September 3, 2009

• Birthday Evaluations and Angeles Ashes

  Carey Anthony

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  Happy Birthday to Claudio :)
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  From: Marcelo	Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:13 PM
  To: Carey & The GLY Gang
  Greetings, amigos! Today, September 2nd, is Claudio’s birthday, as I am sure many of you know.  I wanted to get more ideas about his new professorial life and, bingo, found some delightful quotes at RatemyProfessor.com.  Here are some highlights, in my view… “He is very knowledgeable in the subject matter, and even if he is sometimes slightly unclear with his initial explanations,…” “His accent can be amusing at times, but in a good way. He is perfectly comprehensible.” “Dr. P. is a world class professor.” “One of the best professor [sic] I have ever taken in my life.” (lovely insinuating were it not for the obvious sign of poor grammar…my favorite quote in the group) “This man is helpful, knowledgable [sic] and is willing to help you in whatever way possible.” (Do tell, Dr. World Class!) “He really knows what he is talking about,…” (Ha!  This one had me rolling on the ground) Happy birthday to you, old friend! I am looking forward to seeing you all in a few days!  Luisao, any chance you can plan a last minute trip to SoCal this weekend?!  Claudao, nao se preocupe que vamos falar mal de voce esse final de semana, com aquele carinho de sempre. Abracos, m

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  From: Carey Anthony	Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:18 PM
  To: Marcelo Cc: The GLY Gang
  Many of you don’t remember that back in the early 90′s, before the Internet or ratemyprofessor.com, I used to collect Claudio’s evaluations from when he was a T.A at University of Illinois, because he spent summers in Brazil.  My all time favorite went something like this:  Q:  Did you learn a lot in Professor P’s class? A:  I didn’t learn a thing.  I was too busy looking at his dreamy eyes! 15 years later, the eyes are more cloudy than dreamy and we won’t talk about the hair… Feliz Anniversario my friend!! Claudio & Oreo circa 1990 It’s amazing what 20 years can do! I was looking through my old diaries last night, and found this and sent it to Claudio.  He wrote this in my calendar in 1991:  “Birthday of the nicest Brazilian ever”.  I’m sure Marcelo might have something to say about that my dear! His reply: From: Claudio Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:23 AM To: Carey Anthony THANK YOU!!!! The scheduler was funny! To imagine you still had hair to cut…  good times!!   :)   Ugh, Vicious!!   From: Carey Anthony Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:39 AM To: Claudio Ugh!  You want to talk about hair!!??  Be careful darling.  It may be YOUR birthday, but my old calendars hold lots of other secrets as well.  Feliz Anniversario

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  The weather finally broke today.  It was a little cooler with a touch of humidity in the air.  We needed a break!  Saturday it was 105° F (41° C) when Lisa & the kids and I took Aunty Lulu & Uncle George out for ice cream:

  

  

  The fires did make for amazing sunsets all last week:

  
  Whenever I need to smile I’ll just look at this picture of Buster!

  

  

  

  Joel and I went to see District 9 over the weekend and we both enjoyed the movie.  It was about 1/2 hour too long, but entertaining.  Kind of a cross between Close Encounters and The Fly!  There were a lot of blatant racial parallels that I won’t go into now.  As someone who has been to Johannesburg though, it was a sadly appropriate setting for that movie.

  

  

  

  

  
  I’m SO excited for this show to start next week!!

  

  
  Dinner last night before I headed back to LA for the first time in 9 days.

  
  Click for best of the rest…

  The fires are far enough away that my home isn’t in any danger, but they’re still too close for comfort:

  

  On the way home last night this is what I saw from the car.  I’m surprised there weren’t more accidents on the freeway from people looking.  It was an amazing sight to see:

  

  The air today was an eerie, quiet yellow making the sky look like Dijon mustard.  About 6:00 tonight I went up to my roof and shot this photo.

  
  After taking this, I went back inside with my mask!

  Here’s a good time lapse video of the fire.  The smoke clouds are amazing as these LA Times photos show:

  

  And finally, I got some very sad news today from Margie:
  
  

  
  

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  From: Margie
  Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:34 AM
  To: Carey
  Subject: Daisy

  I had to have Daisy put down today.  I am very sad.  She fell off the bed & broke whatever was misplaced in her back.  When I picked her up she immediately lost her bowels & her head started rolling to the side.  When I took her outside she tried to stand but could not.  Later I will pick her up – couldn’t bear to be with her when they put her down – and bury her on the farm.  Can’t stop crying every time I think about it, so I’m going to try not to think about it.
  

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  Daisy, if you remember, spent a month here with me last spring.  In fact I recently posted this video of her getting harassed by Chazz.  I know how terribly painful it is to lose a treasured friend.  We’ll miss you lazy Daisy!!

  
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  I’ve got a bunch of good friends flying in for the weekend starting Thursday.  It’s going to be non stop.  We’re going to the Hollywood Bowl for my 44th birthday Sunday.  I’ll try to post as I have time.  Have a good week everyone!

  
  

  ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
  “The state of California is $30 billion in debt, and there’s no way we can pay it back, so what we’ve decided to do is set it on fire and collect the insurance.” – Jimmy Kimmel

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