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{19 November 2001}

11.19.01- 48 hours in sf

2 delayed planes, 3 caltrain rides, 4 muni rides, had my neck cracked by the chiro, shopping spree downtown, yummy sushi takeout from hanabi’s, big game tailgate (stanford kicked some cal weenie on the football field), skipped the actual game in favor of a trip to pescadero beach to climb around the tidal pools and look at the seals, dinner out with the gang, watched the meteor shower from the stanford golf course until the police came and made us leave, and finished A.S. Byatt’s Angels and Insects which was frightfully dull. now i am back in boise, broke, but i have new clothes and a neck that turns all the way to the right again.

say, a couple of days ago, i was listening to the radio and heard a news flash saying that investigators had stormed the homes of two city officials somewhere in pennsylvania looking for evidence that these two men might have masterminded the anthrax attacks. “wow,” i thought, “i’ll be sure to look for that in the newspaper tomorrow.” curiously, the next day there was nothing in the paper. nothing on cnn.com. in fact there’s been zero mention of anything related to that. so what i’m wondering is, did i hear a bogus news report, or is there some reason its being hushed up in the media? it seems like finding possible US culprits of the anthrax attacks might be news that americans would want to read about, doesn’t it? weird. if anyone else knows anything about this, i’d be curious to hear it…

{15 November 2001}

11.15.01

more mail for me!


X-From_: XXXXX@aol.com Thu Nov 15 01:45:19 2001

From: XXXXXX@aol.com

Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 04:45:10 EST

Subject: Re: Tiny Tove

To: slithy@slithy-tove.net

X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 40

Slithy,

FYI, Tiny Tove is not a “child porn thing.” She was a

Danish porn star back in the ’70s who _looked_ fresh

and young, but was of legal age (so I’m told) when

she made her movies. If you’re interested you can

check her out at www.colorclimax.com.

Ron S.

New York

well, now you know. three guesses how Ron S. found slithy tove…

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11.14.01

er, yeah. i got out of the habit of having something pithy to say on a daily basis. what’s new? i saw the new david lynch movie, mulhollen drive. it had a good dose of his twin peaks-style creepiness, and lots of lesbian sex. (unwisely, i saw it with my parents). i can’t possibly write as coherent a review of it as salon.com did, so go read theirs. but i highly recommend the movie. frickin’ weird, man. a childhood in idaho can produce some weird stuff when they let us out into the real world. that’s right folks, mr. lynch is a native boisean. he graduated from borah high school. my hometown’s legacy to the world of pop culture: david lynch, kevin smith, and curtis stigers.

so i’ve been slothing around boise, sleeping lots, recovering from the flu and jetlag and enjoying the finer points of living with one’s parents: fridge full of free food, comfy bed, nice shower, free laundry, some serious quality time with the cat and bottomless peppermint tea. been hanging around the Flying M in the afternoons, the happy independent coffee house in downtown boise, working on a scrapbook and reading the newspaper cover-to-cover just because i have that much free time. on friday i’m headed to SF for the weekend (to see my chiropractor, as usual), then back here for thanksgiving with the family, and then i’m embarking on the great american roadtrip: zeke and i are moving to buffalo, NY.

{11 November 2001}

11.11.01

victoria’s secret is selling a $12.5 million dollar bra. i’m not making this up, altho they might be. it’s on the front page of the christmas catalogue. yes, boys and girls, that’s right, it’s a bra made up of 1,200 sapphires and 2,300 diamonds plus a big ol’ 90 carat rock in the middle. you can have the matching panty for a mere $750,000 (no giant diamonds in that one).

damn! i knew underwear was an expensive habit, but really. men: now do you see what lengths we women go to in order to seduce you with our underwear?

slithy tove hasn’t had too many hits lately; hopefully a phrase like “fantasy bra” will help pop the ratings back up. while i’m at it, i might as well talk about jarvis cocker. has anyone heard the new pulp album yet? maybe it’s not out yet, i’m never really in touch on these sorts of things. anyway, i was reading this article about it while i was in amsterdam and how it’s this big return-to-nature thing for the band – they went off into the woods to record it and it has songs with titles like “the trees” and “we love life.” i’m not sure i know what that means in the context of this-is-hardcore-pulp. but anyway, i was crushed to discover just how truly ugly jarvis cocker really is. the article closed with the quote, “you sound like such a cunt if you call yourself an artist.” well, that’s that. guess it’s back to being unemployed for me.

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11.7.01

two postcards:

three postcards (partially obscured by Republik Österreich postage).

obscured: “I was struck by a moment of weakness yesterday: I bought a pair of camper sneakers. Some of you out there will appreciate the significance of such a purchase. happy feet!”

obscured: “…favorite, however— Schonbrun [?] palace as well as all of Mozart’s old haunts, put into context by the prod. of Amadeus I did last summer.”

{07 November 2001}

11.5.01

there are lots more postcards in the mail somewhere. hopefully they’ll surface at some point. this whole postcard plan was supposed to work a bit more efficiently than it did, but that’s probably my fault for being less-than-accurate about memorizing paul’s address. anyway, hi. i’m in amsterdam, back at the only free internet terminal in captivity. the post cards make it look as if i got stuck in prague about three weeks ago, but in reality i’ve since been in vienna, salzburg, munich, venice, verona, bologna, a little piece of hell-on-earth called brindisi, rome, zurich, and vaduz (capital of… anyone, anyone?). tomorrow i do more city hopping: amsterdam to washington dc, dc to chicago, and chicago to boise where i can finally stop moving for a few days.

the priority list for when i get home is: 1) see the cat (and the rest of the family). 2) replace all the toiletries that i had stolen at the beginning of this trip. i’m not a very high maintenance woman, but as it turns out, i hate using weird czech shampoo as much as the next girl. 3) eat lots and lots of veggies. 4) take my last $50 and get a massage. i’ve actually developed a click in my shoulder from carrying this stupid backpack. 5) do positively nothing for a couple of days.

oops, i’m over my 20 minute limit and people are starting to look mean. i’ll go take a shower and see if i can finish this post later. here’s hoping i can get some hot water. this place is way hip, but a little short on the amenities.