March 12, 2004

minutes of wednesday's literary lunch in exile

 

11:59 'wordsman is drawing penguins in his notebook. Allen arrives; his butt hurts from kung fu.

12:02 Allen marvels at how 'wordsman can spend five minutes with the menu every time even though he must have it memorized by now.

12:05 'wordsman wishes he knew Chinese; by the end of the century everyone will know Chinese; Chinese is the English of the 21st century.

 
 

12:10 Rob apologizes for being late; cats eat the weirdest stuff; what's going on in their furry little heads? 'wordsman says they are nutrition focused.

12:12 Rob imitates a cat on the Atkins Diet. 'wordsman says Rob's cat voice is right on.

12:17 Allen is still the Mad Bachelor, dating three women at the same time. 'wordsman says Allen is also nutrition focused. 'wordsman says the Mad Bachelor Diet beats the Atkins diet hands down.

12:22 Rob is going nuts with little problems with his blog. He's in tech hell. He must have hurt a machine in a previous life.

12:24 Allen says Rob's agony is a lesson from the universe. 'wordsman suggests the lesson is: be born someone else.

12:30 Rob asks Allen to rank his three dates. Allen says it's impossible, they are all unique ladies in their own right. Rob rolls his eyes and makes yawning motion.

12:31 Sandwiches arrive. Waitress banter: she gives them all comp tickets to her new show.

12:35 'wordsman insists Allen is still not off the hook: he must rate his dates.

12:36 If forced to choose, Allen would put the one with the squeaky voice first. Although the whole choosing and rating thing is anathema.

12: 38 For 'wordsman the squeaky voice would be a deal-breaker. Even if the words were brilliant.

12:40 Rob asks who Allen is bringing to the waitress's show. Allen may call a date moritorium for a week to let his head clear. Exasperated, 'wordsman says Allen is just afraid of intimacy. Allen thinks he said "kitty litter."

12:45 Rob says many men are afraid of kitty litter. There's a national association; a website. Allen wishes you could buy intimacy in the store in big bags. Allen is a marketing genius, says Rob.

12:47 How do you get "kitty litter" from "intimacy?" asks 'wordsman. Allen could turn "intimacy" into "pineapple Frankenstein." that's how askeered of it he is, says Rob.

12:53 'wordsman and Rob pool their money to buy Allen a subscription to big bags of intimacy, home delivered.

1:01 Bags-of-intimacy brand names: Improved Closeness MiniChips; Two-Gather or Two-Gether. Rob says that's too complicated. Allen says: Closeness MiniChips with Scratch Release Crystals. Rob says if we could engineer something where scratching brought release we'd be millionaires.

1:04 Waitress brings the bill. 'wordsman is short on sheckels. They pay and put on coats.

1:06 'wordsman declares them all millionaires of the spirit.

 
Posted by rob at March 12, 2004 11:50 AM