Immediate Concern

Going to New York for a while to work on some things. And after tonight, being enshrouded by eighty-seven cobwebs as I crossed the street to look at the gigantic podicarpus tree that is baobbabing my house, I thought, “I will be very happy to spend much less time with these sticky velvet fibers clinging to my face.”

She Rolled Off the Lot Today

Noah Massey stopped by today and bought my lovely old car. I drove that 1992 Geo Prizm to Los Angeles in 1993. Noah is a graphic designer and a D.J. He is going to use the car to take his daughter to school and to haul equipment to DJ gigs. I love this transition.

When I arrived in Los Angeles, besides some clothes, I basically had four things: the Geo Prizm, a brand new Martin guitar, a Brother Word Processor and two-thousand dollars.

The only remaining item is the Martin guitar. That Geo, that Chevrolet version of a Toyota Corolla, was a tank. Once, about six years ago, she conked out coming up the grapevine (I-5, north of Los Angeles about seventy miles) and it turned out to be the transmission. It died. The garage just across the alley from my house sent up a tow truck and hauled me home. They replaced the tranny for thirteen-hundred bucks.

About three alternators, five batteries, thirteen or fourteen tires and countless brake pads later, she keeps purring, okay, not purring, but GOING. Go have some great gigs, car. You're loaded with life.

 

GAS SIPPING CAR for SALE: 1992 Geo Prizm SOLD

GREAT 1992 GEO PRIZM SIPS GAS SLOWLY

1992 Geo Prizm for Sale 151 Thousand Miles.

Blu Book value: 1300

Selling it for 1150

AMAZING on GAS----Goes forevever (About 340 miles, city) on 10 gallons.

All electrical is faboo.

Automatic Transmission

Bucket Seats

Rear Window Defogger

Solid engine with never any trouble

Transmission was replaced five years ago.

A/C works great.

Heat comes and goes.

AM-FM radio with Cassette Pioneer KE-3838

Couple of inner door handles have a piece missing…but all doors open, no problem. Piece is replaceable and inexpensive.

Roll down windows

Power steering and Power brakes

Some dings and one dent on the outside but NO RUST.

White exterior

Cloth powder blue seats interior.

Windshield washer fluid reservoir no longer exists, but wipers work fine,

Floor carpets and upholstery are in great shape.

She’s a solid tank of a car---with some cosmetic wear and tear. I've treated her like a princess.

SOLD

GREAT 1992 GEO PRIZM SIPS GAS SLOWLY

Full Moon and Werewolves

The full moon tonight is so enlivening, I can only think of my childhood wish to be a werewolf.

I wanted it so bad. To turn all furry, spur claws, fangs and run around wild.

My father called me Irving when I was a kid. I wore glasses and spent most of my time alone with books.

I imagined being a werewolf was my way out. I hope I succeed.

Like War, Crime is Boring: Public Enemies

While eating with my good cousins at The Grove—an outdoor fake-town mall in Los Angeles, we looked up at the marquis of the movie theatre across the way and a scowling Johnny Depp beckoned, so we decided to go see—Public Enemies.

Let’s keep this simple:

Mortgage funds for all involved.

Beautifully shot.

Bad sound.

Almost every single man in the movie has pale skin and chestnut hair, so, you figure that out.

Lots of on-the-lam stuff, a few bank robberies, no suspense.

Fine acting, surely.

Cameos by lots of actors you like. You get the sense that they didn’t know they were cameos and were shot a whole lot more and then chopped out of the movie.

The thing slogs on for hours on end.

Have fun.

Welcome, A.F.

Let’s all welcome Al Franken to the senate for that 60th vote spot which will certainly assure our new health care plan.

Al, I once saw you at the Fairway restaurant, on Broadway on the Upper West Side, eating an egg salad sandwich and it looked like you were having quite a robust experience. You were huger than life.

Life just gets bigger.

To Washington! Godspeed! (What on earth does Godspeed mean?)

CRINGE FUNDRAISER! Reduced to 20 Bucks! Just say SNAPPER! at the Door

Due to Recessional Demands, we are offering ten dollars off for this FUN event. Just say SNAPPER at the door and get in for twenty bucks! All the vodka you can drink and a great show. Come on! It’s Wednesday!



PISS PLAY IS ABOUT MINORITIES SO IT's REALLY IMPORTANT

is being produced this summer in New York City at
THE INTERNATIONAL CRINGEFEST '09.


The cast from Los Angeles is going to New York for a month to work on the show. Festivals are freebies, so we're having a fundraiser to raise some cash for flights, food and more!

AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO IT THAN WITH:

Karen Kilgariff's hilarious musical stand-up comedy
I'M REALLY DIFFERENT (NOW)!

PISS PLAY, the actual play, by Don Cummings
w/ Carla Barnett, Flip Laffoon & David Youse

&

The Burlesque of the divine RED SNAPPER

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 @ 7PM
El Centro Theatre
804 or 800 N. El Centro Hollywood CA 90038
(2 Blocks North of Melrose, 1 Block East of Vine)

$30 includes Fabulous TRU organic Vodka "Tasting" @ 7PM
(Or all you can drink?)
and
The Show. Curtain up at 8.

Reservations: http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=198746

or 323-936-3890

Any Questions? email
StandPissCringe@yahoo.com

Ben, the two of us need live no more...

Let’s look at it this way—It was amazing he lived until 50.
What must it have been like? Exhausting? It was a lot.