March 2009
1 post
sleep walking pooch →
He really starts to run full force. Poor pooch.
February 2009
7 posts
We Real Cool
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15433 We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
Taylor Swift can't sing. →
I happened to be watching Saturday Night Live the other week and she was on. I don’t follow her, hardly know her so I listened. This girl is pretty but she can’t sing. Things like this are maddening to me.
Observation at Stonefire Pizza
The participants:
Old white lady, grey hair, applique sweatshirt.
40 something white woman, brunette, middle class.
9 year old, African American boy, clown painted pace.
The set up: The two white ladies are at the self serve pop fountain. A 9 year old boy and his younger sibling are quietly waiting in line next to them. Old white lady presses the button for her pop and as it fills to the top,...
Eavesdropping at Old Country Buffet
The participants:
80ish old man wearing a sweater with a Southwestern motif. Dirty glasses. 5’2”. White.
30 something female Old Country Buffet employee. Hispanic. English is her 2nd language. Wearing navy pants, white blouse, some kind of ladies bow tie thing
The set up:Old Man as he is serving himself prunes at the buffet starts the conversation with the buffet employee as...