Summertime Rolls

I knew once family members arrived in town the blog would go straight to hell. Not that anyone really reads this damn thing. Oh well. I suppose writing about my rather boring life in upstate keeps me sane, and enables me to talk about myself in ways that I typically don't in public. Who really cares about strawberries growing in the yard? My ongoing lawn mower woes? My old hound dog? Creeps at the park? Sigh. In spite of the fact that this blog has no regular readership (which I completely understand) it does provide me with a window into my first year living in the village. Friday July 21, Js birthday, also marks the occasion of our first year living in the old house, in the old village, on the very old street. Reflecting on the past year, I'd have to say our move and decision to take a new job was a very good one.

I'm hot in this room, though, so I'll keep my blog short this afternoon.

Here are some summer resolutions J and I recently made:
1. No TV! Ok, always exceptions for sports, and The Closer. Sorry, still have Sedgewick on the mind.
2. FILM/SERIES ONLY. We are finishing up Six Feet Under, and are two episodes into the second season of Deadwood. I can't believe Calamity Jane has staggered back to camp.
3. READ. Read novels or essays for writing journal articles or book chapters. Lay off the gossip online!! Help. This will be hard since Gayle and Oprah have recently declared they aren't gay. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
4. GO TO LIBRARY 4-5 times a week. This won't be so hard since it is one place around here that has air conditioning pumping all day long.
5. Use my own body for summer transportation. Since we do live in a village, walking and biking are really all you need to get around for basic errands.
6. Drink lots of wine.
7. Avoid the news broadcasts at all costs. Not only did our dipshit commander in chief act like a frat boy during the final lunch of the G8 summit, but he also groped the chancellor of Germany, and acted like an all around idiot.
Plus, he vetoed (his first of the administration) the stem cell research bill because it "crossed moral boundaries". I suppose letting Israel run roughshod over Lebanon (because "Israel has a right to defend itself" with our weaponry of course), and continuing to kill hundreds of Iraqi civilians and US soldiers in a greedy, selfish war is perfectly moral, right?

I'm sure there's more to my list that I cannot recall, but that will have to suffice for now. In the meantime, check out this link:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Kk4O6B0CML4&search=bush%20groping%20chancellor