Phantom Beyond the Glass Door

Here. A movie I made when I was 12 years old, (or around that time, at least.) thanks to my older cousin Dotty, who bought me an 8mm movie camera from a garage sale. She knew I loved movies, and that I wanted to eventually make a movie someday. You know you are loved when you receive a gift like this.

I filmed it, as well as directed two friends, and two relatives the best I could, got it developed thanks to my mom since I had very little babysitting money at the time, and spliced it together with my grandfathers 8mm editing machine. I knew what something like heaven was as I got to do something like that while most of the other pre-teens were out wandering around trying to figure out what to do with their lives. Well, that's how I imagined it. Later in years, my mom had the 8mm film transferred to video, and soon had that tape transferred to a DVD. How grateful I am.

Now, here in March 2020, as the "civilized" world has been advised to stay indoors during a contagious virus known as Coronavirus (COVID-19) and I have the digital means....here is my first movie (sub-titles, sound and actor credits added in March 2020).

Happy Early St. Patrick's Day

10 days it will be St. Patrick’s Day. I will miss the Corn beef and cabbage served at Behan’s An Irish Pub in Burlingame, CA every St. Patrick’s Day. I lived within ten minutes walking distance from Behan’s for a little over 10 years. What a great pub. Made lots of friends and acquaintances. Love them all. Roby on the left. Giselle and me on the right.

 

Being Grateful and Making Movement

Please don't let it get worse before it gets better.

Joan (Babs)

Last night I dreamt of my friend, Joan. It was faBABSulous!

Yesterday was beautiful

23 - 24 ghosts I made (I lost count when taking them down) for six trick or treaters at the door. It was worth it. I enjoyed making them and hanging them. The first batch started with three perfectly randomly formed ghosts. I have not seen a "real"ghost, so I do not know how big they are. Mine were all chihuahua sized. I like the glow in the dark mixture that leaves the ghost white until it's dark. Then they glow very pretty. I bought a new Martha Stewart brand of Glow in the dark paint that turns the pigment much too yellow. Then I ran out of cheese clothe and resourced to a very nice couple sheets of off-white thin cotton.

G update

I called my vet's office today and asked the woman who answered the phone if I could get some kind of post-discount on the $956. I spent for Giselle's office visit, Xrays, tests, and meds. She said they don't give reimbursements after the work is done. I should have asked for one before the work was performed. G's worth it. She's worth more than money. All life is. But... two hours at $956 = too much. Those in the animal x-ray lab business are greedy s.o.b. mofos deserving of not so kind karma.

Giselle is like her self again. Even had a normal bowel movement today, finally. Eating well, and lively, play fighting, humping. No more lying low with her head between her paws like she usually does before a good stinky yellow vomit. I'm suspicious she was upset with me for not being home in the past week. When I had no workplace to go to for the prior two months she liked me being around and letting her hang out in the garage with me, taking her to the liquor store when I went to go buy lotto tickets and or beer, and going to Lowes or the pet store where she can smell all other dog's scents and urine. And, the sporadic walks around the neighborhood during all times of the day.

I'm not into "Bucket Lists", but if I had one there would be one item; to win the lottery. I'd buy a gigantic piece of property with lots of open lands. 100 or so acres. I'd get about 10 more chihuahuas, some cats, chickens, a greyhound or two. I'll section off the most of it for wild animals that need a safe home. Lions, tigers, and bears, and elephants, and every type of creature who needs freedom from whatever hell they may be in. We know there are people in this world that treat animals horribly. I want the power to rescue those precious beings. Don't you?

I have a 'lil theory: When all human beings learn and take action that all animals and all living creature's lives are equally as valuable as people's lives, people will start treating other people a whole hell of a lot better.

Ethnicism. Racism needs to be replaced with ethnicism. We are all the same race, but not all the same ethnicity. All those other ignoramuses 'isms that are slowing and dragging us down from evolving to our higher potential start with the lowest 'ism of all isms; speciesism.

G's Already Better! All Creatures deserve to be treated better.

My sweet poor lil' ill feeling 9 year old chihuahua, Giselle, has been lying low for a week now. In the past four days she's had very much less that solid stools, and a few mucus-like vomits. The entire chicken breakfast she ate two days ago, came back out within two minutes.

There are many more horrible things to feel, but one of the worst is not being able to know exactly how bad your animal companion is really feeling. I've had pets all my childhood, teenage, twenties, and adult life. I'm getting better at recognizing the symptoms of their discomfort, but they display it much more bravely than humans. Tomorrow I should get the test results that were taken today. The Dr. suspects pancreatitis. We're already on meds for that.