rain, rain, WENT away…

so, the sun is FINALLY out (at this point it’s around 3:00 on wednesday afternoon, july 3rd) so the dry creeks can go dry again. funny thing about this area of texas…you see almost as many bridges going over dry creeks as you do running ones…and i often used to wonder, “why on earth did they bother to put up a bridge?” then you get the kind of rain we’ve had lately..and it ALL makes sense. dry beds become creeks….creeks become rivers..and rivers become floods. even the drainage “pond” near kramer’s trailer filled with water, all marshy and tree-covered. it said it reminded him of his time in ‘nam…a laughable statement, since we all know that…

a. while kramer IS old, he’s not THAT old…at least not old enough to have fought in ‘nam

b. if kramer WAS indeed that old, his favorite pickup line would have been, “what’s your sign, eh?” for the last several year’s because he’d currently be “north of the border” and i DON’T mean oklafuckinhoma…

comments like that were kinda funny for a man who had just woofed down a “i’m a hippy but i can’t face it” meal (i.e. a hummus on wheat WITH BACON from thundercloud and an iced tea). this is of course not to be confused with the “i’m a hippy and i LOVE it” combo (hummus on wheat, no mayo or cheese with extra sprouts sprinkled with patchouli oil and served on an old grateful dead “abraxus” album sleeve…with bottled water, of course…)

but now it appears the rain has passed, which i see as a good thing. earlier i went out to the backyard to do a preliminary damage report and found we were two for four. i HAD the equipment in my car, but couldn’t unload it because out there, at 9:00 am this morning, it was still POURING. it reminded me of a similar storm that blew through in november, when the whole common denominator hit me and i realized the inner message hidden beneath the dark clouds…

the gods hate de la soul….or at least don’t want them to play in austin…

see, de la soul plays at stubb’s tonight, and i WAS gonna go but forgot and made plans to take kimberly, the porn star in training, to dinner and then on to see men in black ii. but while i hate to miss their show, i see it as a good thing. not just because of the incredible company that IS kimberly, the porn star in training (always have fun hanging with her) but also because as much as i like de la soul, i think they could quite possibly be a plague on our city. they’re heading our way, and the town floods. the LAST time they headed our way, we had a flood…AND a tornado in downtown austin!!!

if that’s not a sign, i don’t know what is….but it does make me wonder what’ll go down AT the show; and when it hits, do i REALLY wanna be there? HELL NO!!! i’ll be in a movie theater, in live oak, texas, with kimberly watching will smith and tommy lee motherfucking jones fight aliens. at least there i know i’ll be safe…unless kimberly attacks me or something. but we all KNOW that won’t happen…remember….i’m “special” like that.

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well, like de la soul said, “three is the magic number”. so maybe they should cancel and come back at another time.

josh said @ 07/03/2002 11:25 PM GMT

2020 note – eighteen years later i still haven’t gotten to see de la soul live…