tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post5469942293709716102..comments2023-08-22T11:00:08.809-04:00Comments on Loose Ends: Off to a Good StartPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-10744728985094385582008-01-08T13:15:00.000-05:002008-01-08T13:15:00.000-05:00It doesn't get into the 100s anywhere in Florida. ...It doesn't get into the 100s anywhere in Florida. I was curious so I just looked it up... the highest temeperature ever recorded was 109 in 1931. The average high in the month of August at Miami Beach from 1948 - 2007 is 87.9. Here in the southwest it's sunny, 76, 50% humidity, low tonight 59. T-shirt weather at last. I was starting to miss it. You get that way after a while. I like summer here too, deserted and otherworldly, relentless though it can be. It's an acquired taste. It's not for everybody, though, I get that...Joe Jubinvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489419756833657839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-84307717040093146992008-01-08T11:37:00.000-05:002008-01-08T11:37:00.000-05:00Jess: I knew I would be opening a can of worms wit...Jess: I knew I would be opening a can of worms with my comment about Charles. I doubt he'd be willing to pose for the kind of picture you have in mind. I might be able to talk him into wearing a superhero costume; he's definitely a superhero. Thanks for the invitation; I would imagine it's also just cooler out on the Giland anyway, yes? <BR/><BR/>Joe: I too like beasts, it just seems most of mine tend to be Polar. Well, no, I love Summers as long as I'm not locked in my fifth floor walk-up hot box with the tar roof in Harlem. And even then, it's mostly just a few weeks out of the year. In general though, I feel like Summers are meant to be lived outdoors among trees, water, grass and/or beaches. Cement jungles make me crazy. It doesn't get up in the 100s where you are? That is a plus. I worked briefly in St. Petersburg on a theatre that was also a river barge. I was there for the month of March, and we started rehearsing later and later in the day, finally moving it to the middle of the night, so we didn't have to be outside in the worst heat of the day. Is St. Petersburg substantially hotter than where you are? <BR/><BR/>Java: I agree, there is good talking to oneself, and the not so good. Remember, I live in NYC, so if people are looking at ME funny, then I really have to be acting wacko. That's why I do the fake ear-piece phone thing. <BR/><BR/>Happy New Year John, good to have you back. <BR/><BR/>Cooper: Oh, I animate everything, my houseplants, my tools, my paintbrushes. I've named my computer. My family members all name their cars (I've yet to own one). I don't see this in the same vein as talking to myself at all, though others might argue it's further evidence that not all my dogs are barking. I think whenever I find myself repeating conversations out loud that have already happened, that I get a little worried. It's one thing to rehearse a potential conversation; it's also fine to revisit and revise an old conversation. But simply to repeat, unchanged, a past encounter? I think that's a little weird. Maybe my brain is recording things so I can write about them later. Yeah, let's say that.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-75780392406510422782008-01-08T01:06:00.000-05:002008-01-08T01:06:00.000-05:00So endearing.I talk to trees. I talk to my truck. ...So endearing.<BR/><BR/>I talk to trees. I talk to my truck. I talk to various objects I own. I give things names that most people never name. (Do you have a name for your best mixing bowl?) I rest my case. :)<BR/><BR/>Like Joe said so beautifully ... textured layers. I love that.<BR/><BR/>I am sooooo with you about the heat thing! I think I have written before that I am a winter person ... an autumn baby ... a spring soul. Summer, unless immersed in or near water, makes me feel listless. (Who could ever feel listness near Joe, though, eh? )Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327268988762513100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-59509525936568516862008-01-07T23:29:00.000-05:002008-01-07T23:29:00.000-05:00Happy New Year Patrick (I know it's a bit late...b...Happy New Year Patrick (I know it's a bit late...but I've been missing from blog land for awhile).johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755439918003129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-67162417030910965532008-01-07T23:17:00.000-05:002008-01-07T23:17:00.000-05:00What? It's never been 100 degrees here. Summers ar...What? It's never been 100 degrees here. Summers are more tolerable than in NY. It's been in the sixties for weeks.Joe Jubinvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489419756833657839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-32249106088844739002008-01-07T22:47:00.000-05:002008-01-07T22:47:00.000-05:00somewhere joe, you live in south Florida. It is a...somewhere joe, you live in south Florida. It is always summer there. Hot summer and hotter summer.<BR/><BR/>Patrick, that sounds like exactly what I would do if I lived in the city. I live in a small South Carolina city and I do some of that stuff. Like talk to myself. And I can tell, for me anyway, when it's a healthy thing and when it's beyond healthy. Talking to the racks of skirts at Wal-Mart today wasn't the healthy kind. Complaining about the high temps today while I was on the bus, that was perfectly fine. But I don't have any contingency plans. WYSIWYG.Javahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377033663576614925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-19157101053278280302008-01-07T20:44:00.000-05:002008-01-07T20:44:00.000-05:00Back-up contingency plans are part of the texture ...Back-up contingency plans are part of the texture of life in Man. Layers, subtexts. Complicated spheres and chess moves. You get into it. Energy. You can surf that crest for decades. New York is incomparable. <BR/><BR/>The city is a beast in the summer. I like beasts. The Village piers in August. Or the Hamptons. Quogue Island. Cherry Grove. New York and Florida is all I want.Joe Jubinvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489419756833657839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-81202566349239390862008-01-07T18:36:00.000-05:002008-01-07T18:36:00.000-05:00We have good air conditioning, in case you want to...We have good air conditioning, in case you want to visit this summer. In the meantime, post a photo of Charles. :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11542750642334339031noreply@blogger.com