Bang your gavel

6.3.2k2


I’m moving, right, so everything in the apartment is in total flux. Thank Jeebus I got a good setta speakers on the Mac and a ton of mp3’s, ‘cause the stereo’s been packed deep in a cardboard box with a wadded-up ream of that blank newspaper, a bulk pac of powdered soup, all the coasters in the joint and the few comic books I’ve deemed worthy of keeping. Do you purge when you move?
I’m compelled to purge. Remember that compressed-air bike horn I bought and fucking loved for about a week? Cocksucker had to go. (MS Word didn’t underline “cocksucker” like it did “Jeebus,” “setta” and “pac.” That makes you think, yes?) The horn made the move from Chicago to ‘Frisco, and from the old joint to the new one. Ain’t gonna make it to the next one, though. Neither is a huge box of Tupperware, half of my Macintosh collection or a cool, vintage raincoat I got for ten bucks in Old Flagstaff back in ’89. My relationship with a lot of my clothes has run its course. I’m purging about 40 T shirts, numerous pants, shorts and sweaters, as well as a legion of socks. All told, the donation pile filled a car. Add to that the stuff I threw away and you might think I’ve purged most of my stuff. Nope. I still got some thirty-odd boxes, bed, couch, book cases, blah, blah, blah. Good thing I don’t have a basement full of junk. Or an Attic. There’d be no end to the junk I’d amass.

News: “Got a call from Ced on Monday evening requesting TNSC to be in the Mission somewhere near the Voodoo Lounge (Mission X 25th & 26th. His friend Elmer is hosting a band at the Voodoo Lounge and is trying to pack the place (I have no idea how big it is). The cover charge is $8.” So sayeth Founding Member Alan J. Chimenti. What Ced told me is that the cover will be comped and that Elmer will buy you a free drink if you go. I’m in. So, okay, “Attic” first, then Voodoo later. Got it? (Gratuitous explanation necessary for some list members who get confused. Alan.)

Tricked a few of you (Alan) with last week's Find the Reference! Some of you math geeks saw through it.

That’s all for now. Packing. Busy. See you at Attic. bye-ee!