zaterdag 7 mei 2011

zaterdag 7 mei 2011 Up at 6:34. Watch DW-TV. News reports how the Syrian Army Has Stormed The City Of Banias. Toast and cheddar-and-onion omelet for breakfast. A movie in the morning -- X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The battle between Wolverine and Weapon XI is awesome!
Listen to CounterSpin - Matthew Alexander On Torture, Tyson Slocum On Gas Prices. Check the weather. It's cool and cloudy... as usual.
With that, I head out. It gets a little gusty at times. People are buying flowers at Pike Place Market for Mother's Day. Where's Frank's Produce? Wow. The whole Corner Market is closed for construction.
Catch a #16 up to Wallingford... one of the more popular family residential neighborhoods in Seattle. Meander up and down, I admire some lush front yards.
Over to Wallingford Center, there's a long line for Trophy Cupcakes. Up to the main drag is see restaurant row on 45th. They have everything. I see the cutest grocery clerk of Seattle - Gregory - riding his bike down 45th. The #16 bus to d'town is packed. I hang out with a bunch of Japanese students in the back of the bus. Back to my place. Turn on KOMO News. Report - Candid videos show rare view of unkempt bin Laden.
There's a lot of coverage for the Opening Day For Boating Season.

Shrimp fried rice for dinner. Watch Stargate Universe - Divided. A conflict thats been brewing since the arrival on Destiny comes to a climax.. Who will be in control - military or civilians? Even though civilian control couldn’t last, Destiny needs a military leadership under these circumstances. Lots o' guns.
Watch movie - H. G. Wells War Of The Worlds. The events, characters, and firms depicted in this photo play are fictitious. Really. Any similarities to actual persons, living or dead, or
actual events, is purely coincidental, and very weird.

vrijdag 6 mei 2011

vrijdag 6 mei 2011 The alarm is buzzing 12 minutes past 5 o'clock. Oy. I didn't hear it. Turn on BBC News. Report - Six Killed In Syrian Protests. Hummus sandwich for breakfast. Shower. Watch Stargate Universe - Space. A mishap with the communication stones sends Colonel Young's consciousness to an alien vessel, provoking the crew's first extra-terrestrial encounter. Whoa!

Walk up Westlake to work. I'm fighting a cold. Sore throat. Coughing. I feel yucky. I muddle through the day ok. There's a nice spread in the staff lounge because today is Child Care Provider Appreciation Day.
10 - Hang out with the 7 Rainforest kids drawing with markers and reading books. 11 - Outside with the 8 Seahorses for Patty's lunch. I set up lunches. 12 - Pam's lunch. The 5 Starfish are going down for naps. Mr. O abstains. 1 - Kenn's lunch. Quiet time. 2 - Sharon's lunch. Hang out with the napping Seahorses. Up to my place. Drop of stuff. Listen to The World. I guess that people in Abbottabad are saying There Goes The Neighborhood. Train up to Uwajimaya to pick up a few things. #510 bus back to Union Street. It's rainy. Keep warm and dry inside. Glee Marathon! Episodes - Dream On, Theatricality and Funk. Nighty-night.

donderdag 5 mei 2011

donderdag 5 mei 2011 Up at 2:10. Turn on France 24. Watch In The Papers - Photo of Osama: “Seeing is believing"?

Then I fall back to sleep. I have a strange dream about my mom and dad taking a trip to Paris, France. They don't have their passports, so they miss their flight. My dad says, "I don't want to go to France anyway." Awake before alarm. Watch KOMO News. Curried rice and cheddar-and-mushroom omelet for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Karl Frisch - founder of Bullfight Strategies - calls in to co-host Right Wing World. Karl and Steph talk about the latest Right Wing talking point: Conservative Media Denounce Obama's "Disgusting" Ground Zero Visit As A "Political Victory Lap" Shower. Finish movie - The Spy Who Loved Me. I love the Mad Scientist theme of this movie. A reclusive megalomaniac named Stromberg who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilisation under the sea.
Walk up Westlake to work. 10 - Breaks for Yachea, Tanja, Elaine and Toni. I take the 8 Starfish to the Bike Room. Energetic kids! Weeeeee!
11 to 11:45 - Help Jessica with the 5 Sunshine Kids and 1 Trailblazer to dance class. First, they dance like pigs. Then, they become hermit crabs in the sea.

12 - Earnastine's lunch. The 6 Tree Frogs are eating lunch. I take 4 into their nap room, and they quickly go to sleep. 1 - Yachea's lunch. Five Sea Turtles sleep. 2 - The kids keep sleeping. Walk home. Listen to The World. I like the Geo Quiz. Melting ice, snow and permafrost... The collective name of all of the coldest parts of the planet is the cryosphere. Report - Big Changes In The World’s Cold Regions.
Turn on KOMO News. President Barack Obama, accompanied by a New York City Firefighter, place a wreath at the World Trade Center site in New York. Top story - Obama In NYC: Meant What We Said By 'Never Forget'
Weather: Friday will start grey (still) with areas of drizzle, but it'll get wetter as we get into the afternoon with steady rains and highs only in the mid 50s. Watch Monty Python's Flying Circus - Owl-Stretching Time. Teriyaki noodle bowl for dinner - Hokkien noodles and sauce with tofu, carrots and spinach. Watch Stargate Universe - Justice. We get a little taste of Law & Order in this episode when Colonel Young is implicated in the murder of a crew member. Things come to a head between Young and Rush as Rush is left behind on a desert planet.
Watch Hardball. Watch as the comedian - Will Ferrell - interprets former President George Bush's reaction to the news of Osama bin Laden's death.

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I try to watch A View To A Kill, but I'm too tired to watch the whole thing. I like the chase scene through the Eiffel Tower in Paris, though.

woensdag 4 mei 2011

woensdag 4 mei 2011 Restless night. I think that I was dreaming of the evil Morgana played by Alice Krige from The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Up at 4:30. Turn on BBC News. Hash browns and Quorn for breakfast. Shower. Back in time - on Monday, May 4, 1970 - the Kent State Massacre occurred. The Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. These are the 4 who died. Unarmed college students cut down in their prime.
Watch Stargate Universe - Time. This episode ends like a cliffhanger... to be continued. Everyone is dying. No time for debauchery for this end-of-the-world scenario. Things look pretty bleak. Johansen is watching her friends die one-by-one.This situation must be resolved somehow by an unseen reset. The next episode is called Life.
The sun is up. Things are warming up, too. Nice enough to wear shorts.
Walk up Westlake to work. 10 to 10:45 - Cover for Patty's meeting. She comes back a little to early to help us pick up the room. 10:45 to 11:30 - Planning time for Earnastine. I hang out with the Tree Frogs on the playground. We have fun in the sandbox. Upstairs to help set out a few nap mats for the Rainforest Kids. Then I take a short break. 12 - Yachea's break. The 5 Sea Turtles are already done with lunch. I change a few diapers, and they easily go down for naps. NO NAP HASSLES TODAY! Yay! 1 - Tanja's lunch. Hang out with the nappers. Quiet time. 2 - Sam's lunch. Most of the Trailblazers are asleep. I just sit with them and enjoy the soft acoustical guitar music. Streetcar to d'town. Watch KOMO News. The sun beckons, so I walk up Pike to the new Plum Bistro. I want to try this place out some day.
Back down University to my place. Watch Stargate Universe - Life. Stargate fans give this only a 6.0 ("fair") rating. It deserves better with the array of human emotions... the relationship between Camille and Sharon - her partner of 12 years. The pair share an intimate few hours at home. But all too soon, they exchange tearful goodbyes, with Sharon encouraging Camille to do whatever it takes to motivate the people on board the Destiny and get herself home.
Watch MSNBC. Eugene Robinson and Joan Walsh wrangle around the value of letting the photos of Bin Laden's bloody corpse be published on Hardball. And a twit from Sarah Palin. Uff da! Stop "pussy-footing around" Watch movie... just half of it - The Spy Who Loved Me.

dinsdag 3 mei 2011

dinsdag 3 mei 2011 And Osama Bin Laden is still dead.
Up with alarm. Oy! I want more sleep, please! Hash browns and a fried egg for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. We're experiencing a Right-Wing flashback this morning. "We need more torture"... and let's not forget to thank George W. Bush. Fox & Friends Wants To Be Sure Everyone Gives George W. Bush Credit For Bin Laden's Death.

Shower. Watch Glee - Laryngitis before going to work. Walk up Westlake. 10 - Cover for Pam's meeting with Leisha. The 6 Sea Otters are building towers with Legos. Then we get ready to go outside. 11 to 12:45 - Jessica gets planning time and a lunch break. Sabrina covers for Elaine's planning time. I always feel rushed with the Dolphins. All 8 of them are here, playing on the playground. I take 3 inside to do diapers. More time outside. It's a challenge to get them inside. They could play outside all day. Sabrina sets up lunches. I try to read a book to them, but they're not listening. They want to play with their cars. I'm happy to take my break at 12:45. 1 - Cristin's lunch. Nine (9?) Starfish. They all sleep. Toni gets Miss P. to sleep. A couple others wake up early. I take them to the Bike Room. 2 - Toni's lunch. I head back to the classroom to watch the other 7 sleep. Walk back to my place. Make a cup of chamomile tea and relax for a bit. Short walk d'town. Just to Rainier Square and back. Watch Monty Python's Flying Circus - How to Recognise Different Types of Trees From Quite a Long Way Away. I like the restaurant bit where a gentle complaint about a dirty fork leads to suicide and threatened murder.
Then Stargate Universe - Earth. By using the communication stones, some of our friends get a chance to visit Earth and beloved friends and family. Funny. Eli tells his mom that he's Philip Fry - a reference to Futurama. But Colonel Telford is trying to take over command of Destiny.
Watch Hardball and Maddow. I enjoy Chris Matthews' interview with Janny Scott about A Singular Woman.

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Rachel Maddow reminds us... Bin Laden sought to bankrupt America (and nearly did). Great countries fall because their economies fail. Osama bin Laden set out to bankrupt America, betting that American leaders would spend trillions -- every last cent in the Treasury -- on trying to defeat him. Video: War On Terror Fought On Bin Laden's Terms. Midnight movie - The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

maandag 2 mei 2011

maandag 2 mei 2011 Up at 12:28. I like how my iPad turns itself off after finishing my Godzilla movie. I turn it back on to watch France 24. What happened? Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. This happened last night? Then they play a speech by Obama announcing that Osama bin Laden had been killed by US forces in Pakistan. Report - Obama Confirms Bin Laden Death, Says 'Justice Is Done' People around the world are cheering. Me? I want to go back to sleep... and I do. Alarm goes off. Turn on KOMO News. It's the top story everywhere. Bin Laden. Report - Bin Laden's Death Cheered At Lewis-McChord.

Left-over sesame noodles and tofu for breakfast. Shower. Yes. This is the news around the world... Volkskrant on-line. Artikel: De Dood Van Osama Bin Laden. (The Death Of Osama Bin Laden.)

Watch Stargate Universe - Light. Their spaceship is heading toward a star. There's no way to change the ship's course. Doom! Chloe and Matt share a tender moment together.

Destiny enters the sun's corona. The ship is using the solar energy to recharge. Destiny will survive. I like this episode.
Streetcar to work. 10 - Breaks for Pam, Cristin, Toni and Lydia. 11 - I'm with the Sea Turtles today. I cover for Joyce's lunch. We just hang out in the classroom on this rainy day. I see up their lunches. They let me eat with them. 12 - Yachea's lunch. I do a few diapers. The kids go to sleep fast. 1 - My break and Charity's break in the RF. 1:30 to 2:30 - Toni's lunch. She seems ready for a break. All the 8 Starfish are sleeping. A few wake up early. They go to the Bike Room. 2:30 - Short lunch for Charity. Streetcar to d'town. Drop off stuff at home. Short walk up Pike and down University. Back at my place. Turn on MSNBC. This photo shows us the dramatic moments in the Situation Room. "Minutes passed like days."

U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, Sunday, May 1. Also pictured are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

A profile on the Navy Seals of Coronado is interesting... how much training they go through to pull off this dangerous mission. Rice and Gardenburger for dinner. Watch Stargate Universe - Water. In this episode, the crew attempts to harvest water from an ice planet in order to replenish their supplies.

It seems that they are following the classical elements of the Greek school of thought. So, we've had air, light (fire) and water. Next episode? Main character… earth.

zondag 1 mei 2011

zondag 1 mei 2011 Up at 2:16. Play movie - Destination Mars. It's a spoof on the 1950s sci-fi genre, recreating the B-movie charm of such favorites as FORBIDDEN PLANET and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Female aliens let an army of robots loose on the innocent earthlings of suburbia, chaos erupts. Fun movie, but I fall back to sleep. Up again at 6:20. Turn on KEXP to listen to Antonia Juhasz talk about Black Tide at Town Hall here in Seattle (Apr. 28).

Beans on toast for breakfast. Watch KOMO News. Report - 1500 Patients Pack Free Clinic At Tacoma Dome. So many people in need and with no insurance. In Washington State, 834000 people are uninsured.

And Scott tells us that it's official - Seattle Sets A Record For Coldest April On Record. Catch a #43 up to 15th Ave. Walk around Capitol Hill. Notice a few changes - a new park Seven Hills Park. And the First Church Of Christ Scientist is being converted into a residence - The Sanctuary.
Drop by the Elliott Bay Book store. Browse through Hot: Living Through The Next Fifty Years On Earth.
There are lots of interesting books - Radical Simplicity by Merkel and The Thank You Economy by Vaynerchuk. Roll down hill to d'town. Catch a train to Mount Baker. Meander by Lake Washington. Nice day for a run.


Next stop - Columbia City. They always have something cool here. The BeatWalk is South Seattle's monthly music festival with multiple venues of live music. 2nd Fridays, May - Sept starting next week.
Listen to the M's game while going here and there. Well, you can't win them all. It's close right up to the 9th inning. Twenty-minute trip on the train back to d'town. I'm back home. Shower. Turn on the radio to listen to Smiley & West: A Conversation With Bill Withers. Perfect! Because it's a Lovely Day! Walk up to Whole Foods to pick up juice, salad and tofu. Relax with a movie - Destination Mars (again). Sesame noodles with tofu for dinner.
Then Stargate Universe - Darkness. The Destiny suffers a power crisis, putting the lives of the stranded crew in jeopardy when even the emergency reserves run dry. Dr. Rush pushes himself to the breaking point, and he has a nervous breakdown. Plus, people are suffering withdrawal symptoms from caffeine and nicotine... anxiety, irritability, headaches, hunger, and a cravings. They need to maneuver Destiny through a blue gas giant.
Play movie - Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth. I love the opening credits.

ゴジラVSモスラ

I fall asleep after the Indiana Jones scene. Deep in some musty, Angkor Wat-looking ruin, a young Japanese man - Tetsuya Bessho - is attempting to get at a small statue of an elephant-headed, multi-appendaged Hindu deity, which is standing at the far end of a cramped cubby-hole just out of the man’s reach. He eventually gets the statue, but, in a bludgeoningly obvious reference to Raiders of the Lost Ark, his success causes the ruins to crumble around him, forcing him to race to the surface with the tide of destruction at his heels. When he emerges, he finds himself looking down the barrels of several white-helmeted policemen’s rifles.