I got paid good money to slice apart a pumpkin and scatter its innards all over the place. Children converged on the mess and began pounding at it with various utensils. Soon everything was caked with stringy, dried pumpkin goo. Memorable quote from a mom of two children who refused to leave the table: "they're so interested in this because they're not allowed to make messes at home." This same mom seemed to think there was some other sort of pumpkin that one used to actually make food. Surely the ones in the patches are just for playing with. People are odd.

I went to San Francisco with my new tires to find and converse with the recently returned minstrels. They engaged in minstrelry and then we discussed the wedding, where they are to engage in yet more minstrelry. The problem of a P.A. system was brought up, and solved moments later by the fortuitous appearance of a very tall man with his hair separated into three distinct sections. This man agreed to provide a P.A.

Then, women wearing the undergarments of our ancestors made an unholy racket on their cellos. We clapped.

Animals spotted tonight: Two Night herons, one nervous raccoon, and ten egrets doing what egrets always do in the middle of the night: sleeping in trees.

cds listened to while enjoying my new tires: Beasts of Paradise "Gathered on the Edge", Einsturzende Neubauten "Faustmusik", "Interim", and "Malediction", In Gowan Ring "Exists and Entrances Vol.2", Birdsaw "Haunted by one Question", and Coil "Moon's Milk", "Bee Stings", "Amethyst Deceivers", and "North" (a.k.a. spring, summer, autumn, and winter)

now: Anja Garbarek "Smiling & Waving"