Mastodon posts

1. wired: getting on the “S” bus and witnessing an altercation between a man with a long neck and funny hat and another passenger

   tired: seeing the same person two hours later at the Gare St-Lazare and getting advice on adding a button to your overcoat.

   oh, a few of Barbara Wright’s english version of these are on google books, of course, nice.

   https://books.google.com/books?id=3aPbGd3hkBAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

   Exercises in StyleQueneau uses a variety of literary styles and forms in ninety-nine exercises which retell the same story about a minor brawl aboard a bus.Google Books

   pro read, I think about it all the damned time

   

   

   

2. it’s been over three years since I’ve been in a room where people used finger snaps / hisses

3. making spagetti sauce with one half s. m. style tomatoes a friend grew in her garden (bottom row), one half canned (top row)

   

   

   

   

   you: what are s.m. style tomatoes?

   me, whispering: shut the fuck up! (whispering quieter) meloni’ll hear us

4. left: landlord sees you making a little extra from your job, raises your rent

   right: state sees your landlord making a little extra from your job, raises taxes

   repeat 3 1/2 times

   final half: state sees your landlord making a little extra from your job, lowers taxes

   zoning!

5. garlic mash cheat code