Now jaded, (and nauseous) I was wandering around on sidewalks and thinking that I might have to actually go to the convention, just for something to d...o. My eggs were all scrambled and I couldn't stop thinking that there was some really great and fun shit to do here, if my brain could just tell my legs and my wallet what they were."Hey, brain" I thought, "a little help here..."Standing in the open was like a senseless blast furnace, and my drunken brain was considering melting and leaking out my. And I shoved him away. I swear, Katie, nothing happened after that," plead Amy."True, all true," said Johnny."By my count, that was three questions with three true answers," said Josh. "Katie, you owe us THREE articles of clothes."Cheers went up all around and Josh began to fill all the Margarita glasses again. Katie looked into Johnny's eyes. "It is true, baby," Johnny whispered. Tears came to Katie's eyes. "It must be true," she thought, "and what a fuck-up I am." You can get choked up if you. Helen of Troy was out because Guy didn’t think he’d look good compared to Brad Pitt. Guy suggested he could be Oscar Wilde, until Jenny gave him the evil eye and reminded her hubby that Oscar, although married, was a raging queen, and she was not about to go as his ‘boyfriend’ or his cuckolded wife. Jenny finally hit on the story of Sheherazade, the heroine of A Thousand and One Nights. By her own ingenuity, Sheherazade had staved off her execution, night after night, by continuing to beguile. I ask, “Do you speak English?”I almost laugh when she answers, “Hai (Yes).”“Can you transfer me to Mr. Kenji Watanabe’s office, please.”“Pees hode”This time I understand some of what the person answering the phone says, but only enough to discern her name. In response, I say, “Good afternoon, Hashimoto-san. Do you speak English?”“Chottomattekudasai (One moment, please).”A minute later, another woman picks up the phone, speaking perfect English, “Good afternoon, Watanabe-san’s office. Akagi-kun.
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