Archives for July 2012

Loki sports a new collar.

I adopted Loki in around 1999. I lived in Boston. He was a six month old kitten and right away I was smitten. He lived with me and my roommate Richard, and at that point he was an indoor cat. He was a great escape artist, though. He escaped many times into the hallway. Fortunately for me, he never made it out side.

Flash forward to 2002. I am living in Maine for the summer (with my parents) and preparing to move to New York City. I am panicked that I would not be able to find a place that would allow Loki. Mom and Dad agree to take Loki in. Their lives were never the same. Neither was Loki’s.

Mom has a saying, “Loki rules!” And he does. He is a commanding, feisty feline.

Last Thursday, Loki went missing. Mom kept checking on him, he never showed. At the house my parents owned (Mom moved in March) Loki was able to go in and out as he pleased. Right now, not so much. According to Mom, he had disappeared before, but never longer than a couple of days. This was different.

Come to find out, some good Samaritan trucked poor old Lokster over to the Animal Refuge League. I called and sent a picture over yesterday. Today they contacted me back, they had Loki!

So I sprung him from the joint.

I’ve talked about doing Laundry before. Edmund and I did laundry together today. And it was awesome?

It was okay. We survived.

As I’ve said before:

What the real issue with going to the laundromat is a) getting up the gumption to put the laundry in baskets or bags, and b) getting those baskets and bags out to the car, and c) going to the laundromat.

Fortunately, for me anyway, Edmund was the point man. He put the rest of the laundry in the bags, carried them out to his car and drove to the laundromat. All I had to do is meet him there.

At that point, once the laundry is at the laundromat, the hardest thing to do is to fold said laundry (according to Eddie). Therefore, I did most of the folding. While Eddie sorted his socks.

We are back home now. I am internetting (clicking aimlessly on the social networks de jour searching for something interesting.)

In other news, my Mom’s cat, Loki, has been missing since Thursday. She went back up north and Edmund and I are left with going back over to her house periodically to see if he shows up. I’ll be calling the Animal Refuge league tomorrow, it seems. Send good thoughts Loki’s way.

Spent the day hanging with Edmund. We watched some Television, then he and I went to a matinee showing of The Dark Knight Rises at Cinemagic.

Cinemagic, where magic and movies come together.

Now I am home. NOT hanging out with Edmund. He’s off in another room. I shall join him soon, I suppose. So I can keep up with my promise to myself that we’d hang out together today.

But I won’t leave before I call the above picture to your attention. It is of the display that the Cinemagic in Westbrook put up for the blood drive they’re having next week. Pretty neat idea to use the promo materials for the upcoming movie The Campaign. And Hilarious. I love it for its whimsy.

Had not one but two great post ideas for today. One of them I thought of on the way to work. The other, I thought of on the way home.

It is now after ten at night and my brain is mush. I will not be writing either one.

One post was to be about Lounging with LannaLee (LLL) and how it is a sort of digital intellectual salon, a one-on-one conversation about interesting things.

The other was to be about how I sometimes (often) feel like an impostor and how I am working through it. Part of the reason I did not write either post is because of the impostor thing.

When I get an great idea for post I think, “This will be awesome! I can totally write the shit out of that.” And then I lose my confidence and I don’t write it.

[Not every time, obviously. I have written some pretty awesome blag posts in the past few months.]

But I am working on stretching myself and the LLL Show and part of that means stepping out of my comfort zone and writing some more process oriented posts. As far as I can tell, I am doing something new and different with Lounging, it is, in many ways hard to define. It, at it’s core, is a conversation with me and another fascinating person. My guests are asked to be on the show because mainly I think they’re interesting and that we could have a great conversation.

That is what is at the core of the Salons of old: great conversation, lively debate. There is a television show that was on when I was a kid that comes to mind when I think about what kind of tone I want for Lounging with LannaLee, and it’s The Michael Douglas Show. The Michael Douglas Show was witty and funny and more than that it was fun. People would talk about real issues too, overall it was a great time. I remember the show very fondly.

So I kinda did talk about the things I thought of talking about but then realized my brain was too fried to talk about so I decided to talk about that and voila! a post was born.

You still think I’m an impostor. Don’t you?

Candace lounged with LannaLee and got a couch!

Here is the description of the episode:

LLL019 Candace Karu: Marathon Woman

What will make Candace Karu wear palazzo pants and carry a long cigarette? Lanna hunkers down with Favorite Foodie Candace for a rousing discussion of food, art, and work/life balance. Lanna learns about the meditative properties of running. Candace shares her appreciation of great cheddar and passion for healthy living. And she answers 10 questions.

So, what are you waiting for? Listen now!

Sometimes I feel pretty blah. I don’t know what to write. So I make stuff up.

That’s what I’m trying to do RIGHT NOW.

With less than stellar results.

Are the results due to basic blah-ness? Or brain fartness? Who knows.

I did pretty up this Blah picture for you. Because I care. And whatnot. You love it, don’t you?

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I was Lounging at an Undisclosed Location today. Easy to lounge in a beautiful place like this. Along with the beautiful people.

Our internet is back on. I don’t want to relive the past 36 hours. Okay, I’m being a bit dramatic. My phone still worked. But funny thing, I turned on my computer and I didn’t know how to interact with it without the internet. The first thing I do is check my email, check Twitter or Facebook. And when those aren’t available? What do I use a computer for?

I discovered the games on my computer. I played Zuma and Spider Solitaire. This is not a good thing. I play games obsessively. Until I don’t. For instance, a couple of years ago I was all over the Facebook Games. Hardcore. And all of a sudden I quit. So hoping that I don’t become obsessive with the Zuma and the Spider Solitaire. So far so good.

Mike lounged with LannaLee and got a couch!

So now I will tell you to listen to the most recent episode of Lounging with LannaLee. It features my pal Mike Harris, who is a fantastic speaker, storyteller and public speaking coach.

C’mon. Listen. You know you wanna.

Today is Mom’s Birthday. I celebrated it by working from home, driving Eddie over to Mom’s house (where his broken car was), letting her cat out, trying to help Eddie jump start his car, abandoning Edmund to wait for AAA, going back home to work remotely, finding out that it only took $7.50 to fix Ed’s car (?!?!?!?), eating fresh lobster for lunch, working some more, calling my Mom to wish her a happy birthday, going to the Cocktails and Creatives party in Portland, drive back home, stop at Subway to get sub for dinner on the way, get home, change into pjs. Notice that we FORGOT to put Mom’s cat back in her house. Throw some sweats on, cajole Edmund to come with me and drive over to let the cat back in. Go home. Eat sandwich. Write this post. Get ready to sign back into work.

So really more about me than Mom. Other than her freaking cat. Who is a good boy. Usually.

When I talked to Mom today she was getting ready to go online again. She’s up at camp and is traveling all over Piscataquis county stealing wi-fi signals. Presumably legally. She’s not much of a hacker, yet.

So that’s it. Happy Birthday, Mom. You’ll be glad to know that Ed’s car is out of your door way. And your cat is safe inside this evening. Also, I love you.