11/13/19
11/5/19
A VACATION NEEDED AFTER A VACATION
I accepted when asked to dog sit for a "friend" and, like the Norman Rockwell painting of the family that comes back from a vacation more worn out than when they left, I need a vacation. I accepted thinking that I wanted to get some extra sleep. That I wanted to fall asleep reading books. That I wanted to linger in bed with four old dogs in with me, reading books. I wanted to take the dogs out on long walks in nature - as long as their old legs would allow - and between walks I wanted to rest and read. I wanted to read on the back porch that overlooks the garden. I wanted to read overlooking the ocean. I took books with me that have been on my pile of books I want to read. I started a diary of my dog sitting experience. After a few days I came up with the title "Diary of a MAD Dog Sitter." Mad such as "I was crazy to accept." Mad such as "I'm really getting angry here."
At this moment, I cannot find the paper I wrote it on - old school paper and ink pens. It is buried.
My pile of books to be read are unread.
At this moment, I cannot find the paper I wrote it on - old school paper and ink pens. It is buried.
My pile of books to be read are unread.
10/5/19
MARK SHAW's BOOK DENIAL OF JUSTICE : DOROTHY KILGALLEN STORY
I heard this author speak on a radio program and then listened to this YouTube video of his presentation another time. I think Shaw is a well organized speaker and the story about Dorothy Kilgallen is interesting. Because of him, an investigation of her death which had been called a suicide was opened. He thinks it was murder. He thinks he knows who did it too because of a POEM his suspect wrote. Kilgallen was a journalist who was onto something about the President John F. Kennedy assassination. More famous for her presence as a game show player on "What's My Line," a television show, I had no idea that she had been known in her time as a respected investigative journalist. This one take about an hour, but if any of that interestes you, it's worth the listen.
9/24/19
WORD CHOICES THAT ARE JUST SO NOW ... OR WAS THAT YESTERDAY?
1) CONVERSATION : As a result of social media, such as Twitter, these days we suppose that ideas, notions, controversies, and news, is all up for discussion. Some "conversations" go on for years, but most fizzle. Like my favorite TA once said, "Sometimes it's good to let a conversation go."
"Are we still having a national conversation about the Democratic Candidates Debates?"
2) SEX PEST : This one is pre Jeffery Epstein scandal and Harvey Wienstein scandal. I personally believe it is United Kingdom lingo gratis Daily Mail UK. SEX PEST is an umbrella term to describe everyone from the over-compliment-er who keeps "noticing" what you wear to work or whose eyes linger noticeably too long, to a hands on sexual harasser, to a stalker. There is however, a slight sense of humor to the term, so that Epstein and Wienstein are overqualified for it.
"That weird guy at the coffee house is such as sex pest, he should get a life."
3) CLOSURE : Closure is B.S. It is assumed that the most horrific losses that result in grief will end when you have "closure" but this is rarely so and puts a false expectation that you will be done already with it. One of my personal most hated terms, probably spawned by an overly psychobabble-effected culture.
"They lost everything, their house, everything in Hurricane Dorian. When they get a roof over their head again, they'll get closure."
4) GET A MOTEL : Used to let people know their Public Displays of Affection are making you uncomfortable or that if they don't want you wish to join in. Upgraded to the more posh GET A HOTEL or locally, CHATEAU MARMONT. Best delivered with deadpan intonation and raised eyebrow.
"Ah, you three should really go to the Chateau."
C 2019 Christine Trzyna
"Are we still having a national conversation about the Democratic Candidates Debates?"
2) SEX PEST : This one is pre Jeffery Epstein scandal and Harvey Wienstein scandal. I personally believe it is United Kingdom lingo gratis Daily Mail UK. SEX PEST is an umbrella term to describe everyone from the over-compliment-er who keeps "noticing" what you wear to work or whose eyes linger noticeably too long, to a hands on sexual harasser, to a stalker. There is however, a slight sense of humor to the term, so that Epstein and Wienstein are overqualified for it.
"That weird guy at the coffee house is such as sex pest, he should get a life."
3) CLOSURE : Closure is B.S. It is assumed that the most horrific losses that result in grief will end when you have "closure" but this is rarely so and puts a false expectation that you will be done already with it. One of my personal most hated terms, probably spawned by an overly psychobabble-effected culture.
"They lost everything, their house, everything in Hurricane Dorian. When they get a roof over their head again, they'll get closure."
4) GET A MOTEL : Used to let people know their Public Displays of Affection are making you uncomfortable or that if they don't want you wish to join in. Upgraded to the more posh GET A HOTEL or locally, CHATEAU MARMONT. Best delivered with deadpan intonation and raised eyebrow.
"Ah, you three should really go to the Chateau."
C 2019 Christine Trzyna
9/12/19
HURRICANE DORIAN LEAVES BEHIND SHOCK AND BEFUDDLEMENT
And so Hurricane Dorian destroyed an island or two of the 700 islands that make up the Bahamas and the loss of life and missing persons might not be well understood for months. Day and night I searched for new YouTube testimonials and videos that were not PR for charities proving that they were there helping. As criticisms came in about the Bahamian government's handling of the disaster, in particular unwillingness to reveal the death toll, so came the many testimonials of people who saw others swept away. One testimonial from a child was that they were swimming and saw a lot of dead bodies in the water. How many of the 2500 people who have been reported missing will prove to be alive? If 70,000 to 76,000 people are homeless and have lost everything, and 2500 are on lists of the missing, and about 5000 people have been transported to another island, or in some cases to the United States, well, do the math.
So here is what I think: SHOCK has numbed and befuddled many, including officials.
Some bodies may wash up on shore but it seems more of them are deep under the sea.
DNA will be used to identify many.
And there is a politeness involved. If a dead body cannot be identified, and the loved ones cannot be located, who is there to tell? Who is there to come claim a body?
It comes at a time when there are easily 50,000 homeless people just in Los Angeles - County. My guess is it's more like 150,000.
Every day people live like they lost everything to a Hurricane.
Is it smart to build an entire new town in the same place?
I remain unable to answer.
C 2019 Christine Trzyna
So here is what I think: SHOCK has numbed and befuddled many, including officials.
Some bodies may wash up on shore but it seems more of them are deep under the sea.
DNA will be used to identify many.
And there is a politeness involved. If a dead body cannot be identified, and the loved ones cannot be located, who is there to tell? Who is there to come claim a body?
It comes at a time when there are easily 50,000 homeless people just in Los Angeles - County. My guess is it's more like 150,000.
Every day people live like they lost everything to a Hurricane.
Is it smart to build an entire new town in the same place?
I remain unable to answer.
C 2019 Christine Trzyna
9/9/19
MY DOG THREATENED BY A BORN TO BE WILD SENIOR CITIZEN : TALKING TO STRANGERS
According to the birth date on her shelter record, my dog has just turned twelve.
According to web sites about dogs, her life expectancy is twelve.
I love her so much.
She still walks with me rather than my talking her for walks. She used to pull me down the street but now she lags behind at times. I've gotten a wheeled carrier and sometimes take it with me not only because I think a mile is enough walking for her every day but because of the heat. She actually likes to ride in it standing on her hind legs, the wind in her hair as I pull it. I call it her "car."
Or I carry her so she won't have to walk on hot cement sidewalks. When I get to a destination I tie her up outside in a shady spot if I can't take her in and put down a bowl of water. I did that the other day to run into a store.
Then I heard the chopper. A massive, expensive, roaring motorcycle with a male senior citizen in a leather jacket and raggedly blue jeans and longish gray hair riding on the sidewalk and the wrong side of the street as well. Clearly he saw a little dog tied up in the shade with a bowl of water near her but did he give a rat's ass? Hell no.
I figured him as more of a Hippie than Hell's Angel.
I walked out and said, "My dog can't be near your hot engine and tail pipe!"
"Well, this is where I park."
"There's a parking lot across the street." I pointed.
"I've been parking here for over a year. This is where I park."
"Well, this is the only shady spot I can tie her up at."
The man ignored me and walked into the store.
I untied my dog and held her in my arms away from the hot chopper.
Another man had overheard.
"It's illegal to drive on a sidewalk or park on one. I'm calling the police," this man said. "The ticket won't be cheap."
"Good idea. But not while I'm here. Another time! That man's a Rebel Without a Cause!"
"I see what you mean."
I sought out the security guard. He said, "My job is inside here, not out there."
I decided to leave with my dog, to keep her out of harm's way. It inconvenienced me to have to find somewhere else to shop.
But the Rebel came out of the store and began to rant before I had dumped the water bowl.
"My daughter has five big dogs in her house. They're all "companion animals," he said, sarcastically. "She has PTSD. You're like her. You're letting your dog rule your life!"
How convoluted, I thought. "Your daughter with five dogs living in a house with PTSD is nothing like me and my one little dog out here just trying to stop in to shop."
I'm not happy that so many stores, especially grocery stores, seem to have these large warning signs that only SERVICE ANIMALS are allowed in. Meanwhile it's not legal or intelligent to leave a dog in a car. So I'm not the only one who seeks a good place to tie up my dog so I can run in and out quickly. People like me are starting to frequent dog friendly restaurants, usually with outdoor dining options. We seek out stores that put out water bowls and treats on the sidewalk and have some place to tie up. (If you're a business reading this, consider screwing some handles to the exterior that provide good tie up in view of but not blocking the pathway to the door. I've had to tie her up to exterior pipes, railings, and door knobs.)
I forgot about the incident with the malcontent man until I went by that same store again last week. I had left my dog at home. He was sitting outside but his chopper was nowhere in sight.
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According to web sites about dogs, her life expectancy is twelve.
I love her so much.
She still walks with me rather than my talking her for walks. She used to pull me down the street but now she lags behind at times. I've gotten a wheeled carrier and sometimes take it with me not only because I think a mile is enough walking for her every day but because of the heat. She actually likes to ride in it standing on her hind legs, the wind in her hair as I pull it. I call it her "car."
Or I carry her so she won't have to walk on hot cement sidewalks. When I get to a destination I tie her up outside in a shady spot if I can't take her in and put down a bowl of water. I did that the other day to run into a store.
Then I heard the chopper. A massive, expensive, roaring motorcycle with a male senior citizen in a leather jacket and raggedly blue jeans and longish gray hair riding on the sidewalk and the wrong side of the street as well. Clearly he saw a little dog tied up in the shade with a bowl of water near her but did he give a rat's ass? Hell no.
I figured him as more of a Hippie than Hell's Angel.
I walked out and said, "My dog can't be near your hot engine and tail pipe!"
"Well, this is where I park."
"There's a parking lot across the street." I pointed.
"I've been parking here for over a year. This is where I park."
"Well, this is the only shady spot I can tie her up at."
The man ignored me and walked into the store.
I untied my dog and held her in my arms away from the hot chopper.
Another man had overheard.
"It's illegal to drive on a sidewalk or park on one. I'm calling the police," this man said. "The ticket won't be cheap."
"Good idea. But not while I'm here. Another time! That man's a Rebel Without a Cause!"
"I see what you mean."
I sought out the security guard. He said, "My job is inside here, not out there."
I decided to leave with my dog, to keep her out of harm's way. It inconvenienced me to have to find somewhere else to shop.
But the Rebel came out of the store and began to rant before I had dumped the water bowl.
"My daughter has five big dogs in her house. They're all "companion animals," he said, sarcastically. "She has PTSD. You're like her. You're letting your dog rule your life!"
How convoluted, I thought. "Your daughter with five dogs living in a house with PTSD is nothing like me and my one little dog out here just trying to stop in to shop."
I'm not happy that so many stores, especially grocery stores, seem to have these large warning signs that only SERVICE ANIMALS are allowed in. Meanwhile it's not legal or intelligent to leave a dog in a car. So I'm not the only one who seeks a good place to tie up my dog so I can run in and out quickly. People like me are starting to frequent dog friendly restaurants, usually with outdoor dining options. We seek out stores that put out water bowls and treats on the sidewalk and have some place to tie up. (If you're a business reading this, consider screwing some handles to the exterior that provide good tie up in view of but not blocking the pathway to the door. I've had to tie her up to exterior pipes, railings, and door knobs.)
I forgot about the incident with the malcontent man until I went by that same store again last week. I had left my dog at home. He was sitting outside but his chopper was nowhere in sight.
C 2019 Christine Trzyna BlogSpot All Rights Reserved
8/28/19
THEY DIDN'T PAY ME TO SAY THIS EITHER! BRACH'S MAPLE NUT GOODIES
MAPLE NUT GOODIES are ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED which is a "go figure" since they are also made with roasted peanuts in crunchy toffee and there is REAL MAPLE SYRUP involved. For the last several weeks, especially after a very productive day, I've been treating myself to the small 4 ounce bag of them.
8/15/19
IMPLODE OR EXPLODE : IS IT ME OR IS IT THE WORLD?
I'm trying to remember how it is that I got addicted to reading DAILY MAIL UK. It's been a while now since I started reading it. It might have been about the time I was having withdrawal from the end of Art Bell's second or third incarnation, his long awaited but brief MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT show. I believe it had to do with trying to read around EDWARD SNOWDEN and JULIAN ASSANGE. These men and those like them are important to the question we need to ask, and that is the role of journalists and journalism in society, in a time of fake news (sorry to say there really is a lot of it) and skepticism. Though sometimes DAILY MAIL UK gets it wrong, more often they get it right and their news breaks across the ocean first, meaning that by the time you get up to listen to KFI and the obnoxiously funny BILL HANDLE well, you will already know what news they are going to be mentioning on the radio as you sit in traffic on the freeway because it sounds to be right out of DAILY MAIL UK! You know that because you checked when you got up to pee at 3 am.
Currently I barely read about Snowden, who I actually feel has had his Andy Warhol Fifteen Minutes of fame over and over again and will live out his life in Russia. He raised his finger in that ayatollah kind of way and I thought, this is not good! I suspect Assange and WikiLeaks is going to be story for a long long time, unless he dies, and I think he might. He's being made an example of. Got to give Snowden credit for years of faithfulness to his pole dancing exhibitionist girlfriend; there's someone for everyone?
I don't feel so bad about the way I have to hit the DAILY MAIL UK site at least twice a day - sometimes more - sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night - yesterday every hour - when I hear that it's the second most read news media site in the world.
I don't know what media site is supposed to be number one. I kind of hope The New York Times. I read the San Jose Mercury News... I read The Guardian... I read Vanity Fair.
I currently make dog poo bags from the LA TIMES though yes, it does have some good coverage. I hear it's printed with soy based ink and I'm just so eco. I have respect for journalist Steve Lopez there, who I feel sure already has his private island estate in heaven being built by the angels.
LINK HERE TO A JOURNALIST I RESPECT STEVE LOPEZ He will not quit writing about our housing and homeless crisis.
So, about DAILY MAIL UK; I know some of you are disappointed in me for this, but I'm not alone in making my way past the Kardashians, who I knew nothing about when I started reading it, and so many other desperate-for-attention women showing off their bodies in swim suits, if you can identify these strained patches of fabric as such, who take pouty selfies of themselves using mirrors to look down their own pants, to some terrific coverage of what we used to call HARD NEWS, such as the hideous Jeffery Epstein Sex Trafficking scandal. And the Miley Cyrus scandal, a trivial bisexual fling of a scandal which, when it comes right down to it, has not an iota of impact compared to what the now dead sex addict Epstein's scandal will.
I really CAN be LITERARY and also be into POP CULTURE.
DAILY MAIL UK also promises daily coverage of VIOLENCE, from gross pimple popper videos to mass shootings, mothers who put babies they just gave birth to in dumpsters and people who put their dogs in freezers, innocent people wrongly convicted and criminals running free, boating and helicopter accidents, riots in front of movie theaters and more seriously in Hong Kong, wackos gone crazy and crazies gone wacko, every form of violence.
I'M OVEREXPOSED TO VIOLENCE.
I don't want to be ill informed or ignorant.
I want to understand.
I feel stress.
I am anxious.
I feel overloaded.
It feels hopeless.
WE NEED HELP.
Can the Republicans find ANYONE to run against TRUMP? Can the Democrats who refused to eat some form of Pig in IOWA or who actually do not have a realistic PLAN for how this Reparations thing will work (I suggest national DNA tests) please step out of the race for the Presidency.
Go Bernie Go!
Sometimes I feel like imploding or exploding.
You might too.
Just don't do it all over my blog.
C 2019 Christine Trzyna All Rights Reserved. Internet and International Rights Included.
Currently I barely read about Snowden, who I actually feel has had his Andy Warhol Fifteen Minutes of fame over and over again and will live out his life in Russia. He raised his finger in that ayatollah kind of way and I thought, this is not good! I suspect Assange and WikiLeaks is going to be story for a long long time, unless he dies, and I think he might. He's being made an example of. Got to give Snowden credit for years of faithfulness to his pole dancing exhibitionist girlfriend; there's someone for everyone?
I don't feel so bad about the way I have to hit the DAILY MAIL UK site at least twice a day - sometimes more - sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night - yesterday every hour - when I hear that it's the second most read news media site in the world.
I don't know what media site is supposed to be number one. I kind of hope The New York Times. I read the San Jose Mercury News... I read The Guardian... I read Vanity Fair.
I currently make dog poo bags from the LA TIMES though yes, it does have some good coverage. I hear it's printed with soy based ink and I'm just so eco. I have respect for journalist Steve Lopez there, who I feel sure already has his private island estate in heaven being built by the angels.
LINK HERE TO A JOURNALIST I RESPECT STEVE LOPEZ He will not quit writing about our housing and homeless crisis.
So, about DAILY MAIL UK; I know some of you are disappointed in me for this, but I'm not alone in making my way past the Kardashians, who I knew nothing about when I started reading it, and so many other desperate-for-attention women showing off their bodies in swim suits, if you can identify these strained patches of fabric as such, who take pouty selfies of themselves using mirrors to look down their own pants, to some terrific coverage of what we used to call HARD NEWS, such as the hideous Jeffery Epstein Sex Trafficking scandal. And the Miley Cyrus scandal, a trivial bisexual fling of a scandal which, when it comes right down to it, has not an iota of impact compared to what the now dead sex addict Epstein's scandal will.
I really CAN be LITERARY and also be into POP CULTURE.
DAILY MAIL UK also promises daily coverage of VIOLENCE, from gross pimple popper videos to mass shootings, mothers who put babies they just gave birth to in dumpsters and people who put their dogs in freezers, innocent people wrongly convicted and criminals running free, boating and helicopter accidents, riots in front of movie theaters and more seriously in Hong Kong, wackos gone crazy and crazies gone wacko, every form of violence.
I'M OVEREXPOSED TO VIOLENCE.
I don't want to be ill informed or ignorant.
I want to understand.
I feel stress.
I am anxious.
I feel overloaded.
It feels hopeless.
WE NEED HELP.
Can the Republicans find ANYONE to run against TRUMP? Can the Democrats who refused to eat some form of Pig in IOWA or who actually do not have a realistic PLAN for how this Reparations thing will work (I suggest national DNA tests) please step out of the race for the Presidency.
Go Bernie Go!
Sometimes I feel like imploding or exploding.
You might too.
Just don't do it all over my blog.
C 2019 Christine Trzyna All Rights Reserved. Internet and International Rights Included.
7/17/19
COMEDY LITERATURE AWARD
THE GUARDIAN - JILLY COOPER - WOMEN WRITING COMEDIC LITERATURE AWARD
Reigning queen of the pun JILLY COOPER has been awarded the inaugural COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT (CWIP) lifetime achievement award "in recognition of her legacy and inspiration to comic women writers everywhere."
..."We wanted to respect JILLY COOPER as a game changer... at a time when visibility of witty women writers was still an issue," said the comedian, writer, and actor HELEN LEDERER, who founded the awards to celebrate the female authors of comic fiction she felt were being overlooked. "Her mix of shrewdly placed social satire and criticism made us all connect and want more of her. She's not only a household name - she's also a witty journalist, author, and influence."
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5/19/19
I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR : NICO and VELVET UNDERGROUND
1/30/08
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How many times must I look in a mirror and see myself as I really am?
How many times must I look in a mirror and see myself as I really am?
How many times must I look in a mirror and see myself as I really am?
Look in the mirror and say aloud "I AM A WRITER!"
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