1/26/06
You know, gentle reader, this site is painful enough. An eyesore. The other night I was reminded about how painful it can be reading old stuff. I reread this page. To make matters worse, I was reminded this all happened seven years ago.

Plus this December, I will have known Malyss for a whole decade.

Fuck, where has the time gone?

scare
On Tuesday I was taking out the garbage. I left Spot in my bedroom and closed the door. Usually I open up my front door and the laundry room door so I can take out the trash without any fumbling or fuss. When I came back around the house Spot was sniffing along the fence closest to the meth clinic next door. Very slowly and calmly, I tried to get her attention and made little kitty call noises. Halfway there, she ran through a hole in the fence.

Two cold hours later after walking up and down the alleyway, poking through backyards like a stalker and sneaking in shadows hoping to get the jump on her I saw a pair of eyes across Yampa in the continuation of the alleyway. I slowly made my way towards her and this time she didn't bolt away. Instead she walked away into a corner where I scooped her up and carried her back home whispering admonitions and how worried I was for her safety.

All of her wee paws were wet and she felt very cold. One towel and an hour later, Spot was just fine.

In Yer Dreams
The seed for this dream probably came from listening to Stern. Tuesday night, they were talking about how Fox was doing a report that Sirius Satellite Radio would be imposing its own restrictions on aired content. One of the Stern "experts" was a dirty turncoat named Chaunce Hayden who runs a free rag back east. Hayden is best known for slamming Howard after Howard was good to him on several occasions in addition to Hayden writing an exposé about Scores. He had been a regular there and decided to stab them in the back. Well the story ends up being misinformation and quotes out of context which seems to be the meat and bread of modern media.

While driving through a maze of slums in what I presume was my dream version of Los Angeles I stumbled upon Howard Stern. The area really reminded me of some of the homeless scenes featured in John Carpenter's They Live. Howard was wearing a purple satin robe while warming himself by a fire burning in a 50 gallon drum. Turns out that Sirius hired him, let him do his show for two weeks then pulled the plug. It had nothing to do with content or obscenity. After two weeks Sirius made enough money from new subscribers that keeping Stern would be a liability and financially unsustainable in the long run so they cut him loose. Now he couldn't get work.

After hearing his tale, I wandered into an industrial area and made my way into the basement of a warehouse. Best description of its interior is Silent Hill without the spooky. Dark hallways, exposed pipes, dripping black fluid and lots of exposed metal ready to catch on one's skin. A light up the corridor caught my attention. Peeking through a mail slot I discovered an underground college class which was teaching health subjects by showing porno films. Not videos or DVDs but actual film on celluloid just like grade school for those who once rode woolly mammoths to school instead of riding buses.

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