February 2005
8 posts
the head nurse.
(… Mom, who is a night nurse in an ICU, just got back from work and is tired and still dressed in scrubs. Jay, visiting, wants to shower …)
Mom: “And I need to get you phones.”
Jay: “What?”
Mom: “Oh.”
Jay: “Yes?”
Mom: “When I said get you ‘phones’, I meant towels!”
Jay: “Okay.
(… Mom brings back two...
Pam Bricker, R.I.P.
Ack. Her “Lebanese Blond” track from McCm: The Mirror Conspiracy came on just before I read this.
Pam Bricker, R.I.P.
(Via Boing Boing.)
i tell you, we are here on earth to fart around,...
(… Dining at Marin Joe’s, one of our all time favorites …)
Dad: “The one in the city is a little more dumpy.”
Jay: “Dad, there’s dust all around us.”
Dad: “No, that’s decoration.”
(… Dad looks down at food …)
Dad: “Yeah, that’s decoration.”
Jay: “Okay.”
(… Dad looks at dust...
the sound of tires is the sound of god, the...
Manic thoughts throughout the day.
MOTHERFUCKERS STOLE MY COFFEE CUP.
Thievery Corp this weekend.
Substitute cup just burned my fucking hand! I am a white ball of rage.
I have the bladder of a small child.
I can’t remember for the life of me what I was doing five seconds ago!
It really is okay if oatmeal serves as both an appetizer and dessert.
Mark cheers me on as I refill the...
save your breath for cooling your porridge.
(… at a gas station …)
Jay: “I kinda want some water.”
Ed: “Get whatever you want.”
(Ed points to a blue chair.)
Ed: “You want a chair?”
Jay: “No blue chairs. I want water.”
(Jay starts walking towards the store. Ed follows.)
Jay: “Hey…”
(Both stop.)
Jay: “Do you see how that cash register is just…...
strange magnificent noise.
Jay: “You tivoed A Simple Life? What the hell?”
Nic: “It said ‘Thumbs Up’ to record!”
Jay: “‘Thumbs up’! Not ‘dicks up’.”
Nic: “There’s a difference?”
(long pause)
Nic: “Want to watch it?”
Jay: “Yeah, get more wine.”
when they told me i was up for sale.
This writer kicks himself for the delayed resumption of regular programming.
London, bits of Hull, and mostly Prague.
Caveat: Good stuff does not begin until about 4th or 5th page.
Caveat: Picture taking of outdoors was not exactly a priority. Reasons: 1) It being ten degrees below freezing does not make this author want to take out the camera. 2) Even if it did, battery died.
The battery...
you are subject to inspections.
(… Mom is getting used to AIM …)
3:41:52 Mom: il fornaio is great
3:41:59 Jay: okay
3:42:04 Jay: I will call you when I leave
3:42:16 Jay: I’m leaving work at 5 or so and will get home around 5:30
3:42:23 Jay: and I’ll leave shortly after that
3:42:30 Jay: well, I might wait
3:42:33 Jay: cause there will be traffic
3:42:57 Mom: that is good i am 3 sentances behind...