Trackway and Camp and City lost, Salt Marsh where now is corn

[sovay]

Last night was not quite as successful on the sleep front, owing mostly to the cutting down and woodchipping of a tree across the street which woke both me and spatch and panicked both the cats; I fell back asleep afterward and had a classic anxiety dream of being expected to perform in the chorus of a concert for which I had never been given the music, only a lyric sheet, at which I was criticized for not being able to keep up. I miss the tree across the road already. I think it had mostly died, but it had branches and leaves and it cast a shadow. Bright-smashed with sunlight, that patch of sidewalk looks a lot more unforgiving now.

Rutger Hauer has died. I saw him first—and for years, only—in Blade Runner (1982), so he always had that more-human-than-human quality for me. I'll have to find something different to watch for his memory.

I am aware that the Mueller testimony is going on. I hope something effective comes of it. I do not want to become fatalistic, because that makes me useless, but the decks feel so stacked.

Comments

[cmcmck]

We got a considerable and lengthy thunderstorm which is never good for the sleep patterns, so you have my utmost sympathy!

[sovay]

We got a considerable and lengthy thunderstorm which is never good for the sleep patterns, so you have my utmost sympathy!

Thank you! Likewise.

[sholio]

Rutger Hauer has died.

Oh no! That makes me sad.

I mainly think of him from Blade Runner also. That, and Ladyhawke.

[sovay]

Oh no! That makes me sad.

He was definitely not a reasonable age to die.

I mainly think of him from Blade Runner also. That, and Ladyhawke.

I didn't see that until a less formative age, I think, but I loved its folklore.

[rosefox]

My formative Rutger Hauer movie is Split Second, the only horror movie I can watch. It is bananapants and really remarkably good, mostly because it gets to the point where a standard horror movie would attempt to take itself seriously and then blows completely past it. If you feel up for watching an apocalyptic climate change horror movie about the Devil (who looks a whole lot like the alien from Alien) stalking through a rain-flooded London, with only Rutger Hauer, a nebbishy by-the-book cop, and Rutger Hauer's aggressively pin-up sexy ex-girlfriend in his way, I recommend it highly.

[sovay]

If you feel up for watching an apocalyptic climate change horror movie about the Devil (who looks a whole lot like the alien from Alien) stalking through a rain-flooded London, with only Rutger Hauer, a nebbishy by-the-book cop, and Rutger Hauer's aggressively pin-up sexy ex-girlfriend in his way, I recommend it highly.

That does indeed sound bananapants and I will see if I can find it.

[rosefox]

It's on Tubi to watch for free. I don't know what Tubi is.

Your searching may turn up a two-minute trailer; I don't recommend watching it if you want to watch the movie, as it spoils some of the best lines.

[sovay]

It's on Tubi to watch for free. I don't know what Tubi is.

Tubi is a free channel to which we have access through the Roku; it places its ad breaks at inexplicable intervals and its primary content appears to be amazing schlock, but it's also where we discovered Gillian Armstrong's Starstruck (1982) and Peter Bogdanovich's Saint Jack (1979) and last week spatch watched Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo (1982) off it, so it is of definite value. Thanks!

[rosefox]

Oh good!

I had forgotten, or never realized, that the femme fatale in Split Second is played by Kim Cattrall. They made this movie for like five dollars. I have no idea how they pulled in such a cast.

[kore]

If that is the one with the "We're gonna need guns. BIG GUNS" line my husband adores it and I've seen it like three times.

[rosefox]

It is! I just watched that scene and it really is a classic.

[kore]

It is a surprisingly good funny twisty movie! I remember thinking even at the time "Hey, the woman character's part is not that bad in this." It had two women producers apparently, saith Wiki.

[julian]

Heh. We had unexpected roof repairs, which is still full of *whirrrr*, but doesn't destroy trees. (For which, my sympathies.)

Being very of my era, I'd suggest Ladyhawke?

[kore]

T suggested rewatching Ladyhawke as a tribute and man, I just burst into tears. I saw that on its first run in theatres. (It was one of the first films I got on video.)

[julian]

I'm pretty sure I didn't see it in theatre, but it was a staple of sleepovers. Perfect for slightly sleep depped teenagers.

[sovay]

Perfect for slightly sleep depped teenagers.

I didn't see it until adulthood, but with all the shape-changing, it is absolutely the kind of thing that would have taken up permanent residence in my brain if I'd seen it sooner.

[sovay]

We had unexpected roof repairs, which is still full of *whirrrr*, but doesn't destroy trees. (For which, my sympathies.)

Thank you. Trees are important! We should be planting them, not shredding them down! (Unexpected roof repairs are no fun, however, and I'm very sorry that was a feature of your day.)

Being very of my era, I'd suggest Ladyhawke?

I've seen it! Just not for years. It does have a great cast and even better adynata. Hm.

[selkie]

*kicks little fat flipper feet*
I wrote two sentences two days ago and haven't found the brain space again since. Where are you buying yours these days when you can get it? Is it on the fucking ration and no one told me? Can I trade on the black market?

UGH.
(I came here to say I was sorry for your shade tree, and I am. But also. Ugh.)
Also, I didn't hit any bunheads with my cane this morning. That ought to be worth hard currency. They were in the access seats.
*whines elsewhere*

[sovay]

Where are you buying yours these days when you can get it? Is it on the fucking ration and no one told me? Can I trade on the black market?

I don't know! I think it literally fell off the back of the truck during the heat wave. I'm a little worried it's some byproduct of angry sleep deprivation, which is not actually how I want to make all my art.

(I came here to say I was sorry for your shade tree, and I am. But also. Ugh.)

(Thank you. I wish I'd gotten the license plate of the truck. I like when you write. Two sentences is better than none.)

Also, I didn't hit any bunheads with my cane this morning. That ought to be worth hard currency. They were in the access seats.

. . . Did you get them out of the access seats, which you and your cane need?

[kore]

Years ago now, we lost the giant Japanese cherry shade tree that was right outside our windows (giving the apartment the nickname "the treehouse" by one friend) because it was barely inside the next door yard, and our lives were really impoverished by its loss and I still miss it.

[sovay]

and our lives were really impoverished by its loss and I still miss it.

I understand that. I miss trees I haven't seen since childhood. Plus a cherry tree! That's not a thing to waste.