Locked out.

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Every so often I get fired-up and feel the need to purge some of my stuff. The other day I got the urge and let 'er rip. I started with a big cardboard box. It's chalk-full of X-Files vhs tapes. I taped these episodes off the air way back when. Seasons one, two, three, maybe some season four. Do I really need some fifty-odd tapes that I haven't watched in all these years and I probably won't ever watch? I'm thinkin' I'm gonna ditch 'em. I also came across a box of old letters, birthday cards, notebooks, pictures - various personal stuff you all probably have somewhere. I got started reading some old notes, laughing my head off at some, feeling sentimental and sad about others and down-right shocked and amazed at others still. Check this little gem out. From my high school journal, Junior year, Semester 1, Quarter 1:

I can't believe I got an F on my Chem midterm. Christ. I was hoping for a D and I thought I had a snowball's chance for a D+ or even a C- but I'm sure now that god hates me and gave me an F. I suppose I shouldn't ditch all the Reconciliation Services and go smoke cigarettes in the parking lot. Phil and Phil go too but those f**ks got B's. I'm pretty sure they cheated, though. I could have cheated and pulled in a B. Goddamn it. Now I totally have to bust my ass the rest of the semester and pray for an A on the final. And all I can hope for is a C average. Crap. Those jackasses owe me a bunch of smokes too. I've been floating the Lucky Strike boat myself for a long time. They want to smoke? They got to steal their own from now on. Especially if they're gonna cheat and leave me out of it.

How's that for skeletons in the closet? Little bastard. Smoker, thief, liar. Hey! But it all turned out okay, right?

Sadie's Flying Elephant
491 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 551-7988

There's more than a fair chance of rain at press time, and this joint is a crowd favorite. Plenty of parking, Good beer, Dave likes it ... what more do you want? Edie is on the list. She's an old pal. Glad to see her back. Coach Anna is having a Super Bowl party this Sunday. She says: "If you're expecting more than sitting around, drinking beer, eating potpies and watching a football game with lots of people then you're expecting too much."

TONIGHT'S CONTEST: Movie Trivia Contest. Warm up question: In Repo Man (Universal, 1984) what did Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) call the Rodriguez Brothers (Del Zamora and Eddie Valez) at the end of the car chase in the LA riverbed?

TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC REENACTMENT: The car chase in the LA riverbed in Repo Man (Universal, 1984). While showing Otto (Emelio Estevez) the ropes of repossessing cars, Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) finds himself in a wild car chase at the bottom of the mostly dry LA river bed with the notorious car thieves Lagarto and Napoleon Rodriguez (Del Zamora and Eddie Valez). It is at the end of this scene that Bud lets loose one of the best cut-downs ever: "God damn Rodriguez, gypsy - dildo - PUNKS! Moss is Otto; Shuba is Bud (Happy Bday Shu!); Chris H. is Lagarto; Sally is Napoleon; and Lee is the LA river.

TONIGHT'S SINGLED-OUT LIST MEMBER: Tama. She won "Member of the Millennium (20th Century)." It was a landslide. Overheard at the polls: "She always comes to meetings," "she's awfully quick to buy a list member a drink," "did you know she's been dry for 14 years," and even "I wonder if she can get me a discount at her work." Congrats, T, you certainly deserve it.

Anybody ever get the hiccups in a dream, only to wake and find that you really have them? NOT FUN. What's the cure?

Screw the rain. Come have a beer or two. The elephant has a great juke and there's this thing called "parking" in the nearby streets. Bring your friends, I will. See you there! bye-ee!