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25 October 1998 |
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New Jersey is probably the most selfish, rashest, harshest, most impatient state I have ever lived in. I think I love it. Where else is smoking a national pastime? Where else is the enforcement of speed limits so lax? Where else is self service at the gas pump nonexistent? This place is saturated with an attitude that makes it a hybrid of big city style hustle and wild west bravado. It's a place that swaggers at it scurries. It's charming, in a Danny DeVito way. I painted some last night. It's been years since I applied a paintbrush to anything in the name of art. I don't count the truck because I did that with a spray can and a sponge. The picture of the ancient modem was too firmly implanted in the frame, so a change of plan was called for. The paint was applied directly to the glass. It's oil-based enamel, so it's ok. I have only one color, though, a sunflower kind of yellow. Some of the figures now exist, hovering over the face of the modem. I like the shadow, how it adds a softness yet a harshness to the images. I need a finer brush, though. Mine is missing and the near misses are just too blunt. Ooooh I just found some special nail polish used for stripes. It's very rubbery, in fact it resembles the consistency of the enamel almost exactly. Now maybe I have two colors. This is a glaring purple. [This is dull. Skip it at your leisure.] The water in the toilet is almost fluorescent. I wonder which of my new dietary supplements I owe this to. El Prez's homeopathist put me on such a regimen! I mean, look at this*: Evening Primrose Deluxe - 3 times per day Supergram III Vitamin C & assorted vitamins & minerals - twice per day Ginkgo Phytosome plus Choline - twice per day Power-Plex multivitamin with C - once per day Bromelain - once per day Vitamin B6 - once per day, in the evening So it breaks down like this: Breakfast - one Primrose, one Supergram, and one Ginkgo Lunch - one Primrose, one Power-Plex, and one Bromelain Supper - one Primrose, one Supergram, one Ginkgo, and one B-6 The B-6 is the only small one in the lot. It's quite a challenge choking down the horse pills. Allegedly, this mixture will boost my immune system and improve my memory and mental acuity. We'll see. Apparently, it takes 30 days or so to find out. --Spring
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