Pirates and Peg Legs

Magenta has a few things to say...

2005-11-09T10:38:00.000-08:00

Magenta (a freedom loving friend of mine) was kind enough to share her bio with me, since I was compiling the executive bio's for our company. Hers was definitely the best. I wish it was mine....hhmmmm, next entry will be my bio. this could take years...

EXECUTIVE BIO OF MAGENTA THOMPSON

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo men with my sensuous and godlike piano playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, and, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after work, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.
I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat .400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me. I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me. I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis. But I have never worked on a turret.
Peace,
Magenta

first day of my life

2005-07-28T21:20:00.000-07:00

Bright Eyes

First Day of My Life
is my new favorite song (by Bright Eyes).
I've been listening to it loop all day and love it.
I love the lyrics and the humble simplicity of thought. Is there a word that means the "idea of feeling"? I think it is the idea of the feeling he conveys in the song that is compelling to me.

lyrics:
this is the first day of my life
i swear i was born right in the doorway
i went out in the rain and suddenly everything changed
they were spreading blankets on the beach
....
yours is the first face that i saw
think i was blind before i met you
don't know where i am
don't know where i've been
but i know where i want to go

I'll probably have a new favorite tomorrow, or whenever my music friend, darvindar, sends me the next needful song that changes my life. :)

If I keep thinking about this song I won't have to think about this day. Life is jarring and discordant.

fairy magic

2005-07-16T13:02:00.000-07:00

my heart and soul
belong to this girl
her magic expands them
everyday of her life
my fairy child

oscillation and equilibrium

2005-07-16T12:49:00.000-07:00

i am oscillating and haven't yet found my equilibrium.

and its ok with me to not have everything balanced, or set in stone.

me,
peaceful
bemused
lucid
contented
joyful

and the sun is shining.

teratomas

2005-07-16T09:40:00.000-07:00

anyone want to trade 2 teratomas for an iced mocha from starbucks...deal?
great!

Olive Fingers

2005-07-14T21:21:00.000-07:00

Gabby & Ethan

2005-07-14T21:14:00.000-07:00

I saw blue...

2005-07-14T21:08:00.000-07:00

and he was glorious!