GJ Willis' Art Notes

Yesterday, after work I saw Batman Begins staring Christian Bale. I thought it was a very interesting retelling of the Batman myth. I found the movie to be very intriguing. I hope that they make a sequel. One thing’s for sure Katie Holmes will not be in the sequel.

Happy Canada Day! I’m not sure what it is or how it is celebrated. I just noticed it on the calendar when I got into work this morning. Today is also the 20th anniversary of the opening of Baltimore’s Harbor Place.

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today, I have on a denim coverall dress. Under the dress I have on a short sleeve blue striped shirt.

I’m absolutely surprised that the new head guy over at National Public Broadcasting has wasted money to find out that,..... Shock! Horror! NPR is liberal! He did this by hiring an independent company that rated each show on NPR as being either Pro or Anti Bush. As I recall The Diane Rehm Show was rated as being the most Anti-Bush show on NPR.

I heard all of this, this very morning on NPR’s Morning Edition. I was surprised that they allowed it to be reported on their station. It was almost as if they were being openly defiant against there new Republican dictator.

It appears that the new head of NPR is a rabid neocon hellbent on turning NPR into yet another outlet for the Republican Party. Also I heard on Morning Edition that he wants to hire this woman who was a chair in the Republican Party as his second in command. Yikes!!! Right now it seems as though Republicans are trying to take away our only true liberal media outlet.

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today, I have on a short sleeve olive green shirt that has various thin stripes running across. The stripes are coloured black, blue, and deep green. I also have on a black skirt and black slides. The skirt’s pocket isn’t sewn right. I’ve been lazy for several years to correct that flaw. So I always wear long blouses over it. Or nervously smooth it down throughout the day.

Last night I had either new neighbors moving in or the same ones moving in new furniture.

I had to open the door of my apartment so that they could move in a bed. The neighbor said it was possible that they may need the door so that they could move in a dresser. After he left I of course had a panic attack as I waited and waited for another knock on the door that never came. I went to bed assuming that they were finished.

I was horrified when I stepped out the door this morning. I was horrified at the sight of a moving van still parked out in front. I thought they were finished!

The sight of the moving van caused me to come back in the house and have yet another panic attack. I was paralayzed with fear. Should I stay at home until they are finished or go to work? Maybe they were already finished?

In the end I decided to go to work and let the chips fall where they may. I hope that they will be nice enough to wait until I get home if they need my door to move additional furniture. I hate the thought of strangers going through my apartment without me there.

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today, I have on a brown short sleeve Henley and a blue plaid skirt.

This morning at the 7-eleven, I accidently bumped into the deaf man from work that looks like Andy Rooney. I was reaching for a bag of chips and as I was reaching he passed by and I ended up accidently touching his arm. It was one of those split second things.

I didn’t think anything of it until I crossed the street to wait for the light rail train. While waiting I couldn’t help but notice that he kept giving me angry threatening looks. Like he would cross the street to throw something away in the trash can. As he crossed the street all the while he would be looking at me with a scowl on his face. Also I noticed that he kept rapidly opening and closing his right hand. I’m not deaf so I don’t know if that means anything in sign language or if he just felt like opening and closing his hand a lot to let off tension.

It was all just an accident! I’m 5’3 and he towers over me at 6’ something. Did he really think I was trying to attack him? Maybe he’s a racist or something and a black woman accidently bumping into him is tantamount to I don’t know what...

Come to think of it.... recently he’s been giving me a lot of angry threatening looks lately. Did I do something that I’m not aware of that’s viewed as a slight in the deaf world? Surely, he knows by now that I’m not deaf. Maybe I should find a way to sign, “I’m not deaf. I’m autistic.”

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today, I have on a beige skirt and a sky blue short sleeve top.

Today was the start of my work week sans a bus pass. I tried to pay for a day pass on the bus but the machine wasn’t working. I had to buy a pass at the light rail station. I hope that I have enough cash to buy a pass for the remainder of the week.

WHAT I’M WEARING:

Today, I have on a blue skirt and a blue flower print button down blouse.

Big event of the day was walking down to Shane’s restaurant on Fayette Street. I went there because I wanted to stretch my legs. I also I feared I was getting cabin fever. I was getting this sickly feeling that I couldn’t trace to anything other than the fact that I hadn’t gone out anywhere this weekend.

I spent my entire weekend off laying under the fan trying to stay cool. I originally wanted to see the new Batman movie but was worried about whether or not I had enough money for the rest of next week.

As you can recall my bus pass was lifted last Thursday. I ordinarily like to keep my MTA pass around my neck so that I know where it’s at at all times. The leather strap for it broke about a month or so ago. So I’ve been carrying it around in my pocket. It was stolen while it was in my pocket. I suppose the person who stole it thought they were taking a wallet filled with cash not an MTA bus pass.

As far as Shane’s goes, I’m surprised that they are still in business now that the Trailways/Greyhound bus companies have moved away from the block.

While in Shane’s I noticed that they have different counter people working there on weekends. The Sunday counter girl seemed to be on something. She kept insisting that this man who came in had ordered a milk shake. To the best of my memory Shane’s doesn’t sell milkshakes so why would he order one? My order was finished before the ending of the milkshake drama was solved.