Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

My next blog post was going to be about the brilliance of Andrew Bird, but I haven’t gotten around to that. This is too priceless to resist:

“Some plots are moved forward by external events and crises. Others are moved forward by the characters themselves. If I go through that door, the plot continues. The story of me through the door. If I stay here, the plot can’t move forward, the story ends! … Don’t do anything that may move the plot forward. Instead, let’s see if the plot finds you.” (Professor Hilbert of Stranger than Fiction)

This is a good philosophy when it comes to relationships, and a bad one when it comes to job-hunting. To that end, I am going to begin meeting with my friend Molly every Monday morning at a local coffeeshop so that we can help each other come up with a job-hunting plan for the week. She’s unemployed, too.

Now that she’s actually 65, I guess I’ll let her use those AARP benefits without giving her hell! Hope you have a great day, mom!

For the past four Fridays, I have driven to Durham for the Sketch-N-Shoot at 305 South, an “anti-mall”. It’s easier to show what happens than it is to explain. Basically, models show up, and we take pictures of them. Here are mine:

There’s a Flickr group now, too, so you can see everyone’s photos.

This month, several of my pictures are featured in the newsletter, including one of the owner, James. His wife has contacted me about getting a large print made of it to put in their living room as an anniversary present. Shhhh! It’s a secret, so don’t mention on Flickr. He might see!!

In other words, quit watching Britney, and watch one of the good performances for a change!Managed to get it into an MP3 format for more enjoyment options. Go me!

If you don’t know and are not noticing the lyrics, they SCANDALIZED the world in 1984. I definitely remember turning this song down when my parents were around! Oh, but What. A. Song. And this version is out of this world.