Entry #1490
Today’s slide show is about who we lost in 2007.
No marine life series diary this week as I got a bit carried away painting my living room.
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Leatherheads looks like it could be a good flick.
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The Boy’s in the process of applying to colleges. His top two choices are Brown and MIT. I’m suggesting Batmobile State University, but he’s not going along with this idea.
Funny you chose Vonnegut. I was a huge fan growing up in the 70's. Oddly enough, I got to meet him in a very intimate setting, his daughter Lily's third birthday party. An ex-friend Janet and I were all dressed up for a formal party, so I was wearing a tux and she a gown. Janet used to babysit for Kurt and Jill (Krementz). When we got to the party, everyone got really quiet because Janet and I looked so good. My old friend Lou Miano was there and there was that "what are you doing here?" exchange of glances and then comments. Lou work for a major advertising agency before getting fired for age discrimination.
Well, as soon as he could, Kurt came over to introduce himself and because of the way Janet and I were dressed, he assumed we were an engaged item. Kurt was also two-sheets to the wind with a few clothes-pins missing. So he took me outside to give me the fatherly talk. He told me what a good girl Janet was and how I needed to treat her right. Then almost immediately he told me that he was thinking of committing suicide. I turned and without blinking an eye I said - "Well, you've been writing about it for years and with your family history, why haven't you done it already?" He lit up a cigarette and told me sometimes suicide takes time. Then he laughed and said, "I was just trying to see if you read my stuff." We left shortly afterwards.
Posted by: Frank Jump | Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 10:36 AM
My kid is also applying for college. However, I think I wanna save BSU for ME!
Mixter
Posted by: Mixter | Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 08:22 PM