Heroically High Class Placement Musings

Cigarette out one window and sputum out the other....obviously these were some top-notch, high-class drivers i was following yesterday on my way to Travers City.

While driving through the thriving metropolis of Traverse City which walks the outer rim of Michigan's list of top 5 biggest cities, i just had a lot of running thoughts on where i should be in life. Sometimes i just dont feel like i fit in our little cultural bubble of Petoskey, MI. Maybe just too much world travel in my younger years, or maybe I'm just meant to be somewhere else.

The problem comes from not finiding many places nicer than where i am.

Anywho....HEROES season 2 starts tonight, signalling the start of TV watching amdn movie nights at my place....which in turn signals the upturn of spending on groceries. i don't mind, i like playing host in my little upstairs apartment...that is, when i'm in a sociable mood. The Office starts on Thursday...i cannot wait.

Park(ing) Day

Why on earth am i not out doing this instead of being confined to this blasted cubicle?

http://www.parkingday.org/

Today...

...is just one of those days that makes you want to punch a camel in the face a little.

Reese's Whipps

Found one of these at the local magical Walgreens this morning.

After consuming the bar of sweet sweet goodness i decided this is the resultant birth 9 months* after a Reese's peanut butter cup and a 3 Muskateers bar got it on in the backseat of an '89 volvo station wagon in the last row of the local drive-in theater.

*This is a generalization due to an inability to acquire the exact numbers on the gestation period of a candy bar.

Magic Walgreens

On my way to work this morning i had to stop at Walgreens to pick up some cold medicine due to a bug i picked up in Indiana last weekend. Upon walking up to the storefront; in my semi-sick, psuedo-conscious bleariness i examined the Walgreen's logo for the first time.



Now the mortar and pestle are a normal icon for a pharmicist, but what struck me is the stars. I didn't know Walgreens was a magic pharmicist...'cause that's what i see when i see stars floating out of a cup-like structure.

Do they have magic drugs?

It's certianly not magic service.

maybe a magic building...

And how do you know the difference between magic drugs and regular drugs? Are there more stars involved?

What you should all be reading

In my enthusiasm to share my love of books, here is a list of books that if you haven't read...i offer up one question: Why on earth not!!?!?!?!?!

-Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland
-The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
-The Great Divorce by CS Lewis
-Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
-High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
-Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
-Baltimore: Or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
-On Writing by Stephen King
-Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loep and Tim Sale
-The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
-Fables by Bill Willingham
-The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
-I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
-Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
-Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley
-Planetary by Warren Ellis
-Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susannah Clarke

Well that should keep you all busy.

Cheers,
M

huh...

I find the fact the local bakery has a mess of pamphlets advertising a local fitness center mildly ironic and somewhat laughable....maybe its just me....

An Ode to Fall

Fall is beginning to make it’s presence known. The trees are starting to blush, flip-flops are slowly being replaced by sensible, closed-toed shoes and the weather has a severe case of Attention Deficit Disorder.

Today started with a sunrise so beautiful it almost convinced me that getting in a car accident would be worth taking my eyes off the road just to watch it. Ever since then it’s dwindeled into gray dreariness that was pushed out of the way by blue sky, only to be overcome by a deluge that the Bible would be proud of, which was whipped away by gale force winds revealing more skies of blue which were swallowed up by giant black monster clouds roaring and flashing their weatherly wrath, which has ultimately lead to a sort of grey ambiguity. A meteorological purgatory if you will.

Oh yes, I can’t forget the other signals Fall has been slyly sending my way: Candy Corn Pumpkins (the best of all candy corn varieties) have found their way to the shelves of quality grocers everywhere, and Johann’s Bakery has started producing their sugar and cinnamon covered pumpkin donuts - Paired with warm apple cider, this is a force to battle productivity, wakefulness and all sorts of consciousness-required activities.

My musical tastes also tend to swing the way of more maudlin, melancholy and contemplative overtones; taking over for the soul-filled jazziness of the summer vibes. I find the likes of Bright Eyes, Damien Rice, Rachael Yamagata and Jeff Buckley pushing their way to the forefront of my playlists.

Fall is my favorite season. It signals the start of heavy blankets, thick books, hot food and deep movies. Everything about it - minus it signaling what follows, of course – makes it the most appealing season to my particular diposition. The crunching of fallen leaves, the deep rapturous colors of the trees, the mist over the lake from the cooling air over warm waters…it all just makes me……smile.