Celebrity Collage

This post was inspired by Dave (Billy Idol) and Mikelle (Hillary Clinton). I may never be a renowned American poet, but at least I look like one...apparently (Ezra Pound). Thank you? Although I do look 4% more like Kirk Hammett of Metallica (ranked 11th in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time). Wonderful.

The Mollies at The Utah Arts Festival

Come see us this Saturday the 28th at Library Square for the Arts Festival. We'll be on the festival stage from 12:00-12:45 pm. We'd love to see you there. Really.

P.S. Our album Yours Around the Rosies is finished and being mastered at this moment. Hooray!

www.myspace.com/themolliesmusic

Moab

We took a quick trip to Moab this weekend. Alex flew in from the U.K. and is here for a few weeks before taking off to Nauvoo. Hooray! A few of the many highlights of the trip include:

1. Not realizing we'd pulled into the parking lot of our cheap hotel as we called for more detailed directions.

2. A vague memory of trying to escape Viv spooning me in the middle of the night.

3. The perfect weather and fantastic Thai food.

4. My sun-resistant skin. I don't burn. Came back white as ever.

5. An epiphany: I look like a big goof in my huge sunglasses.

Movies

Indiana
Last week I saw two movies in the theater. The first was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was a lot like the other Indiana Jones movies...a campy adventure film. Entertaining no doubt...but there were a few things that just made me giggle (If you haven't seen it yet and don't want to know...read no further):

1. Mutt Williams (yes, Mutt) observes the monkeys swinging from vine to vine and opts to do the same...successfully, mind you.

2. Marion Ravenwood driving a truck off of a cliff onto a tree like it's something she does frequently.

3. Irina Spalko disintegrating into beams of light. I know I shouldn't have been laughing at this...but the whole movie you're led to believe that the person who replaces the skull will be rewarded with marvelous power and knowledge. Was anybody else confused by this? Maybe the legend was just a scam set up by the aliens to trick gullible archaeologists and power-hungry Russian torture ladies into returning the skull to the kingdom so that they could take off home to Nabali. Or...maybe the promise of power and truth was legitimate...but in the end the aliens have a laugh and say, "Ha ha Russian lady...you can't handle the truth. It makes you explode".

Son of Rambow
The 2nd movie I saw was Son of Rambow at the Broadway Theater in Salt Lake. I loved it. It's an independent film about two young British boys who make their own short film. It is ever so clever and as funny as anything that is funny. Go see it.

Allen

I bought a new (used) car. His first name is Forest (Subaru Forester) but he prefers to be called by his middle name: Allen. He uses all 4 wheels when I drive and he's an automatic...plus he doesn't drink a ton of gas. Granted he has a healthier appetite than my old Honda, Steve (I traded him in...he was very sick) but nonetheless we've been getting along just smashingly.

See How My Garden Grows

It grows so slowly. I'm so impatient. Those big cabbagey-looking guys?: brussels sprouts. Could life get any more exciting? I don't think so. To our left we have some friendly tomatoes, mint, a dying cucumber plant, some weeds for good measure...and along the fence we have green beans. Not shown here are carrots, beets, zucchini, Thai basil and parsley. Wonders of wonders...miracles miracles.

Pick Your Nose For Jon's Birthday

Viv bought these wonderful

 "Pick Your Nose" 

cups for Jon's B-day Party. 

What fun. 

I made a chocolate pound cake with Horchata. 

Success.