so i just had 4 back to back odd and odder things happen.
1-a birthday party where someone brought a horse into a bar. really. a horse. in a bar. it was a disco themed birthday party. the horse didn’t look very happy. there was also a tranny michael jackson impersonator. i’m still wondering how they got the horse into the bar. i hope the horse got extra oats and sugar cubes for doing disco birthday duty in a bar.
2-i walked by a party for ‘the dead weather’ and there were trashed indie rock kids scattered on the street as if a tsunami of domestic beer and cheap cocaine had depleted their collective will to live.
3-a homeless man stopped me and i gave him a dollar and we talked and he told me: ‘don’t flirt, when you flirt you aren’t real. always talk to people from your real self.’ and ‘never talk down to anyone, not people, not animals, not anyone.’ i genuinely thanked him, as those are some pretty great pieces of advice/wisdom.
4-i walked by a bar and a very furry dog was tied up outside, clearly hot and thirsty. so i went into the bar and asked for some water for the dog and the bartender got angry and said, ‘why do you care?’ to which i replied, ‘the dog is suffering, i’d like for him to suffer less.'(actual quote, perhaps a bit formal for an angry bartender in a dive bar). to which the bartender said, ‘everyone suffers, why shouldn’t the dog suffer, too?’ but he gave me water for the dog and the dog was REALLY grateful.
i guess it’s not surprising that the high point of the night was giving the homeless guy a dollar and receiving pearls of genuine wisdom. i got the better part of the exchange, as his wisdom/advice was worth way more than a dollar.
oh, here’s a simple picture i took while flying home yesterday. i like it because it’s so simple.
moby