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Little girl, as car alarm goes off when she passes by: What was that?
Older sister: Oh, don't worry, it was probably me.
Little girl: Psh! You're not that hot!

--26th St & 1st Ave

Overheard by: Lara

And here's your host, ME!!

• 11:05 Weather v. changeable - raining at half 7, sunny at 9:45ish and overcast and threatening more rain. JOY. #
• 11:08 Birthday on Friday so only four days to go until I get my hot little handies on Eoin Colfer's Hitchhiker's sequel. *squee*!! #
• 11:09 Also getting Jo Brand's autobio from @fry1138 and someone has bought me the new Adrian Mole off my Amazon Wishlist. I am thoroughly spoiled! #
• 16:26 Top Gear Quiz about Jeremy Clarkson: tinyurl.com/ya2kdak (via @join_dave) #
• 16:59 A little bird tells me that I'm definitely getting Moon on DVD for my birthday. Huzzah! #SamRockwellOscar #
• 17:13 My TweetStats are interesting - my posting rate seems to have sloped off downwards somewhat! tweetstats.com/graphs/turquoisefloyd #
• 17:43 @bobbyllew - someone told me that their local Sainsbury's didn't have any but you might be luckier. #
• 22:28 Am chuffly - have just made some kind of sense of the mass of ideas whirling round in my head and finished this draft of Chapter 5. Woohoo! #
• 22:29 Now if I could just expand on Chapter 4, we might be getting somewhere ;-) #

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...for awhile. There's a lawsuit pending. My entire journal prints out at approximately 3000 pages (according to *them*) & opposing counsel claims to have read every word.

I must be prepared to answer for every dumb opinion, every passing gripe, every overtired rambling I've made since 2003.

Not that I have any problem with that, but it's going to be pointlessly time consuming. Correction: I assume it's going to be pointless in terms of the suit itself; they will have a great time, I'm sure, pointing out every one of my many character flaws. I've had more success taming some than others, & they're all on display here.

Fun fun. You guys helped me develop my sense of humour; it's what will keep me grounded though this process. RoosterTree ComicLit is still kicking, the C.C.C.C.P. is under way & good things are on the horizon.

Wish me luck; see you on the other side. In the meantime...

roostertree@gmail.com

1-705-730-5711

~Brian, aka wbm

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Hipster #1: Oh look, a Boston Terrier!
Hipster #2: Boston Terriers are so last year...

--Bedford, Williamsburg

I keep getting ideas for songs, writing one or two verses, and then realizing I don't have much else to say on the matter. Which is never true, of course, but I keep hitting this block over and over again. So far, I've started songs about:

- Quantum entanglement
- Cryopreservation
- Escape velocity
- Pareidolia

Plus, there's that ever-so-frustrating Sea of Dirac, a song that may never actually reach a final arrangement - only drawing closer with time, but never achieving completion, a la Zeno's dichotomy paradox (which would also make a very good song).

It's even funnier because I don't really know anything about any of these topics. I was never good at science, yet it fascinates me, so I just use these subjects loosely as metaphors.

Cost Plus: Chalk Talk All Purpose glasses for $3.99



( I think it totally compliments my last find... )

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Latino grade school girl #1: Yeah man, and then they act like they don't know when we be hating, cause they gotta act like that, and then they say we be racist and we ain't racist, you're just a dumb white bitch.
Latino grade school girl #2: Yeah, and then they say we racist.
Latino grade school girl #1: She just don't wanna say nothing to me die-reckt-ly cause she knows she'll get hurt.
Latino grade school girl #2: Say it to my face!
Latino grade school girl #1: Yeah, that's what I say, say it to my face! She just chicken.
Latino grade school girl #2: Yeah, she just chicken.
Latino grade school girl #1: Ha ha! Chicken head!
Latino grade school girl #2: Haha, yeaaaaaah girl, chicken head! Quack quack!

--Old Navy Dressing Room, 6th Ave

Overheard by: NoChildLeftBehindDoesntWork

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Rich high-school girl #1: We should totally do this more often, like go to Philadelphia for the day.
Rich high-school girl #2: Totally! Where is Philadelphia, anyway? Is it next to Pennsylvania?
Rich high-school girl #1: Yeah, I think so...
Rich high-school girl #2: So then, where's Alabama?

--Megabus

Overheard by: appalled

Please Clean and Repair Me...

"Baltimore is the new Brooklyn"

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Bro #1: It's a nice night out tonight.
Bro #2: Yeah.
Bro #1: I'm sorry your fiance died.
Bro #2: Thanks, dude.

--Bowery

Overheard by: Little Mac Monster Attack

А коли труп?
А, политрук?

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Girl #1: My friends all say I should hook up with him because then I can say that I hooked up with someone from Poland.
Girl #2: You mean Portland?
Girl #1: Oh, right, I always get those two mixed up!

--46th & 7th

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Dressing room attendant #1: So, you gonna sleep with him?
Dressing room attendant #2: Naw, I ain't gonna sleep with him! I ain't that easy, I ain't no fish!

--The Gap

Overheard by: Sunny

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(nurse with elderly lady on wheelchair comes against Asian American pregnant woman with baby in stroller)
Nurse: Oh my, I'm sorry! (pulls back to let woman and child pass)
Asian American pregnant woman: Oh, I'm sorry, I can...
Senile old lady: Get out of the way, chink!
(infant cries)
Asian American pregnant woman: Excuse me?
Nurse: Oh my god! I'm so sorry.
Senile old lady: Don't apologize!
(nurse backs up and lets mother and child through)

--Washington Square Village

Overheard by: zgoldberg

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Mom: So Good Luck Chuck kind of sucked, huh?
Teenage daughter: Well, what did they expect? It's Dane Cook and Jessica Alba, for crying out loud! That's bad luck!

--Tomoe Sushi

Overheard by: Sromeo