January 6, 2006
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FRIDAY FIVE(But first, the photo is the hand of a 4,000 pound bronze statue of Christ installed at the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary. It’s called Christ of the Deep. Read about it here.)
Appetizer – Have you ever seen a ghost or an angel?
Once when I lived in a two-story house in the Haight-Ashbury in the ‘60’s I came hurrying to the top of the stairs to come down to the first floor, looked down and saw a ghost at the bottom of the stairs. All I can say is it looked like what I thought Rasputin looked like. The lights were dim but I bravely dashed down past it. I never saw it again. Of course, I was stoned a lot in those days too.
Soup – What is your favorite board game?
Actually, I don’t have that much patience for board games, truth be told. I play them with the children in my family and of those I prefer the Cranium games and chess. I think the Cranium folks are starting to go hog wild though. The recent little variations I’ve bought weren’t very good. The original idea was great.
Salad – What was the last movie you saw that made you cry?
I watch tons of movies and I’m having to struggle to think of the last time I cried. What comes to mind though is the trailer for Brokeback Mountain. There’s something about the music and the sweeping spaces and beautiful land and the idea of two people who love deeply but cannot be together makes me figure I’ll probably cry when I see it.
Main Course – What would you do if you had 3 months off from your job?
Look for another job closer to home for one thing. Make some big decisions about where I live. Either renovate or move. I want the last place I live in my life to be nothing short of perfect.
Dessert – What kind of shoes are you wearing today?
I guess you call them yard shoes or garden shoes. You buy them in the garden section of the store and they’re great. They slip on like little boats and they’re sturdy and warm and I wear them everywhere. They’re blue.
Deep Thought: “Maybe it’s my imagination, but food seemed to taste better when I was a kid. Also, food would sing and dance and play musical instruments. But that could also have been my imagination.”
Today I am grateful for: Chromosomes
Guess the Movie: “My mommy always said there were no monsters – no real ones – but there are, aren’t there?” “Yes, there are.” “Why do they tell little kids that?” “Most of the time it’s true.” Answer: Aliens, 1986.
Winner: tikhead.
Global Women Launch Campaign to End Iraq War
Alice Walker, Cindy Sheehan, Susan Sarandon, Margaret Cho, Barbara Lee and Others Join Iraqi Women to Urge the Withdrawal of Foreign Troops and Foreign Fighters from Iraq
VENICE, California – January 5 – On Thursday, January 5, women from around the world—from the US to Iraq to Britain to Japan—launched a campaign aimed at ending the Iraq war and all attacks on Iraqi civilians in 2006. As a first step, the Women Say No to War Campaign will gather some 100,000 signatures by March 8, International Women’s Day, when US and Iraqi women will deliver the signatures to leaders in Washington, DC and women around the world will deliver them to US embassies. (Rest of article here.)
End of Day: 7:54 pm
+ = Went to a positive first therapy session today.
- = Felt gloomed out by the weather for awhile this morning.
Comments (13)
Appetizer…No, I’ve not but have been spell bound by people who tell their stories!
Soup: None right now. My little grandson likes Candy Land
Salad: Rent…….the music is awesome and the story line really affected me.
Main Course: enjoy my Internet Island vacation
Dessert: Leather and sheepskin house clogs.
a good 5…
It’s very strange that I’ll watch a movie and many times the quote will be in your “Guess the Movie Section.” Either you’re reading my mind, or I watch too many movies. It’s probably the latter.
Aliens
Well, I meant to write that I’d watch a movie and the quote will be in your “Guess the Movie” section the following week.
Wow, that’s surreal. But yup, the movie is Aliens. Very good.
I have seen an angel never a ghost though I have felt them. I don’t like board games they are boring, I certainly have done my time with playing scrabble with my Mother and other games with my kids and Grandkids. If I had three months off of my job I would do just what I am doing now. Only I would have more time to do it. I am wearing suede slippers with fur trim and they are pink. What interesting questions Andrea, Judi
Thanks for sharing the statue of Christ in the sea…that is incredibly beautiful, and such and interesting thing, too. I must tell you that I decided to subscribe to people who had subscribed to me that I hadn’t looked at too much for whatever reason…and you were one of those people. I am so glad I decided to do that because I’m really enjoying your blog and the comments and the links…so, thanks! ~Miriam
I always like what the friday five brings to light! Hope you have a great weekend!
do chocolate-covered angels count?
this was a good post.
i like your food surveys. ive never seen them before.
thats a good thing.
if you count it, my favorite board game is Guess Who.
Yeah my imagination used to work overtime a lot also.
That was a wild movie.
thanks for sharing about the statue. i hadn’t heard about either statue before. it’s interesting what people come up to comfort themselves and others. i was really taken with the memorial i saw in minsk, belarus for the soldiers who died in afganistan, sent there by the russians. there are groups of tall 15 foot mothers in black metal, holding mementoes of their sons. when i walked up the hill to the very small chapel surrounded by these statues, i could feel the grief descend on me. it happened when i went back to show my companions the place as well. i wonder what people feel when they dive into the sea and see the huge statue of Christ?