to say that he was top heavy is a gross understatement. he was built like an upside-down pear, nay, a 40 watt lightbulb. –sea-tac airport

a boy in a white t-shirt with blue trim, baggy jeans and black flip-flops called his mom on his cellphone. he was drinking aquafina. when the flight arrived, he held up a corrugated cardboard sign that read, in black ballpoint ink, “welcome home, SHNOK-EN.” –LAX, terminal 3, gate 32

“what is she wearing?” “i don’t know.” something inbetween pasties and a bikini top, i thought. she had strange breasts, too. like two low sand dunes fairly far apart from one another. –the red lion inn

a mexican cowboy in a mud brown suit walking–no, sauntering–down the street. –little ethiopia, fairfax blvd.

he was shirtless and his white boxers were peeking above the waistband of his cargo pants. in one hand, he was carrying a 99 cent store bag and in the other, he was fencing an invisible opponent with a long stick. –random street corner by my house

similar to the lady in zebra stripes, we have the lady in red plaid. a dress neck to toe draping her, like christmas table cloth, and a satchel to match. she also had crazy shoes that were about four inches tall. –some street in seattle, wa.

at the stoplight, the man beside us was driving a huge white ford pick-up circa sometime before the 70s, i think. i didn’t see his face, just his hand reaching toward the car window and pushing the glass panel down himself. he needed fresh air. –the part of the street when rowena becomes glendale

walking out of the bar l. spotted heather graham, and she looks as much like my kimberly doll as i expected she would. i didn’t see what she was wearing. –bigfoot lodge, los feliz

a girl with a ski slope nose and straight blonde hair was all zebra print: her skirt, her purse and a pillow that sat on her lap. she was on a cellphone, chatting in an east coast accent, making tiny bubbles with lime green gum. –LAX, terminal T2, gate 37a

“ten percent of child molesters look like you, not me,” said the 6-foot-tall man with blond and pink hair, big white fly glasses, a white tuxedo jacket and white patent leather thigh high boots, to his short, round friend. –panda express, marina del rey