Thursday, December 7th, 6:00pm
Lily (and Phil)
Lily sits at the window. Phil takes the seat beside her.
Lily: Hi.
Phil: (sighs) My car broke down.
Lily: Aww, that’s too bad.
Phil: Yeah. I’ve got to get rid of that piece of crap and get something new. I hate taking the bus.
Lily: I’ve got something for sale.
Phil: Yeah? Is it Japanese?
Lily: Nope. It’s all Transylvanian, baby. (smiles, running her tongue across her fake fangs)
Phil changes seats.
Next stop: Friday, December 8th, 9:00pm
Note: Adult theme
Wednesday, December 6th, 6:00pm
Robert and Donald
Robert: It’s time.
Donald: For what?
Robert: For you to get off my couch. You’re going to have to make a decision.
Donald: Between what?
Robert: Either move into my room or get the hell out. I haven’t gotten laid in more than two weeks.
Donald: (sighs) What will everyone at work think?
Robert: They’re already talking. They know we go home together every night.
Donald: (straightens and stares at him) You mean they know we’ve … coupled?
Robert: (laughs) Coupled?
Donald: You know what I mean.
Robert: If by a couple of blow jobs …
Donald: SHHH!
Robert: (crossing his arms) You’re not ready. I think you should find another place to stay.
Donald: Hmph. And where do you propose I go?
Robert: Go find yourself a nice girl.
Next stop: Thursday, December 7th, 6:00pm
Scene (true story): I’m sitting in the pantry, which is little more than a cupboard, to escape the bright sunlight streaming through the kitchen window. I’ve pulled the kitchen table, with my laptop on it, in with me. My best friend, John, walks into the kitchen.
Me: Yes, I know, I’m in the closet.
Him: You can come out. It’s the twenty-first century.
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I went to see the movie Coco at the theatre with my son on Sunday and boy, am I glad I went.
Coco a Disney Pixar movie about a little boy, Miguel, who wants to be a musician. His family are against it as his grandfather from generations back left his wife and little girl for a life on the road to fulfill his own dream of making music. The story takes place on the Day of the Dead. Miguel travels to the Land of the Dead by accident, and finds that he might finally gain permission from his late ancestor to play music.
If you love sugar skulls, fantastic cinematography, rich cultural storytelling, and beautifully touching movies, go see Coco. Even if you don’t have kids, it’s a wonderful movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380307/
Tuesday, December 5th, 1:00pm
Felicia (and Zoey)
Felicia sits at the window. Zoey takes the seat beside her.
Felicia: Nice day, huh? …wait. Why is the sun on THAT side of the bus?
Zoey: Errr …
Felicia: Are we going west?
Zoey: Yeah.
Felicia: Damn it! I’m supposed to be going the other way.
Zoey: Are you on your way to something you don’t want to go to?
Felicia: (stares at her) How did you know?
Zoey: Just checking out the theory that there’s no such thing as an accident.
Felicia: Wow. I guess you’re right. I’m on my way to a new job, and my ex-boyfriend works there.
Zoey: (smiling) For the best?
Felicia: (shrugs) I guess so. Only he’s kept me broke for years. Nothing changes. (sighs and stares out the window)
Next stop: Wednesday, December 6th, 6:00pm
Monday, December 4th, 5:00pm
Drommen and Francine
Drommen: You know you can just quit your job.
Francine: And what, have you look after me?
Drommen: Of course. You know I’ll do anything for you.
Francine: I can’t let you do that. I’ll just stay put.
Drommen: Well, at least promise me you’ll look for something else. I can tell you’re getting stressed out.
Francine: (sighs) You’re right. I look around.
Drommen takes her hand and pats it.
Francine: I don’t know what I’d do without you.
Next stop: Tuesday, December 5th, 1:00pm
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Sunday, December 3rd, 1:00pm
Edith and Myrtle
Myrtle: Oh Edie, this Christmas shopping …
Edith: You should make Paddy do some of it. With all the grandkids you’ve got to buy for.
Myrtle: Paddy? Hmph. He’d be running up to the mall on Christmas Eve, and I’d be stuck wrapping it all until dawn.
Edith: You do far too much, dear.
Myrtle: (pats Edith on the knee) That’s all right. I wanted to buy you a new pair of shoes anyway.
Edith: (smiles at Myrtle) You just want to see that hottie in the shoe store again.
Myrtle winks.
Edith: At least neither of us will run out of shoes for a while.
Both titter.
Next stop: Monday, December 4th, 5:00pm
Note: Strong language
Saturday, December 2nd, 5:00pm
Andrea and Lacey
Andrea: So my mom’s got this new boyfriend, right?
Lacey: Again?
Andrea: What do you mean, again? She hasn’t had one in, like, a month. Anyways, he comes over last night, and he’s, like, completely shitfaced, right?
Lacey: No!
Andrea: So yeah, so he’s, like, staggering all over the place, and he just got out of his car. He comes in and he says to me, “You know, you’re even better-looking than your mom.” And I’m like, “EW, how can you say that with my mom just standing there?”
Lacey: No way!
Andrea: Exactly, right? But my mom just laughed it off. She wanted to go to this restaurant where they had, like, this reservation?
Lacey: That’s …
Andrea: Incredible, right? My mom’s like such a crazy bitch.
Lacey: She really is!
Andrea: Well she’s not THAT crazy. At least she drove.
Next stop: Sunday, December 3rd, 1:00pm
I’m not sure if I’ve ever had a style that one could cramp. As a teenager, I went by the general style of “get away with anything I can,” yet nothing in particular sticks out much. I didn’t smoke or do drugs, and by the time I started drinking, my mother had stopped. So the water in the booze to keep the level up went unnoticed. I think it might have ended up being so watered down that even I didn’t bother with it.
My style now amounts to being alone as much as possible so I can work. Oooh, I’m such a party animal in my old age. 😛 In fact nothing cramps my style any more as much as actual cramps do. And believe me, my walk has style for the first few minutes in the morning.
Now, just don’t get between me and my coffee. Or I’ll cramp your style.
*waves and limps off into the sunset*
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