Jumping off the Roof

Without getting into it, I had to investigate a leak in the roof of the garage. I used a rickety step ladder to get up to the roof. Barely making it without killing myself as the ladder was very unsteady, I did my business up there, concerned the whole time that I was going to fall through the old roof and crash into my car below.

That didn't happen.

I did spend a little time up there. I haven't been on the roof of a building in a long time. When I lived in NYC I did that quite a bit. The top of the World Trade Center, Tar Beach at my friends' house in Queens, or the Empire State Building.

I had a good time looking around and seeing the neighborhood in a different perspective. The palm trees, the other roofs down the street. It also afforded me a chance to look at some of my neighbor's yards and what they have in them.

Sheez.

When it came time to come down, I realized that the ladder was not going to work for me as I not only had to put my foot on the very top of that wobbly thing, but I also had to lift my body over a 2x4 that was making my descent a lot more difficult than it needed to be.

So I went to another part of the roof and sat there with my legs dangling over the edge. I thought that since I am so tall, if I could swing my body around I could just hang off the side edge of the roof and then just "fall" the two feet or so to the ground.

Well that plan went out the window when I decided that I didn't trust the edge of the roof to be a solid gripping point when I needed it. So I did what I didn't want to do.

I jumped.

Let's just say that the bottom of my right foot hurts a lot right now. Like the time I got my Batman cape stuck in my brake hand while I was rappelling in a stunt show. In the show I landed pretty hard on the ball of my right foot. That is kind of what happened today.

Next time I'll request an airbag...

Kurt

Random

PR

Project Runway needs to go away for a little while. Like when Michael Jackson went away (kind of) in the late 80's and early 90's.

This was a great season that just passed, but I'm glad that the show apparently won't return for a several months. (I'm guessing that it's not returning for some time)

When they had the last episode and they had all of the designers there and they let everyone talk except for the guy that wore the bowler hat and the white girl with the dredlocks. It seemed as if the producers invited them to the party but they had to serve drinks and clean up later.

Maybe next season they'll have real designers like Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ann Taylor, and etc. square off against each other.

Now THAT is a season I would watch. Micheal Kors judging peers of his, now that would be cool.

I know that will never happen, but I'll bet I could publish that as a great graphic novel!

Here's to PR coming back after its been away for a while.

I did hear that Michael Jackson is releasing a new album soon.

Kurt

Why I'm Never Going to Get Anywhere, in Pretentious Tones

Seriously, what the crap?

This is from a regular email I get about submissions for essays and other writing. It was supposed to move me to submit more regularly, but I confess, that is not going as planned.

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True Story

I had ice cream for lunch today because I was too busy (or too lazy) to go down to the food court (aka the seventh level of hell) and the office kitchen was stocked with only old half-gallons of Breyer's and nacho flavored Doritos.

sigh.

gretch