Tuesday, June 08, 2004 News in Brief
*Earlier today, a big cicada flew in the window, and the cat ate it all, with evident enjoyment. There weren't even any little legs or wings left over.
*This afternoon, the ice cream truck came through, and we decided it was our duty to chase it. J&J and I cornered said truck in an apartment complex parking lot. I had my first Snowball, which is crushed ice drowning in syrup. It's what they do for summer treats around here, the psychopaths. In today's housemeeting the issue was floated that we should start a water ice concession as a public service.
*While I was waiting in line for my ice-in-goo, a middle-aged man in business attire came trotting up. He smiled at me and said, "It reminds me of being a kid." Then he punched me right in the arm. Sock!
*Yesterday I walked down to the harbor, and I went to the silo-sized Barnes and Noble next to the ESPN Zone place. While there, I purchased a Writer's Market book, Poets and Writers magazine, On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner, and the June issue of Popular Mechanics. The clerk waded through the writing-related stuff with this "You are a total douchebag" look on his face, until he got to the Popular Mechanics and did a rather theatrical double-take.
Later, I realized what I should have said to him: "That's right. I'm building a novel-machine--dick."
Further bulletins as events warrant.
posted by Frenzy Lohan | 6/08/2004 11:02:00 PM
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