Year: 2005
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“and some days they last longer than others.”
Friday morning. No sleep. Have to get to the airport. My bones ache and I’m sure I haven’t packed everything I need. I don’t have the strength to think. I make it to the shuttle. I turn on the iPod, loud. Shuffle plays cruel tricks.
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Dan hopes Casey likes his twelve year-old mix
In 1994, I found an unlabeled mix tape buried under the passenger seat of my car and named it “The Other Mix I Made For Casey.” Casey was — and continues to be — a dear friend and one of my favorite people on the planet, and we discovered that our relationship was able to…
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Dan is stuck on the 405
Dear drivers of Southern California: The exit to Ventura Blvd. off the 405 North is closed. It has been closed since June, and will not be reopened until September. Look closer. There’s a sign a full three miles before the (closed, by the way) exit that reads, in no uncertain terms, “VENTURA BLVD. EXIT CLOSED.”…
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“So I lit a firecracker, went off in my eye.”
[readermail] to: pamie@pamie.com date: August 2, 2005 10:59:24 AM PDT subject: (no subject) I had A dream that I was At My House And I was Crying for mys sister that I haven’t seen in a long time. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? -MEAGAN [/readermail] I don’t know why Meagan thinks I can interpret her dreams.…
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I’m such an asshole.
Here is my public apology. Dear stee and Dan, I resisted looking up the rules, because once stee was so adamant that I was wrong, I started to realize that my fifteen-year old recollection of the nuances of scoring pool might be a bit… off. But I couldn’t resist Wonder Killing myself.
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on the way home.
[scripty] EXT. LOS ANGELES STREET — DAY A YOUNG WOMAN WAITS AT THE CROSSWALK, FIDDLING WITH HER PURSE, LOST IN THOUGHT. A YOUNG, ATTRACTIVE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN APPROACHES HER. HE’S HOLDING A PIECE OF PAPER AND A PENCIL, LIKE HE HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED. MAN I just saw you in the bookstore, and I wanted to come…
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a conversation with chito.
[scripty] PAMIE Hello? CHITO Aw, shit, Pam. How’s it goin’, girl? PAMIE Good. What’s up? CHITO I am watching… have you seen R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet?” PAMIE No. CHITO Are you watching VH-1 right now? PAMIE No, not presently. CHITO I am. You have to turn it on. PAMIE Let me tell you…
