Frivilous Ferments
Alcohol and Birthdays. Why do they go together so well? I was blotto
three nights in a row and my head actually feels lighter....OH MY GOD!
MY HAIR IS GONE!!!! No shit. I cut off almost all of my hair. I just
couldn't resist the temptation of declaring the futility of aging by
getting a fru-fru haircut and dying it a shade of red. Now, you know.
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'friday' with Ice Cube was effin' riotous. This day in the life movie
is comprable to (Austinite) Richard Linklater's 'Dazed and Confused.'
The movie featured a (surprisingly) non-gang-banger L.A.-suburb young
man who just lost his job and spent his friday sitting on the front
lawn (for the most part). Ice Cube's sidekick "Smokey" (and I don't
remember the actor's name) was a dope smokin', dope dealin' hip-hop
dude with the Flava'. The movie opened second for the weekend in the
box office, so it'll be a hot ticket for some time.
The funniest scenes are for people who've smoked the wicked weed and
can relate to Ice's first time at the high bat. Not that I, myself,
have _ever_ tried it. This was related to me by a seperate personality.
It's also nice to see the here-to-previous white-bashing black film
industry make a movie that's entertaining to all races, is funny through
99% of the movie, yet still maintains an all-black cast and crew.
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Gadget Lovers: I have found Nirvana (not the band, the locale) in an ATM.
The IBM Federal Credit Union at the corner of Brockton and Burnet (it's a
command, not a name) in Austin, Texas, USA has an Automated Teller Machine
that dipenses $50, $20, $10, $5, $1, AND 0.25, 0.10, 0.05, and 0.01! Whoa!
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If you're wondering why I mention * Speaking of Nirvana, here's a little
Austin, Texas and include the USA, * inebriated brain drain we thought up.
we now are officialy international * We were discussing the now-disgus-
with the addition of Steven Brown, * ing looking Journey video 'Seperate
Hi Steven!. We have two, !2!, sub- * Ways'. We tangented off into the
scribers from the older side of the * agelessness of certain Rock Stars,
pond. * .vs. the dated looks of Steve Perry
* and the band. We mentioned the Doors
*************************************** and Jim Morrison's timeless appeal
and decided that Kurt Cobain and
the gang would _not_ be able to survive the time line as effectively as Eddie
Vedder and Pearl Jam. Let me know who you think is severly dated and who has
or will (in the future) survive times ravages.
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[ This utterly tasteless gem comes from the ever tasteless Curt, ]
[ <tankboy@eden.com>. ]
CINDERELLA WAS HAPPY WITH HER PRINCE FOR A WHILE BUT SOON GOT
BORED, SO SHE CALLED ON HER FAIRY-GODMOTHER AGAIN TO TAKE HER
TO THE BALL TO MEET SOMEONE NEW. "ALRIGHT CINDY," SAYS THE
FAIRY-GODMOTHER, "BUT THIS TIME THE RULES ARE A BIT MORE
STRICT. YOU MUST BE GONE FROM THE BALL BY MIDNIGHT OR YOUR
CROTCH WILL TURN INTO A PUMPKIN." CINDERELLA AGREED AND WENT
TO THE BALL. SHE DANCED WITH POLITICIANS, AND ACTORS, AND
SINGERS, AND SHE FOUND NO-ONE WHO HELD HER INTEREST, UNTIL
AROUND 10:00. SHE MET A STUNNING MAN AND DANCED THE REST OF
THE NIGHT WITH HIM. THE TWO OF THEM DANCED, BUT NEVER TALKED,
THEY JUST STARED INTO EACH OTHERS EYES THE ENTIRE NIGHT.
CINDERELLA LOOKED UP AT THE CLOCK AND NOTICED IT WAS TEN
MINUTES TILL MIDNIGHT. "I HAVE TO GO!!!!" SHE SAID TO THE
STRANGER, AND WITH THAT SHE RUSHED OUT THE DOOR WITH THE
HANDSOME STRANGER CHASING AFTER HER. "WAIT!!!! WAIT!!!!!" HE
YELLED "PLEASE, CAN'T YOU STAY LONGER?!?!?!?!" HE ASKED.
"NO," WAS HER REPLY, "BUT TELL ME YOUR NAME AND I SHALL CALL
ON YOU." HE LOOKED CINDERELLA IN THE EYES AND SAID "I'M
PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER." AND CINDERELLA SAID "GEE, MAYBE
I CAN STAY AWHILE!!!!!"
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Author mhughes@mars.ark.com, Matt Hughes, sent me a compelling (and ex-
tremely well-written) letter describing his trials and tribulations in
dealing with the politics of publishing just to get a story printed. He's
been shafted by the industry and is now trying to sell his story via the
internet. Here's his URL - http://www.ark.com/mhughes/fools_errant.html,
at which you'll find the first chapter.
The title of the story is 'Fools Errant', and is a satirical fantasy de-
scribed by the author as "...Gulliver meets Nasruddin, as related by P.G.
Wodehouse."
"It took seven years to get this strange little child of mine into print, and
I don't want to see it disappear without having a chance to find an
audience. So I would be very grateful to anyone who puts the URL up where
fantasy readers will see it."
Take a look.