It's come to my attention that I need a better name for Batshit. I like him, he's crazy, after his own fashion, but aren't we all, and I'm sympathetic to his own particular brand of craziness. Batshit is only intended to imply how eccentric he is, even for here, but I don't particularly like the pejorative connotations. So I need a new nickname .. if you think of any lemme know ...
Meanwhile, it's been a week, 10 days since I've last seen him. I've talked to some more people from Riondel, found out where he lives, off grid, not far from the church, 4 houses away, without electricity (in Canada, the Kootenays, the Rocky Mountains, Winter, Proper, 3 feet of snow per day for months on end), I'm appalled, and concerned, but these concerns can be better addressed in a different post, maybe entitled "Canada's failed experiments in Socialism..." . In any event the community has stepped up to look after him where the government hasn't.
So he pops into the restaurant, on his way to town, he's got some more scrolls, but he didn't bring them with him, he has a secret hiding place he shares with me, I can pick them up there, and I broach with him an idea that's been spinning in my head for some little while...
"How's about I get some camera footage of you and we make a little documentary..."
Now this is a bit selfish of me, but I think a larger exposure would do him good, this audience out here, it's too small, too eccentric in it's own right to pay him the attention that is his due, and he agrees...
- "You'll have at least a dozen lawsuits, it'll be great publicity..." He tells me and I'm a bit concerned...
"If you don't want me too I won't" I promise him, I don't want to exploit him so much as share him, but he explains:
- "I've got so much truth about Hollywood they won't want it to ever get out..." and there's a slight sigh of relief, it wouldn't be his disapproval, he then begins to explain the ornaments he's got hanging around his neck, then calls me outside to film it with my camera, the light is better, and so it begins, I'll need to get a better camera out of the locker, need to structure some appointments, this place, the people, they are the perfect backdrop and if it doesn't succeed it'll definitely be only my fault...
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