No Fishing

As if I needed a good excuse to not go fishing from a boat... via land or pier is fine by me... but after seeing this article I think my trepidations are fully justifed..... & besides...

I don't eat seafood.

Bipolar Rain

The sun looked like it was trying to shine today... briefly... then out of nowhere the clouds rolled in.
The sky turned BLACK. It was as if time had jumped ahead 12 hours. It was no longer noon, it was now midnight.
Clouds swirled in the sky as if they were heavy cream in a dark cup of coffee being impatiently stirred around.

(photo taken by my friend Lindsay within the hour)

The ominous thunder was at first an affable rumbling .... but rapidly approached monster in your closet about to attack status in mere minutes....


..... and then the rain came. As one stood by their doors and windows it was impossible to not feel as if this entire island had somehow been magically transported to the Amazon rain forest. The rain beat down like someone was hovering overhead and able to be hurling fistfulls of water in mind boggling rapid succession. One might half expect the leaves on the trees to come out of this with massive bruises.

(another photo taken by Lindsay this afternoon)

Then just as quickly as it arrived... it left.

The storm had passed.. only a mild grumble of thunder in the distance being silenced by the fog horn guiding the ships at sea...the sky is no longer a dark charcoal gray, just a mild sepia tone that makes one wish for covered porches and hammocks...the leaves & grass were shining and the world outside was retaining the scent of a summer rain storm. Nature was practically begging me to take a nap.....

Then nature changed it's mind. The rain came back. The rain is still here... only it's not the loud angry globs of rain it was an hour ago... it's more of a frantic mist in married bliss with your typical summer rainstorm. The thunder has come back as if to say  "...and another thing!" It isn't done with us yet either. 

My big plan of spending the day at the beach with a good book and some sunscreen has now become my day hangin' out in the house and cooking steak. Not too shabby really. (The steak was delicious BTW)

Next up... curl up on the sofa, watch a movie and nibble on that package of Strawberry Twizzlers® I was smart enough to buy at the store yesterday. (I totally have my moments of supreme foresight)

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That's All She Wrote...

I've got NOTHING. Seriously, nothing. NO ideas running through my head. NO middle of the night moments where I wake sitting up and run to my lap top to bang out 50 pages in no time flat. I am uninspired, sad as hell, and basically miserable. I know where it's coming from, but I can't really do anything about it other than try to ignore it, and hope it goes away.

In the meantime I will be floating around in a state of I-don't-know-what, and I must admit, it's tiring.







Guess there is only one thing left to do...

Today

It just hit 93˚ here an hour ago. That's 36.66666666(ad nauseam) Celsius. I have to go to work in two hours, to an unventilated, non-air conditioned, underground bar... and I am suddenly wishing it was fall. So I sit here dreaming of cool breezes and cashmere sweaters, and the clothes I love to wear......and wasting fuckloads of time on polyvore.com......

Today

Happy Hot Dogs, Cheeseburgers, & Sparkly Things That Go *Boom* Weekend!

I'm not a fan of the 4th of July, strictly because I live in a very touristy location. I spent my 4th with (thankfully) the day off at a private secluded beach along with a bag of cold grapes, a good book, and a bottle of water.
Truth be told... it's not America that I'd like to be at this moment.  However, I am just too knackered to explain, and it honestly would bore you to tears to hear... so... here are some pictures for the ADHD crowd......

MY 5th of July

The 5th of July

and pretty much all the days after, before, and between:

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