Wearing some kind of uniform is helpful – policeman, priest, etc.

February 11, 2009

“When you are in town, wearing some kind of uniform is helpful, policeman, priest, etc.

Driving a tank is very impressive, or a car with official lettering on the side.

If that isn’t to your taste you could join the revolution, wear an armband, carry a homemade flag tied to a broom handle, or a placard bearing an incendiary slogan.

At the very least you should wear a suit and carry a briefcase and a cell phone, or wear a team jacket and a baseball cap and a cell phone.

If you go into the woods, the backcountry, someplace past all human habitation, it is a good idea to wear orange and carry a gun, or, depending on the season, carry a fishing pole, or a camera with a big lens.

Otherwise it might appear that you have no idea what you are doing, that you are merely wandering the earth, no particular reason for being here, no particular place to go.”

- Louis Jenkins, The Backcountry

‘Tis the week of St. Valentine’s! Come Saturday, you’ll either be dining at tables for two, or hanging from your shower rod. With any luck, you won’t find yourself situated in the latter; sending gifts of self-love Phyllis-style, or drinking away your emotions is just as effective. Keep in mind that those who wear L’eau de Loneliness, succeed in life. Well okay, that part I made up. But, in the words of the whores on the corner of 5th and G, “whatever it takes”. So for those who lovingly wander the streets, or hide makeup-less in the safety of their humble abodes, I give you The Backcountry.

Here, my mobile uploads and I digress.

01/09 Rave

02/07 SF