The cream you thought was rising just dripped down your chin.

I think there were a lot of annoying children out late at night buying books. But I was asleep. This means I missed, avoided, got around, slept through all the excitement. Well, that’s if you assume my dreams are worthlessly populated with uneventful happenings. I happened to be off Friday afternoon so I did go and see that chocolate movie that made so much money. While not particularly impressive, it was also not completely unworthy of the effort. Though, here again, there were annoying children. Not hordes, so I was spared that indignity. Saturday night we enjoyed a night of charitable giving that resulted in a locked down block party. Multiple drag performances swept before us. One stole the show: my friend and, well, most likely not yours. The mayor was there. I had any number of drinks. Which number? The one required to make me smile. So, quite a few actually. There are too many things going on in the background at the moment. Good things. Things that bubble with the kind of latent excitement that almost makes my stone cold dead heart beat. But those are things that will affect the future, not the immediate moments I’m spending here, so they fall into the ‘not now’ category. I did hang my ‘Providence Roller Derby’ emblematic sticker up at work. I’m not sure how this will affect my status amongst my coworkers. Perhaps they will assume I enjoy watching the girls roller skate with their shorts on, their short shorts. The hiked-up socks. The t-shirts. Whatever the thought process, yes, I’m in the middle. Presumably with my mental machine gun, diligently machine gunning down their imaginations. Pumping hot lead into the soft side of their minds and coming out screaming. Here’s a thought: The Karate Kid II is not as good as The Karate Kid. Now, it’s not a particularly revolutionary thought, but you just had it as well. And you only had it because I put it in your head. Do you see how humbled you are before me? Welcome to the new dominion.