Late night DU cehck in

[HEyHEY]

Who is here?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. I am here .

Its 4:13 AM EST - I am wide awake .

[LastKnight]

2. i am

as always

[Crazy Guggenheim]

3. Here for the "check" in.

[yvr girl]

4. It's a HEyHEY

:hi:

I'm here, just in case you didn't guess. But I know you are an intrepid reporter, so chances are you did.

[enigmatic]

5. I'm still here...

Getting some programming done, and listening to the drunks pile out of the tavern across the street..

[HEyHEY]

13. It's e-town- film the fist fights!

[enigmatic]

20. "To Serve And Protect", baby!

I've got a close friend who lives in LA and who watches "To Serve And Protect" religously, and he keeps asking me if Edmonton is the center of crime in Canada because they seem to have Edmonton Police doing take-downs every freaking show...

[HEyHEY]

22. It's funny befroe they discovered Edmonton it was all Surrey

[enigmatic]

I wonder what the hell's going on

they must have been the only 2 police departments to let them film..

[HEyHEY]

30. True, I always wondered why no Toronto or Montreal was there

However, Vancouver is a rough city and so is Edmonton

[enigmatic]

34. We just had our 22nd murder this week

we're going to double last year's total before the year is out if this keeps up..

[HEyHEY]

37. I had Itv on earlier.... yeah the cops have three profiles out so far

Van-city is only on like ten murders this year thus far

[u4ic]

91. It certainly is the wild west here, isn't it?

My ex and I used to live by the Stadium - only a couple of days after we moved in, there was a takedown right below our balcony. Not that long ago, we also witnessed a carjacking there, too.

An interesting area to live in...

[Moochy]

6. Hey heyhey

nobody here but us chickens! er I mean moochys.

(wondering what a moochy is)

[BlueIris]

7. I'm still here.

I'm always here, this time of night. My life? Very sad.

[Tallison]

8. Polo

[Corgigal]

9. I'm here

just watching the news with the Hurricane coverage. Spooky shit.

[alittlelark]

10. Here, but not for long.... gotta crash.

[Robeson]

11. Me.

[Heidi]

12. Here. (nt)

[Rhiannon12866]

14. I'm here, no big surprise. *sigh*

:hi:

[Heidi]

15. Some of my favorite DUers are here . . .

you among them, Rhiannon . . .

[Rhiannon12866]

26. Thank you, my friend!

And I'm returning the compliment...:hi:

[enigmatic]

54. And you're one of mine

:hug:

Does this get me off the hook now?:)

[Heidi]

61. Let me think about it.

;) OK, you're off the hook. (See what a pushover I am? It's why I'm the companion animal and my cat is the boss. :eyes: )

[Behind the Aegis]

16. Unknown

But, I am here.

[Heidi]

18. How are you, BtA?

Still hangin' in there in my home state? :hug:

[Behind the Aegis]

32. Yes, unfortunately!

I am still trying to get out!!!! We just had a few weeks of really bad weather...a few tornadoes. Thank G-d, no deaths. I have a brother in Kenya now setting up AIDS education centers and providing vaccines. He will return at the end of this month. So, now all my brothers (3) have been overseas and I haven't and I am the only one who is a polyglot! Oh well! I am happy for him, no sour grapes...well, maybe a few. :)

:hug:

[Heidi]

35. Your time will come, BtA!

Choose where you want to go, learn the culture and language, and then will it with all your hart and hard work. The world is your home. No borders. :hug:

[Behind the Aegis]

42. Just a pinch

If I could get just a pinch of your positive attitude, it would be great. The past few weeks have really not been good. I go through the motions, but I feel like my hamsters running on a wheel. But, I know there must be a reason, so I do what I need to do and am thankful for my family, my love, and my health.

I hope things are well on your side of the world! And, who knows, I may just one day pop up on the Continent! :)

:hug:

[Heidi]

52. Good vibes coming your way, my friend.

And here, have some Swiss cheese. :hug:

[evlbstrd]

17. evlbstrd checking in.

Just had a nasty fight with my would-be ex. I wanna sleep, but I'm pissed.

[ogradda]

19. I'm here.

Floating around. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

21. I'm here

but it isn't really late. it is 10.30am here already

[WCGreen]

23. Ready for action Sir.....

[Heidi]

24. Hey again . . .

:hi:

[WCGreen]

25. Back atcha

I've deen to the GDP and it is ugly....

All the Rove wishin' and hopin'

[Heidi]

29. You're (relatively) safe here, WCGreen . . .

until bar-run starts, anyway. :hug:

[WCGreen]

I know, the power of the drink.....

Anyway, Do you have a swiss Army Knife.......

[Heidi]

36. Why, yes, I do.

In fact, I have several Swiss Army knives. One is a real one, very old and once belonged to my husband's grandfather, and very unlike the Swiss Army knives of today. And I have three or four more modern Swiss Army knives: brushed aluminum, two reds and a green.

Why do you ask?

[WCGreen]

39. Just curious if the people of Switzerland

had swiss army knife's.......

[Heidi]

41. Yes, but few . . .

actually have an Alpenhorn or a numbered Swiss bank account. :rofl:

[WCGreen]

45. what, you don't have untold riches stashed in the basement

of some Geneva bank...

And you call yourself Swiss.....

[Heidi]

46. Whoops!

I don't call myself Swiss. I'm a dang foreigner here (American).

[WCGreen]

49. ExPat.....

How Hemingwayish of you....

[Heidi]

56. Not by intent, though.

I just set out to experience the world and found a part of it I really love. :shrug:

Have you ever been to Hemingway house on Key West? Dang cool.

[WCGreen]

Not yet......

But I have grown more fond of him lately as I approach middle age....

I am glad I am not having the same problems he had coping with aging....

[Heidi]

58. I think his problems coping with aging

may have been related to his problems coping with alcohol. But what do I know? :shrug: Lots of really gifted people seem experience life's trials more intensely than others.

[WCGreen]

60. I really love that you take the time to put those little

thingy's in your posts.......

But I have done some writing, no fiction published yet but a lot of essays and articles......

I Keep trying......

[Heidi]

63. Oh, the emoticons, you mean?

Some people find them really annoying, though. ( ;) )

I actually came here for the first time for a writing sabbatical which morphed into painting, which then morphed into a new career. If you love writing, keep doing it. Life's magic.

[WCGreen]

67. Yea I know.....

It also keeps me sane and goves me a good perspective on life....

I have been reading Bellow and Roth as of late to get a view of the American intelectual mind in the late 20th century...

I also have been doing a fair amount of research on some novels that i have schetched out so we shall see.....

What is your new career.....

[Heidi]

75. I'm an ar-teest.

Anti-Gravity, 2004
100 x 100 cm
Mixed media on wood from Gabon
Private collection, Zurich


Letter from Terlingua, Texas2003
25 x 28 cm
Oil, black pencil and wax on prepared paper
Private collection, Argentina



Portrait of Austin, 2004
Oil on prepared paper
30 x 30 cm
Private collection, Oklahoma

[WCGreen]

76. Oh that is cool stuff...

So charming and so talented....

Mr. Heidi is a very lucky man.....

[Heidi]

77. We're both lucky.

Life's a circle, annit. :hug:

[WCGreen]

80. I am too, in my on way....

I told Mrs. WC Green about you and she wants to meet you....

And your mother's comment about the Easy Bake oven made her LOL....

[Heidi]

81. My mother is a wise woman, absolutely.

And quite the smarty-pants. ;)

I'd like to meet Mrs. WCGreen.

[WCGreen]

84. I'm going to get her on the board as soon as I can

figure out how to get a router set up.....

Smarty pants, that's how I like em, smart and sassy....

[gmoney]

87. "Private collection, Argentina"

Wow... very impressive... not sure a phrase could sound more like a big-time ar-teest. Except maybe "Permanent Collection -- The Louvre, Paris"

I'd wager less than two years on that last one...

[Heidi]

88. You're going to be disappointed, gmoney . . .

I have absolutely no interest in being in the Louvre, or any museum or gallery for that matter. I don't do gallery exhibits. I show my work in independent shows, and in an annual exhibit-in-atelier, and though it's a more difficult path, there's a profound pleasure in developing relationships with a few enthusiastic collectors of my work, than in kissing the butts of gallerists and collectors who want a painting for a beige wall.

(But thank you for the nice words, my friend. Smooch.)

[gmoney]

90. never disappointed...

just don't know enough about the art world to know any better.

Actually, the private collector route does seem to fit your vibe more...

[enigmatic]

31. What up, bro?

I gotta get down to Clevo and visit the old haunts one of these days; meet up w/ you and Johnnie and down a few beers..

[WCGreen]

43. That would be great.

The old town has changed a bit, more yuppified and the bottom has just dropped out of the Flats......

But still, there is a lot going on....

You wouoldn't recognize Westlake, Avon, Avaon Lake....

It's like they picked up Beachwood, Pepper Pike and Moreland Hills and dropped it down over here......

BTW, I spent the summer of '79 in Salem Oregon....

[enigmatic]

50. I couldn't believe they closed The Big Egg down..

That place was a freakin' Monument..

[WCGreen]

55. Yea but food poisoning has it's detracters dontcha know

[enigmatic]

59. Bah

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger:)

I haven't been back since '94, so I know it's a different city; I want to take my wife back to Lakewood and show her where I grew up and the parks where I played baseball as a kid, where I played football in High School; that kind of stuff...go to the Euclid Tavern and Slavic Village...

[WCGreen]

64. Euclid Tavern is gone I beleive....

They have this new palce right in the middle of Collinwood called the Beachland Ballroom.

Beachlnadballroom.com

They have two venues there and we are going to see Blanche and Kasey Chambers.....

Also going to Cain Park to see naci griffith and judy collins....

so yea, a lot has changed...

What year did you graduate

[enigmatic]

71. Euclid Tevern is gone???

Oh man, I'm going to cry now....I saw The Numbers Band there many, many times......

I graduated in '81; I still remember when Dennis Kucinich was the boy mayor of Clevo and had his epic battles w/ George Forbes..

[WCGreen]

73. Oh man...

I graduated Westlake in 1975....

I saw the numbers band all over the place... Still active I believe...

But the BBR was put together by the gal who use be the editor of the Cleveland Edition....

She is pissed because she started this really neat little venue in an area of Cleveland that really needed a shot in the arm...

There is development all around her...

She did it wo any help from City Hall, a rareity in Cleveland these days,,,,

Then, about two years ago, the city powers that be approached the House of Blues, gave them a tom of money to build right off public square on Euclid and basically undercut this home grown business....

[enigmatic]

78. I hate those fuckers

The Euclid Tavern was another monument to great music; I saw so many great band there. A part of me is really scared to go back because I know alot of the places I loved are gone and it'll kill me to see that close up. Do you know if The Variety Theter on Lorain Avenue off w. 117th ST is still standing? God, that was another place I loved; Tony's Diner just up the street, too..

[WCGreen]

79. Tony's diner is now a Walgreens

And, the Variety I believe is a gathering space for Muslims.....

But, there are a lot of good things too...

Like the Beachland Ballroom

And Crocker Park, although capitalism at it's most naked state, is cool.......

It is a consious effort to blend retail, professional offices and living in a neighborhood setting....

A little to Potemkin right now but I think it will find it's own charactor before lone

[enigmatic]

82. A Walgreens??

Oh boy...

At least they haven't torn down the West Side Market yet...

Where's Crocker Park located?

[WCGreen]

83. Crocker Park is out here in Westlake,,,,,

The corner of Crocker and Detroit....

Thing is I grew up right around there when it ws all trees and vineyards and farms.....

They are developing the hell of of WEstlake but they have done it very wisely, at least until now....

You should see North Olmsted.....

Oyyy....

BTW, I became friends with DK back in 96 when he was running for Congress and I was running for State Senate...

[enigmatic]

85. My mom waited on him a few times

When he dined at The Keg And Quarter; nice guy, always left a nice tip, too. It blows my mind how far he's come from those days..

I didn't know you ran for State Senate! Right on; I think that's great..

[WCGreen]

86. Got my ass kicked... But it was worth the experience...

[Heidi]

44. Oh, nice, Enigmatic.

And not a word about bringing Mrs. Enigmatic to Switzerland to meet up with Mr. Heidi and me for a few beers and tunes. :cry:

[WCGreen]

47. Let's spilt the difference

And we will all meet up, Mr. And Mrs. Heidi, Mr. adn Mrs. Enigmatic and of course, me and the missus, in iceland......

We can see if zippers really shrink in Renjkavink..... (yea, that's how you spell it)....

A reference to the wonderful HBO movie about the G-8 Summit called Teh Girl in the Cafe

[Heidi]

65. Oh, that'd be fun!

But may I suggest Florence instead? I'm dying to go to the Uffizi!

[WCGreen]

68. Well, that would make Mrs. WC Green

really happy.......

She loves the Italian culture and we both want to take in the south of France......

We shall see,,,,,,

[enigmatic]

48. Forgive me!!

I am soooooooo busted:spank: :evilgrin:

[Heidi]

57. OK, you're forgiven.

I watched "The Big Chill" last night and it got me to thinking about how I miss my American friends, who are are a little different than my European friends. Difficult to explain, but probably has something to do with a shared culture and similar life experiences. :shrug:

[enigmatic]

66. I understand that..

I love it here and it's become my home, but I do, too. I can only imagine how hard it would be half a world away from them; I guess I'm lucky in that sense..

[Heidi]

69. Same here.

I feel as though I belong here; it's "home" now. But it's difficult to explain certain life references to people who didn't grow up with them. Arrrrrgh. I'm not so articulate this morning.

[enigmatic]

72. Understand perfectly

I have to explain a great deal of stuff regarding US history to her; the election was almost like going to school for her..

[xmas74]

27. Me

[yewberry]

28. Yar. Avast, me hearties. I'm here.

I'm a pirate tonight.

I've found that, empirically, people are nicer to you if you are a pirate, rather than a veg*n.

Care for some rum? I have spodie, if that's more culturally appropriate.

[Deja Q]

33. Me! The drunk toad is!

:D

[SarahB]

38. I'm at work.

It's sort of slow tonight, so I keep peeking in.
:hide:

[HEyHEY]

40. WORK?!

[SarahB]

51. Sick people don't stop being sick at night, Babes.

:D

[Tallison]

62. The nerve of some folks...

:eyes:

[enigmatic]

74. What do you do, Sarah?

I don't think I've ever asked that..

[autorank]

53. ...and your point is?

:smoke:

[stellanoir]

70. I'm up and the sun is just rising.

I got a crisis call at 2:56 am and have not been able to settle down ever since. Arghhhhh.

[Heidi]

89. Welcome here, stellanoir . . .

:hug: