Friday, October 27th, 5:00pm
Moe and Curly
Moe: And that’s when you fell off the ladder?
Curly: Right.
Moe: I told you you need to leeean the ladder at a better angle.
Curly: (shakes head) I know.
Moe: You need more of an inclination.
Curly: I know.
Moe: That’s what you get for having less than a degree.
Curly slaps Moe upside the head.
Next stop: Saturday, October 28th, 8:00pm
Wednesday, October 25th, 7:00pm
Robert and Donald
Robert: So, the guy jumped you when you got off the bus. And it was completely unprovoked?
Donald: Totally. But he didn’t jump me as soon as I got off. He followed me for a while.
Robert: And when he jumped you he tried to …
Donald: … bite my neck. Yeah. (grabs the collar of his jacket and tries to look at it) I think I’ve still got sparkles on my collar.
Robert: (takes a close look) Hm … Wouldn’t want your wife to see that. She might think you’re having an affair with a vampire. (smiles widely)
Donald: (frowns) Yeah.
Robert: Did he leave any scars?
Donald: Only a few emotional ones. He kept telling me he’s been watching me sleep and calling me Bella.
Robert: Creepy. So, d’you want to go have a drink before we go back to my place? I can help you with those emotional scars.
Donald: I could use a drink.
Robert: And then …
Donald: Just don’t call me Bella.
Next stop: Thursday, October 26th, 5:00pm
I don’t know which planets are aligned or what’s in retrograde, but yesterday my coffee maker broke and I came home to find my laptop wanted me to install an operating system: if you don’t hear from me for a while, you’ll likely find me wandering the streets, Internetless and decaffeinated, looking for a fix.
Here’s some mushrooms I found. …no, I didn’t smoke them.
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Monday, October 23rd, 5:00pm
Donald (and Andrea)
Donald sits in the aisle seat. Andrea approaches.
Andrea: Do you mind?
Donald: Oh! No. (shifts over to window seat)
Andrea: (sitting down) Bus is pretty crowded.
Donald: Yes.
Andrea: You just noticed?
Donald: I beg your pardon?
Andrea: Just when the bus is crowded it makes sense to leave any open seats available, doesn’t it?
Donald: I supp …
Andrea: I mean, it’s just common sense. It’s rude to keep two seats all to yourself when there’s so many people on the bus.
Donald: I was waiting for someone.
Andrea: (turns her head to the left and right) Who?
Donald: A … another man.
Andrea: A particular “other man”? Or just “another man”? Are you, like, disappointed that a woman sat beside you?
Donald: (looks her up and down) Yes. And in particular, you.
Andrea is speechless, mouth hanging open.
Donald: You’re rude and distasteful. I’d even go as far as to say that it’s women like you who make men like me—straight men, that is—wonder what it is we see in women at all.
Andrea: Well, I never!
Donald: (raises voice) Then it’s about damned time.
Donald steps over her and stands in the aisle.
Donald: (yelling) And for the record, I was waiting for a particular man, not just another man. One who’s much more tasty– (shakes his head) tasteful than you!
Donald gets off the bus to a round of applause.
Next stop: Tuesday, October 24th, 8:00pm
Note: Strong language
Saturday, October 21st, 7:00pm
Hillary (and Sean)(and Drommen)
Hillary sits at the window. Sean takes the seat beside her.
Sean: Hey.
Hillary stares out the window.
Sean: What the fuck’s up with you lately?
Hillary: Nothin’
Sean: You’re still waitin’ for that creepy guy?
Hillary: He’s not creepy. He’s nice.
Sean: What’s his name?
Hillary: Whatever. Jake. Whatever.
Sean: Yeah well, I heard he likes to expose himself on the bus.
Hillary: (turns to him) Who told you that?
Sean: (shrugs) Does it matter? The guy’s a creep.
Hillary rests her head against the window and looks out.
Sean: What do you say we just go get fucked up?
Hillary: Not interested.
Sean: Suit yourself. But don’t go whinin’ to me if he asks … Hey, isn’t that him? (points at Drommen, boarding the bus)
Hillary: (sits up straight) Yeah.
Sean: (mockingly) Should I leave the two of you alone? Maybe he’ll show you his wiener.
Hillary: Maybe you’re a wiener.
Drommen, carrying a grocery bag, walks up the aisle and stops in front of Sean.
Drommen: (to Hillary) Hi, Jessica.
Sean: (looks up at Drommen) Hey, asshole.
Drommen holding his hands behind his back, leans down and says something in Sean’s ear. Sean gets up and moves to the rear of the bus, and Drommen takes his seat.
Hillary: What did you say to him?
Drommen: (holds open his bag for her to look inside) I just offered him a sausage.
Next stop: Sunday, October 22nd, 5:00pm
Thyme and time again, every week, it seems, I post a prompt with a bit of an idea in my head of what I’m going to write, but when I finally sit down, it’s something else. This week, I’m writing rather gingerly (in a way), because I’m trying to do it around all the other things I should be doing for tomorrow’s birthday party dinner.
I invited friends and family to cumin join us, and have already bought cards for myself and my mother to give to Alex (a cardamom), but I still have to go buy a few presents. And wrap them. Which of course will make them all parsley. (That made me laugh.)
Although he doesn’t eat (my son is tube-fed), Alex likes to choose what everyone else wants, and if it’s something that tastes good to him, he’ll have some. For tomorrow, he’s requested “big chicken,” which means a whole barbecued chicken from the grocery store. And a Spiderman cake for dessert, which I really should order soon. Mustardiness rule my life all the time? I need to follow my own sage advice: don’t procrastinate! I need to sumac myself upside the head with it once in a while.
Whatever happens, I’m sure tomorrow’s dinner will be peppered with love, free of a salt (ouch, that was a stretch), and anise day all around. In fact, it may just be a macing. And dinner itself is sure to be savory.
Fall is when it gets chili outside.
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Thursday, October 19th, 6:00pm
Drommen (and Donald)
Drommen sits at the window. Donald takes the seat beside him.
Donald: Hi.
Drommen: Hello.
Donald: Can I ask you a personal question?
Drommen: I suppose.
Donald: If a guy likes mostly women but there’s just one guy that he’s attracted to, do you think that makes him gay?
Drommen: There’s nothing wrong with attraction. It’s what you do with it.
Donald: Okay, so say this guy is attracted to this other guy and they actually sleep together a couple of times. Does that make him gay?
Drommen observes Donald silently.
Donald: I’m asking for a friend. Of course.
Drommen: Of course.
Donald: So do you think my friend is gay?
Drommen: And he’s attracted to girls?
Donald: Yeah.
Drommen: Maybe he’s bisexual.
Donald: Hmm … Maybe.
Drommen looks out the window.
Donald: Hey, can I ask you something else?
Drommen: Sure.
Donald: Do you mind if I masturbate?
Drommen stares at him wide-eyed.
Donald: Just as an experiment. To see if, you know, I get excited sitting beside another guy.
Drommen: (still wide-eyed) I thought it was your friend.
Donald: IT IS! The experiment is for him.
Drommen: I don’t know if I feel comfortable with that. But there’s a guy who rides the bus once in a while. You could ask him.
Donald: Really? What does he look like?
Drommen: You can’t miss him. He sparkles and wears fake fangs.
Next stop: Friday, October 20th, 2:00pm
Yesterday’s conversation between my mother (who has a sense of humour and dementia) and myself:
Mum: Did you know your dad died in 1948?
Me: No, Mum, it was 1978. I was born in ’64, so if he died in ’48, he wasn’t my dad.
Mum: Oh. I’d better shut up then, before I get myself in trouble.
And we laughed, and laughed …
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Monday, October 16th, 1:00pm
Captain Longsight (and Zoey)
Captain Longsight sits at the window. Zoey takes the seat beside him.
Captain Longsight: (pulls binoculars from bag and peers through them out the window) Holy Shamoly!
Zoey: What?
Captain Longsight: There’s a crime going on down that sidestreet!
Zoey: (holds hand out for the binoculars) Can I see?
Captain Longsight: There’s no way you can see it.
Zoey: Why not? The bus isn’t going anywhere.
Captain Longsight: It’s not that. It’s just I have amazing powers of being able to see long distances.
Zoey: (laughs) Of course you can. You have binoculars.
Captain Longsight: Oh these? (holds up binoculars) These don’t matter. I’m Captain Longsight. I was born with extraordinary powers of farsightedness.
Zoey: Soo … why do you carry binoculars?
Captain Longsight: Well … You wouldn’t understand.
Zoey: Try me.
Captain Longsight: They were a gift.
Zoey: Kinda like your gift of farsightedness?
Captain Longsight: N0! Like a birthday gift.
Zoey: Huh. So, Captain Longsight, do you fight crime with your superpowers?
Captain Longsight: (pulls cell phone out of pocket and smiles) I call the cops!
Zoey: Hooray. (changes seats)
Next stop: Tuesday, October 17th, 2:00pm
Saturday, October 14th, 8:00pm
Edward (and The Darkness)
Edward sits at the window. The Darkness takes the seat beside him.
Edward: (sniffs and turns to The Darkness) Who the hell are you?
The Darkness: I am The Darkness
Edward: No you’re not. I am the darkness.
The Darkness: I am The Darkness.
Edward: No, I am the darkness.
The Darkness: I AM THE DARKNESS!!
Edward: (hisses, showing plastic fangs) I AM THE DARKNESS!!
Both get kicked off the bus.
Next stop: Sunday, October 15th, 9:00pm
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