I also chatted with Paul Rieckhoff, the executive director and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), who is often on Rachel's show. I purchased his book 'Chasing Ghosts'. All in all, Saturday was awesome.
Today (Sunday) was more mundane. I raked leaves, visited the local bookstore, took a walk and went out to dinner with Mom & Dad.
- Mood:
content
- Mood:
disappointed - Music:Let Forever Be by The Chemical Brothers
- Mood:
okay
This is a photograph I took at the MET of a glass mosaic by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
- Mood: calm
Last night, I was taken out to dinner by Leigh & Chris to the Chateau for a belated birthday celebration. The food and conversation were very pleasant. I told them of my visit to NYC and showed photos and video on my iPod. Later, I invited them to the house for birthday cake and to meet Tigger.
Today I went to my painting class. The process is challenging, but I think I am improving technique. This may have been my last class if I am hired for that job. I will just have to wait and see.
- Mood: content
- Music:Rescue by Echo and the Bunnymen
Speaking of which, while in New York, I saw the movie The Damned United, which had Maurice Roëves (Sergeant James in Danger UXB) in a supporting role. The lead part of Brian Clough was played brilliantly by Michael Sheen.
Hmm.... both The Hurt Locker and Danger UXB are about defusing bombs and both have a character named Sergeant James.
- Mood: calm
American Museum of Natural History
Empire State Building
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
These are some of the attractions that I visited in New York this past weekend. I had a fabulous time in spite of my compulsive habit of worrying. I am very grateful to Grinninfoole & Millari for their company and especially grateful to our cousin from KY for the use of her apartment. Many thanks.
Central Park looking west about 5:45pm on Sunday.
- Mood: calm
- Music:Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order
- Mood: happy
I asked him what part of Scotland he was from. He replied that he was from Orkney Islands in the far north. I said that I visited Scotland once with my mother and that her maiden name was Stirling. He sounded bemused.
On Tuesday, I attended my first painting class at the MFA. The subject was a still life and the paints used were acrylic. As a complete novice at this medium, I was intimidated at first. But after diving in - so to speak - I became more relaxed though it was still a challenge. I think my prior experience in charcoal drawing helped me.
- Mood: pleased
- Music:The Back of Love (Live) by Echo and the Bunnymen
Another house had solar panels and an elevator. The star attraction was a house built in 1759 and has been recently expanded but with the historical integrity preserved. There's a pool and jacuzzi uphill from it with a 3/4 scale replica of the original house the functions as a storage shed. The weather today has been picture perfect.
- Mood: pleased
- Music:They Don't Know by Kirsty MacColl
- Mood: calm
- Music:Novio by Moby
For fans of Jane Austen dramatizations, there are performances by Crispin Bonham-Carter & Amanda Root.
- Mood: calm
In another note, most of the backyard has been scraped and re-seeded. The task took the landscapers three days. It was Dad's idea and I hope, for his peace of mind, that the lawn will look nicer.
- Mood: cheerful
- Music:Krafty by New Order
- Mood: disappointed
- Music:Rockin' In The Free World by Neil Young
The movie is good, but not great. The visuals are well done. Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam are fine, but Aaron Eckhart is annoying. The only reason to watch the film is Jennifer Ehle, as the bisexual poetess, Christabel LaMotte. She is breathtakingly beautiful here.
- Mood: lonely
- Music:Mad World by Tears For Fears
- Mood: happy
- Music:Life Begins At The Hop by XTC
- Mood: content
- Mood: complacent
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