Sick Rain and Movies

Home sick today. When will I learn not to overdo it?  Out-of-balance and completely in-my-head. Saw Joan Crawford in two movies in two days. Flamingo Road and Rain. It rained yesterday when I watched Flamingo Road.  It's sunny this morning when I watched Rain.  Joan Crawford is so compelling.  At once she repels and attracts. Such a great actress. I imagine her threatening her adopted daughter with wire hangers, going crazy at the drop of a hat, taking all her shit out on her daughter. I know what it's like to have a crazy mom.  At least mine has repented - and lives 3000 miles away.

Pet Peeves

• Middle aged men in backwards baseball caps
• Depressed Teenagers
• My being depressed
• Smelly dog farts
• Idiots who self-publish self-indulgent garbage
• Housework
• Hot weather
• My boss
• Birthrelatives
• Existential insecurities
• Time wasted on crappy book club books
• Strabismus
• Lawn care
• Birds that projectile poop onto my windows
• The price of gasoline
• Our barbarism
• Too much connectivity
• No respite from screens
• That clock ticking

by Rene Magritte