Beautiful Saturday, wish I could sit on the living room couch alternating between books and baseball, but we have tickets for tonight’s Brewers game and we’re leaving in, oh, maybe four and a half hours. Still, if your “bad” alternative if a Brew game, you’re doing ok. The wind is consistently blowing through the windows, causing the curtains to appear as if they’re levitating. The shrieking neighbor kids have quieted down, thankfully, and the boys are on Wii.

Last night I watched “Persona.” Great movie. What in goddamn hell am I supposed to say about that movie here that would make the least bit of sense? Let me think. The movie meditated well on image and duality. And an erect penis emerges in the opening credits. Go check out “persona.” It’ll make you think.

After the movie, near 10PM, I crashed on the front porch. Some of the neighbors were out on the deck but I decided against drinking, as my eyes were already fluttering closed, so I slipped inside and hit the futon. This morning I woke near seven. T and I cleared out the weeds and garbage in the parking space next to the garage. He dug out a huge weed-bush and negotiated a three dollar fee for his services. I planted four strawberry plants in pots next to the parking space. I also finished off the garden except for a bag or two of mulch and a shot of fertilizer. I’ll catch up with both tasks tomorrow. Oh, I also burned some CDs for a GR reader and sent them out. Downtown looks almost finished. The city is throwing a street-opening festival in the morning. Maybe I’ll walk down and check it out.

“Alternadads” is bugging me. Pollack whines about how broke he is then shops too much at high priced grocery stores. He crows over his self-perceived parenting successes while minimizing his failures. I don’t know. He’s like every other new parent who wants convince himself (probably out of fear) that he’s doing it the “right” way. Whatever. I’ll probably finish the book, as it’s a quick read, but I doubt I’ll recommend “Alternadads” to friends.

Back on the couch. Maybe I’ll eat some lunch. More later.