Borat

i took this photo back in July. I was not really sure what it was. It grabbed my attention however. I did go and see Borat a few days ago. Sure it is hilarious – but only because it is filled with compassion. I love the sayings: “sexy time”, “great success” “high five”. There is a lot of controversy brewing around it as well: banned in Russia, Kazakhstan wants to sue, ignorant frat boyz suing…and so on. I think this has more to do with the money the film is making than anything else. Now if you are a person who gets offended easily – or can not laugh at how ridicules we are as a country – the extremes, divides, ignorance…than you will hate – hate this movie. The rodeo portion the man talking to Borat a bout gays and such…this man is so true to those in my hometown…anyway…really, really brilliant!

so, here i am working...and i feel light headed..but I think that I must just need food. I go get some food...drink some water. Still feel dizzy and now hot. So, I take my temp...yikes 101! Fuck, I really have no tolerence for being sick right now. Okay, off to rest and get better....

related to fringe

i really don’t talk about my work on this blog - not for any other reason then...i am sure if you know me...you know that is all I talk about...but today was one of those floor me days.

So, on Tuesday I sat on my sofa and watched the piano and entered all the apps we had thus far received – which came to a whopping 47! From what had come in over pay pal I thought I was looking at maybe 5-10 more to come in with the postmark of November 6. On Wednesday I hoofed it from Columbia Heights to our PO Box in Penn Quarter – nothing in the box – I was a bit disappointed. Went back today and found a slip in the PO Box saying I had three applications to claim at the counter…I went and waited in the line…I handed my slip to the attendant and she went behind the counter. She was gone for quite awhile – so long I thought maybe she had decided it was a good time to take a lunch break – soon enough she came around the corner with a crate filled to the brim. I asked her if that was all for me – she responded with a yes. After convincing her that I needed to keep the crate and would return it the next day – I began counting the applications right there – as reached I 15 I yelled out 15..as I reach 25 I yelled out 25 – and when I got to the bottom of the crate I yelled out 51!

So, whoa….time to plan – plan…..and man, do we have time to plan - nice!

i did not vote - i have failed montana!

We took back the House, thankfully, but control of the Senate rests on the results of two state races. Can you guess which state is one of those? I did not vote – I feel like I have failed Montana – as we finally got a democratic governor…last election!

(CNN) -- After polls closed on Election Day, Democrats were projected to pick up four GOP-held seats but must win the two remaining undecided races to gain control of the Senate.

Democratic candidates hold a lead in each of those two races -- in Virginia and Montana.

In Virginia, Democrat Jim Webb declared victory in his race against incumbent Republican Sen. George Allen early Wednesday, though a recount in the hotly contested election appeared likely.

"The votes are in, and we won," said Webb, who led Allen by nearly 12,000 votes with 99 percent of precincts reporting.

Allen assured supporters that "the counting will continue through the night."

In Montana, Republican Sen. Conrad Burns is trailing Democratic challenger state senator Jon Tester by about 3,600 votes -- or four percentage points -- with 82 percent of precincts reporting.

6 things I need to work on.

1. keeping an address book - I never enter anyone into my outlook as a person - i just enter the email...as if I can remember who ah7buk
2. using the phone - this may come as a big suprise to those that think I am a big talker - but I HATE the phone. I have this sense that all phone converstaions are notvhappening in real time. Most of the time I just hit the silence button on my phone if I do not know the number...and if a message is left - maybe I will call back. I do need to get in a better habit of using my phone and listnening to other while they talk to me through it.
3. grocery shopping - I am really good at going to the store and buying enough to make one dish. But when it comes to have a stock or actaul food like regular things to grab and eat - I have none of that.
4. taking care of my nails - i hate my fingernails....despite this I should take care of them
5. cash - i NEVER have cash on me. I really only use my card. I use to think this was a better way to keep track of where my money was going - now..well, I do not think this any longer. I need to carry cash...really.
6. not over booking myself - i really can only handel two meetings in one day - three is really pushing it! this week is just dumb for me and it is my own fault really...I can not be in two places at the same time....

what an ass

Rush Limbaugh had this to say about Michale J. Fox

"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease," Limbaugh told listeners. "He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act. . . . This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."

Right, cause none of those are the effects of disease....aagh!

i missed this last week...

Washington's Theatre Lobby Shutting Down The organization existed as a performance troupe from 1950 to 1972, then reconvened in 1985 as a theater support organization. Now most of the 15 Lobby members are in their 70s and 80s, some living in retirement communities. Seeing the plays, voting on the awards, raising funds for the small cash prizes and the event to hand them out has become too much. Washington Post 10/18/06

Oh me Oh My

Again, things get so complicated as we get older huh!?

The only silence I get is when I am asleep

When I look at my life - I like the journey – I do not see the end point at all...this is good.

Yet I crave to know when I will catch my breath rest my head without being asleep.

I want just a little compassion. I need someone to talk to – and not just dump on those handfuls of people that sure get an ear full – but maybe that is the way things play out with communication.

I am not a plain Jane – yet some times I wish I was. My shadow appears to be pretty plain…not sure what I mean by that.

I am patient with how things progress. I hold hope for all that things that are said and are hoped.

So, yes, I guess its alright.

okay, so, I have been listening to imogen heap for about two years now...and their new album came out on the 16th...I realized come the 13th that i was half counting the days...I do not think i have had a favoirite band in some time...they are really creative and thoughtful...yep I like them.

fall

no money in my pocket - YO!

yet i am pretty happy...but if i had more money I would be happier I feel...or so I have been thinking over the past few weeks...and today as my bank account bleeds red...i read this article in the Boston Globe....more money, more problems

jon and i went to see scot's show last night - went out for drinks after and mr. fancypants jon was hit on by both sexes in a too bright - neon - painoish bar. He was rawkin a shirt that just drew them in...it was like fly paper.

saw arturo ui last night. ah, whoa...wow! scot wastes nothing - all is ui. i was not ready or wanting for it to end - i mean i knew it must. the whole movie feel... i am at a play - yet it costs as much as a movie - and oh, i smell popcorn...i felt it was shameful in some way at first - raised my brow. But, man it works the whole package of the evening worked.

go - go to it now...

my grandpa brienza did this logo - all growing up I thought the B was for our last name - seriously, it was only about 2 ro 3 years ago i realized I was wrong.

does metro think of people as cars?

i seriously spent 4 hours on metro today. it was for a good cause - but none the less I read the entire express and two short stories in the book i am reading.

On the back of the express today they had this metro newsletter of sorts...in the bottom column entitled metro buzz - they had this to say: " with smarTrip only aisles, 32 customers can pass through a fare gate each minute, compared to 22 per minute currently. The SmarTrip express lanes are similar to E-ZPass lanes on toll roads." They are thinking of people as cars - right...that is really disturbing to me.

best thing said to me today

i got this in an email from a friend in philly ( all of you who spend sunday...all sunday at sugarmoms know what he is saying): "Sugar Mom's will be the death of me. I may have drank close to a bottle of whiskey there last night by 9pm. I woke up and my gut and what I can only imagine to be my kidneys and liver hurt. I should probally take a break, and I will, because they don't open for another hour and a half."

okay, this may be a bit of rant...but here goes. Why do humans always need to compete? What is that? Now, I am not saying that I am not competitive – I am to a point – but without real respect for oneself and human nature mixed in with that competitiveness – oh, my what a bad trait this is. This type of person seriously makes my skin crawl – like used car dealer: never really getting to see the real face of the person – always putting on masks to give people what they want…ick!

the best health news!

Marijuana may block Alzheimer's

The compound may protect the brain

The active ingredient in marijuana may stall decline from Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.

Scientists showed a synthetic version of the compound may reduce inflammation associated with Alzheimer's and thus help to prevent mental decline.

They hope the cannabinoid may be used to developed new drug therapies.

The research, by Madrid's Complutense University and the Cajal Institute, is published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

We would warn the public against taking marijuana as a way of preventing Alzheimer's Dr Susanne Sorensen

The scientists first compared the brain tissue of patients who died from Alzheimer's disease with that of healthy people who had died at a similar age.

They looked closely at brain cell receptors to which cannabinoids bind, allowing their effects to be felt.

They also studied structures called microglia, which activate the brain's immune response.

Microglia collect near the plaque deposits associated with Alzheimer's disease and, when active, cause inflammation.

The researchers found a dramatically reduced functioning of cannabinoid receptors in diseased brain tissue.

This was an indication that patients had lost the capacity to experience cannabinoids' protective effects.

The next step was to test the effect of cannabinoids on rats injected with the amyloid protein that forms Alzheimer's plaques.

Those animals who were also given a dose of a cannabinoid performed much better in tests of their mental functioning.

The researchers found that the presence of amyloid protein in the rats' brains activated immune cells.

However, rats that also received the cannabinoid showed no sign of microglia activation.

Using cell cultures, the researchers confirmed that cannabinoids counteracted the activation of microglia and thus reduced inflammation.

Drug target

Researcher Dr Maria de Ceballos said: "These findings that cannabinoids work both to prevent inflammation and to protect the brain may set the stage for their use as a therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease."

Dr Susanne Sorensen, head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said: "This is important research because it provides another piece of the jigsaw puzzle on the workings of the brain.

"There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease, so the identification of another target for drug development is extremely welcome.

"The Alzheimer's Society looks forward to seeing further research being carried out on cannabinoid receptors as drug targets for Alzheimer's disease but would warn the public against taking marijuana as a way of preventing Alzheimer's.

"It is now generally recognised that as well as providing a 'high', long-term use of marijuana can also lead to depression in many individuals."

Different receptors

Harriet Millward, of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said there were two main types of cannabinoid receptor, CR1 and CR2.

"It is CR1 that produces most of the effects of marijuana, including the harmful ones.

"If it is possible to make drugs that act only on CR2, as suggested by the authors of this study, they might mimic the positive effects of cannabinoids without the damaging ones of marijuana.

"However, this is a fairly new field of research and producing such selective drugs is not an easy task.

"There is also no evidence yet that cannabinoid-based drugs can slow the decline in human Alzheimer's patients."

random thoughts

Who tattoos their face?

I saw Dan T. on the metro last night.

Why are relationships so complicated as one gets older…oh, the baggage we carry.

My oven doesn’t work.

I really am loving U2 more that usual.

I think I need to go on a trip.

I should recycle paper more.

Fall is a great season.

Am I supposed to own where I live? This really has never crossed my mind…no joke.

It will be a cold winter.

Amish shooting!

Fenty and Dan T…it feels like Clinton hope..good.

I really do not drink beer.

Why does the heat just turn on in my house?

I need office furniture. Anyone!!!???

Leggings are good!

My home is the USA not just a city in the country.

I need to go to Iceland.

Hitler was crazy..yet really fucking brilliant

who i want to meet

I have read nearly all of Haruki Murakami novels and short stories. I am powering through the 24 short stories in Blind Willow Sleeping Woman. There is something about his writing that is at one point so familiar - like a thought you had but never came up with quite the right words to express perhaps - or maybe not even formed it into a thought cause words were not what it was - in saying all of that his stories are also surprising and take you on such a journey. It is like a dream when you first wake up you remember portions - splashes and all day you keep going back to it all day to connect the dots.
I do not have a lot of time to read....or at least to way I woudl like to. I do wish and hope that some day I could meet Haruki and talk to him about his process.

best thing said to me today

"you know it is just a magic grass trick", thaddeus phillps.

Listen to this song. Click on the first link sandbag search:http://www.luciditysuitcase.com/music.html

this is from a show called earth's sharp edge. in the scene where this song is played a man's suitcase is being searched by airposrt security- inside they find sand. Once the sand is poured out the man whos suitcase it is walks a small camel over the pile of sand on the table - slowly - it is one part beauitful and another part heart wrenching as you know his homeland - how he knew is gone forever.