10-2-99 Sa 3:30 PM
We're in the parking lot at the Maize Maze in Ventura County. It looks kind of hokey from here. There's an announcer in a skybox. Tim and Sarai are having a beer. My head aches. "What's up, Journal Man?" Tim asks. "I don't know," I say. Then I say, "Malachi." I wait a second and say, "That's from The Children of the Corn." No one's talking now. What field trips should we do? I'm holding a bottle cap. I've got to leak. "Will there be Port-A-Potties in corn maze?" I say. Tim says, "Power on, Sarai." "Go, Sarai, go!" We're trying to get her to make the first move to get our drunk stoned asses out of the car. A big Reaper looms over the entrance. "Gree." Maybe not. myTalk.com The ICE HOUSE. There's a polar bear in a beanie holding a mike. WE"VE GOT YOUR LAUGHS. I'm reduced to writing words I see out there.
Sarai's taking my journal.
10-2-99 J, TIM AND I WENT TO THE MAIZE MAZE IN CAMARILLO TODAY...LOTS OF FUN BUT AGGRAVATING AT TIMES...GOT A LITTLE FRUSTRATING WHEN I SAW THE SAME WATER TANK FOR THE 5TH OR 6TH TIME. TIM AND I LOST J FOR A WHILE; WE WERE GLAD WHEN WE SAY HIM AGAIN.
POOR J HAD TO HOLD THE LONE FLAG POLE BY SHOVING IT DOWN THE BACK OF HIS PANTS. IT HAD TO BE SO UNCOMFORTABLE! I HAD FUN CHASING TIM FROM BEHIND WITH MY THUMB FLEXED FOR PENETRATION (JUST A TEASE). TIM REBELLED BY FARTING.
NOW AT --- SALOON. A COOL LITTLE BAR THAT SEEMS TO HAVE A DECENT AMOUNT OF RETURNING PATRONS. IT'S A COOL PLACE JUST TO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AND RELAX. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY--IN N OUT! YUM! HAVEN'T HAD IT SINCE TAHOE. (MAYBE JULY?) J HADN'T HAD IN N OUT IN A WHILE, TOO. HE WAS SATISFIED.
HOPEFULLY THE THREE OF US ARE GOING TO HEAD TO MONTROSE FOR THEIR ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST (TENDERLY NICKNAMED SLOSHTOBER-DRUNK BY TIM) :)
iT'LL BE NICE TO LET LOOSE AFTER A WEEK OF STRESS. WITH LUCK, PERHAPS SHIRELLE MAY CHOOSE TO COME -- DOUBT IT THOUGH, SHE'LL PROBABLY BE TOO TIRED AFTER MAGIC MOUNTAIN.
NOW WATCHING A SILENT AWARD SHOW (NO VOLUME). SEEMS LIKE SOME KIND OF BAND AWARD SHOW....WHATEVER. JUST PONDERED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION - WHY DO MINORITY GROUPS WANT AN AWARD CEREMONY JUST FOR THEMSELVES AND THEN TURN AROUND AND BITCH ABOUT HOW HOLLYWOOD EXCLUDES THEM? JUST PONDERING...HAVEN'T FOUND AN ANSWER YET. I'M SURE THERE'S A VALID BASIS AT ITS ROOTS--GOOD DAY/NIGHT SO FAR.
7:25 PM Sarai just guest-starred writing in here. As I'm sure she's probably written, we're up in Ventura on the way home from the corn maze. My head is throbbing. We're in a little bar in old town Ventura called the Buckhorn Saloon. I've had a couple Bailey's and Kahlua with coffee. Tim won two of three pool games. A guy with a cast on limps back and forth from the dart board. He says he's broken that leg three times. He says he's also broken his collarbone and almost lost a hand. None of us seems to want to risk continuing such a conversation with someone who's had such bad luck by asking him how. We're about to head back LA way to the Oktoberfest in Montrose. Now we're in the car. I wish we could stop by my house so I can take a shower, but Tim's calling the shots. I need to read Caribbean and do a third person.
We're in the parking lot at the Maize Maze in Ventura County. It looks kind of hokey from here. There's an announcer in a skybox. Tim and Sarai are having a beer. My head aches. "What's up, Journal Man?" Tim asks. "I don't know," I say. Then I say, "Malachi." I wait a second and say, "That's from The Children of the Corn." No one's talking now. What field trips should we do? I'm holding a bottle cap. I've got to leak. "Will there be Port-A-Potties in corn maze?" I say. Tim says, "Power on, Sarai." "Go, Sarai, go!" We're trying to get her to make the first move to get our drunk stoned asses out of the car. A big Reaper looms over the entrance. "Gree." Maybe not. myTalk.com The ICE HOUSE. There's a polar bear in a beanie holding a mike. WE"VE GOT YOUR LAUGHS. I'm reduced to writing words I see out there.
Sarai's taking my journal.
10-2-99 J, TIM AND I WENT TO THE MAIZE MAZE IN CAMARILLO TODAY...LOTS OF FUN BUT AGGRAVATING AT TIMES...GOT A LITTLE FRUSTRATING WHEN I SAW THE SAME WATER TANK FOR THE 5TH OR 6TH TIME. TIM AND I LOST J FOR A WHILE; WE WERE GLAD WHEN WE SAY HIM AGAIN.
POOR J HAD TO HOLD THE LONE FLAG POLE BY SHOVING IT DOWN THE BACK OF HIS PANTS. IT HAD TO BE SO UNCOMFORTABLE! I HAD FUN CHASING TIM FROM BEHIND WITH MY THUMB FLEXED FOR PENETRATION (JUST A TEASE). TIM REBELLED BY FARTING.
NOW AT --- SALOON. A COOL LITTLE BAR THAT SEEMS TO HAVE A DECENT AMOUNT OF RETURNING PATRONS. IT'S A COOL PLACE JUST TO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AND RELAX. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY--IN N OUT! YUM! HAVEN'T HAD IT SINCE TAHOE. (MAYBE JULY?) J HADN'T HAD IN N OUT IN A WHILE, TOO. HE WAS SATISFIED.
HOPEFULLY THE THREE OF US ARE GOING TO HEAD TO MONTROSE FOR THEIR ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST (TENDERLY NICKNAMED SLOSHTOBER-DRUNK BY TIM) :)
iT'LL BE NICE TO LET LOOSE AFTER A WEEK OF STRESS. WITH LUCK, PERHAPS SHIRELLE MAY CHOOSE TO COME -- DOUBT IT THOUGH, SHE'LL PROBABLY BE TOO TIRED AFTER MAGIC MOUNTAIN.
NOW WATCHING A SILENT AWARD SHOW (NO VOLUME). SEEMS LIKE SOME KIND OF BAND AWARD SHOW....WHATEVER. JUST PONDERED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION - WHY DO MINORITY GROUPS WANT AN AWARD CEREMONY JUST FOR THEMSELVES AND THEN TURN AROUND AND BITCH ABOUT HOW HOLLYWOOD EXCLUDES THEM? JUST PONDERING...HAVEN'T FOUND AN ANSWER YET. I'M SURE THERE'S A VALID BASIS AT ITS ROOTS--GOOD DAY/NIGHT SO FAR.
7:25 PM Sarai just guest-starred writing in here. As I'm sure she's probably written, we're up in Ventura on the way home from the corn maze. My head is throbbing. We're in a little bar in old town Ventura called the Buckhorn Saloon. I've had a couple Bailey's and Kahlua with coffee. Tim won two of three pool games. A guy with a cast on limps back and forth from the dart board. He says he's broken that leg three times. He says he's also broken his collarbone and almost lost a hand. None of us seems to want to risk continuing such a conversation with someone who's had such bad luck by asking him how. We're about to head back LA way to the Oktoberfest in Montrose. Now we're in the car. I wish we could stop by my house so I can take a shower, but Tim's calling the shots. I need to read Caribbean and do a third person.
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