Nighthawks.

[Heidi]

By Edward Hopper, with props to the DU Nighthawks, including (but not limited to) Enigmatic, CaliforniaPeggy, Floog, Kitchen Witch, Mr. Scorpio, CrazyG (that's his yodeling handle), Drooopy, WCGreen, Wetzelbill, Last Knight . . . AND MODERATOR.

[Moderator]

1. And me.

I am a bit hurt you would forget me, dear.

[Heidi]

3. I still have time to edit.

Although I was thinking of you when I typed "but not limited to" . . . ;)

[murielm99]

4. Forgot me, too.

:-(

[Heidi]

7. I didn't forget.

You're included in "not limited to" . . .

Here, have a hug. It's a hugging bar, too, ya know. :hug:

[Heddi]

2. I'm the one taking a piss in the restroom

because I drink too much beer.

first one to pee looses!

[enigmatic]

5. Edward Hopper is my favorite painter of all-time

Flat-out; every painting tells a haunting story..

"Excursion into Philosophy" has always been my favorite:

[Heidi]

16. Absolutely.

I have about a jillion favorite painters, but I especially love those who ably express that certain individual and collective loneliness.

:hug:

[enigmatic]

23. He nailed it, too

The shadows and darkness he created in his paintings tell more than the colors, I think; it's like somebody like Sherwood Anderson in "Winesburg, Ohio" (which is a huge influence on my own writing) where the spare prose creates a much more emotional power than the Thomas Wolfe-inspired prose that goes on and on...

[Heidi]

28. Yes, the cool shadows create a mood

that's thoughtful and a little melancholy without being angry or brooding. Some of Hopper's work reminds me of Kerouac's more thoughtful and lonely writing.

[enigmatic]

36. Yep

Alot of the passages from "On The Road" and Visions Of Cody" remind me of Hopper paintings..

[Heidi]

45. Somewhere along the line . . .

Kerouac lost his innocense. (It was after "On The Road" but before "Big Sur," I think.) But I guess that happens to everyone and may be the price of Dharma. :shrug:

[enigmatic]

49. I say "Big Sur"

Though it's probably my favorite book by him, it's the one where the beginning of the end of his life takes place, and in a very real sense, the thrill was gone..

[Heidi]

53. I love "Big Sur" but

it's not one that I can re-read every year like "On The Road." It's like watching a painful episode unfold, somehow.

[enigmatic]

56. Absolutely

I completely agree with that; it's a shattering book. I love "Desolation Angels", too; anything from that period, really..

[MrScorpio]

6. One of my favorite paintings of all time

I identified with it from the first moment that I saw it.

[Heidi]

9. Me, too, Mr. S.

Me, too. :hug:

[Droopy]

8. Thanks

I'll take a cup of decaf. I gave up that mind altering stuff. I feel so much better. It's been 3 weeks since I had a smoke. Longer than that since I gave up my other bad habits. Life is good.

[Heidi]

12. You're right, Droopy. Life _is_ good.

Are you about ready to start seriously writing "Stories from the Road"? Consider Peggy and me first in line for an autographed copy. :hug: (And congratulations on your ever-improving health, my friend.)

[Droopy]

19. Well I've got a few stories on the back burner

And one of them is very relevant considering that I'm giving up bad habits. It's about a time that I spent 4 days laid over in Reno, NV right by a casino. It's where I discovered black jack- a game that would almost be my undoing.

I just haven't felt much like writing stories lately. I'll get back into it some day soon and I'll make sure that I do it on the night shift for all of the nighthawks.

[Heidi]

22. Thanks, Droopy.

Your stories are one of my favorite things about the Lounge.

Can you tell whether you're feeling better now, as a result of the changes you've made? Sending you good vibes . . .

[Droopy]

29. I'm feeling much better

My whole outlook on life has changed. I also go to the gym and work out every day now. I'm getting stronger and losing weight as well as giving up all of my vices. I just wish I'd done this sooner.

[Heidi]

42. Do you keep a journal? (nt)

[Droopy]

51. Not really

The only thing close to that that I have is my workout log. I keep track every day of how much I lift that way I can remember what I'm working out with. It's also cool to see how I've progressed.

I am pen pals with a couple of people, though, and we e-mail each other every day. That's just stuff that is going on in my life at the time. So I'm guess I sort of keeping a journal. It's just one that other people read.

[enigmatic]

58. One more time

if you want to write a blog; I can set one up for you; me and WCGreen are setting one up in which we're going to blog about everything; we'd love to have you join us..

[Heidi]

59. Oh, please, please, please . . .

would you PM me the link, Enigmatic, when you and WC have yours set up? :hug:

[enigmatic]

62. You got it!

:)

[enigmatic]

26. I can't wait to read them, bro

:)

[Droopy]

31. Cool

You all will be the first to get the new edition.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. Yes, Droopy...Heidi and I ARE in line for the first copies....

and signed by you!

I agree Heidi...life is good...for him and for you, and for me...

Hopefully for many people whom we love...on DU, and elsewhere...

This is a wonderful thread, Heidi...

Thank you for it...:loveya:

[Heidi]

32. ((( Peggy )))

We're all in it together, whether we recognize it or not. :grouphug:

[Droopy]

37. No problem

I've saved all of the stories I've written so far. One of these days............one of these days.

[MrScorpio]

21. Me, I'm eating pancakes in that painting

Pancakes at 3:30 in the morning: Bliiiissss

[Heidi]

24. And especially blissful . . .

if the coffee's good and there's one of those rotating glass pie cases with homemade pie . . .

[MissHoneychurch]

10. Does that mean that because I am in the same time zone as you

that I am not a nighthawk?

[Heidi]

13. I think you're a nighthawk, too.

The time zones just screw up yours and my perspectives. :hug:

[Not_Giving_Up]

11. And me!

Who can sleep with Cindy in a ditch?

[Heidi]

15. Sleeping with Cindy in a ditch

would be second nature to a true Nighthawk.

:hi: Not_Giving_Up. (I love your username, by the way.) :pals:

[Not_Giving_Up]

33. Not only that, but I STILL have a kid up

It's nearly 2 AM, school starts tomorrow. She's nervous and excited at the same time. I can't sleep until she does. At this point, I don't think I'll sleep until after they get to school...I'll end up sleeping through the alarm. After I drop them in the morning, I've got to go to a temp agency to turn in a piece of paper so that maybe they can find me a job. Then, maybe, I'll sleep. I doubt it though. I'll probably put on a pot of coffee and continue Cindy Watch.

[WCGreen]

14. A print is hangin in my office.....

The TCM fade into to a movie is inspired by Hopper.....

[Heidi]

18. The vibe of "Nighthawks"

is a special thing, isn't it, WC?

[WCGreen]

27. Yea, there is something there

that is just out of reach but touching me at the same time...

I recognize the time but can't feel the place...

But it looks like home to me....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Thank you, Heidi. for including me in your lineup...

I am extremely touched....

And, omigod, I love this painting...

Hopper's work is astonishing...

Late Nights in the Lounge...I love it here...

:grouphug:

[Heidi]

20. You're a Nighthawk, gf.

And the lounge loves _you_. :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. How can I respond to such words?

My dear Heidi...also a Nighthawk...even though it's daylight where you are...

And those of us here in the Lounge when you're here...also love you...

:loveya: :hug:

[WCGreen]

35. Hey Peg, I thought you had gone to sleep....

I'm again wide awake doing a late tax return and noodleing around

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. Nope, I'm still awake and mostly alert!

I see that you are also...

Isn't this thread one of the great ones? I love this sort of dialogue at night in the Lounge...

:hug: :loveya:

[WCGreen]

41. Yea, it makes it all worth while.....

The bleary eyes in the morning....

Sleeping until way afternoon

But hey, I wouldn't have met you if hadn't stayed up.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. What you say is so very true....very....

We never know where the road will go, do we?

The twists and turns...ups and downs...level, smooth, or bumpy...

How different our lives would be...

[WCGreen]

48. But to meet in a cafe......

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. And to flirt in a cafe.... nt

[ForrestGump]

34. Nighthawk

[Heidi]

38. Beautiful.

Two of the most excellent men in my life have been bikers (who have gotten a very bad and inaccurate rap, in my opinion).

[Floogeldy]

40. Muchas gracias, Señora!

To the Nighthawks!

:thumbsup:

:hi:

:applause:

[Heidi]

43. Prego, Signor Floogeldy.

To one of my favorite Nighthawks, and to the little future Nighthawks, like this one:

[enigmatic]

44. We are all Nighthawks

And I toast you all:)

[Heidi]

46. You bought that on e-Bay, didn't you?

;)

[enigmatic]

52. LOL!

Cost me 600 bucks; did I over-pay???:)

[Heidi]

57. I wouldn't second-guess you by saying you overpaid . . .

but if you can get $600.01 from some naive DU Nighthawk, you might want to strongly consider it. ;)

[ThoughtCriminal]

50. Parodies?

Must have parodies.

[Heidi]

54. You're an art criminal, as well as a ThoughtCriminal, aren't you?

I love parodies. :hug:

[texanwitch]

60. Hi, I just got home from work.

I liked the picture above, simple but gets the idea across.:hi:

[Heidi]

61. Welcome home, texanwitch!

How was work? :hug:

[texanwitch]

63. Fine, working extra hours so I can afford to go to Washington in

September for big protest.

We had a big thunderstorm also, big old thunder boomers, not a lot of fun in a metal building.

[Heidi]

64. Oh, I know it about thunderstorms . . .

I grew up in "tornado alley" and spent three-quarters of my childhood (seems like) cowering beneath an inverted sofa. My little mom could flip a three-person couch upside down in a nano-second to protect us kids. :rofl:

Glad you got home safely. :hug:

[texanwitch]

65. I have never been near a tornado, and I hope I never do.

The thunder was so bad that the company cat was hiding, poor thing.

She did come out after the storm was over but was a little spooky for awhile. I don't blame her, I will be glad when we can move back to our reqular building. It is being remodeled.

[Montauk6]

66. I guess I'm just an old philistine!

I thought this thread would be about forgotten Stallone movies.

[Heidi]

67. You could always hijack the thread

and _make it into_ one about forgotten Stallone movies. But if you did that, you'd have to face the wrath of the DU Nighthawks. ;)

[Heidi]

68. Nighthawks, sign-in here. (Kick)

For those I forgot in the original post: :hug:

[MrScorpio]

70. You know that I'm on, Sugar Plum

The night time is the right time

[Heidi]

73. Woo-hoo!

:loveya:

[enigmatic]

78. You got it, my friend

I just played some BTO for you; Randy Bachman does a radio show for CBC on Saturday Nights now playing old Rock N Roll and his monolouges. It's pretty good..

http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/index.jsp?program=Randy+Bachman%27s+Vinyl+Tap

[WCGreen]

72. Signing in baby

And signing off...

The drugs are kicking in.....

[Heidi]

75. Sweet dreams, darlin'.

And thanks for checking in. :hug:

[WCGreen]

77. Wouldn't miss it for the world

[alarcojon]

84. Count me in!

Been posting pretty late recently. No real plans to change.

[KitchenWitch]

69. KitchenWitch reporting for duty

:D

[Heidi]

74. You're on the run from the law, aintcha?

It's OK. We'll protect ya from that mad, tiara-hoarding Floogeldy. :rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

79. Sounds like a plan

Happy to hang out then :rofl:

[enigmatic]

71. A cold, melancholy night North Of 90...

Time for some Tea..

[Heidi]

76. Hot tea . . .

An excellent idea. I'll start my water, too! :hug:

[enigmatic]

80. I just made some Bengal Spice tea

Hey Heidi!:hug:

I bought a box on a whim a few months ago and got addicted to it! It's perfect on a chilly night like tonight..

[Heidi]

81. That's my favorite Celestial Seasonings tea!

I'm going grocery shopping in half an hour; thanks for reminding me to pick some up! :hi:

[enigmatic]

82. no way!

I love the spiciness to it; I have it as iced-tea, too..

[Heidi]

83. Way.

I didn't discover that I could buy it here until about a year ago, and its a godsend as iced tea!

[Wetzelbill]

85. Yo

[enigmatic]

86. Hey bro

We're getting leather jackets w/ "Nighthawks" on the back and everything; ypou need to start earing your hair in a DA now..:)

[Wetzelbill]

87. sure thing

I need to get rid of my Snoopy and Woodstock jacket anyway.

[Heidi]

93. Just wanted to let you know . . .

that I really appreciate the stand you've taken about racist mascots. Being 1/8 Cherokee, growing up in the Cherokee Nation, and attending a college with a sports mascot called "The Redmen," I find those mascots insulting. You and Joby made some excellent points, and I would have joined in if I hadn't had to do my weekly (and loathed) grocery shopping.

Have a hug, my friend Bill. :hug:

[Wetzelbill]

96. Heidi you are awesome

Thank you very much :)

[Heidi]

97. It's a two-way street, baby.

You, too, are awesome. :hug:

[LastKnight]

88. the all night diners

you donno how many nights ive sat up reading at denny's or similar resturants... studying, or just sittin there passing the time with my thoughts and a pot of coffee.

love it. so quiet (cept when the guy with the vaccuum backpack comes around, but he's quick) something i like about the lone night lifestyle. this reminds me of that. must be the guy sittin off by himself... with his hat pulled down almost over his eyes sayin 'dont talk to me unless you need to' but not in an unfriendly way.

[enigmatic]

89. I love all-night diners

absolutely love them. I've had many Pefect Moments in them while I was on the road, and I wouldn't trade them for anything..

[Heidi]

92. And people-watching . . .

beer joints, all-night diners and truck-stops are the _best_. :)

[enigmatic]

90. The codiene is hitting me

I'm headed for bed; goodnight everybody:)

[Heidi]

91. I survived grocery shopping and lived to tell

you, "Sweet dreams, my friend!"

[texanwitch]

94. Hello Heidi, how you doing.

I have been over in General Discussion keeping an eye on Cindy and the group in Crawford. Been a long night.

[Heidi]

95. Hi, gf!

I'm OK (that's the best that can be said on grocery shopping morning). I haven't been to LBN or GD yet today, but I've been sending Cindy and our DU friends who are there with her lots of good vibes.

Are you OK? :hug:

[enigmatic]

98. kickerooni

who's here?

[MrScorpio]

99. On board, bud

Like clockwork

[enigmatic]

101. My Man!

The moon is out, and the drinks are flowing..

[Heidi]

107. And Wilson Pickett is on the CD player!

"I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour . . ."

[WCGreen]

139. great tune for tonight........

[Heidi]

102. Here!

Hi, Enigmatic and Mr. S! :grouphug:

[MrScorpio]

104. Hey, Sugar Dumplin'

Feeling nice?

[Heidi]

It's a beautiful morning, MrS . . .

[MrScorpio]

119. Nice

Damn, I miss Europe

Of course, you already know that

[enigmatic]

105. Hey Heidi!

:hug:

I need some of your good vibes; I've got a job interview tomorrow and i'm a wee bit nervous..

[Heidi]

108. Lotus incense comin' right up . . .

and good vibes comin' your way, my friend. Just go in with confidence and let 'em see who you are. You'll be fine. :hug:

[enigmatic]

114. Thanks

I finally got my work papers after 4 years up here; I don't get a salary for doing my show, especially since I'm the one that owns the station, and I'm a skinflint!:)

[Heidi]

117. Wow, four years!

Did the process take that long, or did you apply only recently? It took me about a month to get my first work permit.

(You'll do fine in the interview!)

[enigmatic]

126. It's just a long proccess

I had to be sponsored by my wife, and the proccessing of papers takes a long time. We're not really hurting for money, so it wasn't that big of a deal, but I'm glad to finally be able work again..

[Heidi]

129. Same here.

Mr. Heidi sponsored me, and once a year I have to report to the "Department of Strangers" (really, that's the English translation of the Italian name of the immigration department here). I guess because this is a small country, the "process" moves a little more quickly.

I just found out that in order to get dual citizenship, I'll have to be interviewed in Italian. I have some serious concerns about that, so language classes, here I come. :eyes:

[enigmatic]

131. Really?

Wow, that's crazy. If I had to be interviwed in French to get citzenship here, I'd be in a world o hurt..

[Heidi]

133. Switzerland has four official languages:

German, French, Italian and Romanche, and each state has one or more of those languages as its "official language." I'd be OK if I could be interviewed in German, but Italian is the official language of Ticino. :cry:

[enigmatic]

134. oy!

When are you to be interviewed?

[Heidi]

135. I won't make an interview appointment

until I'm _certain_ I'm prepared to speak Italian for half an hour with a state police officer. (That's who conducts the interview, and they just ask you what you do for a living, how long you've been here, etc.)

It could be worse, though. Used to be, states could mandate these odd citizenship tests, like the "cheese test" in Apenzell, when citizenship candidates had to identify about 32 kinds of cheese. That's a true story, by the way. Where I live, it'd be something like identify 50 kinds of pasta or 12 kinds of red wine. :eyes: I'm really, really glad they don't do that stuff anymore.

[enigmatic]

136. LOL!

I think I've got that covered if that comes up here; I can recite all the Curling rules and every Tim Hortons in Alberta by memory:)

[WCGreen]

141. Hey bro, good luck....

BTW, I almost have my blog thing...

Strange crazyness the last two weeks....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

109. CaliforniaPeggy checking in!

Isn't it wonderful that this incredible thread is STILL going?

I love it!

:woohoo:

[Heidi]

110. Hey, sunshine!

How are you, my friend? :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

112. My dear Heidi!

I am good! Sunshine indeed...'tis darkest night here right now...

Oh, wait...you meant ME? You are the sweetest gf around these parts...

Who is designing the logo for our Nighthawk jackets? Is is you? I definitely want to have one, OK?

We must do this! It is so special...I know WC wants one also...

:pals: :loveya:

[Heidi]

113. I think it's a great idea, too . . .

but I'm no designer by a longshot. MrS is pretty talented that way, though. Shall we ask him? ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

121. I think you might be onto something!

How do you want to do this?

A new thread? or just call him out here?

Whatever you think best!

:pals:

[enigmatic]

111. Hey Peggy!

:hug:

The nightime is the right time:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

115. Hey there yourself, my dear enigmatic!

Indeed the nighttime is the right time...

For all sorts of lovely activities...don't ya know?

How are you doing? Having fun buying a new car? Oh yeah....

:loveya:

[enigmatic]

137. We're picking it up tomorrow

96 Ford Explorer; in great condition, and the price was pretty good. I can't wait for our first camping trip in it..

[MrScorpio]

140. Sugar Love!!!!! How ya doing, Sparklin' Sunshine?

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

194. My dear MrScorpio....

Will you ever forgive me for missing your friendly post? This happens from time to time....when the thread gets very looooong....

But....I'm fine! Just hanging around on this Saturday noontime...

Hope you're good as well...:toast: :loveya:

[LastKnight]

116. present and accounted for.

and im a bit early tonight. it appears.

[Heidi]

118. Hi, friend!

Early is OK, too! How was your day? :hug:

[LastKnight]

124. not too shabby

got a new cellphone today, and i actuially figured it out... throw in a quiet day at work and its all good. cant wait till my ipod gets here hopefully it should be here tomorrow... but unlikley. anyhow...

whats up with everyone tonight?

[sleipnir]

100. An even better Nighthawks (yes, you know were this is going...)

Kick ASS!

[Heidi]

103. May I see your Nighthawks decoder ring, please?

[enigmatic]

106. saaaaaaaaaaaaaaay..........

Ok, you're in:)

[alarcojon]

What about me?

Post # 84

[Heidi]

123. Hi, alarcojon!

You're in!

What's graph theory? (Re: in your profile) Go slowly . . . I'm a math idiot. ;)

[alarcojon]

128. I'm in? Coolness!

Graph theory involves a bunch of dots on a piece of paper, some of which are connected by edges. The edges might cross, as in the Petersen graph:



Then you can ask all kinds of questions - for example, how far away (travelling along edges) can two of the dots get.

It's actually not really a hobby - it is my research area. But it is so much fun, I think of it as a hobby!

[Heidi]

132. It's like a language, isn't it?

I have a peculiar math dysfunction: I don't "get it" unless I can couch it in terms of language or art. If geometry, algebra, trig, calculus, etc. had been taught to me as a language or an art when I was young, I think I would have loved it. Like this:

[enigmatic]

138. anybody with a geetar avatar is jake with me!

:)

[Wetzelbill]

120. it's worth it to post on the NightHawks thread again

so yeah, how's everybody doing tonight?

[Heidi]

122. Hi, 'bill!

Beautiful, cool morning here . . . How was your day? :pals:

[Wetzelbill]

127. not bad

caught up on a lot of reading I had to do. Still have to do some more though,but I knocked out a lot of stuff I was putting off. I have to read a few NY Times and WA Post columns tomorrow and I should be back up to speed.

I was hoping to finish my Jennings,Brokaw and Rather column today for my blog, but I didn't get around to it with all my reading. Maybe tomorrow. I just need about another 300 words or so to finish it off. I try to keep 'em around 750.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

125. My dear Wetzelbill!

I'm doing well tonight...just relaxing and posting here...

Had a productive day shopping...

Watched a really good movie on DVD..."Vera Drake." Fictional account of a woman in England who helped young single pregnant women get abortions...Very good and gripping..quite educational as well...

So how was your day?

:pals:

[Wetzelbill]

130. I've been meaning to watch that

I have slacked off on my serious film watching in the last few years. I have a video degree so I was quite the elitist film nerd for a while, lol.

Not too bad. Just caught up on some reading. Watched pro wrestling and ordered some food. Waaaayy too many onion rings. I need to get back in the gym. My diet is so bad my heart is going to explode here in another few years if I don't start being healthy again. After years as a health nut I think I got a little too used to fast food in the last 4 or 5 years.

[AVulgarianHue]

142. Finally chose an avatar

A nighthawk!

[Heidi]

143. Welcome to DU!

Nice avatar. :hi:

[AVulgarianHue]

145. Thanks!

:hi:

[enigmatic]

144. Welcome

There's a new rule though; you have to wear your hair in a DA:)

[AVulgarianHue]

146. Thank you for the welcome

:silly:
My hair will only do this.
psst..what's DA?

[Heidi]

147. DA.

Men's hairstyle of the early 60s.

[AVulgarianHue]

149. hmmm...

seems vaguely familiar.

[enigmatic]

148. Check out these 2 cool cats

http://hometown.aol.com/angieabk/jd

If you can't get it this way, you're still in:)

[AVulgarianHue]

150. lol they are cool cats

Can manage the back, but the last time my hair was close to being that short in front...I wore hats until it grew out. Which is okay..any chance to wear a fedora.

[NMMNG]

151. Welcome to DU!

You didn't post on my thread but I'll give you a smilie anyway:

[AVulgarianHue]

185. Such a generous lady...

you're super! I love my smilie.

[Heidi]

152. Kick for the Nighthawks. Who's here? (nt)

[MrScorpio]

153. Let's get some snuggle time in, Sugar Puff

:hug:

[Heidi]

156. You betcha!

I'm glad you stood up to Mr. White Power yesterday, my friend. :hug:

[MrScorpio]

165. My formula is simple

Never back down from stupidity

Stupidity always gets it's ass kick by me.

[Heidi]

167. I hate bullies . . .

and that guy impressed me as a bully. The way I see it, when we stand up to bullies, we're standing up not only for ourselves but for everyone who's been bullied, as well as bullies' future victims.

You're the man, MrS. :yourock:

[billyskank]

154. Nighthawk? No. I'm an early bird.

:)

[Heidi]

155. Me, too.

It's sort of a matter of perspective, though. :hi:

[billyskank]

160. Yes, it all depends on where you're standing.

Or sitting.

I think it's really cute, all those Americans are snuggled up in bed right now. Awwwwwwwwwww!

I suppose the west coasters might still be up getting drunk...

[Heidi]

161. I'm one of those cute Americans . . .

just a long way from home. :rofl:

If I were less polite, I'd call this time on DU "the bar run." ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

158. I am here, yet again....

But I am fading....soon to bed for me....

Good to see you my dear Heidi!

:pals:

[Heidi]

164. Sweet dreams, my friend!

See ya tomorrow night. :hug:

[LastKnight]

176. here once again. nt

[Heidi]

177. Hi, LastKnight!

Have a hug: :hug:

How are you this evening? I'm gettin' ready to make a chocolate pie!

[LastKnight]

178. not too bad.

tryin to relax, i dont seem to get enough time for it these days. ive gone from working too little to working too much, well, working alot. at this point its not too much, i dont want less hours at work, i just want more hours in the day.

[alarcojon]

179. Third night in a row

Howzit goin?

[Heidi]

181. Hi, alarcojon . . .

Looks like most of the Nighthawks are headed to bed, and I'm getting ready to make a chocolate pie.

How ya doin?

[alarcojon]

186. Going to bed myself

I'll rejoin the fun tomorrow, I'm sure.

[Heidi]

192. Sweet dreams!

:hug:

[texanwitch]

157. Checking in.

:woohoo:

[Heidi]

159. Hey, gf!

How's Texas tonight? Nice and cool here this morning, and my cat's prowling for lizards in the garden.

:hug:

[texanwitch]

168. Tonight is hot and muggy, my little cat has just started to go out and

she is having fun playing in the dark. She is going to be the Queen of the yard, the other cats are already backing down and she is smaller then they are.

[Heidi]

169. Yeah, but aren't nights like that nice?

I love when I can sit on the bedroom balcony and hear my Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger, chasing around in the garden with his brother who lives across the street. Ginger and Barley have these secret, "Hey, let's tear up the garden!" parties at night. ;)

[texanwitch]

172. I found this great website that has more Edward Hopper ' s pictures.

www.artcheckout.com

Just type in Edward Hopper, and have fun.

[Heidi]

173. Thank you!

I love this one, too. "Gas, 1940."

[texanwitch]

182. I like them all, Edward Hopper had a great talent.

I remember seeing his pictures when I was kid, my grandmother had a book of his paintings. I knew I had seen that style before, my grandmother had a print but I don't know what happened to it.

[Wetzelbill]

162. there is something so romantic about late night diners

Like in this. These people are all so solitary, yet they have a group dynamic because they all share the night. That experience. The feeling of being alive when everything around you is silent. Except where you are at. This diner. A living breathing organism, in and of itself. The taste of late night coffee. Rich aroma permeating into the air. Wisps of steam threading into the night. There is romance in solitude. Quiet joy in embracing the night in it's loneliest hours. To me, night has always been a good friend. One that encourages my creativity. Never judges my dreams. I hold night dear. And, this diner reminds me why I do so.

[Heidi]

163. You're an eloquent man, 'bill.

An excellent writer. :pals:

[Wetzelbill]

166. I'm feeling reflective tonight

Well, thank you. I'm glad you think so, because I really appreciate it.

[In_The_Wind]

170. Hello Heidi

It seems like I'm a bit of a Nighthawk myself tonight!

[Heidi]

171. Hi, Joan!

And you've got the wheels for it, gf! I love the photos of you and your trike. :yourock:

[In_The_Wind]

174. Thanks Heidi ~ I love to ride.

When I'm cruising through the back roads or along the crest of a ridge ... I'm free, I'm alive. I smell fresh cut grass, milkweed in bloom or wet marshy bogs down near the sea .... you know that smell ~ the green musky salt-marsh kind of smell.



AND ~ you, Heidi ... you have music serenading you as you drift of to sleep ~ that's so lovely

[Heidi]

175. My former male companion when I lived in Colorado . . .

had a big bike, and every afternoon when I finished up in the newsroom, he'd pick me up and give me these great bike tours of the Vail Valley. Nothin' compares . . .

Sweet dreams to you, too, my friend.

[In_The_Wind]

180. yes, it's time for me to hug my pillow

it's 4:07 ... that's late for me ... I'm usually an early bird


Sweet Dreams ~ Heidi, my friend.

[texanwitch]

183. I found this interesting.

Paintings such as Nighthawks (Art Institute of Chicago, 1942) convey a mood of loneliness and desolation by their emptiness or by the presence of anonymous, non-communicating figures. But of this picture Hopper said: `I didn't see it as particularly lonely... Unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city.' Deliberately so or not, in his still, reserved, and blandly handled paintings Hopper often exerts a powerful psychological impact -- distantly akin to that made by the Metaphysical painter de Chirico; but while de Chirico's effect was obtained by making the unreal seem real, Hopper's was rooted in the presentation of the familiar and concrete.

Self

[Heidi]

184. There's no accounting for perception, I guess.

I think one of the reasons "Nighthawks" is so open to interpretation of solitude, loneliness (or aloneness) is that the style is so direct and simple (which I love).

Here's a painting I made a couple of years ago of a child I know very well . . . he's a serious little boy, but not a sad or lonely child, but others who saw the painting said I should have painted him "happier." That's what I mean about perception.

[texanwitch]

187. That's a nice painting, I like the eyes.

I wish I could paint and draw.

I have baby picture where I am standing up and I have a serious face,
I can relate. Do you mind if I save the picture on my computer, just for me?

[AVulgarianHue]

189. Snap!

Although I haven't your gracious manners to ask if I could save. (insert embarrassed smilie here)

[Heidi]

191. Please do.

He's a wonderful little child.

[Heidi]

190. Please do.

I'm glad you like it, texanwitch. :hug:

[texanwitch]

193. Thank you.

:pals:

[AVulgarianHue]

188. Saving this painting

to look at again and again. Such character. It has a pensive air.

[nytemare]

195. I think they talked about that painting in "Dead Like Me"

They had a couple that looked like the one in the painting. It was a pretty good episode.

[enigmatic]

196. Da kick

Who's here tonight?

[MrScorpio]

197. I'm not doing and alnighter tonight

But you'll be in my dreams

[enigmatic]

198. Get some rest, bro

I did last night and it felt great; I think I need one of those every week or so..

[CaliforniaPeggy]

200. I'm here, yet again!

How are you doing tonight, my dear enigmatic?

I wonder just how long this thread will go on...this is the fourth night, I believe...

Good to see you as always...

:pals: :loveya:

[enigmatic]

203. Hey Peggy!

Eating my dinner:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

207. Dinner!

Oh that's right, you're at work, right? So your dinner hours are weird...I used to work nights, and my dinner hours were weird as well...

Hope you're enjoying whatever it is you're having!



:loveya:

[enigmatic]

209. Nah

Pork chops and corn on the cob, and man, it's gooood..

I've always been a late-night dinner eater; because of my hours it's just always worked out that way. Thank Bukowski my wife is the same way; another reason why she's my soulmate:)

[Heidi]

213. Hi, Peggy!

:hug: How are you?

The light here this morning is phenomenal. I think it'll soon rain. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

220. Omigod, Heidi...

What a stunning picture! Did you take this? It is gorgeous...and yes, it does look rather like rain....

Is this your view? MMmmmm....wonderful pic...

I was thinking about you today, during your night, while you were asleep...

It is such an odd sensation, to think that our lives overlap even though we are so very far away from each other...

I am so privileged to know you and to love you as well.... :loveya:

Don't mind me...sometimes I get into odd moods..not unhappy at all...just odd..like now...

[Heidi]

225. It's a webcam still

from across the lake, and it's pretty much my view.

You're one of the lights in my constellation, too, Peggy. :huh:

[WCGreen]

202. Here for a little while longer....

Doing a few late tax returns and organizing my computer...

Great Saturday Night, huh

[enigmatic]

205. And the Browns won

Pre-season and all, but Charlie Frye looked good..

[WCGreen]

211. I turned on the Cat House series on HBO

Wanted to get a look at some whores......

Good that they won....

[enigmatic]

215. We need another Bernie Kosar in Clevo

I think he'll be the guy..

[WCGreen]

228. Yea, anything.....

And the Tribe lost, as Tom Hamilton put it... To the worst team in baseball.....

[enigmatic]

237. that hurt

But Hammy's wrong; KC is the worst. But TB is barely better..

[alarcojon]

210. Calling it an early night tonight, folks

Carry on!

:yourock:

[enigmatic]

218. Goodnight!

:)

[Heidi]

219. Sweet dreams!

:pals:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

199. Hey Heidi!

[Heidi]

206. Hey, Crazy!

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

201. Here we are again!

[enigmatic]

204. True, true..

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

208. Another sweet night.....

in the Lounge....How I love it here...and all of you as well....

:grouphug: :loveya:

[enigmatic]

216. We love you too, Peggy

:hug:

[LastKnight]

224. hey everyone.

here we are again, indeed.

how long are we gonna keep this thread goin? lol

[Heidi]

231. Hi, LastKnight . . .

I probably ought to start a new Nighthawks thread sometime, so that the dial-up folks dodn't have to wait for 250 posts to load.

:hug:

[KitchenWitch]

233. Til it crashes everyones computer upon opening it

or until it crashes the DU servers, whichever comes first.

[Heidi]

236. Do you think I ought to start another Nighthawks thread?

This one's probably a pain in the butt for people on dial-up.

[KitchenWitch]

241. Might not be a bad idea, with a link to this one in it!

[sakabatou]

212. You forgot this nighthawk

[Heidi]

214. Love it!

Can you tel us more about it? :hi:

[sakabatou]

217. The pic?

It's a parody of Hooper's "Nighthawks" with the characters of "Cowboy Bebop" replacing the original cast in Hooper's image.

[enigmatic]

221. Hey Heidi!

:hug:

[Heidi]

226. Hi, my enigmatic friend!

:hug:

[enigmatic]

222. THAT's funny!

There's gotta be a million parodies of Nighthawks out there; I've seen some great ones..

[texanwitch]

223. Hello Heidi,

I am sitting here trying to type with my little cat Dell helping me.

:woohoo:

[Heidi]

227. Hi, gf!

My little cat Ginger is sleeping with Mr. Heidi right now. Have you posted a photo of Dell yet? :hi:

[texanwitch]

242. No, I don't have a digital camera yet. saving for a nice one.

Little Dell is an orange kitten about 4 months old and already runs the other cats.

She was a surprise kitten, didn't plan on another cat but there was just something special about her.


I named her Dell because she has a thing for computers, she thinks she can type but her spelling isn't so great.

[Wetzelbill]

229. nightly check in

Yo!

[Heidi]

230. Hey, friend!

How was your Saturday? :pals:

[Wetzelbill]

234. not too bad, buddy!

Lazed around and ended up watching a documentary about when World Chess champion Gary Kasparov played the IBM Computer Deep Blue. It was really interesting.

Been a relaxing day actually. Thanks for asking.

So how about yourself?

[Heidi]

235. It was a beautiful Saturday here . . .

Made a chocolate pie, harvested the last of my blackberries, started putting the finishing touches on a large (150 x 50 cm) oil on panel painting, then last night watched a really interesting documentary about how boat and plane accidents in the Burmuda triangle may be caused by methane gas rising from the ocean floor. Have you ever heard that theory? :shrug:

[Wetzelbill]

239. no I haven't heard of that theory

then again I lost my train of thought after you wrote about chocolate pie and blackberries.

mmmm.....chocolate pie and blackberries

[Heidi]

243. Here's an article . . .

It's really fascinating reading: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/22/1066631498889.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true

[enigmatic]

232. Hey bro!

An awkward, clumsly man:hug: for ya!:)

[Wetzelbill]

238. uh...um.....

so how's the Randy Ferbey and Kevin Martin rivalry shaping up this year?

Helluva sport that curling. (slowly and awkwardly moving towards the door)

[enigmatic]

240. It's always huge

Martin is the guy who always wins the most money on the tour, but Ferbey's the guy who wins the Brier titles.

They both have Curling shops in town; I've only been to Ferbey's though. And Martin is kinda the Ned Flanders of the 2, while Ferbey is the loud, drunk, middle-aged guy you see at the local curling rinks, which is why he's an Icon, of course:)

[Wetzelbill]

245. yeah you were saying Ferbey

is the hero of middle-aged guys everywhere.

I'm going to have to head up to Edmonton and hit some curling with you. I'll get hammered in the stands and probably get us in a fight. It'll be fun. Well, your wife will have to bail us out, so it might not be fun for her, but for us it'll be.

[enigmatic]

247. I'd love it

seriously; when you move back to Montana we'll do it..

[Wetzelbill]

248. yeah seriously...

you'd love to hit Glacier Park in the summer too. Summer in MT is cool, you got more things going on. Like Indian Days, rodeos and so on. I'm still trying to get info on a lot on ST. Mary's lake. Man, if I can get a grant from my tribe and work out a homesite and get a cabin built I would be in heaven. Be churning out some "Walden" type shit in that case.

[Moderator]

244. That's one of my favorite paintings

And thank you for mentiong the mods!

[Heidi]

246. I love it, too . . . and I'm soon

starting a second Nighthawks thread, in consideration of our friends on dial-up.

(Thanks, Mod, for checking in. We Nighthawks can get pretty rowdy, ya know! ;) )