Interesting.

I just had my first meal in twenty hours. I had toast. Toast is always so friendly and kind and loving. It appears to be staying inside my body so far. This can change. Things change.

8 Responses to “Interesting.”

  1. jon:

    I though I was the only person who thought toast was interesting….Nope!

  2. Pedro:

    interesting to follow the stage of stomach illness. so many possibilities on the internet…. truly interesting.

    hope you get better, I wanna keep reading you for very long time.

  3. Debora:

    Maybe some ginger ale?

  4. VK:

    Remember the Disco Annie? Go back there. This time you’re a spectator. You can hip-shake a little, but you do need your rest. Just soak it all in with a slice or two of toast in hand Wheat, rye, who knows, maybe pumpernickel , or foccacia if you’re feeling the flow. It’s your day. Go nuts. Barry Gibb is there, perfectly conducting an electric orchestra of roller-skating monkeys in 3-piece suits of the most powdery blue. Pick stitched lapels blaze around you, shrouded in broad collars worn obstinately out. Barry wears a bandolier like a sash, stocked to the gills with tiny whiskey bottles, which he hurls to the most talented performers. Every errant drop remains suspended in air, never landing in guitar or keyboard. They just hang there until someone skates by to drink them in. Your pants shiny as angels wings and all around you, the …..(I think she’s sleeping, so let’s let her be.)

  5. Aaron:

    Holy shit. Are you going to be okay?! Are you on the BRAT diet? If not, you should be – Bananas, Applesauce, Rice, Toast. It’s what they put me on when I had severe food poisoning a few years back.

  6. Steve:

    Make sure you stay hydrated! I know it’s hard for you, but you must try to get more drinks in your mouth than on your keyboard until you get better.

  7. shtrum:

    Right after the Flock of Seagulls post. And you took the name of Asia in vain. This is bad mojo.

  8. annie:

    Jon: I love toast, shut up.

    Pedro: I think the threat of death has passed momentarily. Though I suppose we are all dying.

    Debora: I drank about a gallon of ginger ale. I’m peeing ginger ale.

    VK: Ahh soothing, soothing Barry Gibb…

    Aaron: I couldn’t eat any of that. Bananas particularly made me want to vomittrain.

    Steve: I drank a lot of ginger ale, see above.

    Shtrum: Asia will always smite those who do not love.

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