14 September 2007

Wherein Credit Is Given Where Credit Is Due, or, Pretty Forward For A Girl Named Cheeto

Act Twenty Three, Scene One

Cast: Woman In Brown Sweater, Man With Messy Hair

Setting: 8:32 AM, Front Seat, Car, Highway 41, Lake Forest

WIBS: I feel like you look.
MWMH: Nice.
WIBS: [Laughing]
MWMH: That was perfect. Just the right amount of cruel accuracy.

12 September 2007

Wherein The Fine Line Between Hot And Creepy Is Discussed, or, How Could Something As Right As Plaid Skirts And Knee Socks Look So Wrong?

Act Twenty Two, Scene Five

Cast: Woman In Black Flats, Man With Striped Tie

Setting: 8:47 PM, Table Under The Scissor Print, Shikago, South LeSalle Street, Chicago

MWST: I watched a bit of the parade from my office window this morning.
WIBF: How was it?
MWST: Odd.
WIBF: How so?
MWST: It was led by a group of firemen in kilts.
WIBF: What's so odd about that?
MWST: They looked like the student body of an all girls East German Catholic School. But with less leg hair.

Wherein Disc Three, Tracks One Through Twenty Is Discussed, or, If Sylvia Plath And Morrissey Had A Child

Act Twenty Two, Scene Four

Cast: Man At Desk, Man Returning Keys

Setting: 1:41 PM, Desk, Corner Office

MRK: Thanks for letting me borrow your car:
MAD: No problem. Any time.
MRK: Is everything okay at home?
MAD: Sure. Why do you ask?
MRK: By the fourth track of that CD you were playing I was thinking about killing myself. I thought it might be a cry for help.