rmudy1962

@@@@@"I shot myself in the head and didn't manage to kill myself, so you better not answer that I wasn't paying much attention, because I was thinkingFor the first time I understood that I could throw a coming-out party for my other life and people might show upThe idea was both thrilling and daunting "They might all come, you know," he said"Your ex, your globe-trotting daughter, and your suicidal accountantThink of it - a mob of Michiganders He shrugged and flipped up his hands, indicating they were both the same to himPretty snooty for a guy from Nebraska "I could charter a plane," I said Take a whole floor at the Ritz-CarltonWhy the fuck not?" "That's right," he said, and snickered"Really do the starving artist bit"Put out a sign in the window 'WILL WORK FOR TRUFFLES'" Then we were both laughing 481 ix After our plates and glasses were in the dishwasher, I led him back upstairs, but just long enough so I could take half a dozen digital photos of him - big, charmless close-upsI have taken a few good photographs in my life, but always by accidentI hate cameras, and the cameras seem to know itWhen I was done, I told him he could go home and spell AnnmarieIt was dark outside, and I offered him my MalibuThe air will be good for me Then he pointed at the canvas"Can I take a look?" "Actually, I'd rather you didn