Rod Steiger dancing

Mun Mun had always loved a scene from the movie, "The Chosen" in which Rod Steiger dances at a wedding to this awesom Klezmer music. I finally tracked down who performed this music and it is a band called Kapelye. If only my lame clarinet teacher had had me learn music like that, instead of boring classical etudes, I probably would have continued to play.

TK and I watched the 90's version of "The Island of Dr. Moreau" with Marlon Brando the other night. I hadn't known that a character in that movie was the inspiration Mini-Me from Austin Powers. It made the movie worth seeing for me (though I don't recommend it.)

Mun Mun through with ghetto fools up in here

Mun Mun is escaping her job in the 'hood in two months and will transfer to a job downtown. Woo hoo! Mun Mun's going to the show.

Mun Mun called in sick Saturday and lucked out by missing another random shooting and pool of blood outside the liberry.

Mun Mun was at home watching her favorite show in pajamas. Mun Mun loves the Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central.

Dear New York

Dear New York,

I know there would be problems with drug use and prostitution if you had them, but if you would add more public restrooms, I bet your streets and parks would smell less like pee.

Love,
Mun Mun

P.S. If you added some elevators to the subway, I bet people with baby strollers would appreciate it.

Audiobook of Golden Compass

Yesterday I finished listening to the first book of the "His Dark Materials" Trilogy by Philip Pullman on tape. Though I was alone in my car, I was tempted to stand up and applaud when it ended. It was that good. Philip Pullman narrated and a large cast did the voices on this Listening Library production.

Oge had recommended the trilogy a few years back and I'm finally getting around to it. If you like Harry Potter, you'll dig the Golden Compass fo' sho'.

I love Iorek Byrnison!

TK Sleeptalking

Sometimes I talk to TK and he seems awake, but he's really asleep. This morning around 5 am he had his arm around me.

Mun: I'm gonna get up and go to the bathroom.
TK: Are you going to call someone?
Mun: Like...am I going to call one of the cats? (once I'm in there)
TK: I don't know. I don't work for your organization.

Lost Bitch

I was driving on Gage Avenue in South Central today on an errand for my job and saw a flier someone must have put on a telephone pole looking for a missing person. There was a goofy close-up of a Latino girl and some information about her. Someone had scrawled at the top of the flier, "Lost Bitch."

Depressing and funny at the same time.

Commerce Casino Billboards

Commerce Casino has the oddest ad campaign. TK and I can't quite figure it out. There is a big billboard on Highway 5 that says, "Don't play with yourself. Play with us" and it has pictures of these two weirdos

Are we supposed to want to hang out with them or something?

My fascinating ophthalmologic problems

Since Dr. J injected steroids into the white of my eye, my vision has improved significantly. However, there is still a nagging blind spot. Two weeks ago when I looked at my face in the mirror with my left eye, all I saw was a blurry circle with eyes. One week ago, a mouth started to appear. A couple of days ago, a little bit of a nose started to poke through.

Maybe I will get lucky and be able to read with that eye again.

Mun Mun gets poked in eye with needle

Yesterday my doc injected some steroids into the white of my eye. Not much change yet.

May have to get something to stop new blood vessel growth injected into the middle of my eye. Not looking forward to that.

Apparently this is all to stop new damage. My crappy eyesight may not be reversible. Waaah.