Missy | May 12, 2007
Hammock, Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
It’s been an exciting week. First, an Instalanche has lit a fire under my bottom to keep on with regular posting.
In case you missed the Brooklyn Blogfest on Thursday, the local NBC channel covered it, as did the New York Times. Funny, because the topic of the evening was largely a critique of traditional media. Many thanks and gushing admiration to Louise for making this event happen. And thanks to Eleanor for keeping me hip to the happening (along with her unexpected shout-out to this site during her Blogfest presentation). UPDATE: Eleanor’s interview with me is now up on her site. Many thanks to her; it’s a rare experience to get to read about yourself through someone else’s perspective.
Meanwhile, amid the recent gust of cultural goings-on in the Listen Missy world, I saw the play Frost/Nixon on Wednesday. It’s a solid work, executed at a clip for nearly 2 intermission-less hours, but I recognize what it is about writer Peter Morgan that kind of bugs me. He writes a historical fiction that is compelling enough to make us feel sympathetic toward the increasingly irrelevant (Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen) and the dishonorable (Richard Nixon, here). But I think that’s just it: he practically begs for that sympathy, because otherwise the whole effort would fail. Fortunately, he is backed by nuanced or powerhouse acting. And don’t get me wrong: I don’t dislike his work; in fact, it’s an unusual perspective on pieces of history that many of us have already lived through, rather than a rash editorialization or distortion of facts (although I seriously doubt that Prince Philip is the boob he was portrayed to be). In any event, while I believe Liev is this year’s gimme for the Best Actor Tony Award, Liev thinks it’s Frank Langella.
Also this week I had an ant infestation to deal with. But! I have swiftly conquered it and I want to share with you how I did it. Thursday morning I spotted one ant in the shower and brushed another one from my sleeve when I got to work. I ‘m told these were among the location scouts, the reconnaissance team who report back to headquarters with the go-ahead to invade. And so they did; when I got home they were everywhere and yet part of a highly-organized formation from the cable cable entry point over to the kitchen. I was due back out the door so I prayed the internet would save me in a pinch. And it did: Baby Powder. Thanks to an on-hand supply of Gold Bond, I sprinkled around their path and the entry point. Within 24 hours, most all had disappeared, apparently having lost their way. I vacuumed and followed up with well-placed ant spray; 48 hours after their first appearance, they are totally gone, save for one or two stragglers here or there. This method probably won’t work for you if you’ve got critters you actually want around and who might be prone to licking the floor.
Finally, this week I’ve moved backwards in the progression of photography technology and made my first attempt at shooting film and developing it myself. I put only one photo on Flickr because I was more interested in getting a roll out rather than carefully shooting pictures. There are some issues I don’t yet know how to fix, but I’m very happy so far.
UPDATE: Congratulations to Will, who has been guest blogging at The Economist. And you probably already knew about Matthew Yglesias’ move to The Atlantic Online.
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