our most important spy

there won't be a bike ride, as fort awesome was robbed. the horrible panic we got thrown into in surrey when our house was broken into(three times! once they kicked in the front door, the second time they came in through the downstairs bathroom window, and the third time they knocked the whole carport door off of its frame) is not something i'd wish on anyone. we feel very secure in our space right now, but that will only last until we're broken into. there will be several weeks of worry, every time we're out. of course, we have a dog that will tear the face off of anyone who comes in without our approval. i've offered my services to fort awesome in whatever capacity i am needed, but i think they're too busy sleeping in to answer.

this is the title: "field commander cohen, he was our most important spy." i choose titles that i find evocative and warm. i find a lot of warmth in 'our most important spy'.

two new cds:
leonard cohen, new skin for the old ceremony (1974)
depeche mode, playing the angel (2005)

lots of underworld as well, both beaucoup fish and second toughest in the infants, which i can only assume are the two that garett has. i like jumbo and cups the best, also pearls girl. i listened to these a lot in 1999, and not often since then. those were the early days of the virgin megastore; i was interested in the cover of beaucoup fish, and listened to cups on the in-store headphones. i bought it because i liked the opening airy synth bit, before the bass starts. so lovely. there's a whole range of music that i associate with summer trips down to eugene, oregon. not just second toughest in the infants, but also kate bush - the whole story, joni mitchell- don juan's reckless daughter and the hissing of summer lawns.

we've been buying appliances. a microwave(for the first time in my life! crazy!), a coffee grinder, and a coffee machine. i want to call it a coffee percolator, but apparently that is a specialized term, rather than a generic reference to 'electric coffee making machine', as i'd though. so, it is a coffee machine. ground coffee beans and water go in the top, and coffee comes out the bottom. wonderful!