I spent this afternoon at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore. It's perfect for studying. It's not so loud that you can't focus on your work but not too quite for you to find distractions in little things. I usually find a spot next to the in-house coffee shop because it always smells of breakfast which makes me think of France which makes me happy. Don't ask how I make all these connections, must be something from my childhood.
So I'm sitting in my corner taking in whiffs of breakfast, picturing France in the autum and watching the woman sitting in front of me, with her back to me. My eyes lingered on the stack of magazines she had piled on her table. Must've been at least 15 high. She'd spent the better part of the last half hour gathering this collection, scrutinizing each one as though she were examining some grotesque creature perched on the shelf before adding it to her pile. In the last 10 minutes, she'd gone through everyone of them, downed her grande frapuccino and had placed an order for another. In my head, I named her Beulah because beulah sounds like a
From out of a window, I spot a man and a woman skipping like Jack and fucking Jill across a road into a parking lot with a little girl, certainly no more than 10, following, walking at first and then breaking into a trot. This was the funniest shit I'd seen in a long time. They all get into a humongous black SUV the size of my bathroom and pull off. I honestly half expected the little girl to shoo her folks into the back, get in the drivers seat and drive off. Her parents were acting so damn loony. Who skips? If you're over 12 and skip through malls and across parking lots while your 10 year old daughter saunters along behind you, you need to have your tubes tied or your balls fried before you procreate again. Children should not be raising themselves or their parents. Thats just wrong and should qualify as child abuse.
TBC