Voodoo Virus

Or: What Goes In Must Come Out

Because I am sitting alone with a barfy child in the bungalow on a Friday night; because there is chicken noodle vomit in Lief's hair and on my new sweater; because someone just sent me photos of Luke shopping at his favorite wine store in sunny Los Angeles where he is visiting some of my favorite people on earth; and because I had to drive away from my mother's with my stricken boy as the smell of roast turkey and potatoes wafted out the door behind me, I am going to pour some of the good wine that Luke has in his cellar (and not the approved cheap and cheerful white in the otherwise quite empty fridge) and concentrate on things I really like. Thanks to Hane for the idea.

Music
Neil Finn
Lloyd Cole
World Party
Prince (true confessions time)
MIDIval PunditZ
Hot Hot Heat

Books
The Jewel in the Crown
Einstein's Dreams
Sense and Sensibility
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
Passage to India
The Waves
Heart of Darkness

Movies
Local Hero
Gregory's Girl
Lawrence of Arabia
To Catch a Thief
Emperor's New Groove
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
The Final Sacrifice (All right, but it's the final sacrifice)

Music I Liked When I was Young and Might Still Actually Like if I Could Only Bear to Admit It
Jefferson Starship
ABBA
Ace of Base
MC Hammer
Duran Duran
Robert Palmer
Billy Idol

Obsessive Books of Childhood
The Lord of the Rings
John Carter of Mars
Three Cheers for Me
Ann of Green Gables
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain

Things in the Bungalow
Miraculously Alive Geranium
Moon and Stars Plastic Mobile
Little Scimitar Knife
Polkadot Sugar Bowl
Sparkly Tiles in Downstairs Bathroom

Snacks
Popcorn with Lime and Cumin
Red Twizzlers
Smarties
Cheezies
Salt and Vinegar Chips

Clothes
Shrunk-up French Flannel Jammies from Feckless
Papal Purple Bathrobe
Teal Butterfly Dress that is Much Too Young for Me
Liver-colored Calvin Klein Trench Coat

Favorite Places I've Been
Davis (stone bridge)
Paris (Rue du Bac)
Berlin (Banks of the Spree)
Rome (The Palantine)
San Francisco (top of Divisadero)
Bandon, Oregon (the abandoned beach)
La Boca (the beach)
Los Angeles (oh, the list goes on and on)
Pasadena (Huntington)
Brugges (walking the canals with Jane and Dawn and Luke)
San Antonio (abandoned missions outside town)
Copenhagen (Louisianna museum)
Tofino (Long Beach)

Places I Like to Dream About Going
New Zealand
Hebrides
Stockholm
Petra
Constantinople
Scotland
Corfu
Buenos Aires

Off now to play on Expedia.ca. Luke owes me a vacation at this point and I do believe I'm going to take one.
Night night from Vomit Girl.