Category Archives: Driving & Other Transportation

Manitou Don’t Leave

Posted on June 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Dear Manitou Springs, With few exceptions, my major life downfall has been too many eggs, and not enough baskets. My grandmother recently wrote to my family that I have such a warm heart; if only I were more careful with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Romance, School, TV, Vacations, Video Games, Women | Tagged 1991, 90 years old, artists, baby shower, Barker House, baskets, can I borrow four eggs, chills, Christmas ornaments, civilization, Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, comic books, don't put all your eggs in one basket, Don't you die on me bitch, Ed Harris, evacuations, fires, forest fires, ghosts, Gilmore Girls, grandmothers, High school, hugs, Jan-Pro Cleaning of Southern Colorado, Long Island, Manitou Avenue, Manitou penny arcade, Manitou Springs, mate, mush, myriad, national news, Old Colorado City, penny arcade, Pike's Peak marathon, pinball, restaurant jobs, Rockabye Baby, Ruxton, Smokey the Bear, South Shore Christian School, Stars Hollow, Stephen King, The Abyss, The Townhouse, Townhouse Lounge, trapped in a bubble, video games, waitressing, Waldo Canyon fire, wine | 4 Comments

5 Reasons to Watch “Magic Trip”

Posted on June 14, 2012 by judisunshine

The other night, Josh borrowed “Magic Trip” from the library. As is the case with many of the movies he recommends, I’d both never heard of it before, and had no idea what to expect. All I knew was that … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Vacations, Work | Tagged 16 mm color footage, 1964, Alex Gibney, Alison Elwood, Allen Ginsberg, apple doesn't fall far from the tree, artistry, Avengers, charisma, documentary, drugs, English majors, Fourth Amendment, fun and wistful, Furthur bus, Jack Kerouac, Jack Nicholson, jail, Ken Kesey, Larry McMurtry, Libertarian, Magic Trip, McMurphy, Neal Cassady, painting buses, rebels, spirit, Stark Naked, startstruck, Stephen King, The Huffington Post, The Merry Pranksters, Timothy Leary, Travis Birkenstock, trolling, weird, Wikipedia | 3 Comments

Ready to Fly

Posted on May 24, 2012 by judisunshine

If a wave rolls down from heaven With the turning of the tide You’re pulled in all directions Only for awhile ~ Colin Hay, “The Flying Song” I’d tried before, many times. Flying. Here and there, I’d been able to … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Romance, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged 1995, basements, broken glass, brown refrigerators, church, Colin Hay, crushing weight, Dreams, flying, flying in dreams, Flying Song, Grandmother, IMAX, Mickey Mouse ice cream pops, Nightmares, pink and purple wind, Ready to Fly, secret passageways, waking yourself up from a dream | 8 Comments

Cupcakes, Wine, or Beer?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by judisunshine

So we’re speeding towards that time of year To the day that marks that you’re not here ~ Azure Ray It’s been a year. Today, it’s been a year, since. I’d never lived in any other state in my entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, Women | Tagged Azure Ray, beer, Chip, Colorado, cupcakes, Doctor von Rockenstein, Grandmother, hardest day of life, JFK airport, May, Mean Girls, mother, New York, November, Oneonta, pizza, Townhouse Lounge Manitou, wine, yellow roses | 2 Comments

5 Reasons To Watch Funny Games (2007 Remake)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by judisunshine

Spoiler alert! Though I think one could watch “Funny Games” and enjoy it after reading my blog, I do give potential spoilers for the movie! 1) The Soundtrack/Score I’ve always had a predilection towards metal and other scary sounds that … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Books, Cats, Celebrities, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Theater, TV, Women | Tagged 1987, Adventureland, Alanis Morrissette, awesome kid actors, Balls of steel, Bonehead, Brady Corbet, classical music, Devon Gearheart, Devon Gearheart is a prodigiously awesome actor, emoticons, every woman should read Gift of Fear and Tomato Nation, Funny Games, Funny Games 2007, Gavin De Becker, Gift of Fear, idyllic vacation spots, IMDB, Michael Haneke, Michael Pitt, Naked City, Naomi Watts, Naomi Watts 'cause she is a fucking rock star, Naomi Watts acting the hell out of all of it, score, Soundtrack, sympathetic character, T. S. Eliot, Tm Roth | 5 Comments

Second Verse, Not the Same as the First

Posted on February 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Usually when the plane is over the water, it nosedives straight in, or explodes on the way down. This time, it was hovering, like a UFO on “Twilight Zone” or something. It did fall into the water, right in front … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Miscellaneous, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged Airplanes, CPR, crashes, Dreams, hope, Nightmares, not falling apart, pilots, try again | 6 Comments

Takeoffs or Landings?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by judisunshine

In my dreams, I see you at the foot of some mountains And we’re taking some pictures or something And we’d better hurry up It’s late and the sun keeps shooting through pine trees And the grass stains are wet … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Miscellaneous, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged creepy dreams, flying, lack of control, landings, mothers, My Slumbering Heart, Nightmares, No no I kill the bus driver, Rilo Kiley, takeoffs | 8 Comments

The Straight-Edge Adventures Of Ford Fairmont

Posted on February 13, 2012 by judisunshine

It happens constantly. People talking about cars, and admiring cars, and pointing and being all, “I’m gonna own that car one day.” And truthfully, I could not care less on my own end. But there was one car I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Friends, Work | Tagged 1981, back windshields, clunky cars, Conrad Bain, CVS, flower stickers, ford fairlane, getting admonished by the police, north baldwin, Phish, possums, powder blue, real-life bumper cars, south baldwin, station wagon, The Beatles Anthology, transmissions | 3 Comments

Death Be Not Proud

Posted on February 7, 2012 by judisunshine

Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. ~ John Donne I was driving home from work. Just another night that followed a dreary, gray January day. Same old, same old. Ennui had set in, and an overall … Continue reading →

Posted in Driving & Other Transportation, Miscellaneous | Tagged car accidents, death, January, John Donne, losing control of your car, parkways | 5 Comments

Stop Me When I’m Passing By

Posted on February 1, 2012 by judisunshine

When we moved into our first house, I was 5 and three quarters, and excited for myriad reasons. Obviously, there was more space in a house than a one-bedroom apartment. But there was also treasure at every turn. The place … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Work | Tagged dashed dreams, fairy costumes, glitter, Hot Wheels, ice cream truck, imagination, Ollie, summer days, Toss Across | 2 Comments

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