Big plans, short attention spans

Mr. Sweetypants and I shot two hours of video in various places near and dear to us in London last time we were there. Our grand plan was to edit together short cuts of movement to represent the loneliness of human existence in a cold, overpopulated, urban environment, and we selected the perfect song before we even got on the plane.

We spent an entire evening patching together the first 15 seconds of our vacation video. Then I got tired and said, "Screw it, I just wanna publish it."

The raw footage at around the minute mark illustrates why Mr. Sweetypants and I are perfect for each other. We both think it's hysterical. I was performing Shakespeare loudly and poorly. Mr. Sweetypants yelled, "People coming!" And he continued to film as I tried to act cool.

I married the right person.

It's Friday, I'm an old

So we still have stuff to get out of the old house before it closes at the end of next month. I'm being a big girl and throwing stuff out so as not to create the same clutter here.

But I just found the book, "The Cure: 10 Imaginary Years" that I bought in London in 1988 during my semester abroad. My roommate Kathy and I travelled from London to Paris to Brugge to Amsterdam by train and I had two tapes to play on my knockoff Walkman from Shepherd's Bush: "Faith" and "Pornography."

"For God's sake, just try not to fling yourself off the train." Kathy said about my choice of music. Kathy and I went on to see our first two Cure shows together.

I don't need the book, or the clippings and ticket stubs from all the Cure shows I went to. But just like my Duran Duran albums I have nothing to play on, I just need those memories to be close to me.

It is 2011. And I really just had this conversation with a contractor.

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:17 PM, richard s wrote:

Leigh Ann, The guys will be there tomorrow to put the bench back together. I'll bring the refund check by on Saturday morning about 10-11. Not sure if Steve will be back by then or not.

When Steve does get back please let me know if he has any questions or
concerns.

Thanks Rich

Leigh Ann Frink to Steve, richard
show details 7:26 PM (1 minute ago)

I think Steve has full confidence in my ability to make decisions, as I've owned homes much longer than he has.