Entries from April 2007
From my notes in November of 2003: “You paint with your left hand,” she said. “I thought you were right handed?”
“I am,” I said. “I just paint with my left hand.”
“How interesting. Which hand do you use to shoot a gun?”
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Tags: american-ism · jeffrey-ism · kiwi-ism · patriotism · patriotism · rants
This week I made a reservation for a bowling lane. “Hi, I’d like to make a reservation,” I said.
“Sure, how many lanes and how many people?”
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Tags: american-ism · intolerance · kiwi-ism · speech
I woke up this morning and my bedroom was on fire! I thought, “Fuck!” What did that stupid bear say? Stop, drop and roll? Or is that for forest fires?
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Tags: jeffrey-ism · jinxed
My instructor suddenly shouted, “Someone has been playing with my dinghy!” Doesn’t that sound rude?
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Tags: jeffrey-ism · jinxed
Such a sad year. First Molly Ivins, now Kurt Vonnegut. I’m gutted. I didn’t even know he was alive! I feel guilty.
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Tags: american-ism · jeffrey-ism · memory · patriotism