Found a place to call your own and a reason to stay there

[sovay]

Rabbit, rabbit! Man, June went faster than I thought.

Yesterday I spent the early afternoon with gaudior and Fox at Wilson Farm's 32nd Annual Strawberry Festival, where we sampled strawberry shortcake, strawberry milk, strawberry soup, strawberry relish, and a skewer of chocolate-dipped strawberries, none of which prevented Fox from absolutely going to town on a box of plain fresh-picked strawberries on the way home. He had had his face painted like a blue lion at the festival and looked innocently predatory, splashed with the gore of his prey. We got out of the parking lot just as the monsoons began. I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening with selkie and Rami and my godchild and an assortment of other queer parents and their children all hanging out in a turn-of-the-twentieth-century house in Arlington; there was pizza. Time did not actually melt like projector-stuck film now that Selkie and I have seen one another three times in a six-month interval, which bodes well for future interaction. I came home and spatch showed me Bugsy Malone (1976) because it was about to expire from Criterion and all I have to say right now is that the '70's were an amazing time in filmmaking.

Tonight I just finished eating the salad I have been desperately jonesing for all day—I'd previously eaten the last nectarine, all the artichoke hearts left in the refrigerator and half the jar of red peppers, and a fistful of dried kiwis, otherwise known as damn near all the fruits and vegetables we had in the house. (It was a narrow escape for the canned peaches.) Fortunately, Mortadella Head came to my rescue. Their Italian Cobb salad was exactly what I wanted, especially in this heat, and I am pleased to note that the totally-eat-something-bigger-than-your-head aesthetic so in evidence in their slices of pizza extends to their subs and salads as well. Rob ate perhaps three-quarters of his meatball sub and that was like two sandwiches for most people.

Tomorrow I will be attending this protest against ICE and the concentration camps which I do not want to call ours, but which are in my country, so it is my responsibility to do something about them. I hope it's a crowd.

Comments

[selkie]

Dried... kiwis? Dried kiwis. Do they become... I mean are they dried in slices like how an apricot, or are they fuzzy wuzzy prunes?

I miss you, and I really could get behind this version of the timeline where you are a regular in my kid’s life. Also they grew quarter of an inch since you saw them last. As in yesterday.

[selkie]

Also for the love of God don’t get arrested, CBP just arrested that old man in your neighborhood and he’s a scoliotic disabled person, protest with prudence!

[gwynnega]

I have fond memories of seeing Bugsy Malone in the theater when it was new.

[skygiants]

I'll be honest: Bugsy Malone is one of the most horrifying films I've ever scene. Adult voices should not be coming out of children's bodies unless it's a respectable demonic possession.

I also intend to be at that protest tomorrow, degree of lateness dependent on what time my last meeting ends at work.

[julian]

Hm. The one in Central Falls, RI is a) closer, and b) has less annoying MBTA and/or parking aspects, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, gosh, the Boston Holocaust Memorial. I like the cut of their symbolism jib.

Or: Probably not, but I'm really tempted even if it makes no sense.

[umadoshi]

Mmm, the strawberry festival sounds wonderful.

[rushthatspeaks]

On the one hand I desperately want to get to that protest tomorrow, and on the other hand a) I will have Fox and b) earlier today I coughed so hard I threw up. So I guess I'll see how I feel tomorrow afternoon.

Thank you for letting me know about it, whether I end up managing it or not.

[thawrecka]

I remember loving Bugsy Malone when I watched it as a kid, though that was probably 20 years ago now. I suspect I'd still like it now.

[nineweaving]

I hope there are pictures of the Fox/Lion cub, among strawberries.

Nine

[shewhomust]

Mmm, strawberries! Also, dried kiwis?!

[vass]

Good luck for the protest.

[drinkingcocoa]

Bugsy Malone! I haven't seen that one since VHS, but I adored it.

[ranalore]

One of the few things I miss about my time in Ohio is the strawberry festival. However, I did pick up two pounds of organic strawberries at the local health grocer yesterday, and in a fit of industry sliced them all into a storage container in the fridge, so I can toss them on ice cream, mug cakes, in salads, over bagels, etc., until I get sick of them or they go bad. Probably I will eat them all up before either happens.

I love Bugsy Malone, and have since I first saw it at about the age of the actors in it. I was never impressed with the songs, because I had strong opinions about adults thinking they could do better than kids at certain things, and later because the songs just aren't very good. Nonetheless, the rest of it's a delight.

I see many people are boggled over dried kiwi in your comments. I guess because they're dried, I didn't realize they'd be such an unusual thing. You see them regularly in grocery stores in California and Florida, though I prefer fresh, if I'm in the shape to actually take the skin off and cut it up.

Good luck at the protest. I hope it's a crowd too.

[wpadmirer]

I hope there was a crowd at the protest. Something needs to be done, and it's probably going to take rising up in the streets in rage to make it happen. (sigh)

[asakiyume]

—I'd previously eaten the last nectarine, all the artichoke hearts left in the refrigerator and half the jar of red peppers, and a fistful of dried kiwis ---I am loving this food. Artichoke hearts are so awesome. Though eating them, one could feel like quite the evil villain. BRING ME THE HEART OF THE ARTICHOKE THAT I MIGHT DINE UPON IT, MWAHHAHAHAAHAHA.

something like that.

And all those glorious strawberry creations--plus the fresh strawberries--sound wonderful.

Thank you for going to the protest tonight--oh wait, it's tomorrow? Then tomorrow!

[imagine_that]

I am enjoying the image of a blue lion covered in strawberry remnants. :)