Lost in New Mexico: The Strange Tale of Susan Hero (2007)

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Last updated: April 4, 2021


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Sandia Mtns, near Embudo Canyon

Carniceria Chihuahua (unclear. There is one at 7850 Zuni Rd. SE, but thinking it's an older location in the film)

Power facility - Rail Yards - about 1105 2nd St. SW

Thunderbird Restaurant Equipment - 2nd & Hazeldine

Driveway/Teddy Bear

Jim's 66 Muffler, 4600 Central Ave. SE

De Anza

Zia Motor Lodge sign

Hiland Theater

Walking - unclear

Home

East Central

The Just Shall Live By Faith

Octopus Car Wash

Back of business

Near 2 Marble Road, in Mesita  35.014324°-107.327828°

Little house - George Bull

Dion's near Hiland, across from Dollar General

Shave - Unclear about this building

Near Golden?

Horse ranch

Hiland

Office with Pineapple

Home

I-25 - Signage has changed just enough to make determination of exact location uncertain - near Jefferson exit

Mesita country again - guessing maybe roughly 35.020194°-107.330688°

In Mesita - asking for money

KRQE News 13

Somewhere on I-40

Motel room. 

Office with pineapple

Motel Room 

Flute - Room 1202

Albuquerque - Washington & Central - NB, turn WB

Central, EB at Jackson

View of Jimmie's Oriental Restaurant

Travelodge next to octopus Car Wash

Motel - Downtowner Motel - Room 247

View of Furr's Cafeteria, J.D. Byrider,

Dog House!

View of Circle K, It's Tyre Time, SoLo Food Warehouse

Dog House

De Anza

Shave Place Again

View of Surplus City

KRQE

Mesita again? Or To'hajiilee?

Various views of buildings

Caristos Black Powder Guns

Driving

Water Tank, and road 35.011810°-107.337036°

Mall parking lot - thinking Winrock  35.100760°, -106.561958°

Driving past Dion's - Chinese place?

Motel again

Shaving place

Driving past Lazy H Motel, 5601 Central Ave. NE, EB

Driving near Santo Domingo?

Hills near Madrid?

Behind bowling alley

Driving on I-40/Rocks

Lakebed - approximately 34.580954°-105.969889°

View of mesas  35.012621°, -107.322045°

etc.

View of Laguna Pueblo - roughly  35.033839°, -107.376836°

Rose's place at Laguna 35.031489°-107.382442°

Domingo St. NE?  

Airport Parking sign

'1066 Western Dr.'  Cavendish Pl., dogleg,  

Parking lot - Behind Premier Motel - Silver & Solano

Albuquerque Collection Service Inc.

AAA Premier Motel, 3820 Central Ave. SE

Parking Lot/ Sidewalk/Driving

Silver Ave. & Madison, near HHS.

Murals

Found money

City street

Inside shaving place

On mesa

Nighttime view of Central?

Lab

Driving near Mesita

Road reminiscent of Shooting Range Access Road

Zia Motor Lodge sign

On Central, with Desert Sands sign in background

Country Vittles Cafe - near Bank of the West/ Monroe & Central

KRQE

Credits say shot on location in Albuquerque, Willard, Estancia, Mountainair, and Santa Fe

Uncut Gems - Gigi D'agostino - L'amour Toujours

I've hated just about every film Adam Sandler was ever in, except one: "Uncut Gems," which is something close to a masterpiece. Among the many reasons for loving it is the end-credit music: Gigi D'agostino's "L'amour Toujours." Back to 90s House music!

Unclean

The partisan divide is a big problem when it comes to Covid-19, and the likelihood of getting vaccinated.

"How do we ever get to herd immunity if a quarter of the country has already decided to never get vaccinated?"

We won't. Society will split further. Covid-19 will soon transform into partisan leprosy. We'll do our vaccine-passport best to shun Republicans. Unclean! Unclean!

Bladeless Wind Turbines

Cool!:

The new turbine, which has also been called the “Skybrator” due to its phallic shape, is capable of harnessing energy from winds without the sweeping white blades everyone associates with wind power. It generates wind energy thanks to vibration and without generating the environmental and visual impact on the fauna of the large wind farms. 

About 3 meters high, it is basically a curve-topped cylinder fixed vertically with an elastic rod, specially designed to withstand both bending and stress. To the viewer, the turbine appears to waggle back and forth. However, it is designed to oscillate within the wind range and generate electricity from the vibration.

Mexican Mask Collection on Good Day Sacramento

Larry Hoover's collection!

Love This Blog!

I need to write like this:

As limp and embarrassing as the whole sordid show has been, we should still make note that Republican officials no longer even hesitate before threatening to bring the full unholy fury of the state down upon the heads of uppity private sector dissenters, and like, I know I come off like a broken record sometimes, but this is yet another Thing Republicans Do That’s Indistinguishable From What Fascists Do. 

Another Trump-administered lesson in authoritarianism swiftly internalized by the entire GOP is that when it comes to their credulous, grievance-crazed base, there is simply no limit to the power to fool some of the people all of the time. New polling shows alarming numbers of Republicans blindly believe every dumb, crazy lie the Velveeta Vulgarian and his enablers told about the 2020 election, because gaslighting and victimhood are two whiny wingnut tastes that taste great together.

Panic!

Lindsay Graham is completely panicked by the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan. Panicked! 

Nevertheless, I'm not panicked. Egging on permanent war creates its own risks. Sometimes it's better to withdraw. The Taliban can't change, won't change, unless the conditions change, and an American withdrawal will change the conditions.

 

What A Mess - April 11, 2021

As the W-X freeway-widening project begins in earnest, many of the homeless camps that proliferated during the last five years under the freeway are being cleared out. Five years ago, I remember thinking, ‘If I were homeless I’d stay here, because of protection against the rain.’ Others thought the same. By last year, these camps had become crime hot beds. I tried to help one young woman who was pepper-sprayed in the face by a young thug. And now, wave a wand, back to square one.

Today, most of the people at the 22nd Street camp have departed. Looks like there is much assorted debris for the taking. There is apparently a ‘safe-space’ area close to I-5 that has been designated for them, but I don’t know if it’s big enough to accommodate everyone.

Meanwhile, the 23rd Street camp emptied at the start of the month. The orange bat-removal gear is visible at each weephole under the road bed at 23rd Street. I worry whether bats were displaced by construction near the light rail overpasses last year, and whether they’ve returned. I worry about these bats. I worry a lot, in general. I have my bat Echometer. I need to get out to these places and see where the bats went.

22nd Street on April 12th. What a difference a day makes!

Somewhat Bland

Illustrator Amber Share turned bad Yelp reviews of national parks into posters and they’re amazing. She’s on Instagram as subparparks. 😄

Posted by Bridget Kiley Caletka on Tuesday, March 30, 2021