All That Glitters

Today's My Birthday and My Father Said I Can Have Anything I Want

YouTube has let me down on this most important of days.  I wanted to post some of the finest acting ever captured on film, but since there is a gaping hole in their content you will have to settle for this paltry reenactment.  It is a gift to myself and never fails to make me smile.

Francis: Morning Pee-wee.
Pee-wee: Hello Francis
Francis: Today's my birthday, and my father said I can have anything I want.
Pee-wee: Good for you and your father.
Francis: So guess what I want.
Pee-wee: A new brain!
Francis: No. Your bike.
Pee-wee: Ha ha! HA HA HA! Ha Ha Ha! (rolling on the ground laughing)
Francis: Oh what's so funny, Pee-wee?
Pee-wee: It's not for sale, FRANC-IS!
Francis: My father says everythings negotiable, PEE-WEE! (flashing lots of money)
Pee-wee: I wouldn't sell my bike for all the money in the world. Not for a hundred, billion, million, trillion dollars!
Francis: Then you're crazy!
Pee-wee: I know you are, but what am I?
Francis: You're a nerd!
Pee-wee: I know you are, but what am I?
Francis: You're an idiot!
Pee-wee: I know you are, but what am I?
Francis and Pee-wee: I know YOU are, but what am I?  Pee-wee: Infiniti.
PW & Francis: No, I'm not, you are.
PW & Francis: No, why...
PW & Francis: Knock it off.
PW & Francis: Cut it out.
Francis: Oh shut up, Pee-wee!
Pee-wee: Why don't you make me?
Francis: Why don't you make me?
Pee-wee: Because! I don't make monkeys, I just train 'em!
Francis: Oh Pee-wee, listen to reason. (Pee-wee pretends he's listening to something else) Com' on!
Pee-wee: Shhhhhh! I'm listening to reason.
Francis: PEE-WEE!
Pee-wee: That's my name, don't wear it out.
Francis: (desperately)  Remember the first time I saw your bike? You were riding past my house and I came running out to tell you how much I liked it even way back then?!
Pee-wee: I love that story. Heheh.
(Pee-wee starts to leave)
Francis: You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!

I 'heart' New England

I know that neither the plant nor the beverage are regionally specific (anymore), but the purple lilacs seem to be bigger and badder this year and I'm happy to report that the hubs' long-touted allergy to the New Hampshire state flower is no more!  And remind me again why Long Trail isn't the Vermont state beer.  If there can be state supported liquor stores, there can be a state sanctioned beer.  This weekend I raided Maya's stash of both to bring home this makeshift bouquet, so thanks to her for the nickel and the flowers. 

Blue Friday

Pink and Red Thursday

Red usually dominates, so today I think I'll let pink rule the roost. 

This is the coolest (and largest) pink public restroom I'm ever likely to stumble upon. 

Orange Wednesday

"When you were young
You were the king of carrot flowers
And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees
In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet"

~King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 by Neutral Milk Hotel

Yellow Tuesday

No sooner were we granted a handful of warm days, than I had the Meatballs theme on the brain.

"Are you ready for the summer?  Are you ready for the good times?  Are you ready for the apple trees, the birds and bees and a whole lot of fooling around."

And what does this have to do with golden mugs?  I'm talking about the summer camp rivalry between Camp Mohawk and Camp North Star and the all important Olympiad event: stacking.  In this film favorite, Brenda broke her leg and can't participate in her best event so it's left up to Spaz (Spaz, Spaz, Spaz...). 

Spaz: "I can't stack. I can't even walk!"
Brenda: "Come on, Spaz, sure you can! I've seen you walk." 

Damn you, HBO and your once constant loop of movies like North Shore, Zapped and all things Chris Makepeace.  I can't remember to fill my car with gas but this cinematic gem is burned into my brain forever. 

Green Monday

Hopeful that my participation in Color Week will help me jump start my postings, I present Green Monday.

The Stage Is Set, Tensions Are Mounting

All's quiet on the hill for now but for one day in July, this place will be crawling with Redcoats and Green Mountain Boys. 

ROYGBIV

Red - Orange - Yellow - Green - Blue - Indigo - Violet

The snow has stopped, the rain has come and as the bumper sticker reads: I'm not gay, I just really love rainbows.

The Mountain Breathes Salty

The car wash is a necessary evil in the land of the ice and snow (from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow).