Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Why? Because it’s lovely.

Andy Carvin, a fellow Boston blogger gone south, is now working at NPR. Yesterday, he got a chance to meet Michael Moore and has posted video of his NPR interview. I think my Indie Film Meetup friends will be particularly happy to see this.

After his recent controversial appearance on CNN, it was nice to see him in a place that felt safe to him. I’m glad Andy left the bit in at the very where they are talking about Cat Stevens/Harold and Maude. It’s nice to see him interacting more informally.

You can read more about Michael Moore at NPR on Andy’s blog.

This is what I had planned to post yesterday at about this time… you know, before the sick kitty and the vet and the birds, etc. I first heard Roger and Billie sing together at the Love Hangover at King’s the day after Valentine’s Day. Even though I had another place to go that night, I knew I wanted to see Billie, because she’s just an excellent person, and I knew she was a good performer. That was the night I learned that she also had an unbelievable voice, and if you know me, you know what a freakin’ voice snob I can be. Her voice is strong and clear, yet she has great control over her instrument, so she gets all the subtleties. I love genuine performers, the ones who are clearly enjoying themselves, not playing a part. She had accomplished that in Vagina Monologues, and she did the same that night. I was impressed with Roger, who was playing guitar. Of the pairs of performers I saw, he was definitely the best of the bunch. His voice matches hers well, so the harmonies are perfect: no competition or icky pitches. On the last night at the Bickett Gallery, one of the artists was unable to play, and Roger and Billie happened to be there, so the attendees got a lucky impromptu show from the two of them. That night, I learned about the performance I ended up attending yesterday at Slim’s. It was a benefit for a local family who has accrued quite a bit of medical bill debt after the death of their son. The duo performed again (along with several other acts). It was delightful as always. There is much more video to share, but for now, I offer you “Save Me.” This is a cover of an Aimee Mann song. Pardon the sing-along… you know I always forget to shut up! Enjoy. 😀

“Save Me” as covered by Roger Gupton and Billie Karrel from abbyladybug on Vimeo

Jeep is fine. The vet said she definitely needed to come in given the symptoms, but her feeling better this morning seems to be because she IS better. Yay. I hate having a sick pet. She was REALLY not feeling very well last night. The only bad news about this is that she peed all over the inside of the bag I brought her in (she doesn’t like cat carriers and is happiest in a little dark cave, e.g. a bag with only a little open above her head). I scrubbed the inside of the bag out when I got home, then inverted it to air dry on the porch. I haven’t spent any time out there since the whole bird situation, but I’m almost glad Jeep had her nervous accident.

When I got out on the porch, there were three birds tweeting and flying around overhead. It was clearly the three baby birds that remained from the nest. I had only seen two in my photograph, so finding three was a treat. What transpired was mostly captured on film. It’s a crazy, frenetic film, and I swear one longish clip didn’t make it on to the camera – probably because the batteries were dying. But I think you’ll like this, especially if you were reading about the ones that didn’t make it last weekend. I can’t believe how fast they grew! Mom said it was probably because of the spaghetti!

Baby Birds Leave the Nest and Go Off Into the World! from abbyladybug on Vimeo

Now the nest is empty!

And guess how much I’ve studied today. 🙁

Today is supposed to be a study day. So far, not much done. It’s been an incredibly productive week in that arena though. I realized that since I’m going to this networking dinner for local psychologists tonight, I really should make some business cards to pass out, so I did that. And then I edited some pictures I took of my breakfast. (I know, but wait until you see how great the pictures are!) And now I’ve found that Cold War Kids are being livestreamed from Bonnaroo, and MAN, I love them. I think I’m going to put in some study time tomorrow on what is supposed to be my day off. I’m still plenty pleased with my discipline this week. Go me.

My breakfast: