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Retro-retrospection - 2008-10-06
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7:39 p.m. - 2004-06-04
I need an intercom. There are times when getting up is tough and having one of the kids get me the phone book or a refill makes my day a whole lot smoother. Unfortunately, there’s some serious sound-proofing between my office and the rest of the house. I could bellow my head off and they wouldn’t hear a thing. (Though this is true even when I’m within earshot.) Harry Potter was good. I will offer no spoilers, except to say puberty is an amazing and capricious process. The funny thing about the movies, I spend the first viewing comparing them to the books. Not to the negative really, just interested in what the screenwriters consider the main plot devices in the stories and what is discarded. Roger Ebert said he’s concerned the movies will become no more than teen thriller-adventures and the magical and human aspects of the books will be sloughed away completely. I get where he’s coming from, the movies are rather action oriented. Especially this new one. There, and I said I wouldn’t spoil things. Go. When everyone’s had a chance to see it, then we’ll discuss it. Wolf never did get to school. After the show we went upstairs to the food court and had lunch. Back downstairs to get sneakers. For me! I’ve been wearing my Pro-Keds almost constantly. When I’m this stumble-footed I can’t manage complicated shoes. Not even flip-flops. The toe grip action to keep them in place throws me off balance. My Pro-Keds are getting rank. Need to be able to swap them out with an alternate. So I bought a pair of black low-top Chuck Taylors. Or as they are called around here, ‘Cons’. I’m a Mom in Cons. In this case I am not afraid of the mutton-dressed-as-lamb thing. I know they are all the rage again with the youngins, but some things are classic. Like a decent string of pearls, Cons are timeless and ageless. Besides, Lisa will have a cow
When my friend gets a load of my new sneaks she’s going to click her tongue and ask me if I’m EVER going to grow up. Gosh, I hope not. Well-shod, ~LA Today’s Pick: “Half Life” by Sneaker Pimps
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