tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139800442024-03-07T11:22:19.142-08:00CholottoA journey through time and space, facts and concepts, truth and lies, imaginings and reality, love and hate, tolerance and understanding. Come ride with us.resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.comBlogger681125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-46733945124346641682013-05-29T07:55:00.000-07:002013-05-29T07:55:03.701-07:00Changes as I ageSince I've been living on my own, I've never had a nice kitchen until now. Since getting the nice kitchen, I find that I'm spending a few hours in it every day, either cleaning or making stuff for me or W or the dogs. Now I'm wondering: Am I spending more time in there because it's nice and open, or was it because I was starting to spend more time in the kitchen that we got a nice and open one. Resigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-89011200212971942642013-05-21T14:30:00.000-07:002013-05-21T14:30:15.587-07:00New Puppy!Meet Loki, our newest pack member!
What a cutie, eh?
Resigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-51744574384618492322013-02-14T09:13:00.002-08:002013-02-14T09:14:50.437-08:00Best Couple
Quick! When asked about best couples in films, who do you think of? Bogart & Bacall? Tracy & Hepburn? Rhett & Scarlett? (Am I showing my age damnit?) Okay more modern: the couples in Crazy Stupid Love?
I remember sitting in an Eagle Rock movie theatre with Alex, my writing partner. We were in L.A. and for some reason had time to kill before we came back up here. And we both wanted Resigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-76223758232838071462013-02-13T13:05:00.002-08:002013-02-13T13:06:34.100-08:00Appreciating PeopleEvery one who has ever been to my Condo, knows of Ed. They know he's the building manager and that if anything goes wrong, he's the one to call. Not only that, but he's often the building's greeter, gossip-center, and basically heart of the building. Today, we presented him with a gift for 19 years of friendship and service. He said that we're the first to ever do that for him How is that Resigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-6005366057277084002012-05-04T15:56:00.003-07:002012-05-04T15:56:50.244-07:00R.I.P. Junior
I don't know why your death affected me so. Is it because your mom and dad were familiar sights on TV during the 80s & 90s and to see them in such anguish is heartbreaking? Or is it because suicide has impacted my life in recent years and you always seemed like the one football player I'd like to know.
All I know is, though I never rooted for the Chargers, though I disliked the Chargers Resigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-85109452844313437852011-07-27T14:47:00.000-07:002011-07-27T14:49:07.507-07:00Got sick? Prepare paperwork!Created by: Medical TranscriptionResigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-77068005073087359812011-06-07T17:39:00.000-07:002011-06-07T17:46:45.339-07:00Teaching a friend about blogsJust entering in some stuff here for a friend to see how this works.Here I'm showing her how to add a link: Boing boing is a great site.Here I'm showing her how to add a picture. This is a picture of my character in New Worlds, Iedo.Resigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-77011977987056098782011-05-30T19:15:00.000-07:002011-05-30T19:18:13.716-07:00Writing is a bitchI am on chapter 27 of 29 of my book. There will be one more rewrite after this, then copy editing changes. Goal is to have Chapter 29 done by June 2, (Thursday midnight). Then the serious rewrite by 9/30/11. Then have it out by 11/1/11 so I can start Nanowrimo on the next set of stories.Wish me luck! So far, 80,000 words and counting. Resigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-46365466823165116222011-01-05T18:36:00.000-08:002011-01-05T18:44:48.902-08:00Introducing Cholotto Arts!Well, we went ahead and did it. We started an Etsy shop called Cholotto Arts. Our first items features crafts by our friend Heather McDonald and hand-drawn cards by none other but our own Bratworse - Westina Basilotto! Every week, I'll put up a new card. This one is titled "Birthday Cupcake Card 1". If you like it, you can order it with the name you choose, lit up by candles. Resigned Idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17894509239651663555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-1201562399607195272010-10-22T01:21:00.001-07:002010-10-22T01:33:07.020-07:00Reason Jason Campbell Sucked...... After the first two drives of the Raiders/49'ers Hue Jackson drew up plays for the first 30 plays or so. The first drive used up 13 plays. The second drive used up 12 plays. Jason Campbell look completely lost after the first row drives. What does this tell me? Jason Campbell is a stage actor not an improv actor. He only does well when he has memorized his lines and if the opposing team resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-83352214918051663962010-10-22T01:09:00.000-07:002010-10-22T01:21:17.915-07:00Sinus Mucus ChunksIt's been a really long time since I've written. Life has a way of getting away from me and this past year, life zoomed away with me along for the ride. R'wick is now nearly a year old and big, and Bratworse and I just love him to bits.This morning, as I struggled with my sinus infection/cold, I blew out what was a fairly solid chunk of mucus. It was fascinating to me how 1) big it was; 2) how resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-33527901894161837712010-02-25T21:13:00.000-08:002010-02-25T21:18:43.365-08:00Obedience SchoolR'wick had his first class tonight at the Oakland Dog Training Club. It was a great success. I am so proud of him that he didn't bite a single dog. He and this german shepherd dog really hit it off, we think. We also ran through some agility lessons and he did really well. Most of the dogs there were 4 months old. He was one of the youngest there, and one of the most excited. He just resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-62426521603359951322010-02-25T20:58:00.001-08:002010-02-25T21:13:14.291-08:00R'wick the Wonder DogWe got a dog. Can you tell? Yes, it's been quite a while since I wrote on here, but life has been quite interesting, so much so that, to share it here would violate some confidences. However, I can share that we got a dog. A husky to be specific. Why? Call it a whim, but man, has this whim paid off! Meet R'wick. See the picture of him on the blue cushion? That's him at seven weeks when resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-14462033358698173092009-10-26T09:55:00.000-07:002009-10-26T09:58:48.026-07:00Happy HalloweenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-4934925496432799362009-08-03T22:41:00.000-07:002009-08-03T22:48:26.774-07:00Inanities in the Health Insurance World #2A person is quitting the group insurance to get individual right now. Getting the individual plan would save her $12 a month. It's the same EXACT friggin' plan.Just because of this savings, the person will waste a bunch of administrator's time (NOT DOCTORS) just to save $144 a year. And this process will probably repeat itself next year, wasting more time and money.What, you thought your resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-49981872397618453362009-08-03T22:34:00.000-07:002009-08-03T22:41:35.858-07:00Inanities in the Health Insurance World #1A client's employee moves out of state to expand their business. The employee goes to a doctor about 3-4 times in the new state, making sure to visit a doctor that was under the company's carrier. Employee gets a bill for $3k. Why? (Here comes the inane part)Carrier considers anything out of state, including its own doctors, out of network and therefore nothing applies. They generously have resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-20962547085408387552009-07-29T19:08:00.001-07:002009-07-29T19:08:16.813-07:00Bad DayUgh! Wish I could stop caring about work. Wish these thoughts weren't around. Wish this sudden headache would go away and wish the move was completed. -- Posted From My iPhoneresigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-41578045260034179412009-07-17T04:02:00.000-07:002009-07-17T13:03:47.872-07:00Tumultuously Happy BeginningsToday was the final day of the most important class at the school, Final Project. Everything we've been going to school for, summed up in one thirty-second to two minute package. A demo reel. It's important! A visual resume; look what I can do. Our ideas, abilities and pieces of our lives wrapped up and delivered, today... at 10:00am... no... 10:15am? uh huh... instructor has yet to arrive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-66881133731790595452009-07-16T03:38:00.000-07:002009-07-16T08:44:16.117-07:00R = 0, T = 1 I've been completely immersed in my own little world for a good while now. Making connections with shared realities has been somewhat of a stinging slap. I'm only starting to experience it as that perfectly placed bite on my ass... I am not yet able to handle large doses. I find myself having to come up for air more frequently. The interrupted moments of pollution are starting to leave their bratworsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10146501493556018255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-20013579722486236382009-07-09T14:29:00.001-07:002009-07-09T14:29:25.666-07:00Drinking Koolaid"If an employer fully funds your copays (as in it won't cost the employee any money to get medical services), why then the employees would see doctors all the time!"This is being taught to a group of brokers right now. How this makes sense to these whiteys, I've no idea. Oh yes EVERY one can take time off ALL the time to get frivolous doctors visits. What world are these people on? Just cause resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-74335700963408982532009-07-03T09:13:00.000-07:002009-07-03T13:14:35.537-07:00Poem - Insane and WiredI want to thrive on the electricity of my muscles' anxiety I wanna feel the sharp tongue of the ocean's lap I wanna practice immunity to gravity I wanna live in the creativity of two minds You can see, when I'm dancing with the wind, that I'm not that planted In that unstable way an animal encounters human, I'm in a dream being kept alive by the finest string, continually rubbed bare The one bratworsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10146501493556018255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-73855563604146939542009-06-30T08:44:00.000-07:002009-06-30T08:46:12.962-07:00Poem - Inspections, Detections, Neglections and SelectionsMy fingers are stained, covered in the sticky essence I've begun to crave. My mind was painted long before my tongue finished its caress. My skin is tortured by the anticipation of attention. My eyes ignore boundaries and stare. You in green, I'm full of verve. You are a secret, only my smile knows. You paint a dream, I'm addicted. You are forbidden, only my temptation grows. They won't bratworsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10146501493556018255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-71163739790518841622009-06-28T17:56:00.000-07:002009-06-28T17:57:00.791-07:00Nature HobblingWe weren't up for crowds or company today so instead we hobbled (Bratworse has this hugeass blister which popped right on the ball of her foot) through Tilden Park's Botanical gardens.Here are the results:-- Posted From My iPhoneresigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-34657044483124875852009-06-28T09:08:00.001-07:002009-06-28T17:49:15.262-07:00Nature WalksBratworse and I have been taking walks around the neighborhood recently. See, we'll be going on a trip soon that requires a ton of walking so I've been a tad fearful I wouldn't be able to keep up.To help motivate me to go on these walks, I've been taking photos with my camera. Photos that are designed to help inspire Bratworse's paintings. I present my neighborhood and Oakland Zoo's flora!-- resigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13980044.post-32872103242406907462009-06-28T08:56:00.001-07:002009-06-28T17:48:35.370-07:00InundationIs this even a word? I am so going to be blogging more now. Just to start off, here are a few photos for your enjoyment:Bratworse showing off her new shamrock confectionery.Bratworse being surprised by me when she was watering her real shamrocks that she's growing.More to come!Wheeeeeeeeee!-- Posted From My iPhoneresigned idealisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558888389267842246noreply@blogger.com0