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libertangoIt's raining here in Redmond.
No, stop laughing. I mean it.
Rain in Western Washington usually means a kind of extended drizzle. It's damp, but not really a threat to life and limb. And it does it a lot.
This is in contrast to, say, LA, where one will get many inches of rain in a two hour period and then nothing for months at a time.
Today is one of those rare days when we're getting LA style rain.
Problem is, Washingtonians don't really design their drainage to suit. Because most of the time, it's not needed.
Our apartment is on the ground floor. The second bedroom -- which we use as an office -- is sunk into a hill.
As I look out the window above my desk, I see a pond slowly growing outside where there is normally a walkway, but it isn't draining properly.
The maintenance guys have been by with a pump. They're going out and buying more. Their worry is that the water will soak into the soil, and concrete is porous, and then we'll start flooding the office from below.
So far, this hasn't happened.
But I'm looking at the carpet edging the appropriate walls every now and then.
On the other hand, tonight they're showing Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box) at The Paramount Theatre. Doors open at 6PM, lecture at 7PM, show starts 7:30PM. Tickets are $12.00. The movie, while silent, will be accompanied by The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ.
Pandora, of course, is the movie many consider Louise Brooks' best.
{swoon}
From Louise's great book, Lulu In Hollywood:
--- damn. can't find the book. ---
Anyway, Louise tells the tale of how she was about to film a big, somewhat violent-slappy scene with Franz Lederer, the male lead. And the director, Pabst, came up to her and told her that she should go back, and re-dress, but without any underwear. Brooks' outfit was already somewhat filmy and clingy in that 1929 way, and Brooks protested about wasting the time when it wouldn't show up visually in the shot. No one would know.
Pabst jabbed at thumb a Lederer. "He'll know."
At which point, Louise says she quietly and meekly went to re-dress.
No, stop laughing. I mean it.
Rain in Western Washington usually means a kind of extended drizzle. It's damp, but not really a threat to life and limb. And it does it a lot.
This is in contrast to, say, LA, where one will get many inches of rain in a two hour period and then nothing for months at a time.
Today is one of those rare days when we're getting LA style rain.
Problem is, Washingtonians don't really design their drainage to suit. Because most of the time, it's not needed.
Our apartment is on the ground floor. The second bedroom -- which we use as an office -- is sunk into a hill.
As I look out the window above my desk, I see a pond slowly growing outside where there is normally a walkway, but it isn't draining properly.
The maintenance guys have been by with a pump. They're going out and buying more. Their worry is that the water will soak into the soil, and concrete is porous, and then we'll start flooding the office from below.
So far, this hasn't happened.
But I'm looking at the carpet edging the appropriate walls every now and then.
On the other hand, tonight they're showing Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box) at The Paramount Theatre. Doors open at 6PM, lecture at 7PM, show starts 7:30PM. Tickets are $12.00. The movie, while silent, will be accompanied by The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ.
Pandora, of course, is the movie many consider Louise Brooks' best.
{swoon}
From Louise's great book, Lulu In Hollywood:
--- damn. can't find the book. ---
Anyway, Louise tells the tale of how she was about to film a big, somewhat violent-slappy scene with Franz Lederer, the male lead. And the director, Pabst, came up to her and told her that she should go back, and re-dress, but without any underwear. Brooks' outfit was already somewhat filmy and clingy in that 1929 way, and Brooks protested about wasting the time when it wouldn't show up visually in the shot. No one would know.
Pabst jabbed at thumb a Lederer. "He'll know."
At which point, Louise says she quietly and meekly went to re-dress.
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Date: 2003-10-20 02:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-20 02:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-20 05:31 pm (UTC)Only red.
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Date: 2003-10-20 05:43 pm (UTC)I shall simply have to console myself with seeing the real thing.
We will leave aside the field day for psychologists my attraction to redheads represents.
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Date: 2003-10-20 05:50 pm (UTC)Mind you, I havn't had that hairstyle (or my hair that short) in years and years, although I still ahve some pictures, nearly 20 pounds lighter, which is ScarySkinny.
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Date: 2003-10-20 10:47 pm (UTC)Hrm. Yes. Which, with someone with my self-esteem problems, should be strange... but, as the Emperor says in Amadeus, there it is.
Mind you, I havn't had that hairstyle (or my hair that short) in years and years, although I still ahve some pictures, nearly 20 pounds lighter, which is ScarySkinny.
Your suits you (or did last I saw), which is no surprise, since it's still You underneath.
Still, Louise is on my interest list for a reason.
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Date: 2003-10-21 05:22 pm (UTC)1. It required constant trims.
2. It required constant styling.
3. I wanted it longer.
4. I wanted to spend less time fussing in the morning.
Otherwise, I loved it.
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Date: 2003-10-21 05:52 pm (UTC)Yes, fuss factor considerations can be a big thing for me, too.
This is why I had my hair cut with a #2 blade, all the way around for the longest time. I could have a haircut about once a month, and other than that, zero maintenance. If I was on the road, I could tell any barber in the country what I wanted, and get consistent results.
You can see what I looked like then at my photo page, http://photos.yahoo.com/hbobrien
(For that matter, you can see samples of my other photo work there, if you never have.)
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Date: 2003-10-21 06:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-22 12:00 am (UTC)Yes, I do. Marci Malinowycz has told me she thinks I could use the blue one of Sarah on the couch as stock. I dunno. OTOH, I've used it as a wallpaper many times, including at work, and it does consistently get compliments.
But then, so does Sarah.
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Date: 2003-10-22 04:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-21 02:05 am (UTC)Never fear, I'm back out on a business trip next month. So far, in 7 or 8 trips I've yet to see it Rain in Redmond...
My luck could change. Still, it sounds just like here.