The Pistons Beat The Lakers!

Treasure of the Sierra Madre will play on Sunday
at Michigan Theater...

David Sedaris was on NPR today
speaking with Terry Gross about
his new book called
Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim.

I went to Borders to check it out.
Two older women, fifties--
one 200 lbs--exclaims
"The coffee is burnt, the coffee is burnt.
Taste it, taste it. Go ahead."

"No!"

And:
"The thing I hate about
growing old is
loneliness.
Imagine being [the age of] a Grandparent
and you have no grandchildren.
How depressing."

People emerged
from the Michigan Theater.
I returned to Sedaris'
short stories.

The very first story
"Us and Them"
(like the Pink Floyd song?)
about trick-or-treating
in a new state bored me.

The very last story
"Nuit of the Living Dead"
begins with the task of
killing a mouse
in a house in Normandy.
Some strangers come along,
ask the narrator
for directions to
"the willage."

The willage.
"My willage."

A funny line:
"Oh. I see you have a little swimming mouse."
Because he's trying to drown
a mouse in a pail.

The narrator does crossword puzzles in French.
When the mouse dies, he decides to plant some
"Hydrangeas so pleasing to the eye"
in the pail.

"I can't kill myself because I have to read so-and-so's
next novel," said David Sedaris to Terry Gross.

Dear Friends,

I will be in Angell Hall tonight
(Friday, June 11, 2004)
between 6pm and 10pm.

Love,
Renee

Top Ten Things I Learned From The New York Times Today
(Sunday, June 6, 2004)

1. Helen Fielding's new take on the female James Bond.
2. Sequel movie to BJ's Diary is now in the making.
3. BJ's Diary was based on Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
4. Harry Potter did the best opening movie sales.
5. Clinton has a new book--a 1000 page memoir.
6. President Reagan died on Saturday.
7. Mourners put flowers on Reagan's Hollywood star.
8. M. Dowd knows difference between loquacious & lugubrious.
9. Clinton wanted to write about the movie High Noon, but editors wouldn't let him.
10. France loves U.S...