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journal - 2003-0509 - 2100 Spring? Walking a Narrow Elevated Path; Big Changes for Peter Parker Where is spring? Did it happen for a few hours in early April, and I missed it? It's now summer. Temps of 90; heat index up, up and away; and humidity like a Greek sauna. I've felt exhausted most of the week. I think the antidepressants are making me drowsy. This is not the first time I've wondered about that. Maybe what I need are some Elvis-type-amphetamines to keep me vertical. And then I could get some blue pills to help me sleep. And I'm bound to gain weight, so I'll need some diet pills. Depression. Depression. Depression. Fuck! You'd think that with the stuff I'm taking I feel great. But that ain't the case. It's like walking a narrow elevated path. You do ok as long as you're on the path, but you feel that a sudden breeze can knock you off. I bought "Spider-Man" the other day. Oddly enought that's how it is spelled on the credits. The last DVD I got was "Fellowship of the Ring" before Christmas. When I trying Spidey, I could only get sound from the tv. So I sat on the floor with the DVD booklet and the receiver manual and tried to make some sense out of the diagrams. Oh, I also had a flashlight to read the script of the dials, levers, plugs, switches, cable junctions, push buttons, etc. The more I studied the diagrams, the more confused I got. I finally decided that if I ran one cable to the toaster, another to the vacuum cleaner and then stood on one foot and crowed like a rooster, I might be able to get a low buzz out the front speaker. In reality, I pulled the cabinets out and re-plugged a few wires. And everything worked fine. I LIKE "Spider-Man." Toby McGuire is perfect. And there are some very funny lines in the first part. When he wakes up after having been bit by the spider, he's looking at himself in the mirror. The aunt knocks on the door, and says, "Are you feeling better? Has there been a change?" He's now looking down, and replies, "Yep! Some big changes!" PAX!
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