Friday, October 31, 2003

HALLOWEEN

It's Halloween and I'm stuck at work. Chipotle has a deal -- dress like a burrito and get a free one. If I were going to a party, I would paint the pigs purple and have them go as eggplants. Looking at them from directly above they look like eggplants. Or suppositories.

There is an article on the Bunny Man in today's Post. The first time I heard about the Bunny Man I was about eight years old -- the big kid up the street told us about it. Maybe I should dress the pigs up in bunny suits next Halloween. Or next Easter.

Thursday, October 30, 2003

BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY

Today's Bible Verse from Daily Inbox:

"Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not."

Luke 12:40

Yeah, and a guy who says he has a gun and he'll shoot you also cometh when ye think not. You can be walking to work at 10:45 in the morning in a nice neighborhood and be held up. Nothing is the same after that.

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

BACK TO WORK

Actually I was back at work yesterday, too, at least to my night job. Mom said it would be good for me to be around people. I did it more because I needed the money. And I'm afraid they would give me less work in the future because of this. And It would have hurt to see someone else doing my job.

Tuesday, October 28, 2003

HOLD ME!

It's been more than 14 hours since the robbery and the adrenaline has worn off. Now I'm home alone, scared and tired. I got scared seeing the shadows in the parking garage, scared to walk home from my car and scared of every car on my street.

It's been a rough year. In January the sis ter of one of my friends had a heart attack, and in early February the father of another girlfriend died. A couple days later my car was broken into. On February 15th my father had a stroke, within that time period my friend Barbara broke her hip and my former co-worker Nan Wyatt was murdered. On March 10th I was robbed and Barbara's sister died within a few months.

I need to be held.
THE WATER-METHOD MAN

Finished reading The Water-Method Man for the third time yesterday. It's all so familiar -- Iowa, New York, Vienna, urinary tract surgery, being hopelessly in debt, living a monk-like existance. The first time I read the book, I was about 21. The second time I was 29 -- the same age as Bogus Trumper. I'm glad it works out for him.
A VERY SPECIAL ROBBERY

At about 10:45 this morning I was robbed about 300 feet from my home. A young man said to me, "give me your money." I thought he was some homeless guy, so I said "no." Then he said "give me your money or I'll shoot you. I mean it." This seemed reasonable, so I threw my money and cards on the ground and he took the cash and ran towards Kalorama Park. I called the cops on my cell phone and they were able to catch him. It turns out he's 14 years old (bigger than I am ) and wanted for a number of other crimes. He's in foster care in Maryland and goes to a special school. Evidently Foster Mom was at work and he missed his short bus. They also found a bottle of Remy Martin Cognac on the kid. He drinks only the best.

janedoe@seductive.com

Monday, October 27, 2003

PLEASE DON'T SQUEEZE THE DUCK

Balmer Sun columnist Kevin Cowherd talks about TV spots that get on his nerves.
WALTER WASHINGTON DEAD

Former DC Mayor Walter Washington died this morning. When I was a kid, there was a coloring book with his picture in it.

Sunday, October 26, 2003

DC CITY LIVING

WMAL is one of the sponsors in the DC City Living Expo, which ends today. Some city officials are supposed to be there, including people from the city humanities office. I'm told they offer grants to city artists, and figured I would apply for one for my book. The worst they can do is say no.

Saturday, October 25, 2003

FALL BACK

Public Service Announcement: Set your clocks back, if you haven't done so already. For most people, this means an extra hour of sleep -- for me it means an extra hour of work, but at least I get paid for it.
BEEN CAUGHT SURFING

Burd caught me surfing the Tard Blog. Had to tell him what I was smiling about.
FREAKS

Sideshow barker Ward Hall retires today. Jeff Krulik, one of his disciples, lives in my neighborhood.

Friday, October 24, 2003

DOCTORS WHO CAN'T DO MATH

Went to the eye doctor today, radiologist today (trying to get the most out of my insurance). Both asked "date of birth" and "age." This bothers me. Can't they just subtract the my birth year from 2003?

janedoe@seductive.com

FOR YOU

"Princess cards she sends me with her regards
Barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you gotta look hard
Wounded deep in battle, I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted
To her Cheshire smile, I'll stand on file, she's all I ever wanted
But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks
You said, "Here's your mirror and your ball and jacks"
But they're not what I came for, and I'm sure you see that too

(CHORUS) I came for you, for you, I came for you
But you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you
But your life was one long emergency
And your cloud line urges me
And my electric surges free

Crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak
Reveal yourself all now to me, girl, while you've got the strength to speak
'Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks
But I could give it all to you now, if only you could ask
And don't call for your surgeon, even he says it's too late
It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart that holds your fate
Don't give me my money, honey, I don't want it back
You and your pony face and your Union Jack
Well, take your local joker and teach him how to act
I swear I was never that way, even when I really cracked
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive
You could laugh and cry in a single sound

And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god?

You were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach
Remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach
And the band, they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek
That ragged, jagged melody, she still clings to me like a leech
But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way
Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way
We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar
Of some metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore
So you left to find a better reason than the one we were living for
And it's not that nursery mouth that I came back for
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
'Cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors
And who am I to ask you to lick my sores?
And you should know that's true"

Bruce Springsteen

Thursday, October 23, 2003

GOOD HAIR DAY, BAD PSYCHIC DAY

There is a new psychic in my parents' neighborhood. I told my mom "she's a Gypsy." Mom sez "no, she's blond." It turns out she and Mom go to the same hairdresser, who told mom the psychic does indeed dye it. Not only that, she gives the hairdresser a bad feeling. Me too.

Went to the eye doctor today. He asked me whether I had a significant other. Not an unusual question for a gynecologist or a psychiatrist to ask. I embarrassed my dentist by telling her how dental dams are used in oral sex. Having undergone a number of uncomfortable dental procedures, I can think of few things which make me want to have sex LESS.
MONSIGNOR MCMURTRIE DEAD

The principal of my high school died. Jeez, he was my age when he was principal.

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

KOOL-AID AND POPCORN

Flew back home tonight. The Sarasota-Atlanta and DC-Cincinatti hops are what my cousin Joe (Lynn's brother) refers to as "Kool-Aid and popcorn flights" -- no meal, just Kool-Aid and popcorn. I told this to a German guy at the youth hostel -- had to translate it as "fruit lemonade and popcorn." He thought it was a riot.
ST. JAMES BAZAAR

"Give a cheer, give a cheer, for the men who drink the beer, in the cellar of good old St. James. They're so brave, they're so bold all the liquor they can hold, in the cellar of good old St. James, For it's run, run, runn, I think I hear a nun. Grab all the beer that you can hold. If a nun should appear, say "sister, have a beer," in the cellar of good old St. James."

The unofficial fight song of my elementary school, supposedly a tribute to the parish men's club. The following appeared in the most recent parish bulletin: "To all Cathechists, Substitutes, Aides: If you have not already complied with the Diocese of Arlington's Policy for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct and/or Child Abuse, then please contact the Religious Education Office so that we can give you a copy of the Policy, the Acknowledgment of Receipt and Questionnaire, and inform you about the upcoming Educational Seminars."

By the way, they're having their bazaar tonight through Saturday

Tuesday, October 21, 2003

HALLOWEEN #1 AGAIN

Halloween is #1 of the Lycos 50 again. This is getting old.

Just took my parents' car to the beach -- looks like a picture postcard -- very few tourists. Florida is one of America's best-kept secrets in spring and fall. Heard a Christian station and a smooth jazz station on the car radio -- might as well be home.

Monday, October 20, 2003

PIZZA AND PIPES

Landed at Sarasota International Airport this morning. That's right, international, because it has flights to and from Canada. This place is so lame. When I landed there, I saw an ad for Roaring 20's Pizza. The sign said "Pizza and Pipes." I thought, "gee, this place is more progressive than I thought, they have hookah." No such luck. It was a FUCKING WURLITZER PIPE ORGAN. Ordering sex on the beach is also problematic.

Sunday, October 19, 2003

THE CUT THAT BINDS

There is an article in today's Post on circumcision. I broke out into a sweat reading it, but then it was traumatic enough having the pigs fixed. Lightning abscessed. I still cry whenever I see the Thirtysomething episode in which they have Leo snipped. One of my gentile friends says "good Jewish fun. This is why I'm a Methodist." My people don't mutilate their kids -- we prefer to fuck them up psychologically.
BLUE BAGEL, BLUE DAY

Am eating a blueberry bagel from Booeymonger (not my first choice, but all they had that I liked). It is a funky shade of purple. Holding it in my hand, it looks like a badly-colored picture.

Saturday, October 18, 2003

PIGS IN GEORGETOWN

Dropped the pigs off at Collins Hospital for Animals in Georgetown before leaving the city. This will be the first time Thunder has been away from me for more than one night. The pigs are staying in a neighborhood I can't afford to live in.

Friday, October 17, 2003

JANE DOE'S PIGS

I am working on a new site, another reason you haven't heard much from me recently.

janedoe@seductive.com

Thursday, October 16, 2003

25 YEARS

Pope John Paul II has been pope for 25 years. I remember the day they announced "habemus Papam."

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

MATCH DOT GONE

My membership with Match Dot Com ran out today. In my five weeks of paid membership, only one guy asked me out. He was an unemployed, overweight manic-depressive who lived on disability in subsidized housing. Not only did he talk about spending the night before we had a second date, he didn't even pay the $1.20 for the Diet Coke I drank on our first date. I didn't renew.

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

HALLOWEEN # 1 AGAIN

Hallloween is # 1 of the Lycos 50 again. Go figure.
I HAD A DREAM

Woke up a couple hours ago -- had a dream about an attractive younger man -- he looked vaguely familiar. Haven't awakened with a smile on my face like that for a while.

Monday, October 13, 2003

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS -- A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?

On Newschannel 8, Rebecca Cooper used the term "pro sports" referring the Don Zimmer incident. I'm sorry, but none of the parties involved behaved in a very professional or sportsmanlike manner. Kind of like the oxymorons "Student Athlete" and "Athletic Scholarship?"
BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY

From Daily Inbox

Today's selection is Psalm 122:6

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee."

Very appropriate, given recent events.

Sunday, October 12, 2003

PAWS TO RECYCLE

The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, from whence cometh my beloved Thunder is collecting aluminum cans until the 25th.

Saturday, October 11, 2003

WORLD BEARD CHAMPIONSHIPS

This is CNN's website of the week. Yeah, it's a slow blog day. The other big news is Lightning went to visit Aunt Amy.
THE JOY OF GEEKS

Unfortunately, some geeks do not grow up to head their own software conglomerates. They are just geeks.

Friday, October 10, 2003

UNDER THE WEATHER

Not feeling too well -- that's all for today.

Thursday, October 09, 2003

SNIPERCATCHER ON WMAL

Whitney Donahue, the truck driver who turned in the snipers, is gonna be on the Charlie Warren Show tonight. Hard to believe it's been over a year.

Wednesday, October 08, 2003

THE RIVER MERCHANT'S WIFE: A LETTER:

One of my all-time favorite poems
JANE'S FIRST DATE RULES

1) Show up. If you have to cancel, it had better be a good reason, such as death, preferably your own.

2) If you insist on "coffee or a drink," rather than dinner, you can at least pay for your date's drink. Especially if all she drinks is a $1.20 Diet Coke.

3) Avoid racial/ethnic/religious "humor," even if your date "doesn't look" Puerto Rican/Irish/Jewish or doesn't have a Polish/Italian/Hispanic name.

4) If there has been no second date, don't even think of asking to spend the night at her place, even if you are absolutely shitfaced and Hurricane Isabel is fast approaching.
CONAN THE GOVERNOR

"Who's going to be the next governor? Cheech and Chong?"

Bill Polglase

Tuesday, October 07, 2003

A POEM FROM PYE

Jane's blog has few words.
As trees appear through Fall leaves
Jane peeps through her words ...

by Pye Chamberlayne

Wow, it has been YEARS since any guy wrote a poem for me (can't recall the last woman who wrote a poem for me, but then, as a rule, I prefer men)

HALLOWEEN #1 AGAIN!

Again, Halloween is # 1 of the Lycos 50 for the week ending the 4th, and not sure whether they mean the holiday or the movie.

Monday, October 06, 2003

MONDAY NIGHT LIVE

I am running the board tonight, and we have Monday Night Football, which means Nightline is delayed. MNF has been part of my life on and off since 1989, when I was an intern at TV 20 in Gainesville. MNF meant we went home late. Then I worked at WILM in Wilmington, which also carried MNF. This time it meant we went home at the same time, and it was usually an early evening. Now all it means to me is I have to record Nightline later. Right now I am enjoying looking at the guys' behinds in tight pants -- the same thing I enjoy about baseball. Of course, I like looking at basketball players in shorts, too.
OOPS!

Oops! I forgot Yom Kippur began at sundown yesterday. Oh well, if you have problems with this, the sun hasn't gone down yet, so you shouldn't be reading this anyway.
ASK THE OLD FARMER

The Old Famer's Almanac is predicting a cold winter, wet spring and hot summer. Wonderful. The latest issue hits newsstands tomorrow.

Sunday, October 05, 2003

PLEASANT SURPRISE -- A HAIKU

Went out with a guy
Who wasn't you -- was better
Than I expected
ASK THE SWAMI

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JUST A THOUGHT

Have been hearing "sermonettes" from the McLean Bible Church all morning -- the closest I'll get to church all day.

Saturday, October 04, 2003

WHY DON'T YOU ALL JUST F----

"Roger needs a job"

Tom Grooms on Roger Daltrey's History Channel stint. Yeah, two of Roger's bandmates are dead, and the other one's been busted on kiddie porn charges...

Friday, October 03, 2003

A GOOD FEELING

The Giant at Chevy Chase sucks. The customers are old and slow and the employees are young and slow. Today, however, a nice old lady let me go in front of her because I only had one item and was obviously in a hurry. She then pointed to the old guy in front of her and said "make him let you go first. He ain't goin' nowhere." Then she yelled at him (he had a hearing aid) to make him move.

Thursday, October 02, 2003

FALLIN'

[Verse 1]I keep on fallin'In and out of love With
youSometimes I love yaSometimes u make me blueSometimes I feel
goodAt times I feel usedLovin you darlin'Makes me so
confusedI keep on Fallin'In and out of love with youI never
loved someoneThe way that I love you[Verse 2]Oh, oh , I
never felt this wayHow do you give me so much pleasureAnd cause me so
much painJust when I thinkIve taken more than would a foolI start
fallin' back in love with youI keep on Fallin'In and out of love
with youI never loved someoneThe way that I love
you[Bridge]Oh babyI, I, I, I'm fallin'I, I, I, I'm
fallin'FallI keep on Fallin'In and out of love with youI
never loved someoneThe way that I love youIm fallin'In and out
of love with youI never loved someoneThe way that I love youIm
fallin'In and out of love with youI never loved someoneThe way that
I love youWhat?

Fallin' by Alicia Keys


janedoe@seductive.com

Wednesday, October 01, 2003