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Meanwhile, Stormy
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He's been getting up and around, hitchhiking out to Balfour to pay me visits, bring me sacks of rubbish he's gathered from free piles (and always a few scrolls), it's good to see him off his scooter, coming into the restaurant to lord it over me, get free salads, fries, desserts, then complain about the prices...
He sits on the beach, enjoys the view, stops and talks to the customers (!!STORMY - STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!!).
I go around to visit him at his apartment - the artist in his studio:
The marionette of the Mexican with the Ukulele, the hula girl doll, I found them in a free pile and hung them on his doorknob...he's arranged them festively with some Xmas ornaments.
He assures me he's been cleaning out his place, tidying up...
A short visit, the smell grows unbearable, the only way you'd know is if you were a CSI that showed up a month late to the death of a hoarder, there's a body in here somewhere, and he's inviting me for dinner, he's going to make it, amazing, and I can't even breathe in here, let alone imagine eating food, but it's a week away and I'll just have to deal with it when the time comes...
And the treasures just pile up in the back of the jeep and I'm afraid to unbox them...
Ask Ken
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And, now that the restaurant has slowed down a bit, time to clean, and ...
Chris has added me on Facebook. I don't play facebook, never post updates, but it's become a new way to torment the chef at work: "Why don't you add me as a friend on facebook?" I ask....
I know damned well, I wouldn't ask me either...
Eventually he caves, adds me, removes me, adjusts some filters and settings so presumably friends and family can't see my posts...
So it begins. Chris and I, we begin asking him questions. Questions like: "How old was Smeagol when he lost the ring...?" and "What kind of dragon makes the best pet?" and "Do you think Shadowfax was better than Pegasus?" and "Dumbledore VS Gandalf...?", and Ken, poor Ken, he can't help himself, he has to answer..."Shadowfax couldn't fly..." and "Galdalf the Grey or Gandalf the White...?".
It's too easy this, shooting fish in a barrel, but it's some slight entertainment to tide me over until I can attend my own devices...
Countdown
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So, according to the information I've been given, 10, now 9 shifts to go. And the owners are humming and hawing about closing early, maybe even as early as this weekend.
I'm cheering for early. I'm done, it was a long summer. I want to be free now. A few short weeks ago there was the smoke from the fires in the US, then the rain, now the leaves are turning and there's a chill in the air and I'm missing my creative projects, a place to live (other than a sofa), time to get on with other projects too long deferred.
Now that it's out there I can't wait, a few shifts - hopefully - left, then up the mountain to gather more crystals (and there's snow now on the peaks, creeping slowly down, and I'm gathering at high elevations so this is not good news...), time to find a place to live, get organized and warm for the winter, start again the habit of writing (and there's been lots but the blog, well, it takes some regular access to a computer), ....
Restless. Fall is without a doubt my favorite season, yet I need a place to live and the time to enjoy it...
The Presidential Debate
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I heard this for about 15 minutes on the radio, then had to turn it off. Incredible, although, really, I didn't expect any better. But to every American that ever bought into their mythology that Capitalism rewards the best, to anyone that thinks they live in a Democracy or that these two clowns in any way represent the brightest, most educated members of their population - well, it should be your wake-up call.
A civil war is brewing, and if Canada had legs we should be up and walking a little closer to Europe or New Zealand, things down there are about to get real bad.
And as scathing as the analysis and news was, none went far enough: The US is done, done, done and over.
Then, the news this morning that POTUS and FLOTUS had both tested positive for the virus - well, fair, but unless their treating the President with his own patented quack cures I doubt it will change things much. So now to sit back, get out the popcorn and await the show...
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