jlh | Miami and meme

Thanks so much to everyone who commented on the entry about Vivian, my Mimi. I guess mostly, no, I'm not angry, I'm only sad that she fucked my mother up so much. The update on the cat is, she's fine, I'm just a bad owner. I bought her some toys that hang from things so she can play by herself a bit more, and I play with her right when I get home, in the kitchen, while my dinner is heating up, and I was hard core with the spray bottle, and I sit on the chair more than the couch, and all those things together seem to help. And with

evil_erato here this weekend, more toys will be purchased, you betcha.

Yesterday I went down to Miami for an awards party for my company. We won a prize, the best plan in our category! In the world! It was great. Awards presented out on the beach, where we sat on huge cushions and things on the sand and the wind whipped around and it was gorgeous. Drank too much. They didn't feed us. A very cute Mexican guy who worked with me on a recent major major project taught me how to merengue. A friend asked me, "Who's the rock star?" and I was like, "Oh, that's Gerardo. He's a computer programmer."

So there's something to aspire to, Josh. If you were Mexican and named Gerardo perhaps you, too, could run around at company parties in half-undone shirts and tight jeans teaching girls how to merengue. However, I trust you to figure out a way to do it anyway.

This morning I had brekkie with

heidi8 on Lincoln Road and it was excellent, and I got to see her new minivan (which isn't very mini, actually) and we talked about PoA and OotP and marketing. And then I got on a plane and came home, after a pit stop at

ali_wildgoose's office to pick up a bed.

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
3. Revolver, The Beatles
5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles
7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling, The Clash
9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles
12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
14. Abbey Road, The Beatles
17. Nevermind, Nirvana
20. Thriller, Michael Jackson
25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
26. The Joshua Tree, U2
30. Blue, Joni Mitchell
36. Tapestry, Carole King
39. Please Please Me, The Beatles
44. Horses, Patti Smith
47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
56. Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
59. Meet the Beatles, The Beatles
62. Achtung Baby, U2
67. The Stranger, Billy Joel
69. Superfly, Curtis Mayfield
71. After the Gold Rush, Neil Young
72. Purple Rain, Prince
73. Back in Black, AC/DC
81. Graceland, Paul Simon
86. Let It Be, The Beatles
93. Sign 'o' the Times, Prince
126. Remain in Light, Talking Heads
135. Greatest Hits, Elton John
139. All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2
155. Pretenders, The Pretenders
157. Closer, Joy Division
162. OK Computer, Radiohead
163. 1999, Prince
180. The Definitive Collection, Abba
183. Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
187. So, Peter Gabriel
197. Murmur, R.E.M.
204. Dirty Mind, Prince
207. Ten, Pearl Jam
211. Tattoo You, The Rolling Stones
216. The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths
219. Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
221. War, U2
226. Doolittle, Pixies
229. Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt
237. Like a Prayer, Madonna
247. Automatic for the People, R.E.M.
256. The Velvet Rope, Janet Jackson
261. Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
275. Rhythm Nation 1814, Janet Jackson
278. The Immaculate Collection, Madonna
293. Greatest Hits, Simon and Garfunkel
295. Meat Is Murder, The Smiths
300. Fear of a Black Planet, Public Enemy
305. Odelay, Beck
307. Avalon, Roxy Music
310. BloodSugarSexMagik, Red Hot Chili Peppers
312. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
315. Surfer Rosa, Pixies
322. Ghost in the Machine, The Police
326. Disintegration, The Cure
328. Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair
332. Help!, The Beatles
342. Violator, Depeche Mode
346. 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul
352. 52nd Street, Billy Joel
356. Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis
361. Substance, New Order
363. Ray of Light, Madonna
365. Louder Than Bombs, The Smiths
367. Is This It, The Strokes
369. Reggatta de Blanc, The Police
376. (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
384. Pyromania, Def Leppard
388. A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles
406. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Sinead O' Connor
413. Beauty and the Beat, Go-Go's
417. Boy, U2
420. With the Beatles, The Beatles
423. Greatest Hits, The Mamas and the Papas
428. Kid A, Radiohead
434. Outlandos D'Amour, The Police
435. To Bring You My Love, PJ Harvey
439. In Utero, Nirvana
452. Music, Madonna
455. Synchronicity, The Police
466. Live Through This, Hole
470. Document, R.E.M.
475. Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen
477. The Score, Fugees
480. Faith, George Michael
487. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins
500. Touch, Eurythmics

I don't have a lot to say about this list except that they don't say it's rock but of course it is. It's like, rock plus the other stuff you should own if you like rock. (You can tell it's that sort of music when the only jazz they have is Miles and Coltrane.) Which of course we should expect given it's Rolling Stone. Oh, and who's the Roxy Music freak?

The 1976 version of A Star Is Born is on TV right now. What I love about this movie is that Kris Kristofferson dies by crashing his El Camino in the desert while listening to an 8-track of the masters of Barbra Streisand's new album. That's so seventies, man.

Also, I'm watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and dude, it rocks. But I'm so in bed when it's over.