by Swan » Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:26 pm
WOOHOO! I feel much better!
My cough is improving... or going away, rather. I splurged and spent $300... not on a doll, but on a metal detector! A used MineLab X-Terra 50. I'm thoroughly enjoying finding stuff under the ground with my current detector (Bounty Hunter Tracker IV) and who knows? I may find a gold ring and be able to afford a 1/3 scale dollieh!
Awww Hyatt remembers! yes, Hyatt, I *have* wreaked my own brand of havoc. Here are a few scenarios in which I figured centrally...
1. Walking through the East Lansing Playboy Club in a medieval gown, my cleavage out to *there*... and having the bunnies actually fOLLOWING me (and later coming over to our table) to catch envious peeks!
2. being carried through a hotel lobby in full Imperial uniform, by SIX Imperial Stormtroopers, who then stood honor guard at my Lying-In-State and Imperial Funeral (Lord Vader gave the eulogy and no he wasn't the one who "killed" me!)
3. talking eight LAPD officers out of shooting me. Standing in the middle of eight cops, all with weapons drawn proves that yes, there ARE times when you CAN see your entire life flash before your eyes... but you're too busy cr@pping yourself to pay attention!
4. Being chased down a hotel hallway by Forrest J. Ackerman (carrying a rolled up copy of Famous Monsters of Filmland)
5. Bodyhugging Tom Baker and getting just a teeny bit touchy feely in return! And yes, I accepted the Jelly Baby!
6. Being sketched by Frank Kelly Freas, while stretched out UNDER a coffeetable at a convention.
7. Riding down Laurel Canyon Road on the back of a Harley, piloted by a drunk Hell's Angel from Long Beach.
8. Nearly being run down by Ted Kennedy's limousine and motorcade.
9. throwing marbles at Pope Jon Paul II (and connecting, I think...)
10. Winning a legal stare-down with George Lucas *and* his lawyers! Yes, LFL BLINKED!
If I ever write my autobiography, I'll be a millionaire! There are dozens of people who would pay me WELL not to publish it.
Swan
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke, "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third law)