it seems as though trogdor has struck again, burninating my body. my bananie arse and shoulders are an unsightly shade of burgundy today, and i reek of unscented aloe-vera, which, incidentally, smells like vitamins. orange flintstones vitamins.
yeah. so. i spent the early afternoon blowing up my new $1.88 heb bright green raft so as to enjoy the mild, er ridiculously hot austin saturday in the pool. my plan was to lounge about for 20 minutes or so, taking in rays, contemplating the clouds. et cetera. however, my new neighbors were also enjoying the complex's pool, and they're all the talkative type. there's veronica and pam, the peroxide blond unrelated twins. they enjoy redbull, cigarettes, and neighborly gossip. and then there's allen, the resident schizophrenic, who apparently has a history of stalking women and is not allowed to initiate conversations with the fairer sex anymore. we just nodded at each other. and i can't forget ray, my new bilingual friend, who loves plants and starbucks coffee. he spent a sunburning hour telling me in great deal about his need for "the buzz" in his starbucks experience. i, in turn, recommended which coffees can offer him the buzz, wholebean.
how could one not lose track of time when engrossed in such conversation?
exactly.
so now it is dusk, and though the trees across the parking lot are swaying in some undoubtedly cool, relieving breeze, the air over here on the patio is stifling. thick like unscented aloe vera.
ray just stopped by to sample some italian roast coffee and randomly said, in no context whatsoever, "if it smells like fish, it ain't fresh". thanks for the tip, ray. "i'll remember that one," i said, as he walked away.
these are my people now, apparently.
Posted by bananie at July 17, 2004 08:37 PMHey Bananie....
Glad to hear you're enjoying the best of Texas. Much love for Austin. You've gotta check out Stubb's bbq while you're there, and see as much live music has you can stand.
Miss seeing you! We had a wine & cheese throwdown at Vance's last week as I celebrated 1 last year of the confusing 20's.
It sounds like you're having fun - keep writing - I love hearing about your new world. Sounds like you've got a regular melrose place going on there. :)
Chat soon.
Steve
Posted by: Flibbityflu at July 17, 2004 11:29 PMDude you have put a warning on the Trogdor link. I'm crying at my desk trying not to laugh too loud.
And now I have the overwhelming desire to watch it again....
Posted by: Megan at July 21, 2004 12:45 PMRay is making an allusion, methinks, to TWIN PEAKS. In one of the early episodes, Jack nance's character Pete accidentally leaves a fish in the coffee perkelator (sp?), and doesn't catch the error in time to prevent Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry S. Truman from sampling it. I'm thinking Ray is just one of those people who make random pop-culture references that border on the obscure, and then neglects to clarify where, in fact, said reference originated. He's a drive-by pop-culturist.
Posted by: Brian at August 10, 2004 12:20 PM