Naked? Seriously?

Song of the day: “Taking back my love” by Enrique Iglesias. Such a catchy song, eh? Gotta say that Enrique does them well.

Before I start, let me run something by you. You see, I’m reading this romance novel and I’m a little confused about something. I mean the story is fun, and everything, and the idea of some feller coming from the future to set right a wrong is always great, but I don’t get what the author was thinking when she decided that future-lings would no longer wear clothes, just body paint. I kid you not. Paint! Only! And this dude is running around, fleeing from pursuers, carrying the wounded heroine and everything, and he’s doing it, basically, NAKED!

Now don’t get me wrong. Nothing against naked, but has this person ever watched someone run naked? Really watched? (And I don’t mean the porn kind of watched, as in, OMG I’m getting hot just watching that chick/dude run.) Seriously watched the human body when it runs. There are “dangling participles” that flop every which way, getting IN the way and everything and it just distracts from the beauty. Not to mention that it is just downright unhandy.

And running…running can be so absolutely beautiful. I mean really, Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. Beautiful aesthetics, wonderful stride, so much power and so wonderfully smooth. Now imagine him doing it naked. Eeeewwwww. So many examples of where bodies function beautifully. Gymnasts, sports people in general, now imagine it all NAKED (or with body paint only). There is a reason why we wear clothes when in the company of those who are not our significant other and it’s called aesthetics.

Good example: I am a huge fan of Viggo Mortenson. Aragorn in LOTR, Master chief in G.I. Jane, or cowboy Frank in Hidalgo, it mattered not. He is just a pleasure to watch, and I love him…or at least I used to, right until I saw Eastern Promises. Nothing wrong with the movie. Wonderfully dark, gritty and intense and scarily realistic with excellent acting…wrecked by this sauna scene where someone decided that it would be a smart idea for him to fight with a bunch of goons in…hold your hat…the BUFF! Full frontal, side and back, he wasn’t spared (or I wasn’t) a single side to keep my prudish fantasies intact

*shivers* I am sad to say that I can never look at him the same way. He is still a good actor, and I still like a lot of his movies, but I keep seeing that seen and this is not a good thing. I’ve got to repeat what I already said: What was someone thinking???
Aaaargh!!!

But enough about that. In the end it doesn’t really matter because it is a matter of personal taste I guess. One person’s poison is another’s ambrosia, so to speak, eh?

So what’s been going on besides outraged hilarity about men (and women) running around naked, we’ve been working on the wall, of course. Another foot was added to the height, which brings us a bit closer to completion (duh). Soon we’ll be able to continue with the wall’s length (seeing as we’ll have eradicated the danger of crumpling) which still has about five yards to go…I know, daunting, right? Well, wouldn’t want to have nothing to do, hah.

Yesterday we spent several hours in the yard, turning earth and planting tomatoes, peppers, zucchinis and some iceberg slaw. In one word, wonderful. It absolutely was divine going into the yard and just getting my hands in the mud again. I missed it these past couple of weeks, due to the freaky weather. But the weather now is gorgeous. The sun is out, only a few scattered clouds are in the sky and the wind is fresh. Seriously, I couldn’t get better weather if I Fed-Ex-ed it. Hah.

The purple vines are blooming, and so are several of the bougainvillea and Oleander. The jasmine is going strong, so are the eucalypti, hibiscus, passionflowers and just about every weed growing in the wild. Between all the green (thank you, wet spring) there is a wealth of color. Yellows, purples, reds and whites. At times my eyes get a sensation of color overload, almost.

Ooh, ooh, before I forget. The first tomatoes are turning red in the greenhouse, thank you very much. I can’t wait for them to be done, because they are looking bloody sumptuous. Same goes for the chard, (we gotta eat that again soon) the lettuce (we’ve been eating the purple lettuces for several days now) the white cabbage, red cabbage and of course the onions.
And then I’m not even talking about all the little pots filled with rapidly growing herbs like basil, parsley, chives, sage, marjoram, and oregano. Gawd, just thinking about it makes me want to eat right now.

Okay, the in-between story we’re working on at the moment is going rather well. We’re already well on our way to halfway through, so it should be done in a few days from now.

There was sand hauling, rock hauling and all that jazz…ehm, laundry, yeah, of course. Luckily with the change in weather the drying is going a lot faster. Yay.
Cleaning is always a necessity, and this morning I decided to stop prevaricating and cleaned the sheets on my bed.
Did some cooking too, while I was at it. In fact, this very morning I baked red cabbage to mix with cheese and potatoes so we can eat a hot oven dish this evening. I can hardly wait!

Well, that’s about it, I guess. I’m sure that I’m leaving stuff out, but who cares. There will be other days.