Monday, October 29, 2018
again, what happened unexpectedly again, right?
you already knew that didn't you, right?
any minute now...great joke remembered fro0m youth, wow! huh?...
enter, great joke. ...
any minute now...great joke remembered fro0m youth, wow! huh?...
enter, great joke. ...
beginning to start something else, time to make coffee yet?
6:44 a.m. Brooklyn, NY before magic aide is coming @ 8 a.m. or by &:50 7:50 a.m. whan I will let her in by pne phone- time to make coffee Please.....
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Something about Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is as much a Gordon Lightfoot fan as I am. Therefore I have a feeling that one of the reasons he chose not to go and accept his Nobel Peace Prize? or Pulitzer Prize? was that Gordon Lightfoot also deserves a Pulitzer Prize. He is nearing his 80th birthday now!
What I really think is that the two of them should be awarded a Pulitzer Prize together. Wow, would that ever be beautiful to see.ON THE OTHER HAND, my fervent wish is for both of them to live as much longer as they like without being shot or something. Looks like to me in-person, at least in the USA today (a very good paper, with a capital T, and in color print yet -- not only that, but in the old days I once had a job selling it over the phone, and I liked it so much it wasn't too much of a problem for me, although I don't remember how many people actually signed up for the subscription) ...
it is very dangerous to appear as a star, or travel as one, (or even any old person, with the travel problems these days, especially chaos on the highways) ...we do remember that lovely Princess Diana was crushed by two cars in one wicked and careless disaster, I don't know, but I could swear that was unnecessary, ...
-- And here I send my prayers to Heaven for the ever-lovely Princess Diana ...
... And here I insert the repeated prayers to Heaven for the wonderful Aretha Franklin, who just died awhile ago, and no one on the radio seems to have remembered it or her at all....
.... Sigh ...What a careless and inefficient world this is after all, time after time. And here is my 2nd favorite rock star and rock song, this one by Cyndi Lauper, yes, Time After Time. This of course follows my choice for #1 Meatloaf - with You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth.
I must get back to the point about chaos on the highways, the third paragraph. I was almost afraid I had goofed and taken part of that out, but it's still there. Now I'm just praying the computer does not find a way to lose all this, so just for the moment I will sign out and come back to this other issue, which concerns marijuana. Over and out.
What I really think is that the two of them should be awarded a Pulitzer Prize together. Wow, would that ever be beautiful to see.ON THE OTHER HAND, my fervent wish is for both of them to live as much longer as they like without being shot or something. Looks like to me in-person, at least in the USA today (a very good paper, with a capital T, and in color print yet -- not only that, but in the old days I once had a job selling it over the phone, and I liked it so much it wasn't too much of a problem for me, although I don't remember how many people actually signed up for the subscription) ...
it is very dangerous to appear as a star, or travel as one, (or even any old person, with the travel problems these days, especially chaos on the highways) ...we do remember that lovely Princess Diana was crushed by two cars in one wicked and careless disaster, I don't know, but I could swear that was unnecessary, ...
-- And here I send my prayers to Heaven for the ever-lovely Princess Diana ...
... And here I insert the repeated prayers to Heaven for the wonderful Aretha Franklin, who just died awhile ago, and no one on the radio seems to have remembered it or her at all....
.... Sigh ...What a careless and inefficient world this is after all, time after time. And here is my 2nd favorite rock star and rock song, this one by Cyndi Lauper, yes, Time After Time. This of course follows my choice for #1 Meatloaf - with You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth.
I must get back to the point about chaos on the highways, the third paragraph. I was almost afraid I had goofed and taken part of that out, but it's still there. Now I'm just praying the computer does not find a way to lose all this, so just for the moment I will sign out and come back to this other issue, which concerns marijuana. Over and out.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Something About Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker once said, (not quite sure actual words), "I don't like writing, but I enjoy having written." The problem there of course is that she got it backwards.
Turning around to see the bowling pins fall down is not what you need to do. Let someone else watch that. All you know is that you nailed it for sure. My game, of course, was always terrible, the balls usually went straight into the gutter. (And you could smoke and drink beer in bowling alleys. I don't see any bowling alleys around anymore. Anyone know of one in Brooklyn?)
Dorothy Parker of course got her kicks by drinking, so that I guess was what she did afterward. You see why writing is really the most fun part of all?
She said some really amazing things too. One I especially liked was, I've never been a millionaire, but I think I'd make a damned good one. I hope those are the exact words, but I'm not putting quotes around it.
Turning around to see the bowling pins fall down is not what you need to do. Let someone else watch that. All you know is that you nailed it for sure. My game, of course, was always terrible, the balls usually went straight into the gutter. (And you could smoke and drink beer in bowling alleys. I don't see any bowling alleys around anymore. Anyone know of one in Brooklyn?)
Dorothy Parker of course got her kicks by drinking, so that I guess was what she did afterward. You see why writing is really the most fun part of all?
She said some really amazing things too. One I especially liked was, I've never been a millionaire, but I think I'd make a damned good one. I hope those are the exact words, but I'm not putting quotes around it.
Conversations
If you are really there in a conversation, soon after you should probably not remember it at all.
If you are really responding to what the other person says, you may forget something else you wanted to say. So you should ask the person standing there if he is in a hurry to rush off, to please wait a minute while you think what was the last thing you wanted to say. It should really take only about one minute to remember it.
If you could possibly see that anything you just said sounded really stupid, you should hope the other person would notice and say, Hey, I don't know about that question you just asked me. Didn't you know that already? Instead, he will only say to himself, Gee this girl is really stupid and naive.
If at some point you remember or can get back to that conversation in your head (the sad thing is that it might be 30 yrs. later), don't you just wish you had said it right back then?
George (Jason Alexander) from Seinfeld once tried to do over a scene (about shrimp in the ocean) where he wanted so badly to respond a certain way, he set up that scene again somehow and ended up looking ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! I think he would make a great Shakespearean actor, if he is not already. How about King Lear?
Actually, I do see Dorothy Parker's point, but let's not overdo the marvelous relaxation afterward! Or find some other way to celebrate other than drinking! But boy was she ever a delicious writer!
If you are really responding to what the other person says, you may forget something else you wanted to say. So you should ask the person standing there if he is in a hurry to rush off, to please wait a minute while you think what was the last thing you wanted to say. It should really take only about one minute to remember it.
If you could possibly see that anything you just said sounded really stupid, you should hope the other person would notice and say, Hey, I don't know about that question you just asked me. Didn't you know that already? Instead, he will only say to himself, Gee this girl is really stupid and naive.
If at some point you remember or can get back to that conversation in your head (the sad thing is that it might be 30 yrs. later), don't you just wish you had said it right back then?
George (Jason Alexander) from Seinfeld once tried to do over a scene (about shrimp in the ocean) where he wanted so badly to respond a certain way, he set up that scene again somehow and ended up looking ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! I think he would make a great Shakespearean actor, if he is not already. How about King Lear?
Actually, I do see Dorothy Parker's point, but let's not overdo the marvelous relaxation afterward! Or find some other way to celebrate other than drinking! But boy was she ever a delicious writer!
Monday, October 8, 2018
Holy Shyte!
My blood pressure has been growing steadily up. Haven't had any sleep, have to go to bed straightaway! Now I'm talking to nobody but one friend here. Well ok. That's important.
Something about Aretha Franklin, etc.
This is difficult. First I have to announce that "I'm Jewish," which is difficult for anybody. Ok, I was brought up as a Reform Jew and became a Christian, but that's another story. What I'm finding out is that I really love and respect the Orthodox Jews for some of their natural wisdom. I'm sure that I have had at least one Orthodox Jewish past life. I learned about it on an online reading once, it was probably on Tarot.com. Sometimes I have found myself instinctively doing things and have no idea why I'm doing them and don't even notice it until later. After Aretha Franklin died I somehow let the hairs grow all over my face, until I started plucking them today. Unbelievable but when I looked at myself in the mirror today I also saw that I'm turning grey! I like it.
I also have met and know some Orthodox Jewish people who are quite liberal about it. Funny, my parents used to say, Where you have two Jews, there will be three opinions. It's an old saying. At least one Russian family I knew were liberal Orthodox and always put a Christmas tree up for New Years! I tutored with their children and also with their grandmother. The exclamation points I use a lot come from their mother, who used to use them all the time in her text messages to me. I think it's happy and upbeat. I have an old friend who also does this a lot in her infrequent cards to me, like for my birthday, well I always love hearing from her whenever it is.
Now this I really can't believe. One day I just put on some old clothes and started renting my garments (I don't know how I knew how to say that) or tearing them and crying. A friend told me it was Tisha B'av. Now I wasn't sure what Tisha B'av was before, didn't exactly know what it was about, til he told me. Never studied it, celebrated it, that is to say, commemorated it at all.
To get back to Aretha Franklin, I really miss her, and we all do. Entertainment Weekly, which I just happened to pick up that day, from Aug. 31, 2018, is a Special Tribute issue to Aretha. 1942-2018. We should all say a little prayer now and be grateful that Aretha Franklin was here for us in this world. Her picture on the cover of this issue was taken by Linda McCartney in 1968.
Oh and I like how the Orthodox Jews think about Messianic Jews. They say, once you turn Christian, you are a Christian. There are no Messianic Jews. Well, yes and no, but that's what I really think too. Nevertheless you just can't forget Judaism. Now I would rather call myself a Jewish Christian. Don't you think that's a better title, all of you Messianic Jews? Now what are you talking about afterall, by celebrating only Jewish holidays and fogetting all about Christmas and Easter?
I hope this is not too boring. Meanwhile it helps me a lot.
I also have met and know some Orthodox Jewish people who are quite liberal about it. Funny, my parents used to say, Where you have two Jews, there will be three opinions. It's an old saying. At least one Russian family I knew were liberal Orthodox and always put a Christmas tree up for New Years! I tutored with their children and also with their grandmother. The exclamation points I use a lot come from their mother, who used to use them all the time in her text messages to me. I think it's happy and upbeat. I have an old friend who also does this a lot in her infrequent cards to me, like for my birthday, well I always love hearing from her whenever it is.
Now this I really can't believe. One day I just put on some old clothes and started renting my garments (I don't know how I knew how to say that) or tearing them and crying. A friend told me it was Tisha B'av. Now I wasn't sure what Tisha B'av was before, didn't exactly know what it was about, til he told me. Never studied it, celebrated it, that is to say, commemorated it at all.
To get back to Aretha Franklin, I really miss her, and we all do. Entertainment Weekly, which I just happened to pick up that day, from Aug. 31, 2018, is a Special Tribute issue to Aretha. 1942-2018. We should all say a little prayer now and be grateful that Aretha Franklin was here for us in this world. Her picture on the cover of this issue was taken by Linda McCartney in 1968.
Oh and I like how the Orthodox Jews think about Messianic Jews. They say, once you turn Christian, you are a Christian. There are no Messianic Jews. Well, yes and no, but that's what I really think too. Nevertheless you just can't forget Judaism. Now I would rather call myself a Jewish Christian. Don't you think that's a better title, all of you Messianic Jews? Now what are you talking about afterall, by celebrating only Jewish holidays and fogetting all about Christmas and Easter?
I hope this is not too boring. Meanwhile it helps me a lot.
Useful advice about relationships & continuing them
When you develop an acquaintance with someone, or start a conversation with someone, unless they are unbearable, don't drop the thread, that means of course not just like a FB thread, but the thread of an idea, train of thought, or an energy thread that connects you with another person in some way. (If they are unbearable you should really drop them from your list.) Sometimes it might take 5 yrs. to get back to it, but if you feel like it, go back to where you left off. If they do not respond to you then you can let go.
Say what you have to say to people, or about people on Yelp, etc. Just say it even if you think it's stupid. On the computer you can always revise it later, but then if somebody's already read it, they probably will never go back at all to see the change. I once belonged to a group, or website, called Blurtit. It was fabulous, people blurting all over the place. I don't think it exists anymore.
You should remember to thank people appropriately when they have done you a world of good or given you something nice. A gift always helps too, when you are trying to mend a relationship of whatever kind, friendship, business or otherwise. It's a social network. You are not alone in this world. The phone, internet, sending pictures electronically, all these things and many more tie us together like never before, and can do it instantly. Thoughts travel, feelings are passed on. Everything can work better if you express yourself.
Understanding yourself is helpful to your own self-esteem and also helps others in tremendous ways. It's alright to take some time to get in touch with yourself any way you can do it, preferably several different ways.
Say what you have to say to people, or about people on Yelp, etc. Just say it even if you think it's stupid. On the computer you can always revise it later, but then if somebody's already read it, they probably will never go back at all to see the change. I once belonged to a group, or website, called Blurtit. It was fabulous, people blurting all over the place. I don't think it exists anymore.
You should remember to thank people appropriately when they have done you a world of good or given you something nice. A gift always helps too, when you are trying to mend a relationship of whatever kind, friendship, business or otherwise. It's a social network. You are not alone in this world. The phone, internet, sending pictures electronically, all these things and many more tie us together like never before, and can do it instantly. Thoughts travel, feelings are passed on. Everything can work better if you express yourself.
Understanding yourself is helpful to your own self-esteem and also helps others in tremendous ways. It's alright to take some time to get in touch with yourself any way you can do it, preferably several different ways.
Beginning of Autobiography
Here is the beginning. I'm not sure when I'll go back to this again.
*****
I'm really an old homespun kind of girl, but I became kinda wild and crazy for a lot of years (some people would say I'm still crazy) mostly because of my cloistered upbringing and the fact that I was a PK. For those who don't know that term, a PK is a preacher's kid. We invariably (my favorite word is invariably) don't want to set a good example for everybody just because we are a PK. Those who know me or are getting to know me will have picked up both of those two qualities in me. Hey you guys, doesn't that really turn you on? I thought it would. Whoops, there goes my flirty side.
Perhaps (I like that so much better than "maybe." People may think it sounds too artsy-fartsy or something, but I don't care.) So perhaps the main reason I have been depressed all these years is that I could never have a baby. I seemed to know somehow that I never would, even from my teens, when every girl starts to think about it, and some of those young girls do, against their will or not, begin to have babies.
When I finally die, these will be my last words: I can't believe I'm dying. There's so much more to do! Lately I'm like the White Rabbit, always rushing around to get something, do something, get anything done.
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I'm really an old homespun kind of girl, but I became kinda wild and crazy for a lot of years (some people would say I'm still crazy) mostly because of my cloistered upbringing and the fact that I was a PK. For those who don't know that term, a PK is a preacher's kid. We invariably (my favorite word is invariably) don't want to set a good example for everybody just because we are a PK. Those who know me or are getting to know me will have picked up both of those two qualities in me. Hey you guys, doesn't that really turn you on? I thought it would. Whoops, there goes my flirty side.
Perhaps (I like that so much better than "maybe." People may think it sounds too artsy-fartsy or something, but I don't care.) So perhaps the main reason I have been depressed all these years is that I could never have a baby. I seemed to know somehow that I never would, even from my teens, when every girl starts to think about it, and some of those young girls do, against their will or not, begin to have babies.
When I finally die, these will be my last words: I can't believe I'm dying. There's so much more to do! Lately I'm like the White Rabbit, always rushing around to get something, do something, get anything done.
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thoughts for today
If you are a writer, make writing your life. If you are a painter, make painting your life. If you are both, God help you!
Realize your weaknesses. Sometimes you have to give up and ask for help. Also sometimes, you have to just get out of the kitchen. Don't let anyone or anything disturb your peace of mind or your routines. People will tell you sometimes, "It's not all about you." But you know what? It is all about you! That is, you must first develop yourself. Then you can help others.
Realize your weaknesses. Sometimes you have to give up and ask for help. Also sometimes, you have to just get out of the kitchen. Don't let anyone or anything disturb your peace of mind or your routines. People will tell you sometimes, "It's not all about you." But you know what? It is all about you! That is, you must first develop yourself. Then you can help others.
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