sly lies of the fly lines ([info]slinkshade) wrote,
@ 2009-03-01 00:22:00
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Village Idiot

That is what I'm assuming they said. Without Hugh by my side to translate, every interaction was based upon a series of assumptions. The kind butcher may not have been kind at all, and the grocer might have been saying, "To hell with you and your bottleneck. Go away now and leave me alone." Their personalities were entirely my own invention. On the downside, my personality was entirely their invention. I seemed to have reached my mid-thirties only to be known as "the guy who says 'bottleneck' " the pied piper who convinces young people to lie in the road, the grown man who ignores the electric-fence warnings and frightens the horses with his screaming. Were such a person described to me, I'd say, "Oh, you mean the village idiot."

-Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris

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[info]evilegg
2009-02-28 11:27 pm UTC (link)
I so love him.

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[info]slinkshade
2009-03-02 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Erik brought me home a copy of "when you are engulfed in flames" and I have been reading everything of his I can get my hands on.

I feel that David Sedaris is my queer older twin.

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[info]evilegg
2009-03-02 03:37 pm UTC (link)
Join the club.
His stuff on CD is mindblowing-funny. His sister Amy reads with him.

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[info]slinkshade
2009-03-02 05:34 pm UTC (link)
I totally did the thing with the horse and the electric fence.

Ill grab his audio stuff on your recommendation, thank you :D

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