Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Detail of the Day II

I was sitting on a concrete bench outside one of my classrooms, reading and studying, when the song "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast came on my i-pod. As the song went on, I began assigning the different lines and townspeople characters to the passersby. It was frighteningly easy to find people to play the Bimbettes, and the different townspeople like the baker or barber. I even found a Gaston and Lefou crossing the lawn by the Outpost. I was thrilled that without even trying, I was the one sitting in the middle of the crowd reading, because, guess who that makes me!

"Look there she goes that girl is strange no question. Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?"

And I Shall Call Him Lumpy, The Wall Licker

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Detail of the Day

Today, while driving past a Home for the Elderly, I saw two women crawling through a chain link fence. The fence guards an open sewer that divides a pretty busy road from this Elderly Apartment Complex. One, who looked to be in her early twenties, was wearing a baseball cap and carrying an umbrella, even though it was reported to be 105 degrees today. The other woman, who was probably in her fifties, was wearing an Amish dress and cap.


What do you suppose they were doing?