needs a car, tech toys, junk --jabber.
Fresh...We have A New year.... We'll get through whatever...we don't have flood -snow -drought -hurricane -war -famine -bombs -epidemic disease -tsunami -cameras on corners.... We can still make our own luck. We still have brains -energy -free will -creativity -ideas -Possibilities --Griffith Park!
It doesn't matter, even if there is a recession --pay --You --First...pay the others: some amount, even small, every month --so nobody can sue to get more, faster.... The worst thing ever to happen to America, spent, impotent: clearing out of OUR house in 11 short months, 3 weeks..."8" is considered a lucky number...UCLA has a new coach!
Too much weight, not enough money? Relax...go look at Griffith Park --Observatory...or up...watch squirrels play...treat yourself to a scented flower...
...eat eat
fresh fruit, tons of veggies...have a nap --it's free!We'll put everything right...we'll get through it, together, in daVine Silver Lake.... May you and those you care about have a happy year.
Poppy
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tag: New Year 2008, election, neighborhood Silver Lake daVine
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