On the eve of the Turkey

Sometimes the Shopping Gods smile upon you. I managed to hit the three grocery stores I needed to when they were pretty empty and finished paying just when the hordes started rushing in. All three, plus Powells on Hawthorne, the liquor store and TimbuktunesÑnew 3 Legged Torso CD, perfect cooking music.

Unfortunately, the Shopping Gods then demanded a two hour nap from me as tribute. I hate taking naps, beyond the time lost, I always wake up disoreinated. And my sleep schedule is screwed, but as we don’t have to be at Barry’s tomorrow ’til 5pm for dinner, that’s okay.

Then Kip came home and we decided to go to Movie Madness and rent a bunch of DVDs as they are closed tomorrow and Kip loves to cook with movies going. (He’s making Black Bean and Chocolate Chili and an assortment of breads, I’m just going to make Mushroom Pie and bring the chocolate covered ginger and a bottle of scotch.)

My luck continued to hold as we where on line only a short bit and had time to check out a Guy Maddin collection that we also rented. And got to see a stunning sequence of the DVD of director Chris Cunnigham’s work that the staff was playing.

Though I didn’t know before now, I’ve seen Chris Cunningham’s work before, specifically the Bjšrk Video of “All is Full of Love” which I always found mesmerizing, creepy and pretty, as was what we saw tonight.