If you saw one of my favorite movies of all time,
The Royal Tenenbaums, my life won’t seem strange at all.
The names have not been changed to protect anybody.
The following are facts:
Jim meets Michael in Chicago (Michael is 10 years old at the time)
Jim dates Michaels sister for a while until she leaves him for an Argentinean Oboe Player
Jim introduces Pam to Michael
Pam dates Michael for a while (Michael is 16)
Michael takes Pam to see a documentary about his “hero” William Bouroughs the Heroin addict
Jim moves to California
In a totally unrelated event, Pam moves to California (ok maybe everything isn’t a fact)
Jim and Pam move into a Yellow School bus and spend a year never being able to stand up without hitting their heads. They actually pay rent for this bus.
Jim Meets
Adam, the Pagan Bard
They realize they both know Michael (who is 19 by this time)
Michael has taken up Heroin by this point (see above)
Adam introduces Jim to Ann
Jim introduces Pam to Adam and Ann
Adam is a pagan musician and Ann is a database programmer
Jim and Pam meet many strange characters at Adams house, including “Bhante the Monk” and
“Genesis the rock star”. Adam is the editor for
Bhante’s newsletter. Genesis (a neighbor) at Adams house is a local eccentric (he has grey dreadlocks and is wearing torn pink fish net stockings). At the time Jim is a cab driver and Pam is an accountant and find the company immensely entertaining.
Michael goes to jail, after a forced but true confession, for three bank robberies (26 separate counts are filed against him)
Adam is shot in the back in orange county
His death remains an unsolved (but not entirely surprising) murder.
Pam is neither jailed (not counting civil disobedience) nor murdered (so far so good)
Ann moves to Australia and stays there happily running her programmi
ng company
Pam writes a blog item about William Bouroughs and in researching him finds out that near the end of his life he collaborated with many artists (musicians, performance artists, etc.) one of which was the band “Throbbing Gristle” of which Genesis was the lead singer.
Jim lives a happy life with his wife and kids across from a Pumpkin Patch.
“Genesis the rock star”. Adam is the editor for Bhante’s newsletter. Genesis (a neighbor) at Adams house is a local eccentric (he has grey dreadlocks and is wearing torn pink fish net stockings). At the time Jim is a cab driver and Pam is an accountant and find the company immensely entertaining. Michael goes to jail, after a forced but true confession, for three bank robberies (26 separate counts are filed against him) Adam is shot in the back in orange county His death remains an unsolved (but not entirely surprising) murder. Pam is neither jailed (not counting civil disobedience) nor murdered (so far so good) Ann moves to Australia and stays there happily running her programmi
ng company Pam writes a blog item about William Bouroughs and in researching him finds out that near the end of his life he collaborated with many artists (musicians, performance artists, etc.) one of which was the band “Throbbing Gristle” of which Genesis was the lead singer. Jim lives a happy life with his wife and kids across from a Pumpkin Patch.
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