#43 - hairy dwarf (11-97) 



another abuse of the narrative voice, right off the bat. and observe the gray spot in chirp's armpit. i was medicating my cat for a urinary tract infection at the time, and a drop of amoxicillin, which is bright pink, landed on the paper. for whatever reason, i decided to call attention to it in this manner . . .

but then we return to nip's conflict with the quiktrip clerk. this, of course, was inspired by the sign that appeared at halloween, requesting that everyone remove their masks before coming into the store. it immediately occurred to me that nips would be in quite a fix if someone thought he was wearing a mask, and of course the clerk that disliked him would go to the trouble of making it hard for him!

cigarettes and malt liquor for halloween treats? well, around the art institute, i frankly think that would be a great idea. nips is on to something there. people would fall all over themselves to get them . . . the Kamels at least, although probably not the virginia slims.

and what do we have here? an email address? sparrowsfall at hotmail? well, what this means is that i was now on the internet! about this time people started telling me i should get a website, but i was pathetically incompetent at the net in those days, and my first, half-hearted attempt at a website, over at fortune city, was a colossal failure, and lay abandoned for a long, long time. what this also tells us is that i was no longer working at the the place that must not be named on state line (where i had gone after the the place that must not be named on troost had closed,) but at the one on the plaza.

that particular period, late 1997 to late 1998, was the golden autumn of my experience at the place that must not be named. it was the time of our last really good old-school manager, the last time the customers were even vaguely civilized, and the last time that i was happy there.

and yet i stayed five more years! be careful children, where you decide to roost. gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

 


 

 


 
 

Posted: Wed - May 19, 2004 at 09:02 AM             |

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