A TOOL STOLEN FROM ABBEY’S BOX (TOOLBOX THAT IS)
Subject: man is by instinct a lover, he's a hunter, he's a fighter -
Tom,
The Glass Menagerie, speaking to his mother who answers: "Don't you quote
instinct to me. Instinct is something we've grown out of."
SOUNDS LIKE HUMAN NATURE TO ME.
>Deer Mitchell: IN GOING WITH THE IDEA THAT I AM MERELY A YOUTH, MAY I
>SUGGEST THAT YOU MEAN "FAWN MITCHELL".
>
>My intention is to finish my translation tonight. My brother has just
>dropped off the revisions and it will probably take me an hour or so to fix
>my foolish mistakes.
>
>After that, I will spend some time coming up with interesting
>conversational topics for my civilization class re: the dictatorship and
>coming out COMING OUT? MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME ADVICE FROM YOUR FRIEND
>WILLIAM. This should not be too difficult as I will not sleep tonight... I
>drank tea in anticipation of my translation tasks. I DRANK APPLE CIDER
>TONIGHT AT TRAVIS'S WITH MY FRIEND MARSHA. THEN SAM CARLOS (WHO SHARES
>THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS ME) AND HIS GIRLFRIEND LINDSAY (WHO WORKS AT
>TRAVIS'S) STOPPED BY AND WE TALKED MERRILY. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY ANTICS
>ON MY BIRTHDAY WERE ALL CAUGHT ON VIDEO (DID I KNOW THIS ALREADY?). HOORAY
>FOR TECHNOLOGY. APPARENTLY, THE VIDEO ENDS WITH ME DANCING AROUND THE
>CAMPFIRE THEN TURNING TOWARDS MEG (WHO HELD THE VIDEOCAMERA) AND CHARGING
>AT HER AND TACKLING HER DESPITE HER CRIES TO BE CAREFUL. THE PICTURE IS
>ALL DISTORTED AND IN THE BACKGROUND CHARLIE DROSS'S VOICE IS HEARD TO SAY,
>"MITCH, YOU'RE GONNA BREAK THE CAMERA" THEN IT CUTS OUT. YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT
>PEOPLE HAVING INFORMATION ON YOU ABOUT YOUR STUPID ACTIONS? MY ACTIONS
>HAVE ALL BEEN CAUGHT ON VIDEO. I'D RATHER BE YOU.
>
>Tomorrow, I will deliver a most brilliant lecture on: TENER GANAS DE (to
>have the urge to do something) I DON'T REMEMBER LEARNING THIS and TENER QUE
>(to have the obligation to do something) and some WEATHER VOCABULARY.
>
>Then, I will go to my brother's office, have my translation and his
>notarized, take it over to the lawyer's office and be back to deliver a
>most brilliant lecture on the FRANCO DICTATORSHIP. WHO IS FRANCO? I will
>not have office hours tomorrow. I WILL. I'M EXPECTING SOMEONE NAMED
>SHANNON TO STOP BY.
>
>At 12:30 I will exit room 136 Isbister... I will have taken with me to
>class ALLL the stuff I need to take home, thereby eliminating the
>possibility of running into any colleagues with stories to tell, and retell
>and tell again and tell with examples and variations. I will go to your
>office with all my stuff in tow and hopefully you will be in a 'mood' - a
>good mood, a grand mood, a 'romantic' mood, not an undetermined mood - and
>we'll ride off into the sunset AS PLANNED in happier times. HAPPY TIMES
>HAVE RETURNED. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I ACTUALLY WHINED AND COMPLAINED TO
>YOU TONIGHT. THOUGH I APPRECIATE YOUR SENTIMENTS, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT
>YOU DIDN'T TELL ME TO GROW UP AND GET A FUCKING HELMET. I THINK WE'VE BOTH
>FAILED OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILIES.
>
>Eventually, of course, your father AND sister will burst in on us while we
>are in the middle of behaving naturally and there will be lots of red faces
>AND RED ASSES and apologies. Never mind... those kinds of little
>embarassments make life 'fun'.
>
>I hope all of this is okay with you as you are an integral part of
>everything aluded to herein. IT SURE IS
>
>Abbey
>
>p.s. I gathered my Billy Bragg and Cyrkle albums to lend you and then
>remembered that you were not exactly enthusiastic about hearing music that
>might be instrumental in making you more like me. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
>THESE ALBUMS, BUT I MUST WARN YOU THAT YOU CAN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN I START
>CARRYING A HANKERCHIEF AROUND IN MY BACK POCKET (HAVING ALREADY ADOPTED
>YOUR CAPITALIZED LETTER RESPONSE TECHNIQUE). I spent far too much time
>worrying about you today - as if you were an ailing puppy. AN AILING FAWN,
>ACTUALLY. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS.
I'm going soft. MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE UP JOGGING.
YOURS,
BAMBINO
The Glass Menagerie, speaking to his mother who answers: "Don't you quote
instinct to me. Instinct is something we've grown out of."
SOUNDS LIKE HUMAN NATURE TO ME.
>Deer Mitchell: IN GOING WITH THE IDEA THAT I AM MERELY A YOUTH, MAY I
>SUGGEST THAT YOU MEAN "FAWN MITCHELL".
>
>My intention is to finish my translation tonight. My brother has just
>dropped off the revisions and it will probably take me an hour or so to fix
>my foolish mistakes.
>
>After that, I will spend some time coming up with interesting
>conversational topics for my civilization class re: the dictatorship and
>coming out COMING OUT? MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME ADVICE FROM YOUR FRIEND
>WILLIAM. This should not be too difficult as I will not sleep tonight... I
>drank tea in anticipation of my translation tasks. I DRANK APPLE CIDER
>TONIGHT AT TRAVIS'S WITH MY FRIEND MARSHA. THEN SAM CARLOS (WHO SHARES
>THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS ME) AND HIS GIRLFRIEND LINDSAY (WHO WORKS AT
>TRAVIS'S) STOPPED BY AND WE TALKED MERRILY. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY ANTICS
>ON MY BIRTHDAY WERE ALL CAUGHT ON VIDEO (DID I KNOW THIS ALREADY?). HOORAY
>FOR TECHNOLOGY. APPARENTLY, THE VIDEO ENDS WITH ME DANCING AROUND THE
>CAMPFIRE THEN TURNING TOWARDS MEG (WHO HELD THE VIDEOCAMERA) AND CHARGING
>AT HER AND TACKLING HER DESPITE HER CRIES TO BE CAREFUL. THE PICTURE IS
>ALL DISTORTED AND IN THE BACKGROUND CHARLIE DROSS'S VOICE IS HEARD TO SAY,
>"MITCH, YOU'RE GONNA BREAK THE CAMERA" THEN IT CUTS OUT. YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT
>PEOPLE HAVING INFORMATION ON YOU ABOUT YOUR STUPID ACTIONS? MY ACTIONS
>HAVE ALL BEEN CAUGHT ON VIDEO. I'D RATHER BE YOU.
>
>Tomorrow, I will deliver a most brilliant lecture on: TENER GANAS DE (to
>have the urge to do something) I DON'T REMEMBER LEARNING THIS and TENER QUE
>(to have the obligation to do something) and some WEATHER VOCABULARY.
>
>Then, I will go to my brother's office, have my translation and his
>notarized, take it over to the lawyer's office and be back to deliver a
>most brilliant lecture on the FRANCO DICTATORSHIP. WHO IS FRANCO? I will
>not have office hours tomorrow. I WILL. I'M EXPECTING SOMEONE NAMED
>SHANNON TO STOP BY.
>
>At 12:30 I will exit room 136 Isbister... I will have taken with me to
>class ALLL the stuff I need to take home, thereby eliminating the
>possibility of running into any colleagues with stories to tell, and retell
>and tell again and tell with examples and variations. I will go to your
>office with all my stuff in tow and hopefully you will be in a 'mood' - a
>good mood, a grand mood, a 'romantic' mood, not an undetermined mood - and
>we'll ride off into the sunset AS PLANNED in happier times. HAPPY TIMES
>HAVE RETURNED. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I ACTUALLY WHINED AND COMPLAINED TO
>YOU TONIGHT. THOUGH I APPRECIATE YOUR SENTIMENTS, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT
>YOU DIDN'T TELL ME TO GROW UP AND GET A FUCKING HELMET. I THINK WE'VE BOTH
>FAILED OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILIES.
>
>Eventually, of course, your father AND sister will burst in on us while we
>are in the middle of behaving naturally and there will be lots of red faces
>AND RED ASSES and apologies. Never mind... those kinds of little
>embarassments make life 'fun'.
>
>I hope all of this is okay with you as you are an integral part of
>everything aluded to herein. IT SURE IS
>
>Abbey
>
>p.s. I gathered my Billy Bragg and Cyrkle albums to lend you and then
>remembered that you were not exactly enthusiastic about hearing music that
>might be instrumental in making you more like me. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
>THESE ALBUMS, BUT I MUST WARN YOU THAT YOU CAN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN I START
>CARRYING A HANKERCHIEF AROUND IN MY BACK POCKET (HAVING ALREADY ADOPTED
>YOUR CAPITALIZED LETTER RESPONSE TECHNIQUE). I spent far too much time
>worrying about you today - as if you were an ailing puppy. AN AILING FAWN,
>ACTUALLY. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS.
I'm going soft. MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE UP JOGGING.
YOURS,
BAMBINO
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