Early Riser

“You’re up early this morning.”

Tell me about it. Essentially a five o’clock morning. I practically forgot about them. To think: this used to be a somewhat regular thing. I wonder if it’s just the winter: maybe I sleep harder and wake up earlier when it is cold. Maybe. Since it is Grocery Day, I am kind of glad to have the early morning. Maybe I will even get some reading done before we leave for the commissary.

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Christina Ricci

Did Christina Ricci have nude scenes in “After Life”?

“Why do you ask?”

I was reading some celebrity news about her. She was talking about how short she is, in addition to not liking regular bras, and I looked her up on Bing, and I also checked some video previews, and in the “After Life” clips it practically looks like a soft-porn movie.

“You like her that much? You seem agitated.”

Well, she is great - especially since she is only five-one. But I am mostly upset that our HBO and Showtime channels may be censoring movies, and heavily. I mean, we are not talking about particularly nasty scenes, nothing like “I Spit On Your Grave”. It’s just her nude - hot, but pretty safe stuff.

“So, buy the DVD.”

No, I don’t think so. It’s not that hot. But if I catch it on cable again, I am going to have to record it and see if I am mistaken. It has been a while, some years I think, since I saw it. It is not a movie that makes the cable rounds a lot, and based on my memory of it, I can understand why. Without the nudity, it is a snoozefest. With the nudity, it can be a keeper for the collection. Incidentally, it is the same with “Black Snake Moan”.

“Oh, come on! Wasn’t that bad enough?”

Well, I admit even the version I saw on cable was quite stimulating, and a keeper, but these clips look like it was even hotter than what we got on TV. I wonder if it is a regional thing: the deprived and backward south, yee-haw!

“Just try not to blow up your blood pressure over it. You do have all that Japanese shit, and for free, and no version of ‘After Life’ or ‘Black Snake Moan’ is going to be as nasty as that.”

True. It just … bothers me. One of my pet peeves. We pay pretty good money for our TV programming. It seems absurd to water it down.

Self-Abuse

“That was a long nap.”

Yeah, one of my best in a long time. Unfortunately, it was also a late nap. Another day ruined.

“That’s what you get when you sneak the laptop into your room and watch whatever godforsaken trash you can click onto - and for a good two hours!”

Well, Pop went away for the weekend to Kay’s. And you know how I hate to let an opportunity go to waste.

“So you just waste the day instead.”

I know, I know. I should stay off my dick more. It is ridiculous. I am too old for compulsive self-abuse. And I have fried away too many brain cells, and for nothing, nothing at all. Who knows, if I could have left my dick alone, I might be a reasonably successfully lawyer.

Strawberry Ice Cream and Bananas

“Ah, strawberry ice cream and bananas! That looks pretty good.”

Yup. I do get a good idea every once in a while. I asked for the strawberry ice cream precisely for this. Well, that and for my ice cream floats.

Breathing Spaces

I put down Alter’s book. Isaac and Rebekah wed, and Abraham and Sarah have passed away. The second patriarchal era begins … tomorrow. I suppose I will stick for another chapter or two before going on to the next book on my circuit. The story grows on you. But for now, I suppose I need to start thinking about dinner.

Pi laughs, “What a mess!”

Yeah, I still haven’t cleaned up from lunch. Sue me!

Daimon chuckles, “Yes, this looks like a real bachelor pad. There is no room for one more dirty dish on the counter. Doesn’t it kind of make you miss having a place all of your own?”

Monk smiles. “It would get old fast. And it is very lonely. I am afraid it was never good for my mental health. It may be a little like being consigned to solitary confinement. But, yeah, I do enjoy these little breathing spaces: the quiet, the freedom. Time seems to open up.

Reading Life

Having finished his dinner, Monk eagerly gets back to his novel. “A fun story is the key to a relaxing evening.”

Pi grimaces, “A story about a cult of self-mutilation is your idea of a fun story.”

Daimon says, “I understand perfectly. It is something different. Not every book can be about abused schoolgirls, isn’t that right, Monk?”

Monk says, “I guess that probably is right, but we shouldn’t sell Mr. Evenson short. He is the chair of the Master of Fine Arts program at Brown. He has skills. But this is not the time to dwell on this. It is after nine, and I am already feeling the heaviness of the long day weighing down my neck. Let’s just read!”