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Wrong

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my annual dream account  In real life , for many years, I would lose shirts and sweaters and scarves and other clothes items at work. I suspected a support person of mine - who thought I should be supporting him. A dream last night. I accompany my mother to an event that takes place in a convention hall in New Jersey that was transformed into a faux beach. We have to remove our shoes. When it's time to leave, I can't find my shoes and notice a man following me. He tries to not be seen. I confront him and ask why he's following me. He points to a wall and says ... don't you remember what happened right over there. I tell him I've never been in the place before - that he's wrong about whatever he's talking about. I ask him ... is that why you stole my shoes? He throws me a pair of black shoes and says ... try these on ... I do. They are much too big on me. They aren't mine and he knows he's been wrong all along.
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Arm in arm

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  A friend of mine told me she had a good kiss with a new maybe. She says she likes him because, among other things, "He does something you do.  When we walk across the street together, you always take my arm. "
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Luca

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I am about to begin a portrait of my friend Lise's son, Luca. I have known him since he was born. He's 22 now. A handsome lad. Kind of looks like Gainsborough's Blue Boy. The slender cheeks and lean, wide smile and intelligent, seeking eyes. A quiet way. I hope it turns out good. That's what he deserves. If I really like it I will give it to Lise. We shall see. Maybe you'll see.  Sometimes God comes so quickly.                                                                                               Blanche Dubois
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Hard 2 bee-leave

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I'm gonna start a regular post ... maybe weekly ...   its hard to believe ... hard to believe what people say and do or don't say or don't do or know. it hits me hard more and more lately, almost daily.  the other evening in my playwrights group, a full grown grown up man, round 40 I'd say ... I ask him if he's ever read Portnoys Complaint ... he says no ... he's never heard of it and he's never heard of Philip Roth   ... and this is an educated, city guy actor who thinks he knows what he's doing and whats been going on.  I tell him he's written 30 books or so ... and he's maybe/arguably the pre-eminent American novelist of the last gone century ... lots of movies made from his work ... up there with Updike and Bellows re: the novel king of kings.  might be me ... but hard to believe.  I  was in the country with friends one weekend a long, long time ago and With a Little Help From My Friends came on the radio.  and a guy said wow, that's ki...
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ooo la la

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I love good design. Especially small, quotidian things ... pencil sharpeners, bags, lighting, writing pads, packaging. Speaking of ... here's an eye catching cool container that makes me want to transform it into something that'll stick around my apartment for a while. The cookies they hold are French. Found them at Trader Joes. Tasty cool look, huh?
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It happens

It's hard to make a faultless, perfect movie. Take Moonstruck for example. Pretty close - but after Johnny tells Loretta that he can't marry her and she throws the ring at him and Ronnie then proposes ... they cut to Johnny on his knees and he's does a too fast and faux surprised kneel up straight and it becomes a situation tv comedy moment for a moment.  I know. slow news day.
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Flannery O'Conor was living in New York City when Mighty Joe Young was released in 1949. She borrowed aspects of its campaign for her novel Wise Blood. Specifically, she based Gonga the Gorilla off of the campaign's use of men in gorilla suits. Also in the novel, the character Enoch Emery watches a film in which an orangutan rescues children from a burning orphanage, reminiscent of Mighty Joe Young .
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