1999may18. The public wants bread ... and circuses ... and TV BABES
Random Stuff 37 Hours Before My Attempt to Circumnavigate A Small Number Of States With An Older Foreign Automobile
Okay. I don’t watch much TV anymore. I tune in for The Simpsons. But unfortunately, just before that is “World’s Least Funniest Home Videos With Horrible Overdubbing That Makes You Want To Kill” or something like that.
And I caught the last video, the prize-winning video of May 16th.
The camera is slowly panning across the grass ... panning, panning ... then a dog appears in the shot – it looks like a Boxer, maybe. Now we’re locked on the dog, and the dog sees the camera and smiles.
I mean SMILES. Wide smile. Added about an inch and a half of mouth to either side of his face.
And right then I’m thinking Live Picture or some other editing software. Maybe I’m wrong. But GOD HELP ME IF I’M RIGHT.
The kids around my neighborhood all get together and play cool games all day while I’m WORKING MY ASS OFF TO KEEP THEM FED. Or at least me. They draw in colored chalk on the street, bizarre tables and graphs and diagrams, new games everyday. I try not to park my car on the diagrams, out of consideration and also so I can surrepticiously study them.
Today I found a 3x5 index card on the front lawn.
Codes
1 tap = Name
2 taps = Whatch out
3 taps = Here they come!
4 taps = They are still counting
5 taps = ?
I am ever vigilant for the taps, especially those of the three and five-tap variety.