Yesterday was such a lovely day: bright blue sky, an arts & crafts fair in the park where I could pretend to be middle class again, and listen to polite artistic murmurings and delightful female shopping gabble, and meet two charming alpacas whose wool was being sold while they were in a tiny pen grunting at us with big wide eyes.
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Today it is rainy and I gotta get a CT scan of my maxillofacial area. I got oral aural fistulas. Those are holes in my gums from teeth extractions that “communicate” with my sinus. And my ear, at times, stuffing it up and making my inherent imbalance even more pronounced.
When I drink water, it comes out my nose.
My older sister is taking me. The nice lady at the hospital called to remind me yesterday and collect all my information, like “who is your emergency contact?”…I laughed and said, “for a face CT?”. She was somber. What the hell is a CT anyway? X rays? I asked , telling her I was a physics afficiando. She confirmed it , and I got a little laugh from her.
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Also the President called me at 6 a.m., to get my advice on the election.
“Seen the polls, Jimmy?” he said.
“I have.”
“Dead heat. Plus the sucker’s favorability rating is ascending”
I was being interrupted right at the beginning of a good “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” on the USA network. Plus, I had taped “Mad Men” last night, and wanted to watch it before going to the hospital. So I was slightly annoyed, but didn’t show it, due to the dignity of the guy’s office.
“Well, it is early, “ I said, sipping coffee and trying to say something helpful or hopeful to O. to conclude the conversation on an upbeat note.
“Shit. Forgot about your head CT, my man. Although..” here came one of his dry jokes…”we maybe oughta get a look inside your head, y’know. Could answer a lot of questions.”
I had to laugh. It’s in his delivery…”Yeah, Mom always said I should ‘get my head examined’…”
We bullshitted a bit, making fun of Mitt. I will not repeat what we said because, again , the dignity of the office…also, some of you might be Mitt Men or Women. I am utterly apolitical, in public, and like a good American , just wants everyone to love me, so I shall say nothing controversial.
“Hear about the preacher, that guy on the internet?” Obama asked.
“Yeah. ‘Send the Gays back where they came from’, as my mom mighta said.”
“A homophobe, your mama?” He said . His momma was a cool interracial hippy chick, mine was this Doris Day /Elizabeth Taylor multiple personality type, 1940’s vintage.
“Nah, man. In the end, she loved the gay guy on the local news. She said , ‘there are good ones and bad ones’, like she did about all the other ‘minorities’. Ha, if she could see her town now. A frothy mix indeed.”
“Cool. Hey, send em back. Like, where, to…where would you send em?”
“Uh,” I said, “Maybe ancient Greece.”
“Not Greece, man! Their economy is in shambles. A damn shame…” he said, sounding serious.
“the gay community could revitalize it, maybe…” Now my brain was in overdrive. O. does that to me sometimes…”Hey, get Spielberg to do a sci fi kinda futuristic satire where a , oh, a crazy religious guy gets elected and starts shipping them out..”
“Uh…to Greece?”
“NO! ancient Greece! Through a, uh, a wormhole or some rip in the time space continuum! Back to Periclean times….Socrates & his ratpack, those guys…get…get Depp and Pitt to star in it.”
“That would be a brave career move for them, gotta say.”
“yes! Maybe a flash of their cute little penises, for the ladies!”
“So, a chick flick? I thought it was about gays.”
Hm. “Well, no, maybe some good bisexuality for the guys..”
“Any actresses in mind?”
“Uh, a few…”
" Maybe some of your little buddies on OS would be interested? How about Tinkerbell, there?"
"You mean Tinkertink? Yeah maybe...maybe Jan Sand as Socrates's father?"
“Alright, buddy. Biden is knockin at the bedroom door. These old fuckers are sure early risers..gotta book…good luck at the hospital.”
“Ok, thanks for reminding me. Peace.”
“Peace”.
Fucking CT scan. What do they do, put my head in a contraption? For how long?
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of concern,
or even something alarming?
a hell of alot of pot in high school. Thanks.
And I hope you are feeling better, that whole sinus thing just sounds terrible.
Rated!!!
and that all they could find was genius
and something they could easily correct
to stop the flow of water out your nose
but what a treat to hear from the president
so early in the morning
it makes me so happy
to know that you are one of this advisors
rated with love and concern for the head under that very cool hat
ROMANTIC: Thank u dear woman. The president tells me if i need facial surgery of a major nature, he will send me on air force one to his buddy's dentist in the Bahamas.
Told him to call you, but didn't know it would jam you up on the CT scan schedule.
It should go quick and easy.
GERALD: I indeed am having my head examined. If you don’t believe me, hack into Hartford hospital’s computers. My damn face should be there.
SAFE BET, am afraid to ask what :/ means.
LUCINDA, me too, I shall go. I am bored with heterosexual men. They simply do not meet my emotional needs. “hi, how are u’. ‘good, can’t complain’’..thanks for the support in my frailty. It has been simply awful. I do not complain because I am very very brave.
BRAZEN: i did not just fall off the haytruck! Even though if you met me, you might think so...no, under the hat is a clever head: i know how to get readers when i feel like it..
I told O to leave you alone for awhile, cuz you seem glum.
Talking about widening dark shadows, in the back channel.
And pissing outside, not inside, the tent,
which seems to be a circus tent today
festooned with flowers and bright colors and dancing
and drinking and medical mj and dancing and some singing,
not by me though.
O is concerned about you. i told him you were out huntin bear.
naked. He half believed me.
our special effects budget should be huge, with all these actors'
doing such oscarworthy work, nude..
big ducks, as big as you or me!
And we could have them talk!
Great actors could do their voices!
Pacino, and maybe Duvall.
i dunno, isnt duvall like, your age/
?
Perhaps, to save money we could use flamingos. Like that scene in Alice in Wonderland.
Actually there three people my life my age that I know of. Fidel Castro, Marilyn Monro and the Queen of England. I miss Marilyn, but Kennedy got to her first and look what happened to him.
Perhaps, to save money we could use flamingos. Like that scene in Alice in Wonderland.
If we save money on the flamingos,
we will have extra budget for the obligatory war scene.
The movie simply must have violence.
I think: a flashback to Socrates' war hero days.
Also,
re. Marilyn, i gotta say i want to jump back to the 50's
sometimes and save her. she is the kinda girl you wanna save.
I'm afraid Socrates waving a sword or throwing a lance does something odd to his general impression. I wonder if historical correctness would be offended if he had a light sword from Star wars. That and a flamingo under his other arm would give him a more philosophical mien. It might be appropriate if Groucho Marx could play that role. Oops! He's not available either.
(they are painless to get, but annoying procedures.)
It's my bed time now (I keep odd hours) so I have to quite this scenario stuff until morning.
You and your damned flamingos! I want accuracy, dammit, or this whole movie is gonna turn into a big silly farce and won’t get me an Oscar for screenwriting, and a special dedication to you, if you are still on earth, when it comes out….at this rate, with our arguing about flimsy details like flamingos, it wont be til 2020. And you, sir, will be..well, you know! Thank god it is yr bedtime…sleep well…..dream of ….flamingos….
I gotta go get my head examined, Oryoki..i think they will find, in the folds of the inside of my head, a grand glorious void, a void pregnant with possibilities, and shaped like an Idaho potato, this void.
Send Julie to antarctica
PANDORA, actually I did NOT know that about your hair. I may have been going ‘telepathic’ at that juncture, I dunno.
JMAC; thanks old beard. I like to keep it ‘Light’, instead of lite.
ROLLING: bride to be, ha? of a nice fellow.....
yes, you got it :
"almost lived but never quite had the courage to "
Blogger goes to Fenweird Park and order a frank.
He requested condiments of sour cream and kale.
He was a constitutional lawyer. He moved away.
I think he took a Truck far far away. He nasty too.
He enter bar and ask for a rum Molotov Cocktail.
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I haven't been here. This comment may be rude?
Folk go on drunk rage. Children hide under bed.
Human nature sure can remain depraved. Later.
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Care is courage.
Understanding?
That's real Love.
Big sister? O n her car, it says on a bumper sticker, ‘EAT MORE KALE’
Rum is for pirates, not nice boys like me.
For God’s sake, Arthur, you rude? Hardly…I been worried you lost in some kinda personal bliss and will never come back to advise us anymore. The thrill of your comment
Always rattles my bones.
“Human nature sure can remain depraved. Later.”
Later, baby doll. You do not object t o this moniker, baby doll?
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Care is courage.
Understanding?
That's real Love.
Holy shit, there is raw wisdom. I knew you were still spinning out raw wisdom,
Somewhere, maybe Hibernia or
Perhaps in perilean athens?
Did you know socrates?
Thank heavens for wimmin like u, is what I say ………
And
dear JULIE! no! stay where u are, claim your space.
and your time.
and.
baltimore! feisty stuff i entirely agree with..thank u