Patience

10.2.2k

The building I work in has this huge lobby that's normally packed with some of the crappiest sculpture I've ever seen. One time there was this itty bitty "house" that was full of rotten eggs hanging from the ceiling on fishing line. That thing smelled kinda bad. There were these ET-lookin' humanoid figures: short, fat, bald, big heads. Pink. Green. Stupid. Ugly. I wonder if anyone will ever look at them and say, "That's just what my collection needs! Here's a million bucks!" I doubt it. I get a sense of relief when I walk through the lobby in the morning and the night before the "artists" had come and gathered up their "art." The floor's all polished, lookin' nice, devoid of fuzzy orange church bells or ten tricycles welded together in a heap or various barnyard animal's heads epoxyed to plastic babydolls. Don't get me wrong, folks can go ahead and make bad art for all I care, I'm just sorta growin' weary of seeing it down there all the time. Some day I hope to see some nice stuff: paintings of pretty yellow flowers, antique jukeboxes, maybe a hotdog stand. How 'bout some dude's Vespa collection? I sorta appreciate some peoples' cornball hobbies. 'Cause I haven't gotten any better suggestions, tonight's meeting is gonna be here:

Annie's Cocktail Lounge
15 Boardman Pl San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 703-0865

I got an email from my ISP and it said that "sirius.com" would be down for maintenance today. Great. Why not Sunday midnight? Naw, Thursday all day.

Believe it or not, ain't no one new to the list. That's the first time in a long time. No, wait, there's a late addition: Emmy. First one to buy Emmy a drink wins a prize. Still nobody chucked off the list. I hope you feel guilty if you're one of the ones not attending. (Clint said he'd come tonight.)

TONIGHT'S CONTEST: (Recess theme) Jacks, hopscotch, four-square, pig pog.

TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The Native American occupation of Alcatraz. On 20 November 1969, members of the American Indian Movement began their 19-month occupation of the former maximum security prison. This event served as a springboard for the rise of Indian activism in the 1970's. The underlying goal of the Indians on Alcatraz Island was to awaken the American public to the plight of the first Americans, to the suffering caused by the Federal Government's broken treaties and broken promises, and to the need for Indian self-determination. Players tonight: The Western CGI department play the Indians, with Guy Hudson as Alcatraz Island; John Henkel as the Bay Area; Traci as the Federal Government; Sally Carter as the inept prison guard "Bunny"; and Matt as a can of spray paint.

TONIGHT'S SINGLED-OUT LIST MEMBER: Serena Warner. Serena is singled-out for no other reason than it's her birthday. From the TNSC: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Ser-ee-na, happy birthday to you!" Be sure to wish her a happy birthday next time you see her.

My cat Junior was very upset this morning. I don't know why. Anyone else have trouble with kitty cats this AM?

Yeah, sure, we've been South of Market for several weeks in a row, but why not? Nice turnout last week, let's go for another. Call your friends around the country and tell them you're going to Annie's tonight. Tell them where it's at. Tell them how to get there. Vaya con queso! bye-ee!