It turns out, gang, that Keanu’s new movie will in fact be playing in town at that AMC theater that is only 30 miles from here.

Which means I will definitely be able to see it in the theater — without having to drive those 2 hours (in the dark)… Yay!

Now I just have to figure out when I’m going to go. It only has 2 showings a day — in the evenings, no matinees, not even on the weekends. So that is sort of sucky. But I’m still really happy. That movie looks so fun!

Good Fortune.

Oh, and yes, btw — I did see that the announcement that he and Alexandra had gotten married was, in fact, not true! Oh well. I’m still happy for him. He’s killing it on Broadway right now, and this new movie looks really good.

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Okay!

In other good news–

I survived yesterday!

Tuesdays, from now on, are really long — a 10-hour shift. Plus, since it’s the only day wherein I am really close to the grocery store, I run my weekly errands after my shift.

So not only do I have to get up and out early, I come home kind of late and then have to put all the groceries away. AND take care of all the crazy cats who, for some delightful reason, all want to get inside all the grocery bags as I’m trying to unpack them. And trying to not trip all over them, etc.

So, Tuesdays are not my favorite days now.

However. When it’s over, I have that great feeling of absolute relief. Yay.

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And here’s this!

From Phyllis Stein’s Instagram page (she has a great page , btw! All 70s punk — Johnny Thunders, The Dolls, Blondie, etc.):

The NY Dolls (& friends) at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in LA, September 1973!

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Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File this morning that was kind of wonderful. He replied to a 15-year-old German boy who had recently visited the Cave family graves in Brighton. Nick says, in part:

“…The ongoing and evolving relationship I maintain with those I love who have passed away is manifest in the everyday, often in unexpected and sudden ways. The spirits of those who have passed on weave themselves through my conversations, actions, words and songs as sources of inspiration and guidance, as real and extant as anything else….”

You can read it in full here.

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You know, other than that, I’m experiencing an odd sort of “down time”. I have nothing truly pressing to do.

I’m waiting to hear from Sandra about some stuff that will suddenly make me incredibly busy.

I’m waiting to hear back from the publisher regarding The Curse of Our Profound Disorder (I’m anticipating that this will take a while because she is really busy this month). (Although she did say she was “truly looking forward to reading it.” Yay!)

Also waiting to hear from Wayne with his opinion on the book, and he is also really busy right now. (While he did not say that he was “truly looking forward to reading it”, he did say that he “wanted” to read it. But one of the benefits of divorce is that I am no longer in the next room and so I can no longer come out of my room, thrusting a flurry of manuscript pages at you, saying: “Can you please read this and tell me what you think?” Which means: Drop everything. Read it NOW. What the fuck is taking you so long??!)

But, seriously, Wayne has always been incredibly supportive of my writing. In such wonderful ways, too. Here’s a piece of marquetry inlay that he made for me when Neptune & Surf was finally published. (If you did not read Neptune & Surf, this is an old Chinese sampan arriving at Coney Island in the 1920s.)

I’m not expecting another work of art to celebrate The Curse of Our Profound Disorder, but I guess you never know.

Anyway. Even though I need to figure out which work-in-progress I want to tackle next, I’m sort of not focused enough right now to decide.

So I’m sort of actually relaxed, which is a really weird frame of mind for me to be in.

And all the house stuff is taken care of, for now. And all my health stuff is up to date. And every kind of insurance imaginable has been purchased. (The only thing I don’t have right now is an updated DNR, but at least my Will is in place so I could, you know, die tomorrow. No problem.)

However!

I’m not really anticipating that, so I’m just kind of relaxing.

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And that said–

I gotta get ready to head to town and see my favorite 95-year-old Japanese man. I’m guessing we’re gonna get sashimi and sake today, but I will let him decide! (He almost never, ever, ever says no to sashimi and sake.)

And then we will probably stop at the Nature Preserve on our way back to his house, because he loves, loves, loves looking at all those trees. (So do I, actually.)

And THEN! Tomorrow, I have the day off, but the furnace guy is coming at some point to get the furnace ready for winter. But other than that, I’ll just be going over half-finished manuscripts, trying to decide what to tackle next.

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So, have a wonder-filled Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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I leave you with this!!

I’ve posted it here before — a couple of times. But this was my driving-home-from-town music yesterday (on repeat). Because it just caresses me soul, gang.

What an incredibly gorgeous version of this song!

Andrea Bocelli, “Bésame Mucho,” 2005. From his lovely album, Amore. Enjoy, gang.