Randomstuffs Thomas Boutell 11/2 '14

I am eating the breakfast I was fantasizing about last night: omelet on lavash. Mmmf.

Last night we watched the second Hunger Games movie. Roberta and I are thoroughly sucked in and eager to see the new movie and we don't want to see the trailer, hear any spoilers from the book, or otherwise know anything about it. My kid is eager to tell us all about the politics of the movies vs. the books and what her Tumblr peeps are disappointed about— but has neither read the books nor seen the movies. I am resolved not to listen to a word until I've formed my own opinion.

We are getting ready for the house painters. Everything smaller than a breadbox must go to the basement. Soon we will be blue and yellow and green and...


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11/2 '14 10 Comments
Lapis.
Karen Kuhl
azure and lemon and russet and fawn?
dan brown
There's azure and lemon and russet and fawn
Milquetoast and salmon and kumquat and dawn
But do you recall
The most WASPy pantone of all...
Thomas Boutell
Stan's house is gloss carmelian
With a mandarin gold trim
And if you've ever been in
You were quite impressed with him

All of the other mansions
Actually looked just the same
Because of deed restrictions
That forbid all reindeer games!

Then one crushed-ice Christmas Eve,
Martha Stewart said
"Stan's house, finest on the row!
Sherwin Williams loves you so!"

Then all the houses loved him
Shouting with their voices full
"Stan's house in gloss carmelian,
You are interchangeable!"
Thomas Boutell
Also, read the book first! IMHO. Since what is once seen cannot be unseen.
Ursula Sadiq
Too late I think. We are Movie People for this particular franchise.
Thomas Boutell
I am in the pro-Jennifer-Lawrence camp. While Roberta is right in pointing out that she is not a particularly plausible outdoorswoman physically, we both think she's good at conveying information nonverbally that probably took six pages in the books.
Thomas Boutell
she's an amazingly good actor. if you haven't seen Winter's Bone, I can't recommend it highly enough.
CM Adams
That sounds awesome, thanks.
Thomas Boutell
I once had a door painted River Red.
I miss that door.
Ursula Sadiq