h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Earlier on I was thinking, “It’s Friday night, I’m going to stay up all night!” But now I’m tired, so I’m going to bed. I haven’t done an all-nighter for ages, and it won’t happen tonight. One too many ’s I think. OK, more than just one too many.

Another Barton Fink fan! I salute you! Yes, we have excellent taste, don’t we! I like most of the Coen brothers films. Last week I was watching the Big Lobowski and thought, “My God, I’m turning into the Dude!”

Right, I’m going to bed now. If I start crying, I’ll know you’re to blame!

Goodnight.

Blame away!

I'm glad you enjoyed your Friday evening.s and all!

I'd be unconscious after one sip! I'm a lightweight when it comes to alcoholic substances. I get giddy just sniffing it. Yes, I've a reputation as an unexpensive date...

The Coen brothers are . I've found all of their films fascinating!
No!*looks closely*Maybe you *are* the Dude!!!

Look forward to speaking to you soon!
Goodnight Wile E and sweetest of dreams to you!

Definitely had too many ’s last night. I woke up with a banging headache this morning!

I’ve finished wrapping up uncle Wile E. now. Don’t worry, I put some air holes in the package. I’m going to get him weighed at the post office tomorrow, and I’ll ship him out to you as a present. He’s a bad influence on me, I think California will suit him.

I’ve just been lazing around today. Very Dude-like I’ll have to make up for it with a productive day tomorrow. What’ve you been up to?

I think I’ll watch another film tonight, but I’m not sure what to watch. I want something nice and quiet, so I was thinking Tokyo Story or maybe Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood For Love. Seen them? Which one, do you reckon?

Good evening Wile E!

Awwwww...You poor darling! How's your head tonight?

I'm afraid Uncle Wile E. will become a full fledged Dude Lebowski in California! I'm going to do my best to keep my toes intact and roll up my rugs...maybe I can just drop him off at a bowling alley in LA!

I've been busy with guests over here. I had one of those friendly interventions last night. 3 of my friends(big hulking testosterone charged types) whisked me off to the cinema last night because they had heard that I needed"cheering up".
A very close friend of mine in London was diagnosed with brain cancer 2 days ago and I felt a bit conflicted because I couldn't be there in the UK for him. I know I need to be here for my mum but it's difficult to be so far away from someone who actually needs my support right now.*sigh*
So these really quite caring friends took me out to a premiere of 'Pride and Prejudice' last night. Which was a very sweet and unselfish thing for those burly brutes to do on a Friday night. Or so I thought...
until I saw 13 more of my friends waiting at the theatre!
After the film, which was atmospherically satisfying, all of us went to my house where they cheered me up and helped themselves to half a case of my wine, then left at 2:30AM. I tried to get them to leave earlier by serving strong coffee and singing them some Bach. The Bach made them start blubbing. I really must get a handle on my propensity for making people cry! Yesterday's orgy of tears was a bit much...
Anyway, this morning 2 of my (now overnight) guests took me to breakfast, ascertained that I indeed was cheered up and finally took their leave. I've been slowly putting the house back to order until now...

I haven't seen 'Tokyo Story' but I have seen wkw's 'In The Mood For Love'!!! I would definitely recommend that! Unless you're nursing a broken, that is. The film explores some very complex emotions in relationships and does so with beguiling authenticity. I have a bit of a thing for films, music and novels that touch on sadness until it subtly but seductively wraps itself around one's heart... It's very easy to escape into this plot as it evolves. I remember having strange cravings for noodles for a week after I saw that film, too!

Tell me what you thought of that film after you've seen it!

My heads feeling better now and I’ve wisely stayed away from

I’m really sorry to hear about your friend. It must be tough for you not been able to see him, but I’m sure he’ll understand and feel supported anyway. I wish I could say something to make it better, but the best I can do is another smiley.

It’s good that you’ve got lots of friends who can be there for you. I guess you probably didn’t feel up to entertaining guests but distraction was probably what you needed. It’s always good to know that there are people who care.

You were too late with the film suggestion, I’d already put Tokyo Story on. What a lovely film! It’s very simple and quiet and focuses on the everyday and ordinary, which are just as important in life as the dramatic moments.

I’ve seen In the Mood for Love before and I’m in total agreement with you on it. Some films evoke their own world, and In the Mood for Love does it magnificently. It made me feel nostalgic for a time and place I’d never known. Steaming noodles! Restraint is so rare in cinema, and the scene where they hold hands is more powerful than a love scene in most movies.

I think I’ve just talked myself into watching it again, tomorrow. I’d like to stay up and talk, but I can feel myself drifting away towards sleep.

Take care

Now I'm going to have to see 'Tokyo Story' soon!

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only person moved by that hand holding scene in 'In The Mood For Love'. Friends were in disagreement with me with that for weeks. I loved that film.

Thanks for your compassion and comforting thoughts.
I do appreciate your friendship!

I'd better let you get to sleep, it's ourageously late over there!

See you soon!
Goodnight and sweet dreams Wile E!

Hey there, Cythesis! How’re you today?

I didn’t watch In the Mood For Love today. I wasn’t in the mood for it. The film that is. No, I couldn’t watch another atmospheric, contemplative film, so I watched the Terminator instead! Good film though.

I just remembered that Schwarzenegger is your Governor! I couldn’t stop laughing after he got voted in, but for all I know he’s doing a great job. I haven’t seen any news about him for ages - is he doing a good job? Can’t say I share his political views, myself.

I think some of those spirits are starting to reach my fingers. I’m starting to get it’s feel now, although I’m still on basic stuff. I trust your preparations for the Bach performance are going well?

Hi Wile E!

I'm very well, thank you!

You definitely have to be in a certain frame of mind for 'In The Mood For Love'. It can be soooo involving.

Now,'The Terminator' doesn't require much mind at all. I actually liked the relentless action but I also remember that I did have fits of giggles every time Arnold would lose a piece of his body and mindlessly and inexorably go after his prey.
He's kind of like that now as the Governator. He just keeps on losing credibility points with his own staff and poor, handicapped, ill, uneducated, homeless, immigrant, unemployed Californians. Still he proceeds unrelentingly to assure us that California is looking good because he is looking good(boosted by liberal Botox and hair treatments) and there is no use in thinking everything will turn out good while he is our good governator. Good grief! I guess you can tell I didn't vote for Arnold? He does however provide fodder for endless giggling fits of the giddy but not funny kind.*sigh*

Glad to know that the bossa nova spirits have done their job with your fingers! Just don't let them take over anything else that you wouldn't want them to. I'm not sure if the genuine total body samba is something you'd want to take to work tomorrow morning.

The Bach preparations are going well. My dreams at night are now filled with pages of the score complete with my illegible notes scrawled upon it. I also have the feeling that I'm now singing in my sleep as well. This is all very much the usual effect an upcoming performance has on me. I'm all Bached up!

How was your day?
Of course, you're probably nearly ready for bed by now. I'm beginning to see a pattern...Drat these different time zones!

Yup, I’ll have to go to bed soon. I do quite like the timing of talking to you as I wind down at the end of the day, but I always want to carry on.

I think casting him as a machine was perfect, but any other role I watched the Running Man last week and his facial expressions had me on the floor!

I could tell you didn’t vote for him! Still, there is some entertainment in his governorship, in a perverse kind of way. Now if they could just sort out some new legislation, he could be the President one day Maybe after Jeb Bush

You’ve got me worried now! What if I get a full body samba in the middle of a meeting tomorrow

I’m glad you feel confident with the Bach. I was going to do a Bachlog joke, but thought the better of it!

Goodnight.

I live in dread fear of Arnold ever reaching the White House! Although for all his noble protests to the contrary, everyone knows that his aspirations blatantly point in that direction.Jeb Bush! You're pressing all of the panic buttons of this tree hugging liberal!


*breath in the good vibes, breathe out the bad. Inhale peace. Exhale harmony...*



I don't know...those full body sambas can come on just about anytime, anywhere if the Brazilian spirit is truly with you. *giggles*
Give me a detailed report tomorrow, please.

Thanks for restraining yourself with the Bach jokes. I've heard my fair share of them while feeling as if I'm *living* in a perverse Bach joke.

Sleep and dream well Wile E!
Goodnight!

Hey there! Just a quick one tonight, to say:






Damn you!


I’ve bee fighting those samba spirits all day! I can feel my hips starting to gyrate at the most inconvenient times.

I don’t know if I’ll be able to fight them for long. It’ll be like the mambo scenes in Beetlejuice!

It guess it’s the price I have to pay for my art.

Hope your having a good day
Goodnight

*shrugs*Sorry!


*giggles*
I hope you can restrain yourself while you sleep!


My day's been lovely! I wish you less gyrations for the morrow!


Sleep tight and sweet syncopated Brazilian dreams, Wile E!
Goodnight!

I think I’ve got those spirits under control for now! My hips still feel a bit twitchy though!

I was a little surprised that you described yourself as a liberal. I thought that was a dirty word in the States these days. Mind you, it’s starting to get that way over here, too. I heard someone say that the 21st century started on 9/11, and I think they were right. Politically everything seems very different, and not for the better, I think.

I’ve had a fairly typical day, really. I’m taking a break from job hunting at the moment, and I’m trying to work out how to use a new synthesiser on my computer. You up to much?

*Resists using a Bach pun* Must_Restrain_Myself! Must!

Hello Wile E.!

*politely sweeps aside mental images of a twitchy hipped Dude*
It's good to hear that you've vanquished those rather persistent spirits(for now...)!

*has a good cathartic giggle, composes herself and continues...*

People often are surprised at my liberal leanings. I'm not political... unless something needs defending that can't defend itself and I find myself having to work under a recognisable label that the current system can readily relate to in a public forum. Sometimes common definitions are necessary to navigate myself through extreme territories.
I was about to go into a gentle diatribe against governments here... but then I became mindful of the fact that all those evil despots, dictators, puppetmasters, intelligence challenged world leaders, zombie henchpeople, innocent middle men/women, lawmakers, politicians, lobbyists, activists and workers all had mummies and daddies that loved them very much, did their best to nurture and teach them the difference between right and wrong...
Why can't we recognise and respect what is essentially lovable in each living individual!*sniffle*

Yeah, I'm a liberal, Wile E.

The job hunting can wait until you're ready. It's probably a good reprieve now to feel reasonably centered and reflect on what you really want to do with your future. I'm here with my mum and making the most of this little retreat from ambition and social stress(I know, it doesn't sound like I've slowed things down much, but there really *is* a marked difference from how I can be.) while taking some time to learn about who I've evolved into at this point of my life.

Today I was a substitute instructor for a yoga class. I worry about using guided imagery meditation at the winding down of the session. Everytime I've facilitated it, the class invariably can't get back to work on time. They're not snapping out of the groovy trance like they should. I've tried more invigorating music, changing the tone of my voice...I've created a legion of zombies!
At least they're not crying. *sigh*

Do you know of any zombie zapping tunes I might utilise?

Hello Wile E.!

*politely sweeps aside mental images of a twitchy hipped Dude*
It's good to hear that you've vanquished those rather persistent spirits(for now...)!

*has a good cathartic giggle, composes herself and continues...*

People often are surprised at my liberal leanings. I'm not political... unless something needs defending that can't defend itself and I find myself having to work under a recognisable label that the current system can readily relate to in a public forum. Sometimes common definitions are necessary to navigate myself through extreme territories.
I was about to go into a gentle diatribe against governments here... but then I became mindful of the fact that all those evil despots, dictators, puppetmasters, intelligence challenged world leaders, zombie henchpeople, innocent middle men/women, lawmakers, politicians, lobbyists, activists and workers all had mummies and daddies that loved them very much, did their best to nurture and teach them the difference between right and wrong...
Why can't we recognise and respect what is essentially lovable in each living individual!*sniffle*

Yeah, I'm a liberal, Wile E.

The job hunting can wait until you're ready. It's probably a good reprieve now to feel reasonably centered and reflect on what you really want to do with your future. I'm here with my mum and making the most of this little retreat from ambition and social stress(I know, it doesn't sound like I've slowed things down much, but there really *is* a marked difference from how I can be.) while taking some time to learn about who I've evolved into at this point of my life.

Today I was a substitute instructor for a yoga class. I worry about using guided imagery meditation at the winding down of the session. Everytime I've facilitated it, the class invariably can't get back to work on time. They're not snapping out of the groovy trance like they should. I've tried more invigorating music, changing the tone of my voice...I've created a legion of zombies!
At least they're not crying. *sigh*

Do you know of any zombie zapping tunes I might utilise?

The evil ham(p)sters are delaying this post!
I'm sure they're really sweet critters and have some very winning qualities once one gets to know them...

Evil duplicating ham(p)sters!

You’ve slowed down! Somehow, I’m not that surprised that you consider that to be a relaxed lifestyle, but if *you* feel relaxed then that’s cool. Just remember, your talking to his Dudeness, here!

How long have you been practicing yoga? I meditate most days, and that can leave me a bit spaced out sometimes if my concentration level is low. Something to de-zombie them? How about Bitches Brew? No, that would be cruel to inflict on empty, relaxed minds! Something Uncle Wile E would do!

I find 60’s Motown songs to be uplifting yet relaxed at the same time, so how about something like that. Aretha Franklin singing I Say a Little Prayer. Can’t beat a bit of Bacharach. Not what you would expect in a yoga class, but it’d work for me!

I think it’s good that you consider yourself to be liberal. Given the current political climate of fear, we need more people to think like that.

I had problems with the evil ham(p)sters, too. I think you’ll find that if you navigate away from the posting page after a minute, it’ll have already posted your message. That's the first time I've seen you get mad!

>>It's good to hear that you've vanquished those rather persistentspirits(for now...<evilgin&gt!<<
Oi! Don’t encourage them!

I *have* slowed things down, I promise you! It just doesn't look like it to the casual observer, that's all.

Let's see, I've been practicing yoga since I was 16...so that makes it nearly 13 years!*surprises even herself*I've had all sorts of instructors and have gone on retreats to ashrams. I meditiate half an hour a day. Usually in the morning, after some yoga. Maybe, in the afternoons if I have a busy morning. I've been meditating off and on for the past 11 years. Again, I do more concentrated meditation retreats at monasteries and retreat houses.
See? I actually do balance things out in a way!

Bacharach...hmmm. I've got an Elvis Costello CD of him doing Bacharach tunes. Might just work! Plus they'll jump to attention trying to figure out who the heck it might be crooning all those familiar tunes.
Ah yes, the disorientation factor to startle them gently out of their trance-like state.
Thanks Wile E.!

I use the term 'liberal' loosely(typical liberal liberal squirrely reasoning). I don't like being pinned down as such like a specimen. But for normal nomenclature use, it'll do!

The , evil ginsand I are in cahoots!
We work as a team (liberally)!

I'll let you go off to bed now
Sleep well and see you tomorrow!
Sweet sambas, I mean, dreams!Goodnight Wile E.

Your behind the ’s too?! And I thought I had the advantage with all those webcams!

You know, you can be pretty evil when you want to be!

Goodnight

*twitch*

*gyrate*

*twitch*
evilgin

*giggles*