i haven't washed my hair in months!
jane is learning german. to that end, sometimes jane and i watch german television. sometimes, specifically, we watch children's shows, and i translate:
children's show: [rapid talking]
me: okay. the obnoxious little guy is angry because there is another dragon hunter in the land, and he is ruining their business. he says they are as poor as church mice.
jane: who's that guy.
me: that guy is... he is seeking a dragon hunter with a mustache. the obnoxious guy is angry because that other dragon hunter is knitting, and the new guy thinks that dragon hunters don't knit.
jane: understandable.
children's show: [stirring music, pronouncement by dragon hunter]
me: the one who is knitting says that the important thing is to be true to yourself.
jane, writing in notebook: dragon... hunter.
this is what i do on my days off. that, and cook meals involving potatoes. i have about forty potato recipes, and they do not vary much. sometimes i go through recipe books and think: hey! i should totally make this. then there are a series of poverty-related questions that need to be answered:
1. does it have meat or shrimp? those are expensive. perhaps we can replace them with rice.
2. are there more than two ingredients that we don't have in the house already? are either of them potatoes? i can get 11 lb. of potatoes for two euros. let's pretend that they're potatoes.
3. that sauce/broth looks complicated. perhaps it is just olive oil and garlic in disguise. perhaps salt, too, is involved, although NOT MUCH. that needs to last us until i get paid again. fuck, maybe i should put some of it back in the salt thingy.
yum! sometimes i go all out and purchase an onion.
i'm still not sure what to do with my last month. i'd travel, but i don't want to spend money. jeremy is coming to berlin in a few days and says we should start doing our <comic strip for the crimson> again. i'm like, jeremy, we graduated. jeremy's all, that strip was tha bomb. im like, jeremy, you livin in tha past and that shit is depressing. jeremy all, hey why dont u draw that strip 1 time. im like, this conversation is termin8d.
again, sorry for the delay in sending out the second draft. it's coming maybe tomorrow. also, sports are way stupid. that is all.
yours in perpetuity,
ruthless wainwright
children's show: [rapid talking]
me: okay. the obnoxious little guy is angry because there is another dragon hunter in the land, and he is ruining their business. he says they are as poor as church mice.
jane: who's that guy.
me: that guy is... he is seeking a dragon hunter with a mustache. the obnoxious guy is angry because that other dragon hunter is knitting, and the new guy thinks that dragon hunters don't knit.
jane: understandable.
children's show: [stirring music, pronouncement by dragon hunter]
me: the one who is knitting says that the important thing is to be true to yourself.
jane, writing in notebook: dragon... hunter.
this is what i do on my days off. that, and cook meals involving potatoes. i have about forty potato recipes, and they do not vary much. sometimes i go through recipe books and think: hey! i should totally make this. then there are a series of poverty-related questions that need to be answered:
1. does it have meat or shrimp? those are expensive. perhaps we can replace them with rice.
2. are there more than two ingredients that we don't have in the house already? are either of them potatoes? i can get 11 lb. of potatoes for two euros. let's pretend that they're potatoes.
3. that sauce/broth looks complicated. perhaps it is just olive oil and garlic in disguise. perhaps salt, too, is involved, although NOT MUCH. that needs to last us until i get paid again. fuck, maybe i should put some of it back in the salt thingy.
yum! sometimes i go all out and purchase an onion.
i'm still not sure what to do with my last month. i'd travel, but i don't want to spend money. jeremy is coming to berlin in a few days and says we should start doing our <comic strip for the crimson> again. i'm like, jeremy, we graduated. jeremy's all, that strip was tha bomb. im like, jeremy, you livin in tha past and that shit is depressing. jeremy all, hey why dont u draw that strip 1 time. im like, this conversation is termin8d.
again, sorry for the delay in sending out the second draft. it's coming maybe tomorrow. also, sports are way stupid. that is all.
yours in perpetuity,
ruthless wainwright
posted by jesse at 9:42 AM
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Seriously, if you guys were to begin a comic strip again in the Crimson, I'd move back to Cambridge, MA just to be the first to get my hands on it every morning when it rolls from the press. And then write you e-mails asking what on earth the punchline was supposed to mean.
Also, make sure Jane underlines the word dragon hunter. They are central to German culture. Especially those with mustaches.
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