Hot Hot Heat

June 24th, 2008Blog0 comments

Knicknacks: It has been hot here in LA, hotter than it was in NYC. You know what helps the heat? A Snickers Ice Cream Cake. These are meatloaf-sized Snickers ice cream bars with a cake-like granular matter embedded inside. Perfectly sized for a family of four or for one sumo wrestler.

They are great. Not as great as the ice cream bars, but it’s pretty wonderful to sit there with a couple of people and dissect one of these things together.

Yes, my web site has gotten a little skull-intensive as of late. But I think that’s OK — one skull is a direct descendant hailing from the heritage of the other. And besides, I love skulls. When I come into a pile of “found” money I plan to buy one for my desk. It’s good to be reminded of where you’re headed. Oh shit, no pun intended!

I saw a yarmulke lying on the sidewalk yesterday. It was dirty and mooshed, and it made me a little sad to see it there. But I think I was the wrong person to rescue it.

Or maybe I should’ve.

On a Mission: My mind’s wrapped up in a project of mine; I have rewrites that I’m doing at the same time, but this project feels like something really important. Like I’m tinkering in the basement working on an invention that’s more than a transparent toaster or a beer hat. It means something special to me.

Usually I write something because it’s interesting to me or it’s funny or I like the story or the characters. It’s rare when there’s something special about it that I can’t put my finger on. This is something like that. I’m being vague about it because I can’t understand it myself. I grasp it, I get what it means, but there’s something magical about it in a far-away sense, like a Christmas morning that could come at any time. It’s weird.