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Year in Review Meme
Dec. 8th, 2006 09:52 pmAnd here it is, the first sentence of the first non-meme post of the first month of the year! (yeah, that would be a quick read...) of every month of the year:
January: So I'm standing out in the yard, and I've offended the powers-that-now-be somehow. (dream description - I skipped the setting, scene, and so on, and went to the first sentence relating the dream itself)
February: Still tying up loose ends, like trying to figure out how much, if any, of Kodak I still own, and that sort of thing. (picking up pieces after my dad's death)
March: ...and since I didn't include a disclaimer in that last dietary post, I have absolutely no intention of even attempting to avoid all those foods (with the definite exception of kidneys, liver, avacados, lima beans, dried peas, beans, lard, gravies, milk sherbets, and alcohol and the possible exception of marbled beef, duck, goose, commercial mixes with dried eggs and whole milk, sweet rolls, doughnuts, breakfast pastries, Danishes, sweetened packaged cereals, whole milk, whole milk packaged goods, cream, whole-milk puddings, cream sauces, palm oil, coconut oil, jams, jellies, and sugared fruit juices and soft drinks - the former list I either avoid by nature or don't forsee a problem skipping, the latter list I mostly skip anyway.) (woah, and I've been accused (rightfully so) of using long sentences in my fiction...)
April: Managed to get most of a slew of things off my To Do list yesterday, hopefully we'll finish off some more scheduled items for today. (April: Yardwork season!)
May: Some words of advice as an opening salvo: This is not, no matter what Bakshi or the rating or the blurb on the back of the case might say, a family movie, and it is certainly not a children's movie. (a review of the film Wizards - one of my favorite movies)
June: As its told in the lore
The rooster crows early in the morn'
And the sun goes and crawls right out of bed
It stretches way up high
Nearly reaches the sky
And it looks out over the field
(No sentences, really, so... the first stanza of a silly poem I dedicated to my dad for what would have been his 64th birthday...)
July: Justin and I almost removed another 4x8' sheet - took longer to breathe than anything else. (working on Justin's room - this sentence is better: I think we spontaneously combusted a few times, but we got better.)
August: The best review of this, of course, was when Brandon put on the headphones and listened to it at the store. His eyes lit up, his grin grew wider, and his whole body moved with the music. (a review of Tab Benoit's album Brother to the Blues)
September: Other than the Soundpage in Guitar Player magazine (mentioned in an earlier review,) my first real exposure to John's playing was in his Mediterranean Concerto - a work for guitar and orchestra. This album predates that longer work, but has some of the same spirit, although applied to a jazz ensemble instead of a classical orchestra. (another review: this, for John McLaughlin's Belo Horizonte)
October: Oy, Country Junction is burning... ("Worlds Largest General Store" burnt to the ground, killing one of the animals from the outdoor petting zoo, and all of the ones inside - including, sadly, a new shipment of puppies, just received the day before...)
November: The order from Musser Forests arrived recently, and, after sopping up some water from roots wrapped in newspaper, they were planted. (fall planting completed)
December: Mission #1 accomplished for today - one down and a half dozen to go. (finally managed to get a contractor who wanted to take money for work, and kicked off the HVAC and plumbing stuff with an inspection and a water sample)
January: So I'm standing out in the yard, and I've offended the powers-that-now-be somehow. (dream description - I skipped the setting, scene, and so on, and went to the first sentence relating the dream itself)
February: Still tying up loose ends, like trying to figure out how much, if any, of Kodak I still own, and that sort of thing. (picking up pieces after my dad's death)
March: ...and since I didn't include a disclaimer in that last dietary post, I have absolutely no intention of even attempting to avoid all those foods (with the definite exception of kidneys, liver, avacados, lima beans, dried peas, beans, lard, gravies, milk sherbets, and alcohol and the possible exception of marbled beef, duck, goose, commercial mixes with dried eggs and whole milk, sweet rolls, doughnuts, breakfast pastries, Danishes, sweetened packaged cereals, whole milk, whole milk packaged goods, cream, whole-milk puddings, cream sauces, palm oil, coconut oil, jams, jellies, and sugared fruit juices and soft drinks - the former list I either avoid by nature or don't forsee a problem skipping, the latter list I mostly skip anyway.) (woah, and I've been accused (rightfully so) of using long sentences in my fiction...)
April: Managed to get most of a slew of things off my To Do list yesterday, hopefully we'll finish off some more scheduled items for today. (April: Yardwork season!)
May: Some words of advice as an opening salvo: This is not, no matter what Bakshi or the rating or the blurb on the back of the case might say, a family movie, and it is certainly not a children's movie. (a review of the film Wizards - one of my favorite movies)
June: As its told in the lore
The rooster crows early in the morn'
And the sun goes and crawls right out of bed
It stretches way up high
Nearly reaches the sky
And it looks out over the field
(No sentences, really, so... the first stanza of a silly poem I dedicated to my dad for what would have been his 64th birthday...)
July: Justin and I almost removed another 4x8' sheet - took longer to breathe than anything else. (working on Justin's room - this sentence is better: I think we spontaneously combusted a few times, but we got better.)
August: The best review of this, of course, was when Brandon put on the headphones and listened to it at the store. His eyes lit up, his grin grew wider, and his whole body moved with the music. (a review of Tab Benoit's album Brother to the Blues)
September: Other than the Soundpage in Guitar Player magazine (mentioned in an earlier review,) my first real exposure to John's playing was in his Mediterranean Concerto - a work for guitar and orchestra. This album predates that longer work, but has some of the same spirit, although applied to a jazz ensemble instead of a classical orchestra. (another review: this, for John McLaughlin's Belo Horizonte)
October: Oy, Country Junction is burning... ("Worlds Largest General Store" burnt to the ground, killing one of the animals from the outdoor petting zoo, and all of the ones inside - including, sadly, a new shipment of puppies, just received the day before...)
November: The order from Musser Forests arrived recently, and, after sopping up some water from roots wrapped in newspaper, they were planted. (fall planting completed)
December: Mission #1 accomplished for today - one down and a half dozen to go. (finally managed to get a contractor who wanted to take money for work, and kicked off the HVAC and plumbing stuff with an inspection and a water sample)
