is earl there?
after my class tonight, i made the inevitable trip to walmart. usually, i try to hold out as long as i can, waiting for my mom to give in first and ask me if she can pick up anything for me [i know. it's rough] but tonight i gave in. i don't have to pay for the roof over my head or the electricity to run my itunes. i can pick up a few groceries...every once in awhile.
now for the good part of the story.
i'm walking out of a version 92 walmart [please don't ask me how i know this]. i'm on going down the hall with the soda machines on my left and the windows on the right. i reach the door; i hear a ring.
the pay phone at the end of the line is ringing. not joking.
i stop in my steps and look around to see if anyone else is hearing what i'm hearing. then suddenly, my mind is flooded with a dozen scenes from movies depicting this surreal experience. if i answer it, will i be transported back to my matrix life? perhaps i am in the scene from a horror movie and the voice on the other line will tell me he's watching me. maybe i've been selected to warn the world of a coming explosion or revealed the true killer of JFK. best yet, could it be the voice of God providing me specific direction of what i am to do next in life and if adam had a belly button. and if i don't answer, the girl on the other line being held hostage will die, world peace may not be found and i'll never know if there really were weapons of mass destruction.
so what do i do? i pick it up.
pause. "hello?" i ask.
"is earl there?" she says.
longer pause. "uh. excuse me?" i stutter.
"is earl there?" she asks again.
"i'm sorry. you must have the wrong number." darn it.
no heavenly voices, no murder mystery, not even a scary man. i walked out the adjacent door, laughing out loud and wishing someone could have shared that moment with me. i couldn't have made it up and she really couldn't have asked for a man by a better name.
check this out.
though i regret i cannot attend, i think it will be definitely worth it.
plus...they have a pretty cool website. do it.
click here for more info.
now for the good part of the story.
i'm walking out of a version 92 walmart [please don't ask me how i know this]. i'm on going down the hall with the soda machines on my left and the windows on the right. i reach the door; i hear a ring.
the pay phone at the end of the line is ringing. not joking.
i stop in my steps and look around to see if anyone else is hearing what i'm hearing. then suddenly, my mind is flooded with a dozen scenes from movies depicting this surreal experience. if i answer it, will i be transported back to my matrix life? perhaps i am in the scene from a horror movie and the voice on the other line will tell me he's watching me. maybe i've been selected to warn the world of a coming explosion or revealed the true killer of JFK. best yet, could it be the voice of God providing me specific direction of what i am to do next in life and if adam had a belly button. and if i don't answer, the girl on the other line being held hostage will die, world peace may not be found and i'll never know if there really were weapons of mass destruction.
so what do i do? i pick it up.
pause. "hello?" i ask.
"is earl there?" she says.
longer pause. "uh. excuse me?" i stutter.
"is earl there?" she asks again.
"i'm sorry. you must have the wrong number." darn it.
no heavenly voices, no murder mystery, not even a scary man. i walked out the adjacent door, laughing out loud and wishing someone could have shared that moment with me. i couldn't have made it up and she really couldn't have asked for a man by a better name.
check this out.
though i regret i cannot attend, i think it will be definitely worth it.
plus...they have a pretty cool website. do it.
click here for more info.
posted by jill m at 7:05 PM
6 Comments:
ooh, i am so jealous of you. what a fantastic experience. you lucky dog.
Earl? This Earl?
Jill, what have i told you about shopping at Walmart. Needless to say, I am a bit disappointed.
by the way, you can take me off your blog-mutes list, you might noticed I've started back up again.
yeah for your return. you have been missed...
speaking of, i think we should have a repeat performance of our italian dinners last year sometime! i miss them.
ohhh, Italian dinner is a great idea. you name the time and place and i will be there!! maybe in kansas city in the coming weeks.
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