Today I made devilled eggs and potato salad while C and K ate dinner and fought with each other. My kitchen isn't very large. I would have made devilled eggs elsewhere had I known that they were going to choose to have their argument in the middle of our very small kitchen, but I was frankly there HOURS before they came. Bicker bicker bicker, over the most trivial of items, and back and forth I went from one counter to the other, mixing, coating, refrigerating, wrapping with clingwrap, etc.

Working quickly and quietly, I felt like the Invisible Man. A fly on the wall, perhaps. A devilled-egg-making, invisible, silent fly on the wall. Then as I was walking out he yelled, "See ya!" in a friendly voice.

Usually at this point in the game I say "See ya guys!" in a very cheerful voice. Perhaps I feel as if I am in some way lifting the mood by doing this. But this time I just said
"yeah." and let the door slam closed behind me.

I left for my BBQ and was gone for many hours and when I came back they were still arguing over trivial things. I wonder if they took a break while I was out or if they'd just been going the entire time.

Outside the sound of firecrackers (illegal in Rhode Island) reverberate off the walls like distant mortar fire. The smell of sulfur hangs in the air and makes the night seem exciting and full of adventure.

I want to throw open the window to it and close the vent to their fighting.

No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two,
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous--
Almost, at times, the Fool.

Well ya know what, T.S. Eliot? Take this:

"Arthur Abbott: Iris, in the movies we have leading ladies and we have the best friend. You, I can tell, are a leading lady, but for some reason you are behaving like the best friend.
Iris: You're so right. You're supposed to be the leading lady of your own life, for god's sake!"


That movie would have been awesome if Cameron Diaz hadn't ruined it.

YEAH well I'm tired of being an awkward side character in my own life!! I'm so glad I'm MOVING!!!!

Though all this will provide good fodder for the movie I will eventually write. The breaking point for the "me" character will come when she goes into the public bathroom and she waves her hand under the automatic sink and it won't turn on. Wave, wave... no water. Smack. SMACK! No water. The woman next to her turns hers on and washes her hands. The 'me' character tries that one as soon as she leaves and it won't turn on either. Since she had already been feeling invisible, this is the last straw and she totally loses it there in the bathroom and has a break down. This is of course a big turning point in her life.
This is why it's hard for me to write a book, I think of everything in movie-format. And in newspaper headlines.

Meanwhile I've started on Project: BAMF. If you do not know what a BAMF is, you probably aren't one. That said, anyone who wants to join me on Project: BAMF is welcome. Hoo-AH!

Newspaper headline writing is really hard. You gotta' summarize an important issue or story in less than 25 words... I dunno', maybe it's because I'm such a "flowery" writer, as this .. (I'm biting my metaphorical tongue here.) girl.. in my technical writing class said. She didn't know what " bravado " meant, or " feign. " and bah! We had to edit papers in partners and she marked all over mine and crossed off words that she didn't know because they were "confusing." But! I will not insult 'er. I'll just.. use a.. more.. a less complex vocabulary next time.

ANYWAY

I love your movie idea. If you scripted a movie, I'd watch it. Who would you have direct it? It should be a silent film.. NO

You should have the movie and use subtitles and film it in Spanish! Or French! French.. you look french. You smell french. So yeah.
» Dilated on 2007-07-04 12:06:41

BAMF? I don't know what that is... but if i had to guess, I'd say bad-ass motherfucker.

I think in movie scenes, too. But I have way too short of an attention span to write anything down. That's why i stick to photography. Instant gratification.

Yay for devilled eggs.
» Someones_Muse on 2007-07-04 12:12:44

Thanks a lot, now I'm dying to know what BAMF is. :P
» randomjunk on 2007-07-04 04:46:56

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