Just so you know, last night's Weirdest Fucking Birthday Party Ever was alot of fun. Even though the guest of honor blew me off. I think it was just the flashing sign of a Stinky Friendship that I needed to see.
Because you are all so kind, I present to you my first installment of a book I'm working on.
It's called Sleepy Time Gal: A Comic Book Look at a Woman Going Nowhere at the Speed of The Voices in Her Head. I dedicate it to my mother who always said to me "You should write a book!" (note to my Friend Dotty - Sorry I had to use your name for the character of this book as it was just the name I needed for this particular person. This Dotty is not you. However, you know who this Dotty is!)
Heh. Here you go:
�Ring! Ring�
�Hello?�
�Oh! Hi Dotty! It�s Mavis! I just saw dat your lights were on and I was worried because it�s so late. What are ya still doin� up so late?�
�I. Uh. I. Uh. I was just going to run out the door to pick up some cough syrup. (*cough*)�
�Oh dear, Dotty! Are you okay? I was just asking Walter if he�d seen you today or if maybe you were gone to de hospital or something�.
�Oh. No. I just have a tickle in my throat so I need to get some cough syrup so I can sleep tonight (*cough�cough*)�.
�Well den. I�m glad you�re okay. Say. Have you heard from de Yupers lately? I haven�t seen deir lights on much. Do you think dey�re okay? Maybe dey went on another bus trip to see dem statues by de White House again? Dey�re always running from here and to dere. I don�t know where dey get all dat energy. Do you?�
�I don�t know Mavis. It�s pretty late and I�m awfully tired. And I�ve got this cough thing that I was just going to run to the store for a bottle of cough syrup. I better go now. Okay?�
�Oh sure, Dotty. You take care of dat cough of yours. I don�t want you getting sick like you did de last time I talked to you. Gosh. Dat day you said you had a cough, too, and dat you were heading out for some syrup. You must have drunk dat all up. Are you sure dat you�re okay? Maybe you should call your daughter tomorrow and den she can take you to de doctor?�
�I have to run now, Mavis. I�ll talk to you tomorrow!�
�Yep, Dotty. I�ll call you when I see dat your curtains are open and see how you�re doing so me and Walter don�t have to worry about you tomorrow. Good bye!�
Dotty hangs up and then has to change out of her nightgown that she was wearing when she fell asleep in front of the t.v., so that she can make it look as though she really was just going to run out, at 11 o�clock at night, to fetch a bottle of cough syrup. You know how that Mavis is, always watching out her window at everyone in the neighborhood. And calling all the time! Lord! You can�t get off the phone in under an hour when Mavis calls. But that�s better than when Mavis shows up at your door. She won�t leave for hours if you let her in. Nope. It�s best to always be looking like you were just getting ready to leave.
The problem is that sometimes Dotty really doesn�t have anywhere to go. Never mind the fact that Dotty gets out to her car these days and more often then not, can�t remember where she was going in the first place.
That damn Mavis! Why can�t she just mind her own business and not force Dotty out into her car on a cold November night.
And now she thinks that maybe she really is starting to get a cough.
8:47 a.m. - November 11, 2006
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