Litte Stuff...

 _unintentional election humor:

BOHEMIAN CRIP(TO VOTER)

Have you got your ballot yet?

VOTER

I'll drop it by tomorrow.

BOHEMIAN CRIP
Cool! Don't forget!

VOTER(as if explaining something very obvious)
I'm a social worker.

Ha, ha...thanks for the laugh,Ms. voter. The unexpected ones are always the best.

-The mix of knowledge and innocence from the kids on "Shameless" kills me every time.

-wish me luck as I try the tangerine marmalade I bought on etsy, trying to pretend that I still experience new things.  Trying not to deny myself small things during this time makes me realize how much time I spend saying no.

UPDATE

I came up with "Some titfolk are shitfolk," but maybe that's not inclusive...show me what you got in the comments.

For What it's Worth...

 I disrespectfully fucking dissent.

The Part Where It Gets Hard To Keep Up...

-Elections gets faster at the end, but I and my computer usually don't. Hilarity ensues?

-Watched "Awakenings" for the first time since my early twenties(The very first time, I was in Wisconsin as a teen for my grandfather's funeral...realized that only 3 of the family members at that Waukesha multiplex is still in my life regularly. Sigh)

There's not really a reason to make a whole post about "Awakenings"...it's wet-eyed, if well-made inspiration porn, but a thought occurred to to me that would not have risen during the time when  I was still trying to smother fantasies of quick-yet-permanent Betterment.

To wit: Is there a way to make the whole film a metaphor for how brief life(Not just crip life, but all life) is without making childhood some sort of grotty institution? Because that seems a little harsh.

Something I Found From The Hat...

About pop culture 9/11 

Searching for a sample for the project from my last post, I found this. Maybe this could have been the sample instead of the Hill Street one, but the Hill Street piece was a better writing experience...still sort of remain sad that the "The Player" essay the space was saved for never quite materialized..."everyone knows" that writing about film is more intellectual than writing about TV, "Golden Age" or not

Like Frida, I Do A Lot of "Self-Portraits"

 But I'm doing my best to get beyond that, at least slightly, by making a pop-culture pitch this week.History tells me that my pitches to people with whom I'm not at least tangentially acquainted don't work that well, but if I've learned anything from the current moment, it is that I have limited time to wring my hands over things like that.

I would love to write the article, it would be my biggest current payday, but if I don't get to do it, I'm not out much.