Comments for Suit Don't Fit http://ashevillencblog.com A New York Expat's Asheville, NC Blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:30:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Waiting for Rezaz by Shabana http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/09/waiting-for-rezaz/#comment-78 Shabana Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:58:39 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/09/waiting-for-rezaz/#comment-78 This is hilarious! Your flow in writing is amazing! This is hilarious! Your flow in writing is amazing!

]]> Comment on Hello People Not Hello People by David Robert Crews http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/20/hello-people-not-hello-people/#comment-64 David Robert Crews Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:27:59 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/20/hello-people-not-hello-people/#comment-64 It's a bummer. You explained it, painted it, sculpted it really well on here. I don't like that thing when it is in my life. But sometimes, I am compelled to be that way too. Sometimes I am wrong to not be open and friendly, other times I am smart to be that way. I talk to strangers whenever I feel comfortable about it, and it has been very interesting and rewarding to me at times. Other times, it was a bad idea. Unfortunately, better safe than sorry, so we all have to be carefull who we talk to. It was interesting to stand there in that museum security guard's uniform for a few moments. Well written. Thanks. It’s a bummer. You explained it, painted it, sculpted it really well on here. I don’t like that thing when it is in my life. But sometimes, I am compelled to be that way too. Sometimes I am wrong to not be open and friendly, other times I am smart to be that way. I talk to strangers whenever I feel comfortable about it, and it has been very interesting and rewarding to me at times. Other times, it was a bad idea. Unfortunately, better safe than sorry, so we all have to be carefull who we talk to. It was interesting to stand there in that museum security guard’s uniform for a few moments. Well written. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Waiting for Rezaz by salem http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/09/waiting-for-rezaz/#comment-60 salem Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:00:30 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/09/waiting-for-rezaz/#comment-60 Yes, he came through in the end. I knew he would eventually if I just played along. Thanks for reading. Yes, he came through in the end. I knew he would eventually if I just played along.
Thanks for reading.

]]> Comment on Sockmonkey Hell by Pa Bulum http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/10/sockmonkey-hell/#comment-59 Pa Bulum Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:56:49 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/10/sockmonkey-hell/#comment-59 Salem, You ask for a little awareness - I ask for some common sense. They are similar in trait and equally difficult to find, but for some unknown reason (especially to those so endowed), people seem to think that they get along just fine without a trace of awareness or common sense. Good luck! Pa Bulum Salem,

You ask for a little awareness - I ask for some common sense. They are similar in trait and equally difficult to find, but for some unknown reason (especially to those so endowed), people seem to think that they get along just fine without a trace of awareness or common sense. Good luck!

Pa Bulum

]]> Comment on Waiting for Rezaz by Kimberly http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/09/waiting-for-rezaz/#comment-58 Kimberly Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:10:20 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/09/waiting-for-rezaz/#comment-58 That was great.. too funny... I'm glad the meal was good and he finally came through on the gift certificate.. That was great.. too funny… I’m glad the meal was good and he finally came through on the gift certificate..

]]> Comment on Zipper Art by salem http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/04/zipper-art/#comment-56 salem Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:01:37 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/04/zipper-art/#comment-56 David, Thanks for the advice - I changed the words around a little bit; that was a good idea. I'd love to hear the song you're hearing in your head. If you'll record it, I'll try to figure out a way to put a link to it in this story. I recently read your story The General's Laughing Wazoo. Really great, made me laugh and then had a little punch at the end. It's a strange life, the military, nothing like it in the civilian world. I'd always wanted to be a soldier, a monk, and a prisoner serving time. I've lived the life of a soldier but it's probably too late to be a monk (married now) and my wife would probably object to my going to jail. I'm knocking on wood so the gods don't play tricks on me by taking me too literally. They're crazy like that. For anyone reading this, here's the link to David's story - http://okinawa1970-71.blogspot.com/2007/01/generals-laughing-wazoo.html David,

Thanks for the advice - I changed the words around a little bit; that was a good idea. I’d love to hear the song you’re hearing in your head. If you’ll record it, I’ll try to figure out a way to put a link to it in this story.

I recently read your story The General’s Laughing Wazoo. Really great, made me laugh and then had a little punch at the end. It’s a strange life, the military, nothing like it in the civilian world. I’d always wanted to be a soldier, a monk, and a prisoner serving time. I’ve lived the life of a soldier but it’s probably too late to be a monk (married now) and my wife would probably object to my going to jail.

I’m knocking on wood so the gods don’t play tricks on me by taking me too literally. They’re crazy like that.

For anyone reading this, here’s the link to David’s story -

http://okinawa1970-71.blogspot.com/2007/01/generals-laughing-wazoo.html

]]> Comment on Zipper Art by David Robert Crews http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/04/zipper-art/#comment-55 David Robert Crews Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:25:28 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/09/04/zipper-art/#comment-55 Yup, it was the same-oh-same-oh with us GIs on Okinawa. And I was about as happy as I could be while over there in Okinawa--The Rock--with a bunch of my back street exploring kinda friends. We loved it back in there taking shortcuts through the tiniest back streets to get to a bar or steam bath or just to walk and see and hear and smell and enjoy for a few hours. Salem said: "Then, one day while I was stationed in South Korea, I was riding the public transit bus from Osan to Suwon on my day off when I looked out the window and saw a factory with the big letters YKK on a sign outside of it. It was the zipper factory." You done went and wrote the basis for a good song in those two sentences there, salem, and the song’s “hook” and at least part of the title is "Osan to Suwon". Dig it? Part of the song would go: From Osan to Suwan ……………………………….. Dah, doo, dah, dah, doo, dah, dah, doody-doody-doo-deee Could be a kick ass country tune or a hard core Rock n Roll, 'tongue in cheek', song about some great zipper mishap. I am serious, go through the words, drop or rearange one or two here and there, and it all has a great rhythm and rhyme to it. Somebody down there in amongst all the raw, creative talent that is in the Ashville area can have some fun with this one. And all I can say about that movie that ya linked us on to is, "farm funking out." Oh yeah! More good war stories when ya can there old soldier. Yup, it was the same-oh-same-oh with us GIs on Okinawa. And I was about as happy as I could be while over there in Okinawa–The Rock–with a bunch of my back street exploring kinda friends. We loved it back in there taking shortcuts through the tiniest back streets to get to a bar or steam bath or just to walk and see and hear and smell and enjoy for a few hours.

Salem said:
“Then, one day while I was stationed in South Korea, I was riding the public transit bus from Osan to Suwon on my day off when I looked out the window and saw a factory with the big letters YKK on a sign outside of it. It was the zipper factory.”

You done went and wrote the basis for a good song in those two sentences there, salem, and the song’s “hook” and at least part of the title is “Osan to Suwon”. Dig it?

Part of the song would go:
From Osan to Suwan ………………………………..
Dah, doo, dah, dah, doo, dah, dah, doody-doody-doo-deee

Could be a kick ass country tune or a hard core Rock n Roll, ‘tongue in cheek’, song about some great zipper mishap. I am serious, go through the words, drop or rearange one or two here and there, and it all has a great rhythm and rhyme to it.

Somebody down there in amongst all the raw, creative talent that is in the Ashville area can have some fun with this one.

And all I can say about that movie that ya linked us on to is, “farm funking out.”

Oh yeah! More good war stories when ya can there old soldier.

]]> Comment on Blue Pickup by salem http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/08/27/blue-pickup/#comment-54 salem Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:35:24 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/08/27/blue-pickup/#comment-54 If all us sinners were to be smashed in the face as we deserved, the dentists would grow rich and fat off us. They'd ride with their heads sticking out from the sunroofs of stretch white limousines festooned with booty-shaking bikini-clad ho's sipping Alize, their gold teeth glittering in the sun. They'd buy the politicians with their exorbitant wealth and pass laws requiring mandatory rations of candy and mouth punches. Soon the military-industrial complex would disappear, replaced with the dental-industrial complex. Then where would we be? If all us sinners were to be smashed in the face as we deserved, the dentists would grow rich and fat off us. They’d ride with their heads sticking out from the sunroofs of stretch white limousines festooned with booty-shaking bikini-clad ho’s sipping Alize, their gold teeth glittering in the sun. They’d buy the politicians with their exorbitant wealth and pass laws requiring mandatory rations of candy and mouth punches. Soon the military-industrial complex would disappear, replaced with the dental-industrial complex. Then where would we be?

]]> Comment on Bumpy Road by David Robert Crews http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/08/31/bumpy-road/#comment-53 David Robert Crews Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:46:11 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/08/31/bumpy-road/#comment-53 When I was but a growing boy, my father began to tell me a thing or two, now and then about things like how most good drivers signal each other when they want to pass or how to signal other drivers when they can safely pass me and that you slow down when approaching and passing road work areas so that the workers were safer.That is how I was raised, in the 1950s-60s, and it stuck. So I was glad to read this blog entry and see you being the kind of driver we all should be. When I was but a growing boy, my father began to tell me a thing or two, now and then about things like how most good drivers signal each other when they want to pass or how to signal other drivers when they can safely pass me and that you slow down when approaching and passing road work areas so that the workers were safer.That is how I was raised, in the 1950s-60s, and it stuck.

So I was glad to read this blog entry and see you being the kind of driver we all should be.

]]> Comment on Bumpy Road by Pa Bulum http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/08/31/bumpy-road/#comment-52 Pa Bulum Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:00:29 +0000 http://ashevillencblog.com/2007/08/31/bumpy-road/#comment-52 Salem, Beautiful! I've done the same thing many times - followed a beleagured driver to protect them from less sensitive souls. Hell, it could be us one day - or someone we know and love! Thanks for making the world a better place. Pa Salem,

Beautiful! I’ve done the same thing many times - followed a beleagured driver to protect them from less sensitive souls. Hell, it could be us one day - or someone we know and love!

Thanks for making the world a better place.

Pa

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