A New Thing Today
posted at 11:01 am
on Jan. 29, 2002
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I got a shave today from a real straight edge razor in a barber shop. It’s hard to believe, but I tink it’s the first time ever that I’ve been shaved with a blade. I’ve certainly never shaved myself with one of those sharp scary metal contraptions. I’m a mechanical razor guy.
It was interesting. Certainly, it involves a lot more trust than just an ordinary hair cut—and even a regular barber can snip off an ear if you don’t laugh at his jokes.
I got a hair cut so I could go speak at the Digital Rights Management Summit at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The valets are trained not to let you in if you aren’t groomed properly.
It’s a very chi chi place. The woman next to me at the valet stand spoke only French. Or else was pretending she didn’t understand me. Dunno why—I was very well groomed.
I got up very early this morning, because before even the haircut, I had to post a story about the nominations for the 8th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. I do things like that for Variety. It all made for a Long Day.
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The person who wrote the poem I sent out earlier is Debbie Gardner, my sister-in-law.
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My nickname at work is “Travis Bickle.”
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Here are a few more “I Have a Friend Who…” I encourage you to read the whole list and submit your own at http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/writings/IHAFW/
* ... WILL NOT walk on cracks… Any cracks! (“I played basketball and I hated running on the painted lines…to the point where I clearly remember one b-ball game in high school where the coach asked me about a particular hop-step I had executed while dribbling the ball across half-court. This is particularly difficult while engaged in conversation…especially with a senior surgeon who happens to notice that your cadence changes every three or four steps. i hope this stuff isn’t hereditary. I’d hate to pass on these sick, twisted habits to my kids one day….”)
* ... has an older SUV. He drives around during the day with the headlights on so people will think he has the newer model that has daytime running headlights.
* ... leaves his car running when he gets to work for 15-30 minutes while he goes inside because it’s a Turbo and needs to cool down.
* ... once reported his car stolen to the police, but he’d really just forgotten where he’d parked it.
* ... left the dishes so long without washing them that his roommate found maggots living in the bacon greece of the frying pan.
* ... pronounces “concierge” as “kwon-seerge,” every time, despite repeated correction.
* ... collected the spit of major league baseball players, and went on Jay Leno to show off his collection.
