I HAVE MOVED

New City, New blog.

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Rising from the ashes like a Phoenix

It has been a long time.

I have been cheating on you all and writing a family blog to keep my multi-city realives updated on my life, but have been feeling quite censored and really missed Lemon Life. I hope that you haven't given up on my completely. Thank you to Katie who asked me to come back in March. I hope you are still out there.

My life has been chaotic and for once I am having fun living it, hence no blog. Also, it has taken me a while to get used to my surroundings. I felt like a big part of Lemon Life was a vehicle for rumination and now that I have gotten my barings I hope to write often.

I know, I know I say that all the time, but this time it is different.

Love,
Lemon Life

back from the dead .. almost

forgive me for I have sinned, it has been a month and five days since my last post.

Sorry everyone, I am moving to Los Angeles on Monday. I promise to blog more often starting on Janury 17th.

Until then.....

huh?

I do not remember when I posted anything about lemon laws. I hate when Stephanie takes over my blog. She is a butch mechanic and likes to listen to Car Talk . Maybe she felt inspired to post on my blog when I was taking a back seat in my head.

I get the weirdest comments sometimes and I really do not know where there are coming from.

its been a long time

That last post was supposed to be that I had a Roberta Flack song stuck in my head, but for some reason he text did not get posted. thank you reader for emailing me and asking me who roberta was. Its is in fact roberta flack.

Sorry that I disappeared of the face of the earth. I see that a lot of the blogs I read also have authors who have also taken a hiatus. Except for Souled On. (Click to the right)

Where have i been?
Busy
Los Angeles
In love
and incapacitated due to throwing out my back. i don't know how, but I think it had something to do with my huge box of winter clothes.

Due to this recent injury I have not wanted to lug my computer around. Also, I wanted to keep the movie Idea post recent so that more people would read it.

That Roberta thing was weird wasnt it?

roberta

moving closer to divorcement

As I have mentioned in a much earlier posting a friend of mine in currently going through a Divorce. I am planning on holding a divorcement party and I guess I could use a little help.

Back story
My friend was married to this woman for about six years. About three years into the marriage she became extremely depressed and decided that she could no longer work but she wanted to maintain the lifestyle that she was accustomed to and continued to spend.
This made my friend have to work a lot, but he loved her so he didn’t have a problem with it. Due to his work, he was often out of town. Occasionally he’d come home after weeks to find a bunch of truly random things she had done. For example she would have bought 12 lamps, or forgotten to deposit money in the bank so the mortgage check would bounce or that she hadn’t done anything at all for the weeks he’d been gone. She would be in the same clothes, had not showered and that dirty dishes were heaped on all of the countertops

We all agree that this was sad and that depression is a crippling disease but things had gotten worse for him when checks began to bounce because he trusted her with the money and she was doing other truly horrible things.

Because she was not working and needed money she began to sell a lot of his collections on ebay or half.com. She sold his $150 architecture books and his awesome movie collection (oftentimes movies I had bought him for birthday or Christmas presents. Or gifts he had not given me yet.)

She kept all of this money for herself to buy books, lamps, clothes etc. None of this money went to the outstanding bills.

I figure that there were about 200 movies in all. I can think of about 50 movies that he had.

Readers, I need your help. I would like to have some movie suggestions since I do not know a lot about anime and I have run out of ideas. His movie tastes are as follows.

Rushmore-Wes Anderson
Jump Tomorrow- Joel Hopkins
Audition-Takashi Miike
Amelie-Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Character-Mike Van Diem
Gallipoli-Peter Weir
Miller’s Crossing- the Cohen Brothers

Email me your suggestions at lemonlifemail@yahoo.com. Thank you in advance for your help.

such a perfect day

Today is one of those perfect days at work. I am the only one here this morning so I am taking the time to be lazy. Kind of sounds uptight doesn't it.

I am wondering if anyone is still listening to my radio station. I am having a bit of trouble with it lately and it is recommending songs and groups I really do not like, for example the spin doctors. I am beginng to think that my radio station does not know me at all. If anyone is tuning in, let me know how you like it or what you dislike about it. Also, if you have any suggestions of bands or songs please email me or comment here.

music.yahoo.com

my station is: lemonlifemail

I don't know what to title this post

Well, my blog postings have been a bit heavy lately. I guess I am a victim of the Minnesota weather. I bet you are missing my commentary on pop culure.

Vauganiston? are you serious? I want LeeLee Sobieski and Jake Gyllenhaal to start a realtionship becasue I would love to see how they mix up that one.

Lady Lumps? BEP just when I think your lyrics are horrideous, you find a way to go even lower. kudos!

Or the songs that are stuck in my head.

"Rocky Raccoon" by The Beatles.

I promise to get back to normal real soon.

October-amendment

Here is the number for the National Domestic Hotline. If you need help getting away from an abusive partner, they can help you find resources in your area.

National Domestic Violence Hotline @ 1(800)799-SAFE


The most powerful word you can learn is no.


Thank you readers for submitting this to me.

Organization of the Month-October

There are only two days left in October and I thought I would post this information I found that the Aurora Center gives girls who are just starting relationships, this can be for boys too.

How to spot a Loser Lover...

They come on strong and quickly become jealous. Professions of love for you early in the relationship and wanting to know where you are at all times are signs of control issues and can be dangerous.

They are completely self-centered. Partners who ignore your thoughts and opinions will resist equality in the relationship.

They don't take responsibility for their behavior. Partners who do not see their own errors or flaws will blame you for whatever goes wrong.

Their temper scares you. Angry, jealous or controlling behavior isn't likely to change and will usually get more frightening-or more violent-over time.

Their life hasn't jelled. Chaotic financial problems, gambling debts, drug or alcohol isssues, or histories of losing jobs or having trouble with the law are all signs of risky partners.

They force you to have sex. No One has the right to make you have sex, regardless of how your partner tries to coerce you. Forced sexual contact is sexual assault and is illegal.

You feel that something is wrong. If you sense you're in an unhealthy relationship, you're probably right.

(This information was taken from a publication from the Aurora Center in Minneapolis. The information is not under copywright. Feel free to pass on this information and translate it into as many languages as youd like)

If you feel like you are in n abusive relationship you are not alone. Please contact local agencies such as The Soujourner House. If you are having trouble locating shelters and resources in your area please email lemonlifemail@yahoo.com.

Please be safe.

yay!

I am going to be an aunt!!!!!!!!!!!

critics

The thing that pisses me off the most about critics and North Country is that they say that Charlize Theron is too pretty to play that part. I am from the Iron Range and I am fucking gorgeous.

Screw you critics, I have jumper cables and I know how to use them!

so what are you doing tonight?

I know that there are people who live in Los Angeles who read this blog. If you are not busy tonight, could you do me a favor and go to my friend's improv show tonight. Everyone in the group is seriously funny and it only costs $5.

Title: Above the Bar
Where: St. Nick's Pub Theater- 8450 W. 3rd St. LA CA
When: 9:00 p.m. (There are two shows 9:00 is all them, 10:00 is a show that you can participate in)

It is every Thursday so if you can't make it tonight there is always next week.

Do me a second favor and go up to Asher after the show and tell him LL sent you. It would surely freak him out becasue he doesn't read my blog.

Thanks!

Organization of the Month-October

This is my first send in for an organization of the month. It is by a long time reader who has worked with this organization. I am honored to announce that Lemon Life’s Organization of the Month is…..

Sojourner House

The Mission:
The mission of Sojourner House Domestic Violence Program is to provide a comprehensive program of crisis intervention,counseling, advocacy and shelter for victims of domestic violence in Mahoning County.

What they do:
They offer protective shelter to women and their children whom are fleeing an abusive environment and who cannot safely remain in their current residence. The shelter location is kept as confidential as possible to ensure the safety of residents and staff. Many victims of domestic violence are displaced without money, clothing or food and are in need of emergency shelter. The short-term refuge available at Sojourner House (up to 30 days) provides battered women a chance to think calmly and examine their options without pressure or fear. During their stay, women receive assistance to help them meet their emotional, legal, medical, financial, housing, educational and vocational needs. It gives them an opportunity to initiate solutions to the problems they are experiencing and make positive changes in their lives.


How you can help:
click here for a wish list of items that they need and how you can donate money.

The information about this organization was taken directly from their website. If you have anything you would like to add please let me know and I will post it.

Sometimes...

Sometimes I get discouraged
I look around and, things are so weak
People are so weak
Sometimes,
Sometimes I feel like crying
Sometimes my heart gets heavy
Sometimes I just want to leave and fly away [fly fly fly, like a dove]
Sometimes I don't know what to do with myself [ow!]
Passion takes over me
I feel like a man
Going insane
Losing my brain
Trying to maintain
Doing my thang
Hey hey hey hey hey
Put my heart and soul into this y'all
I hope you feel me
Where I am, to wherever you are [ha ha ha ha]
Sometimes I don't want to be bothered
Sometimes I just want a quiet life, with
Me and my babies, me and my lady
Sometimes I don't want to get into no war .....

-excerpt from "Umi Says"-Mos Def

Sometimes it's nice to know that you aren't the only one out there who feels so overwhelmed.

Something I Just Can't Say

Do you know what intrigues me as a Seafood and Mexican food lover, but what I will never order for myself?

A fish taco. I just can’t say it. That might mean that I am a prude, but I just cannot say fish taco in public.

Sorry.

Friedman was right

About a month ago a co-worker of mine, (not the pop music lover, she is now in LA) and I went to lunch to escape our office. When I got to the counter to pay, the man behind the counter asked what my name was. I thought it strange so I asked…

“Why?”

“Because I would like to buy your lunch today?”
“Why?”
“Because I am the manager and I can”
“Thank you. You don’t have to.”
“I wanted to.”

And with that he was gone.

It is not strange for me to get free stuff.

My co-worker and I sit at a table at the farthest side of the restaurant because situations like this make me uncomfortable.

“Oooh, he likes you.” My co-worker teases. “He didn’t offer me a free lunch.”

I forgot to mention that she screamed “Where is my free lunch?” after he had disappeared.

“Maybe he does, but I know what this means.” I reply. “Now this means that I am going to have money trouble.”

“You are being silly.”

A week later……

I am running out the door late, as usual to a friend’s birthday party. I grab my digital camera from the top of my dresser and unknowingly the camera strap is stuck in the top right hand drawer.

WHACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

It swings like a pendulum rattling back and forth. I turn it on to see that the LCD screen is for lack of a better word “burnt out” and although it is not in little pieces it looks like broken glass.

A pure accident, not intended damage. I love my camera I would never ever break it on purpose.

But try telling that to Best Buy who talked me into buying this stupid four year warranty which does not cover this. I told my friend about it and she said that she never buys these warranties and says that people should just throw that money in the garbage because inevitably the thing that breaks is the one thing that it doesn’t cover.

Best Buy recommends that I call Sony. I call Sony the issue with my camera is not covered even though I bought the camera two months to the day of when I made the call. So, they tell me that if I want it fixed I need to send it to Connecticut and for them just to look at it would cost $171. (If you don’t remember I live in Minnesota and this is the closest repair center???!!!??)

I HAVE ALREADY SPENT $350 WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAMERA TWO MONTHS AGO, WHY THE FUCK WOULD I WANT TO PAY YOU $171 JUST TO LOOK AT IT. YOU ALL FUCKING SUCK DO YOU KNOW THAT?!!!!

About a month ago…..

At our normal staff meeting we find out that the nonprofit I work for is $40-$140K short of our expected incoming funds and basically if no other funds comes in we will run out of money in 2 and a half months.

Basically what this means in a Minnesotan passive way is that in 2 months we will run completely out of money and in all intents and purposes we are bankrupt. Although I would love to point fingers, you have no idea who I would be talking about and it wouldn’t make any sense to you.

This week is the first week where my hours are cut. Not that I needed to make less money than I already do.

Here is my dilemma, in an I Heart Huckabees type of way I feel that my streak of bad luck is definitely a result of that manager buying me lunch. Do I go over there and buy him lunch to even out the Karma and reverse this before anything else happens? Or is it all in my head?

billboard

Thank you very much for your recommendation for the singles site, but I am not single.

Thank you very much for the advanced screening opportunities to Serenity, but I am not the sci-fi type.

Is anyone else being advertised to in their blog comments and can tell how do you get it to stop?

If you are actually concerned about my love life, I apologize but do not use my blog as a way to advertise to others. My email has and always will be lemonlifemail@yahoo.com. Advertise to me and not my readers.

Disclaimer: The advertisements you see that are non social justice related are not to views of lemon life. If you are being advertised to at Lemon Life please be sure that it is not by me.

I am so, so sorry and promise to remedy the situation and hope that my 13 readers are not offended and think that this blog has just become another way for advertisers to bombard you.

take to Glendale for a really nice meal

Song stuck in my head today is...

"Debra" by Beck.

Has anyone waited the 7 minutes or so from when the song stops until the actual end. I think bonus songs are overrated and why do you have to wait so long to get to them? Musically speaking, the five minute wait for a bonus song is one of my hugest pet peeves.

Pre- distressed jeans –Con

I have been waiting to tell this story as to protect the ego of a certain person that I will not name because to be honest I did not catch his name, but he will forever be know to me as Mr. Bubblegum.

It is a warm Midwest summer day and I am sitting in a circle of plastic lawn chairs in my new back yard. I am crocheting and talking as I often do a parties I host or co-host because I am an introvert that feels like I need to have some sort of conversation starter even among my close friends who have written this off as a quirk of mine.

A friend of mine shows up with a friend of his from out of town. Out of town guy is the hipster metro borderline type who is wearing a tight polo shirt and tighter pre-distressed jeans. The pockets are worn and he has a rip mid-thigh of his right pant leg. I have always wondered why people pay so much to have pre-distressed jeans. Thrift stores are cheaper. Oh well I guess it is cool, which I lack the ability to be I guess.

Mr. Out of Town is really chatty. We learn that he is only in town for another 36 hours and he has not slept a wink in order to spend as much time soaking up Minneapolis as he can because he hasn’t been here in years and it will be years until he’ll be back. We are graced by his presence on day 3 of the awake fest. As the night progresses he relaxes more and more in his chair.

Hour two: legs widen and is it just me or has the pre-distress hole in his pants gotten bigger?
Hour 2.5 he slumps in the chair. Uhm.. I think that there is another hole a bit north and in a bit.
Hour 3: he slumps and widens to reveal..

We will now switch to the conversation in my head…
Oh my god! Is that what I think it is? No, it can’t be. Look away, it can’t possibly be. Just talk to someone else, because it is not what you think it is. How could someone you don’t know come to your house warming party to show you his testicles? It’s not. Okay. Or is it? You should look again just to make sure. You have to do it quick girl because you can’t make it look like you are staring. Okay it’s not.

A few minutes later…

It totally is his lefty. You aren’t wearing glasses and you are a bit tipsy and single. So let’s look again just to make sure. Okay the jury is out, just stop thinking about it. It’s not, Its not It’s not.

He slumps and widens trying to make the cheap plastic chair as comfortable as possible to reveal that his pants have completely disintegrated and his jeans actually belong in a Frederick’s of Hollywood catalog.

Oh my god! Are his pants completely crotch less? They are!! Is that shaft? Look away look away. Okay look. He isn’t wearing underwear. Oh no his boys are totally going to land on my neighbors lawn chair! What do I do? Look away! I am a girl and I can’t admit that I have noticed. Look away! Don’t laugh. Should I let it go? Which is worse though, completely exposing yourself to a bunch of people you do not know or having some cute girl tell you that his left testicle plus is hanging out. Which is worse? Which is worse? What do I do?

Just as my brain is ready to melt because of my dilemma, my roommate asks if anyone wants anything. I jump from my chair and run after him.

We walk into the kitchen and I have to hold onto the counter to steady myself from the laughter that I have kept for this moment.

“What’s so funny?”
“Do you know that guy from out of town?”
“Not really.”
“I have a dilemma and I was wondering if you could do me a favor, because I just can’t”
“Why do you think he is cute?”
“No,” I gulp “It’s just that.. uhm.. he has those predistressed jeans on and well… There is a hole.”
“…. In his pants and you can totally see his boys. His bubblegum”
“You knew!”
“Uhm yeah.”
We share a laughter break.
“You have to say something. He is totally going to have an accident on the upstairs neighbors lawn chairs. And when we get out there you cannot look at me because I will totally lose it and he will know that I have been taking a gander at his junk.”

My roommate and I sit down and of course he looks at me and I start to laugh, he laughs so hard that he falls down a bit and when he recovers himself. He looks at Mr. Bubblegum and says.

“Hey dude, I don’t know you that well. But I can totally see your business.’

Mr. Bubblegum does not seem too phased and replies.

“Oh, so you can totally see my brain skin.”

Which is by far one of the strangest things I have ever heard.

Let this story be a cautionary tale on why you should think twice about buying Pre-Distressed jeans.

1 for the Con column.

Blog Blitzkrieg

Sorry my blog has been sparse these past couple of months. I am without wireless and as I have mentioned before the two coffee shops in my new neighborhood do not have a wireless connection. I feel really lost without it. Going cold turkey on the blog has really made me realize what an addict I have become.

So I have taken to writing my entries in word and what will follow is bunch of entries I would have posted if I had the internet. These will entries will probably come in spurts (like love)

Use sparingly.

PO

I am in a bit of a debate on whether or not I should get a PO box. I really want to make this a more interactive experience, but money is a bit on the low side. I’ll keep you posted. (tee-hee…posted.. did you get it?)

Lemon Life's Organization of the Month-September

Without a doubt my organizations of the month is any organization who is participatining in the Hurricane Katerina Relief efforts.

Please check out the following links, if you haven't already:

www.redcross.org -who is a great organization whether it be in a time of national or personal crisis.

The Salvation Army -It's just not for Christmas anymore.

So think on it.
Donate.
Be a good citizen.
Be aware.
Think about how far we've come, how far behind we are.
Think about how you would feed a family of 4 on $5.65 an hour. ($6.15 in Minnesota)
Become more involved and less self involved.
Do -not talk about what we should do.

-Peace-ll

untitled

It has been so long since I blogged that I actually forgot my password to get in. No lie.

I could sit here and apologize about why I haven't blogged. I am not going to. Just know that I have been having fun and when I havent been having fun, I have been contemplating all the news that I have been watching. Although this blog is usually a forum for me to discuss my views I am so shocked that I am still trying to suss them out. I am looking forward to Bush's "I done fucked up" address to the nation this Thursday. The truth is he done fucked up

top 10

Surprisingly, my relatives did not ask why I was not married yet at my sister's wedding. I think that perhaps they have given up. Which isn't so bad, becasue it makes family functions less stressfull. If they would have asked me this is what my top answer would have been:

Because sometimes love just isn't enough. You need to feel respect and pride too. If someone compromises your pride in yourself and the self respect you have for yourself than love is not enough.

I am not someone who wants to be treated like a princess and who thinks that love is like the love songs on the radio I have been in too many relationships where I have been compromised to know that that is not how love is supposed to be.

I don't mean stupid compromises like having Star Wars action figures lining our living room. I mean that when you say really mean things about me like "It is people like me who start the Holocaust" and I start to cry, it shouldn't turn you on and in the midst of my sobbing you shouldn't undress me. You shouldn't use my quickness to cry when frustrated as a tool.

Not a stupid compromise to not be public about our relationship because it could get you fired because you are my manager at work, but that I shouldn't be upset that you deny your relationship with me (and in demeaning ways). I also shouldn't be upset that when we broke up the next girl at work gets to hold your hand and kiss you in the middle of the restaurant in front of the very people you were so afraid of while still seeing me on the side.

That is why I am not married.

don't call it a comeback!!

So as per Treat William's advice, I took some time to enjoy my Summer and not live life as fast as I could write it down. I reverted to my old social self, saw friends I hadn't seen in a while, read books, started talking again to someone I probably shouldn't (Blogging actually saves you a lot of money, drinks are really expensive) I also took some time to check out the blogs located to your right.

To Hookers on Stilts: To say that you do not have any redeeming qualities is truly a shame. I honestly do not believe that for a second.

To all my readers, run do not walk to itunes et all and download Jean Grae's Keep Livin'. I think you can find it on an Okay Player compilation. Listen to it twice and I will write more in the morning.

I'm excited to start blogging again.

hiatus once again

I am in the midst of my sisters wedding and know that I won't be able to post for a while. I was told to stop apologizing for being away from my blog and that I should take some time to enjoy my summer. I do have a lot to say lately and it is all swimming around inside my head. So when I do come back I promise the following:

The cons of predistressed jeans
drive from the southwest revisited
top ten reasons I am not married yet as told to me relatives at sister's wedding
new links
how to stop secret readership
One thing I did that was very embarassing-shout out to a friend I miss
Heiroglyphics show-I hope

I hope some of you are at least going to check out the Hip Hop festival this weekend. In case anyone is wondering, no one took me up on my free ticket offer. Oh well.

Song stuck in my head tonight "She's Got You" Patsy Cline.

wow

Reading my blog when you are on vacation in Aruba, now that is dedication.

my pockets hurt revisited

Mi crazón se va de mi
¡Oh Dios (mío)! ¿acaso me volverá?
Tan mal (es) mi doler extraño
(que) enfermo está (mi corazón), ¿cuándo sanará?
-anonimo

(see may archive)

lemonism 1

(That makes me sound pretentious, but this is advice you can use damn it!)

If you are going to intentionally be a bitch, never ever say anything stupid becasue if you do, you will always be known as Ms. Lemon Bar.

(This lemon reference has nothing to do with me, but I would have to quit my job to tell you this story)

all around the world the same song

Can anyone tell me how 2pac hooked up with the Digital Underground?

“Ghost People” or “2”

This weekend is the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I don’t think that Americans give proper thought to events like this; events that we carried out, events that we inflicted on other people.

Please educate yourself reading from the following links:

• www.dannen.com/decision
  See the Top Secret transcription of the Order to carry out the bombings.
  Hear the radio address by former President Truman which refers to Hiroshima as a naval base.



• The World Hear from the last of the survivors



• Some of you may have been burned by seeing Alain Renais “Night and Fog” in high school but forget all that and go out and run to pick up Hiroshima Mon Amour Which uses actual footage of the aftermath. It is also one of my favorite movies.

Sorry to drop something heavy on you on your last night of your weekend, but sometimes something heavy motivates you to do something truly great.

i feel so used

If anyone is using me to get to the ever so funny waiterrant, it has moved to its very own website! It ever has a store. I am so jealous.

Now go to waiterrant.net

Happy reading

it is not really national??

I was talking to a friend of mine in LA and I had happened to mention to him what I had done for National Night Out. He followed by asking me what National Night Out was. So I explained to him that it was the first Tuesday in August where neighborhoods blocked up their streets, had bbq's in order to get to know eachother and to provide a night where everyone had a safe alternative. (My friends and I usually have a debaucherous night of djs spinning hip hop and dub, compare new tatoos and drink a lot of beer.) I guess in LA they do not celebrate this and he doubted that anyone besides Minnesota celebrated something so midwestern. My reply was that it would be called National Night Out if it wasn't national. So readers if you can help me prove or disprove my point I would appreciate your NNO stories for NNO 2005.

As always lemonlifemail@yahoo.com

love will tear us apart

The song I have had stuck in my head for the past few days has been....

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division.

I think that the key word in this song is AGAIN.

Hey interpol!! Yeah you. You know that you want to do a cover of this song. Why don't you just do it? You know you want to. Maybe we don't want you to, but you know that it has been itching at you for a while.

I do a pretty mean impression of Interpol signing "Slow Hands" no one can get me to do it though. Maybe I should do an impression of Interpol singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart."

a question for the canadians

Dear people who read my blog in Canada,

I was wondering if they still made Hostess Ketchup Chips. If they do, and I had a post office box, would you send them to me? Dipping your chips in ketchup just isn't the same.

If you say yes, I promise that I will send you something in return.

Thank you,

Lemon Life

Lemon Life Organization of August

The organization that I chose for August is The Center for Independent Artists or the CIA, which we joke is the more friendly, giving CIA.

Mission:
Center for Independent Artists celebrates the role of the independent artist as visionary. It provides individual artists with resources and services so that they may realize their artistry to its fullest potential. The Center nurtures independent artistic vision, fosters diverse cultural perspectives and seeks to build an educated, enlightened citizenry.

What they do:
Basically what the CIA does is that they support artists by find grants and other resources for you to do your art. Also, as part of the bigger Instituto de Cultura y Educacion they also have a theater and huge gallery at their disposal for artists to show their work.

Events:
During the month of August the Center for Independent Artists is celebrating the Frinj of the Frinj festival. There are a lot of really great local artists participating and you can get the schedule on the website

How you can help:
You, as an artist, can sign up to be a member. See the website for membership details or like most nonprofits they really don’t care if you just write them a check.

Check them out!! They are a great artist resource even for those of you not living in the Twin Cities area.

13 helens agree

I hope that this is the last of my apologies regarding my blog.

Dear 13 people who read my blog,

I would like to apologize for not updating my blog all that often. I currently do not have wireless at my new apartment and although this is probably a rarity, none of the coffee shops in my neighborhood have wireless either. I asked the owner of the coffee shop half a block away if he had wifi and he asked me in his thick Russian accent if I was a "computer geek ". I am trying to work out the wireless situation.

What I am hoping is that I will come back with a new and improved blog. I really don't want people to be confused between my blog and this other blog I spied called The Lemon Wedge which has the same background, which is basically about teen girl angst and crushes.

Please send me some blog love. I am feeling down on it at the moment.

Ms. Lemon.

P.S.

I hate when I go to the movies and forget what I am about to see because of all the previews. I guess in other cities they don’t do this. Is that right?

I miss you and Pearl Harbor really sucked-parker and stone

If you love excessive product placement and over the top explosions then you’ll love The Island.

Yes, I saw The Island. It was hot and I needed a break from the unpacking that I am now doing. Basically, it was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. In fact I just got done laughing about it a few minutes ago. I don’t really want to waste your time explaining all of the reasons I didn’t like it, I just want to warn you that it is a total waste of $8-$10. I know you have much better things to do with your money. To confess, I had only gone to see it to watch Ewan McGregor run around in tight pants for a couple hours. I hope you can forgive my digression, as a newly single woman sometimes you just need to do a bit of gawking.

In case you were wondering my dear Angelinos in the future there are still Johnny Rocket’s in Los Angeles.

What is up with the Hollywood Machine lately? Is everyone completely out of ideas? Has reality t.v. ruined our ability to think and imagine?

I have seen many articles lately about how box office sales are continuing to plummet and how once dvd sales and rentals used to save lagging profits, but now aren’t. You can blame Chinatown and dvd recorders all you want, but honestly has there been a movie that you have been excited to see lately? It has been a while for me too and I really haven’t seen a preview for anything that I want to see.

Here are the previews that preceded the film:
Carlitos Way prequel that will be shown on television. It kind of seems like it will be a series.
Beautiful people- a new television show.

A movie where beautiful people are killed by the natural elements called The Fog

An Al Pacino movie that looks truly awful called 2 for the Money

A movie with Cillian Murphy being creepy called Red Eye

Walk the line, Which I wouldn’t mind seeing because I am a music addict.

That movie where Reese Witherspoon is a nurse turned ghost that probably has the word heaven in the title Hey it does

Somebody please help me. I used to really like going to the movies. I can forgive the fact that I have to butter my own popcorn, just please someone come out with a movie I want to see.