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White Shadow II

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About Me

Newly into "Bagpuss" (below).

My Interests

Indoors over outdoors.
Movies over TV.
Nights over mornings.
Werewolves over vampires.
Cold over hot.
Sleep over exercise.
Melody over muscle.
Marvel over DC.
Classic over contemporary.
Dogs and cats over fish and birds.
Monsters over mazes.
Swelling over itching.
Ducks over chickens.
Miniature over giant.
Kindness over cruelty.
Shirts over skins.
Crosswords over Sudoku.
Cash over credit.

Music:

Lee Hazlewood, R.I.P. A few months ago I kind of got into Led Zeppelin. I'm back to normal now though. I think I might go out and buy some Cat Stevens records.

Movies:

Hey, that "Eastern Promises" was pretty good, wasn't it?
Not so much on "The Darjeeling Limited" though...

Television:

"Bagpuss".

Books:

P.G. Wodehouse, Charles Willeford, Jim Thompson. No epics.

Heroes:

Charles Schulz.

My Blog

Plumbing The Depths.

Last week, I turned the corner to see that the bus that I had been hoping to catch was in danger of leaving me high and dry as it progressed ever onward to its ultimate destination. I raised a quick h...
Posted by White Shadow II on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:22:00 PST

Overheard At The Bank

"I was just on a set with Cheech. Y'know, the guy that hangs out with Chong?"
Posted by White Shadow II on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:10:00 PST

Hot Property

I've got an idea for a new TV show but can't quite get the whole pitch together. If there's any Hollywood types out there that want to help me take a crack at this, please form a line somewhere and th...
Posted by White Shadow II on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:25:00 PST

Womb Deep In Irony

Seen this evening on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park:Sour-faced teenage mom pushing a baby carriage down the sidewalk, her t-shirt reads:"Friends Are Forever, Boys Are Whatever".
Posted by White Shadow II on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:52:00 PST

Lotsa ocelots

Last night I dreamt of an ocelot.There wasn't much to it except that I kept warning everyone about this ocelot. "Be careful when you walk by that garage because there's an ocelot there." I must have s...
Posted by White Shadow II on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:38:00 PST

Falling Fruit

Walking along the sidewalk yesterday, I noticed an orange fall from a tree ahead of me. It bounced off a branch, hit the trunk and rolled to a stop just a few inches away from the base. I looked up at...
Posted by White Shadow II on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:13:00 PST

Apologiezzz

Friends from all worlds, real and imaginary, I just wanted to make a public declaration of apology after a dream I had last night that caused a lot of turmoil inside my dreamlife. So, to the audience ...
Posted by White Shadow II on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:38:00 PST

Blog UPDATES! 1/31/07

Since a lot of people been askin' "What happened?" and "What's going on?" and "Did you put any money in for tip?" I figured I'd better check myself back into the Blog Cabin and get everything caught u...
Posted by White Shadow II on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:35:00 PST

Stratford-Upon-Angeles

There's a tennis supplies store over in West Hollywood that continually makes me laugh every time I chance to pass it. To clarify, I'm not laughing at the store itself but rather it's name, proudly di...
Posted by White Shadow II on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:52:00 PST

Professor Jim Belushi

Last week, while waiting for a ransom drop, I leafed through a copy of the current Learning Annex catalog, the cover of which featured the Mike's Hard Lemonade-marinated face of television's Jim Belus...
Posted by White Shadow II on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:41:00 PST